Sports Illustrated: The Beard- James Harden Untangles his Life and his Game

http://www.si.com/nba/2017/02/28/james-harden-the-beard-houston-rockets-mike-dantoni

good read....

talks about how he just distance himself from the team last year

It might have been easier if Harden and Howard just threw punches—or at least posted subtweets. But they are both non-confrontational by nature, so Harden stewed in silence, often ducking out of Toyota Center before he had time to stretch or ice. He even drifted apart from Beverley, his closest friend on the team. “He was just ... distant,” Beverley says. “The losing was really hard on him.”