James Harden’s exit from the Rockets left a foul impression, because the guard appeared to pressure his method out of the group for a greater probability at a title. Nonetheless, Harden claims there’s a place in his coronary heart for town of Houston.

In an interview with Adrienne Faurote of Haute Time, Harden defined why he’ll all the time attempt to stay linked to Houston.

“My household is right here—my mother, my sister, my brother—so that is the place I’d name residence,” he stated. “I really feel like this metropolis deserves for me to nonetheless put my stamp on it despite the fact that I’m now not enjoying right here. I’ve obtained to search out methods to proceed to do this, and I’ll.”

Regardless of the chaotic exit, Harden stays a fixture within the historical past of Rockets basketball. He’s the franchise’s chief in factors per recreation, triple doubles, assists, three-pointers and free throws. He took the Rockets to 2 Western Convention Finals appearances and a franchise file 65 wins in 2017-18.