Harden: I was so angry when the Thunder traded me because we could win the championship the next year
2:33am, 17 October 2025Basketball
In the second season of "Starting 5", Harden recalled being traded from the Thunder to the Rockets.
Harden said: "Overall, I was very angry. When I got the call, I felt lost because these are my brothers. Have you seen what we have done in the past three years? We are going to win a championship next year. They called me and told me, 'We love you, but we traded you to Houston.' I felt sad. It hurts so much, it’s really sad, because you know in your heart how you want things to go, but it turns out to be the opposite.”
In the 2012 offseason, the Thunder and Harden failed to reach an agreement on a contract extension (the Thunder offered 4 years of $56 million, Harden wanted 4 years of $60 million), and then they traded Harden to the Rockets.
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