James Harden not Impressed by Warriors’ Super-team

Of course, the NBA’s biggest offseason move involved the Warriors signing Kevin Durant to a two-year contract.

Harden’s new extension is reportedly a $118 million dollar contract over four years.

Harden, who took a more direct shot at the Warriors in a press conference over the weekend after signing a contract extension with the Rockets, continued to throw shade at a Western Conference foe standing in the way of his Rockets and a chance at an National Basketball Association championship. Hopefully, they won’t repeat their recent blunder of blowing out a 3-1 lead.

That last part about the Rockets not being a “super-team” could be read as just a general acknowledgment of the fans’ frustration at the organization for not being able to land any of their high-profile free agent targets this summer, along with the reassurance that the current roster will fight hard and work together and all that good stuff. “You’ve got to figure it out”. His teams have also never posted a losing record and have won 50-plus games four times.

As long as the hard work Harden referred to includes when the other team has the ball, an area D’Antonio teams typically don’t excel in, the Rockets should be be much improved this season and have a better chance of reaching their goal. After all, Harden has eschewed free agency for the foreseeable future despite all of the Rockets’ organizational upheaval the past year, a stark contrast to Durant’s departure for greener pastures this summer.

It’s not like the Rockets haven’t done everything in their power to assemble a super team. With the commitment of Harden and the additions of Ryan Anderson and Eric Gordon, Houston will play a completely different brand of basketball under Mike D’Antoni.

There may be a bit of bad blood between the Rockets and Warriors since the former were very interested in getting Durant before he joined the latter.