NEW YORK — James Harden may have been the smartest person in the room all along.
Almost a year before the Nets traded Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks and Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns, Harden forced a trade out of Brooklyn to the Philadelphia 76ers.
Now that both Durant and Irving are gone, Harden has been vindicated. His decision to leave early showed foresight. He saw the smoke and got out of the house before it burned down.
