via their "unofficial" PR guy tim mcmahon in an attempt to make a harden trade seem unappealing as possible. rockets owner and known broke boi tilman fertitta is likely desperate to keep harden because he's a ticket and merch seller plus a near-guaranteed playoff berth. it seems unlikely that other teams are reaching out to tim mcmahon with this info (how would they get it anyway?) in order to lower his value

i'm biased here; harden is my favorite player by far. this has been a rough couple of weeks and he's truly testing my fandom. also it's disheartening to know that all those teenagers on r/nba are nutting endlessly over these semi-hit pieces on my guy