SHOCKING REPORT About What Happened During James Harden's Nets Tenure

On Tuesday, ESPN's Kevin Arnovitz reported some intriguing details about James Harden's tenure with the Brooklyn Nets. Harden was traded to the Philadelphia 76ers earlier this season.

On Tuesday, ESPN's Kevin Arnovitz reported several intriguing details about James Harden's tenure with the Brooklyn Nets (The article can be read on ESPN here.)

'Discontent' between Kevin Durant and James Harden began when Harden showed up to training camp out of shape, per @kevinarnovitz

Durant was 'astonished' by his 'lack of explosiveness and sluggish play' pic.twitter.com/FwZ79buYgr

— Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) April 12, 2022

Arnovitz reported that "Durant was astonished in the opening weeks of the season at Harden's lack of explosiveness and sluggish play". 

Harden was traded in the middle of the 2020-21 season from the Houston Rockets to the Nets, and then began his season with the Nets this year.

In February, Harden was traded from the Nets to the Philadelphia 76ers in a deal that also included All-Star Ben Simmons and others. 

KD on the Harden/Simmons trade 👀 pic.twitter.com/mBetTcucLV

— NBA TV (@NBATV) February 11, 2022

In the two partial seasons, Harden played in 89 regular season and playoff games for the Nets.  

Sources say Kevin Durant was “astonished” by James Harden’s conditioning this season in Brooklyn, which Harden found “self-righteous.”

The Nets are the latest superteam to struggle as homegrown rosters thrive, @kevinarnovitz writes (@ESPNPlus) 👇 https://t.co/1J2CUC331Y

— NBA on ESPN (@ESPNNBA) April 12, 2022

The Nets finished the year as the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference with a 44-38 record. 

They have not yet had Simmons play in a game this season. 

Meanwhile, Harden helped lead the 76ers to a 51-31 record, which has them as the fourth seed in the Eastern Conference. 

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