James Harden pushed for the Houston Rockets to fire Kevin McHale at the start of this season.

The Rockets fired McHale after a 4-7 start to the season despite reaching the Western Conference Finals last season.

Harden has since angled for the Rockets to trade away Dwight Howard.

"It's really bad for the locker room dynamic," a person familiar with the situation told CBS Sports. "If everybody knows that James Harden can fire you or trade you, are you going to pass the ball to Dwight or are you going to pass the ball to James Harden?"