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Harden insists Thunder reunion no big deal http://tinyurl.com/br9ukvt

James Harden insisted again and again that his first game against the
Oklahoma City Thunder will be just another game. He was not sure how he would
feel Wednesday when he returns to Chesapeake Energy Arena and that
uber-exuberant crowd roars, he said, but he didn’t think he would be more
emotional than in any other game.

“I’m on the road trying to get a win,” Harden said Tuesday. “That’s no
different than when we played at Memphis or Atlanta or whatever the case may
be.”

Harden was dealt to the Rockets days before the start of the regular season
when he could not come to an agreement on a contract extension with the
Thunder. The Rockets signed him to a five-year, $80 million max deal. He said
he never expected to leave Oklahoma City after the trip to the NBA Finals
last season or through the summer on the Olympic team with Kevin Durant and
Russell Westbrook, but he refuses to consider the game special.

“To be honest, I don’t even know,” he said. “It will be good to see some
faces, some old teammates and coaches. They’re all my family. I look forward
to every single game I play. It’s just another game.”

But guard Daequan Cook, who was traded with Harden and Cole Aldrich in the
deal, said Harden will be especially driven Wednesday.

“He’s going to be in a different zone,” Cook said. “At the end of the
day, if anybody knows, I know this game means a lot to him. He’s going to
want to play his best basketball. This game means so much right now to him.
You’re going to see a different mindset with him.

“It’s going to be crazy, man. Crazy emotional and very energetic on both
sides of the floor for both teams.”

Thunder coach Scott Brooks also disputed the idea that players don’t hold a
grudge when playing the team that traded them, calling on his experience of
getting dealt to Dallas by the Rockets for Morlon Wiley in 1995.

“It’s not another game,” Brooks told media in Oklahoma City on Tuesday,
playing with the notion of a reunion game for Harden, Kevin Martin and others
in the trade. “I want to beat the Rockets. They traded me in the second
championship year.

“It took me five years to get over Rudy Tomjanovich. Now we’re best
buddies. But yeah, it’s still personal.”





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