Eric Walden: The James Harden situation has quickly devolved from mere selfishness to pure recklessness

Trade demands have been a part of the NBA since … well, pretty much always.Viewed through the simple-if-simplistic lens, James Harden isn’t doing anything different now than what Wilt Chamberlain did in Philadelphia, what Kareem Abdul-Jabbar did in Milwaukee, what Hakeem Olajuwon did in Houston, what Dwight Howard did in Orlando, what Kobe Bryant did in Los Angeles, what Carmelo Anthony did in Denver (and New York), what Anthony Davis did in New Orleans, et cetera, et cetera.Then ag