Skip to main content Analysis: Harden deal shows Nets are all in, both for a title and as a personality experiment Ben Golliver, The Washington Post Jan. 13, 2021 FacebookTwitterEmail The fledgling NBA season, beset by positive coronavirus tests and postponed games, received a jolt Wednesday when the Brooklyn Nets boldly acquired James Harden from the Houston Rockets in a blockbuster four-team trade that promises to shake the title landscape. In Brooklyn, Harden will team with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving to form the league's top "Big 3" and a potentially volatile mix of on-court styles and off-court personalities. Harden and Kevin Durant, both former MVPs and scoring champs, are reuniting after spending three years together on the Oklahoma City Thunder from 2009 to 2012.