On June 20, Tencent Sports News reported that Rocket guard Austin Rivers said in an interview that he did not see problems between Chris Paul and James Harden. He said that the media reports about the contradictions in the light bulb combination were all fabricated false news. [Focus on NBA trade rumors]
Little Rivers thinks Paul and Harden get along very well.
Yahoo！ Sports said in a previous report that the relationship between Paul and Harden was "irreversible", and Paul had asked the Rockets to trade him out. But Little Rivers said he didn't see any problems between Paul and Harden.
"I don't know anything about these things, and I don't know where the news comes from," Little Rivers said in an interview with the gossip website TMZ. "There are many fantastic stories now. This is absolutely not true. I have not seen any problems between them. These are fabricated news, just like what you see on social media, they are fake news."
At Yahoo! Shortly after Sports published the report, Paul and Rockets general manager Daryl Morey firmly denied it.
"After the playoffs, Paul and I had an exchange of views." Morey said in an interview with the Houston Chronicle, "I myself, coach Mike D'Antoni, Harden, we are very competitive. All the frustration comes from our being eliminated in the postseason. Everyone wants to overcome difficulties, which led to a lot of anger. Everything is normal. We all have the same goal to fight for the championship. We were all very frustrated that we didn't get there. In fact, we are trying to make the team better. "
However, according to ESPN, everything of the Rockets is not very good. "There is too much confusion now," a senior rocket official told ESPN. "There are some bad emotions everywhere."
Rocket insiders said that the fundamental reason for the tension between Harden and Paul is "the difference in the style and character of the game they like". For example, Harden likes singles. But with the growth of age, Paul now prefers to run and fight, and he can not play a stable performance and defeat the opponent in the singles as he used to. "Paul wants to command Harden," the source said. "Harden looks at Paul. He looks like this, 'You can't even handle your opponent. Shut up and watch me.'"
Therefore, only they know whether there are contradictions between the light bulb combinations.
(Palm Challenge)