Harden not surprised Durant, Irving fled Nets’ ‘dysfunction’

NEW YORK (AP) — James Harden isn’t surprised Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving wanted out of Brooklyn, having tired quickly of the “dysfunction” he saw in his brief time with the Nets and asking out. He says he didn’t “just ask to leave for no reason.” Harden was traded to Philadelphia at the 2022 trade deadline. By the time he came back Saturday for the first time in the regular season just a year later, Durant and Irving were also gone. He wouldn’t specify his reasons for souring so quickly but made clear he felt there were problems within the Nets organization.