James Harden Returns to Houston With New Boo: Brooklyn

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🗓️ 3 March 2021

⏱️ 34 minutes

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Tonight James Harden enters his former basketball home, Houston’s Toyota Center, as a member of the Brooklyn Nets. It’s his first time facing the Rockets since his very messy trade in January. After a slow start, Harden and the Nets are thriving. He’s notched seven triple doubles in their recent eight-game winning streak. And that’s even with star Kevin Durant sitting out for injury. ESPN’s Malika Andrews explains how Harden has gone from being a bonus for the Nets, to a reliable asset and leader. Then, Pablo interviews new co-owner of the National Women’s Soccer League’s Chicago Red Stars, Sarah Spain. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	I hope I'm received a love, the love and the appreciation that I've given to that city,
0:06.0	and that I still give to that city.
0:07.7	You know, I hope, hoping that the favor can be returned because they've given me an opportunity
0:12.7	to grow in this league as a leader that I am today.
0:33.9	Jane. James Hardin says he's excited to face his old team tonight as he returns to Houston for the first time as a Brooklyn net. But given Hardin's infamously messy exit, do his former T-Bates and Rockets fans feel the same?
0:43.0	Today, Malika Andrews explains what the ex-MVP told her about his regrets and his new city,
0:50.4	and why the rest of the league should be terrified.
0:55.4	I'm Pablo Torre. It's Wednesday, March 3rd.
0:59.5	This is ESPN Daily.
1:05.1	Malika, where are you right now?
1:07.6	I am sitting at a conference table in my hotel room in Houston, Texas.
1:14.5	Malika Andrews covers the Nets and the NBA for ESPN, and she just interviewed James Hardin,
1:20.3	and she's in Houston for his return to town. And you are in Houston, and I'm very jealous
1:26.1	because I love soap operas, Malika.
1:30.8	And you are going to the first game that James Hardin is playing in Houston after going to the Nets after dumping the entire Rockets franchise.
1:42.6	Right.
1:43.1	This is a juicy, messy,
1:45.3	and yet also super impactful
1:48.0	transaction that reshape the NBA.
1:51.8	How excited are you for tonight?
1:54.4	It's the equivalent of in the soap opera.
1:59.8	When the two women are standing at the top of the stairs and the one is like maybe going to be pushing somebody, but also they might work it out.
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