According to a report, former Oklahoma City Thunder star (now Houston Rockets star) James Harden was traded from O.K.C. because of something he did with a teammates girlfriend in Los Angeles.The source says that Harden caught up with R&B singer Keri Hilson last week, at a Los Angeles nightclub. The source claims that one of the Oklahoma City Thunder executives took a photo of both Harden and Hilson cozying up with each other.Keep in mind that Hilson is dating Thunder star Sergei Ibaka (below).About 48 hours later, the Thunder traded Harden out of Oklahoma City to the Houston Rockets, a trade which surprised a lot of people around the league.Many believe that Ibaka REQUESTED that Harden be traded from the Thunder, as bad blood was beginning to build between the two inside the locker room, which no one wanted to deal with.
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