James Harden Makes Feelings Clear on OKC Exit That Changed the Franchise Forever James Harden reflects on his OKC exit in Netflix’s Starting 5, revealing raw emotions from the Thunder trade that chang

A few moments in team history reshape a franchise overnight. James Harden ’s exit from the Oklahoma City Thunder in 2012 was one of them. What looked then like a complicated financial move became a decade-long pivot that redirected careers and narratives across the league. And now, the Beard is not holding back his words anymore.

That raw truth landed in Episode 1 of Netflix’s Starting 5 , Season 2. Harden didn’t soften the wound. “Overall, I was mad as hell, too. Because I got the call, and it’s like, man, it was lost. Like, I was like, it’s my dog. It’s like, you see what we just did these last three years?”

“It was like, you know what a championship makes you do? I got the call, and it was like, we love you, bro. We’re going to trade you to Houston. I was hurt,” Harden said,