One day you’re dreaming of championship rings with your buddies; the next you’re stepping off of a charter plane as the face of a rebuild. Rockets guard James Harden can be forgiven if his head is still spinning after the Thunder moved him in a blockbuster trade just days before the start of the 2012-13 season.

Over the last 10 days, with his whole life turned upside down, he’s signed an $80 million contract extension and keyed a nice start to the Rockets’ season. Still, it sounds as if he’s not totally content with how the process played out. Harden wishes the Thunder hadn’t rushed him to make a decision during the final stages of contract extension negotiations.

Why didn’t officials give him longer than an hour to consider a final four-year, $54 million offer before trading him? “After everything we established — everything we had done — you give me an hour?” “This was one of the biggest decisions of my life. I wanted to go home and pray about it. It hurt me. It hurt.”