Breakups always hurt. You and your partner come to the realization that despite your best efforts, it just isn’t working anymore. You try to think back to the good times and hope that can help turn things around, but you’re too far gone and the other person has checked out. And once you realize there’s nothing more you can do, you have to let go.
For the Brooklyn Nets and James Harden, that moment came on February 10th. After a month of backroom dealing, mounting frustration, injuries, and bad play, Harden got the breakup he wanted and moved in with the Philadelphia 76ers.