Breaking News This coming from Adrian Ward Yanovsky reporting with Ramona Shelburne that the Brooklyn Nets have acquired Houston's James Harden in a blockbuster deal.

Keys laughing because he thought this was coming.

Let me just give a few more details.

This is a major hall for Houston.

It's a three way deal with Cleveland Caris.

Levert is involved in this.

We're gonna get more information as we can.

I wanted to give you this news, though, and it was a request that James Harden wanted.

He wanted to get out of Houston.

So now Brooklyn able to get him there, James Harden wanted to be reunited with Kevin Durant.

You can also check out Adrian Ward Jankowski's Twitter, of course, watch bombs flying all over the place on then.

Now the Nets get another all n BA player in his prime, getting hardened K d together and Kyrie Irving, depending on what happens there.

But just your initial reaction key.

Well, last night was the first time that we heard James Harden officially say, I've done enough in Houston.

I've given you everything.

It's time for me to move has been somewhat speculation and cryptic tweets and instagrams and things of that nature in his behavior.

So, as I've always said, Dan, in professional sports, when an athlete said, You said before the show, when an athlete says, I want out, you movie because you're going to devalue as he stays there and you try to force in the play that value goes like this And they got smart.

Rafael Stone, the general manager.

He got smart and was able to say, You know what?

It's time to move.

It's time to move him.

I want you to educate us a little bit.

My only hope is that during the jump, when the jump is happening over the next week or two, that Schefty drops the bomb that does.

Shawn Watson also has been trading.

Sorry, City of Houston, but that's just my hope for DeShaun Watson.

I said to you when this happened, like man James Harden headcase or something like that, because what's going on this year?

And so you tell me what everything is calculated, right?

I mean, it's all calculated.

They didn't.

It's the same situation that Cal, McNair and, uh, Jack used to be decision to not talk to the shine.

Their decision in Houston was not to consult.

What Russell Westbrook is well is Harden on the general manager move or the head coach.

They just ignored the situation.

And then at that point, it was like, You know what?

I think about this for a minute.

He turned down two years, Ah, $100 million of guaranteed money to get out, right?

So does that sound like a guy that wants to be in Houston does not.

Once again, you see the breaking news here right now on ESPN, according to Adrienne's word Adrian Word Yanovsky and promoted Shelburne, the Nets acquiring James Harden from the Rockets.

This is interesting guys, according Thio, Ramona Shelburne and Whoa, Brooklyn.

Since three unprotected first round picks 2022 2024 2026 in the deal, plus pick swaps in 21 23 25 27 the Rockets get Cleveland's 2022 1st round pick via the Bucks.

Just a huge haul.

Either way, they could have it right.

It looks Houston valued that asset.

They held on to it as long as they could, and they got something out of it.

They're getting some future picks.

Now, wherever those picks land, who knows what they could turn out to be?

Oh, can I?

I have a question, though, because you just said two minutes ago that when a superstar makes it very clear that I want out, you have no other choice but to move him.

Before the show, we were talking about the decision on Watson situation.

You said they're not gonna move them.

They can't.

How is that different?

Because he hasn't said he wants out.

Remember everything?

He hasn't said it publicly.

You're saying hard and made it very clear.

Last.

That's right.

I've done everything.

You guys let me add this Thio, this is happening as we're sitting here right now would also tweeting the Rockets expanding the deal to send Caris Levert to the Pacers for Victor Oladipo.

So that's another edition, e I think that that's what you gotta look at in this situation is James Harden made a decision last night to come public and once he became it became public dance.

It's time to go.

I got you.

If if in fact the shine watch, it makes a decision, just think about it all the guys guys in the NFL that you've known.

That said, I want to get out of Jalen Ramsey.

They moved him to the Rams from Jacksonville, the big tackle that was in Washington that was moved to San Francisco.

Trent Williams, he said.

I don't wanna play for these dudes.

Eventually move you.

I mean, that's just you can't hold on to a bad asset.

Alright, as we continue to talk about this, let's bring in Marcus Spears for his reaction.

I mean, it was inevitable, Um, James unhappy that Mike D'Antoni and Daryl Morey was gone.

They didn't talk about that with him.

Obviously, I feel bad for Silas, the coach, Silas Jr.

Paul Silas Junior that came in.

They very excited about him.

But you think about James Harden and Kevin Durant along with Kyrie.

Hopefully, if Kyrie decides he wants to come back and play basketball to reincarnation of the Oklahoma City Thunder, it was Westbrook, Katie and obviously James Harden.

So now you have your Big Three and the hall that you get for him.

Look, the MBA now is about leveraging for superstars.

It's not about the future.

It ain't about what how many draft picks you could have.

It's not like football where usually in the n b A.

You don't hit on late round draft picks.

You know the guys that's gonna immediately be good, and it's gonna take a while for development for guys later.

If you're telling me I could put James Harden, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving with the caveat.

If he's gonna have his mind right and come back and play basketball at, obviously catapults the Brooklyn Nets into being a championship team, they should be the best team in the East now.

Um, so look, it's an exciting time for James Harden.

It should be an exciting time for the Houston Rockets.

When you look at when you look at everything that's transpired over this time, it was Chris Paul.

James Harden couldn't play with him.

He wanted Russell.

Westbrook couldn't play for him, was in Houston.

Houston laid everything at the feet of James.

Harden was like, What can we do for you?

Tilman Fertitta, the owner, was on first take with us about a year ago, talking about how bad he wanted to win a championship, and now the centerpiece was going to be James Harden how things change, How the mighty fall.

So look, the Houston Rockets are better off for it.

Obviously, James Harden is in the position he wants to be.

It was between Brooklyn and Philadelphia.

Now you got your Big Three in Brooklyn.

There is no reason for the Brooklyn that's not to be in the conversation toe.

Win the NBA championship and be the Kings of the East.

E o with championships.

The market's doing this big, big perk Impersonating you.

Forgot about that team out West talking about a championship.

You better keep it to the East.

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