It seems that Ime Udoka might have one thing to do with James Harden instantly pivoting away from a return to Houston this summer time.
Steve Bulpett of Heavy Sports reported Friday that Udoka, the new Rockets coach, shut down the workforce’s curiosity in a possible reunion with Harden.
“From everything that we’ve gotten out of there, it was a matter that Ime didn’t want [Harden],” Bulpett quoted a league supply as saying. “At the beginning, were they thinking about Harden? Yeah. But then they hired Ime, and Ime said, ‘It’s not going to work here.’”
Former MVP Harden had been linked to a doable return to Houston (the place he performed from 2012-21) for a number of months previous to the starting of free company. But the Rockets employed Udoka, the former Boston Celtics coach, in April and went in a unique course with their roster. They signed one other star guard, Fred VanVleet, to a three-year, $130 million deal and gave out a further contract so massive that they have been laughed at for it.. Harden, in the meantime, opted into his contract for subsequent season with the Philadelphia 76ers and is in a standoff with the franchise as he tries to get them to commerce him.
Harden is getting old (turning 34 subsequent month) and has the type of persona that may commandeer a complete group. There have additionally been critical issues about Harden’s work ethic, so you may’t actually blame Udoka for not eager to deal with all that on his new rebuilding workforce.
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