For the third time in as a few years, James Harden desires a change of surroundings.
But he won’t get it.
In late June, the 10-time All-Star opted into his $35.6 million participant possibility for subsequent season, permitting him to work along with the 76ers to discover a means out of city.
In the weeks since — largely crickets, in keeping with Sports Illustrated.
Harden, 33, prefers to maneuver west to the Los Angeles Clippers, who’re reportedly — however not on the going asking value of Terance Mann and sure first-round draft picks.
The New York Knicks had been one other staff initially anticipated to interact in potential commerce discussions, in keeping with a number of sources, however no motion has come from that entrance.
“He’s wishing for a different situation contractually. … If we can do something that is win-win, helps the Sixers, then we will look at it. If we can’t, then we won’t,” Sixers common supervisor Daryl Morey stated Tuesday throughout an interview with Philadelphia’s 97.5 FM.
Meanwhile, again at Harden’s present dwelling, relationships have felt the results of Harden’s request. After almost a decade of working collectively, relationship to their time in Houston, Harden and Morey are reportedly at odds.
When Harden wished out of Houston in 2020, Morey despatched him to his most popular vacation spot of the Brooklyn Nets eight video games into the season. After Morey had moved to the Sixers, he introduced in Harden, who had demanded a commerce from the Nets in 2022.
But now, “the relationship between James Harden and Daryl Morey is essentially severed, it’s essentially fractured throughout this process,” The Athletic reported.
For their half, the Sixers will proceed to try to buy Harden.
“If we don’t get either a very good player or something that we can turn into a very good player then we’re just not going to do it,” Morey stated. “At this moment he does prefer to be traded and we’re attempting to honor that.”
Harden averaged 21.0 factors, 10.7 assists and 6.1 rebounds in 58 video games this previous season.
The 10-time All-Star owns profession averages of 24.7 factors, 7.0 assists and 5.6 rebounds in 1,000 video games (786 begins) with the Oklahoma City Thunder, Rockets, Brooklyn Nets and 76ers.
Harden got here to the Sixers within the deal that despatched Ben Simmons, Seth Curry and Andre Drummond to the Brooklyn Nets.
—Field Level Media/Reuters
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