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

[___Rand___]

I think Morey will go for a full rebuild. Embiid cannot play any better than this and his supporting cast will continue to get worse

I don't see it. Nurse is his 1st coaching hire in Philly (Doc was already there). Nurse ain't a rebuild coach. He's a win now coach.

[OkcSinceSGA]

Woj hitmen just took down Droppingdimes20 lol. He was right on all this stuff and now his account doesn’t exist.

[cam24thomas]

George and Embiid would be scary. Feel this is a way better scenario that paying harden 4/222 or losing him for nothing.

No they wouldn't. Paul George is not scaring anyone.

Plus its very unlikely that Embiid AND George can stay healthy long enough to advance through the playoffs, so Sixers should trade for somebody with reliable health.

[John Murdoch]

Suns get: James Harden

Dallas get: Deandre Ayton

Philly get: THJ, Josh Green, Richaun Holmes , 2nd via PHX

[WuTang_CMB]

odd fit anyways with embiid

get what u can and move on

[___Rand___]

I think Morey will go for a full rebuild. Embiid cannot play any better than this and his supporting cast will continue to get worse

He only has himself to blame for playing like a clown in game 6 and game 7.

He didn't step up much in the playoffs. He shrank like an ant-man.

[therealbig3]

Dude, is there a bigger cancer than Harden, other than Kyrie? He forced his way out of Houston in a really ugly way, helped blow up the Nets in just a year and a half and forced his way out, went to Philly and underwhelmed badly in the playoffs in 2 straight years and now demands a trade again.

I don't think he's THAT much better than Kyrie either. He's pretty much just as bad. Kyrie actively makes teams worse, like as an actual basketball player, so that's the one thing Harden has over him. But Harden has come up hella short in the playoffs for 2 years now, in addition to his perennial playoff choke jobs in Houston, outside of some random explosions here and there.

[clyde21]

He is clearly doing Morey a favor by getting pieces for him.

he's not doing anyone but himself a favor, he knows in FA there are only a couple of teams that can sign him to this type of money outright but they are **** teams, he essentially used Houston as leverage to get an opt-in and trade with Philly.

[SelfishPlayer]

Clippers CANNOT send back Mann, Bones or Boston Jr for a 1 year Harden rental with no bird rights. Would be a disaster. They need to keep those guys out.

Harden no bird rights?

[Reeko]

whos point?

Maxey

I know that. Not as good an option. He's not developed to the point where he can create on the fly or call plays.

In fairness to him, he hasn’t been empowered to do so up to this point in his career.

[OkcSinceSGA]

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Lmao

[xb3at band1tx]

2024 Clippers

[NBA4Lyfe]

Dude, is there a bigger cancer than Harden, other than Kyrie? He forced his way out of Houston in a really ugly way, helped blow up the Nets in just a year and a half and forced his way out, went to Philly and underwhelmed badly in the playoffs in 2 straight years and now demands a trade again.

I don't think he's THAT much better than Kyrie either. He's pretty much just as bad. Kyrie actively makes teams worse, like as an actual basketball player, so that's the one thing Harden has over him. But Harden has come up hella short in the playoffs for 2 years now, in addition to his perennial playoff choke jobs in Houston, outside of some random explosions here and there.

you listen to bill simmons and ryen russilo too much

check this out

james harden top 5 mvp candidate
https://www.basketball-reference.com/friv/mvp.html

[ryguy613]

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Lmao

bro these accounts are hella annoying. these dudes pop up every. single. off. season. And everyone treats them like Nostradamus for 15 minutes. then their big prediction falls apart and they disappear back into the twitter void.

[WuTang_CMB]

Lol biggest mic drop if he deleted his profile

[WuTang_CMB]

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[iggymcfrack]

I don’t see the Sixers just trading him for picks. They have to convince Embiid they’re contending right now or else he could be the next domino. Is a Paul George trade out of the question? I could imagine the Clippers not being excited about paying him going forward and they could use a point guard. PG13 has a $49MM player option next year and he’s played 48, 54, 31, and 56 games the last 4 seasons. They also desperately need a real point guard who can initiate the offense.

[Exp0sed]

imagine the audacity opting into almost 36 MILLION dollars with your employer and then immediately demanding a trade.

Player EmpowermentTM

he's doing them a favor

if he walks Morey can't do s*** as they are over the cap anyways
sure, if there was a team willing to give him a long term max he would sign there but obviously even Houston is reluctant

this way they can actually get some value
If they manage to wrestle a guy like Mann and a couple of solid rotation players - that's still a very competitive team perhaps even more competitive

if they end up with just salary filler (Morris etc.) and a SRP, it wouldn't matter much but perhaps they could get a good deal from someone

I can totally see Harden wanting to go for a round in California while being assured by Ballmer he'll be resigned over the summer

doing them a favor is perhaps stretching it a bit but him opting in and demanding a trade def serves both parties

[xb3at band1tx]

I don’t see the Sixers just trading him for picks. They have to convince Embiid they’re contending right now or else he could be the next domino. Is a Paul George trade out of the question? I could imagine the Clippers not being excited about paying him going forward and they could use a point guard. PG13 has a $49MM player option next year and he’s played 48, 54, 31, and 56 games the last 4 seasons. They also desperately need a real point guard who can initiate the offense.

This is where Im at.

If the deal is Norm, Mann, and Morris idk how you can sell contender status to Embiid even though they just got Nurse. That trade reeks of rebuild. Norm and Mann are nice depth but still not anything to write home about IMO.

I feel like they need PG in the deal.

[ReddoverKobe]

Dude, is there a bigger cancer than Harden, other than Kyrie? He forced his way out of Houston in a really ugly way, helped blow up the Nets in just a year and a half and forced his way out, went to Philly and underwhelmed badly in the playoffs in 2 straight years and now demands a trade again.

I don't think he's THAT much better than Kyrie either. He's pretty much just as bad. Kyrie actively makes teams worse, like as an actual basketball player, so that's the one thing Harden has over him. But Harden has come up hella short in the playoffs for 2 years now, in addition to his perennial playoff choke jobs in Houston, outside of some random explosions here and there.

Kyrie caused the Brooklyn issues, I dont blame Harden for that.