James Harden disagreed with his former Rockets teammates’ assessment that he was disrespectful on his way out the door.
A day before news broke that the Rockets were trading Harden to the Brooklyn Nets, he gave what sounded like a farewell statement at a postgame press conference saying the Rockets’ talent and chemistry was “not good enough.” The next day DeMarcus Cousins said Harden’s “disrespect” had started way before that statement.
At his introductory press conference in Brooklyn on Friday, Harden disagreed with that assessment.
"I wasn't disrespectful to anyone,” Harden said. “Those guys had just got there to Houston.