Woj: Harden Opting into $35.6M Player Option and Demanding Trade from Philly; Wants to Play for the Clippers

NBA4Lyfe · Post #321 » by **NBA4Lyfe** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:12 am

flow wrote:Why would anyone trade for Harden?

Seriously.

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Because he is still a top 15 player in the association

NBA4Lyfe · Post #322 » by **NBA4Lyfe** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:15 am

BeatDaCavs420 wrote:This guy is a joke, like how is he not embarrassed by this point asking for another trade

Because he still keeps producing mvp level REGULAR seasons

Buckeye-NBAFan · Post #323 » by **Buckeye-NBAFan** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:15 am

Ballerhogger wrote:
iggymcfrack wrote:Harden and Harris for George, Powell, and Covington. Who says no?

Clippers

Honestly, that would be a good deal for the Clippers. They get out from under George and Powell's contracts, and they can either resign everyone if they have success, or have almost no contracts in 2024 and completely overhaul the roster.

NBA4Lyfe · Post #324 » by **NBA4Lyfe** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:16 am

Stone wrote:Believe it or not, I am more upset with Harden stabbing the sixers in the back than the Nets. I could understand wanting to get away from Kyrie BS. Seems like the league talent is going west

Why would harden want to stay in Philly when he is constantly the one getting all the blame instead of the mvp of the sixers

OkcSinceSGA · Post #325 » by **OkcSinceSGA** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:20 am

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James Harden’s camp is fully expecting to be traded to the Clippers it sounds like.

Mamba81p · Post #326 » by **Mamba81p** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:20 am

Nobody wants to pay him.
He is a borderline all star at this point, and he will be 34 when the season starts. I don't really know what his plan is here. Obviously he wants to get paid, and that's why we heard all those fake rumors about Houston: he was desperate to get the sixers fold, but they were smarter than that.

The High Cyde · Post #327 » by **The High Cyde** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:23 am

Sure why not, gotta add the best talent you can. James will easily play the point here in LA. It’s risky, but that’s pro sports.

Mamba Mentality · Post #328 » by **Mamba Mentality** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:24 am

MagicMamba88 wrote:

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Highly doubt that’s the straw that broke the camels back. Harden still wants to win but doesn’t want to do any of the heavy lifting it’s as simple as that.

MagicMamba88 · Post #329 » by **MagicMamba88** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:26 am

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Dan Z · Post #330 » by **Dan Z** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:28 am

Andrew_M08 wrote:Signing contracts and demanding trades to play on the team you want is the new trend. Consequences of giving too much power to the players

It's different in this case. Harden could simply opt out and sign somewhere else. This way Philly can get something back and Harden gets to play where he wants to.

Lalouie · Post #331 » by **Lalouie** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:38 am

at his age he'll go where he's comfortable. i'm pretty sure he doesn't want to continue dealing with s*****t.

clips or houston

GYK · Post #332 » by **GYK** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:40 am

If the Clippers could stay healthy I would say them.
Suns wouldn’t have needed the Beal trade. Weapons need a general. Tho their problems are still glaring.

Castle Black · Post #333 » by **Castle Black** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:43 am

Yea Clips make the most sense. They won’t win anything cause Kawhi, Harden, and/or PG will inevitably be hurt during or before the Playoffs, but they’ll be fun to watch in the regular season if nothing else. They’ll also have no depth.

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In-N-Out 247 · Post #334 » by **In-N-Out 247** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:46 am

If I'm the 76ers, I'd ask for Mann and insist that PJ Tucker be included in the deal. Maybe Harden & Tucker for Powell, Covington & Mann

MagicMamba88 · Post #335 » by **MagicMamba88** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:49 am

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evilpimp972 · Post #336 » by **evilpimp972** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:50 am

Yank3525 wrote:
TGW wrote:Blame Lebron for this shxt. He started this nonsense.

Nah, Lebron played out his contract and then left. You can get on him for the super team thing, but he isn't doing what Kyrie, KD, and Harden have been doing the last few years.

How is that better?

SpreeS · Post #337 » by **SpreeS** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:50 am

So

Harden and Korkmaz to LAC
Mann, Covington and Powell to PHI

???

eyeatoma · Post #338 » by **eyeatoma** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:55 am

Karate Diop wrote:Nets fans repeatedly told Sixers fans what was going to happen but nah they didn't want to hear it...

Tough luck for the 76'ers... But we also need to ask at this point in time, just how overrated was "The Process"?

Difference is, Sixers fans wanted Harden gone, Net's didn't. Sixers still have Embiid and Maxey.

eyeatoma · Post #339 » by **eyeatoma** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 5:58 am

Paradise wrote:
Rapaz wrote:
Karate Diop wrote:Nets fans repeatedly told Sixers fans what was going to happen but nah they didn't want to hear it...

Tough luck for the 76'ers... But we also need to ask at this point in time, just how overrated was "The Process"?

This process?

Or this one?

Nah, this one. He’s a free agent the same year, we own your lotto pick. We warned you Sixer fans about Harden, you were an ignorant fan base about it. Eat it.

We have the hometown star you passed on in the draft on a cap friendly deal and you have Tobias Harris.

Now process that.

The only thing that we can process is that the Nets are going to be cellar dwellars, and will continue to try to injure star players, because they dont; have any actual talent apart from Bridges. Man ya'll a salty bunch. Kyrie is the reason it didn't work out for you guys, not Harden.

Harden was the reason it didn't work out for the Sixers, nothing else. Majority of Philly fans love this move.

NBA4Lyfe · Post #340 » by **NBA4Lyfe** » Fri Jun 30, 2023 6:02 am

Mamba81p wrote:Nobody wants to pay him.
He is a borderline all star at this point, and he will be 34 when the season starts. I don't really know what his plan is here. Obviously he wants to get paid, and that's why we heard all those fake rumors about Houston: he was desperate to get the sixers fold, but they were smarter than that.

more like the owners and the nba are colluding againist harden, the problem is they cant completely kaepernick harden without it looking fishy as hell. He is still among the top guards in player impact estimate, and raptor. Despite having a much lower usage rate than most other star guardsin the league, harden just posted his 4th season with 20/10/5 on at least 60% true shooting( most all time), only other guard to do it at all was magic johnson who did it 3x. The nfl had this issue when kaepernick sued them, kaepernick was still good enough of an player to were a judge ruled that it was collusion by owners for him not to be on a roster in the nfl. Harden this past season was much better than keapernick was in the nfl, and basketball reference thought highly enough of harden to place him top 5 in their mvp tracker. So harden will get paid if he has another season like he had in 2023 with the sixers, or a legal fight will ensue

Where does James Harden end up?