NickP wrote:As die hard fans we've all waited forever to see our team win a chip. So, if getting the Beard here gets it done then I'm all for trading TMann.
Also I love what Russ has done for us but Harden brings more to the game than Russ.
Of course it all depends on which Harden we get.
I'm frankly surprised every time I see someone willing to trade T-Mann, either here or on Twitter. But although not a needle-mover, he's a quality rotation piece, and about the only decent thing we have to offer besides FRPs. [The Sixers already have 4 centers, lol.]
I still see no harm in trying to wait Morey out. Looking across the league, I think there is a next-to-zero chance anyone will top our offer of garbage-and-spare parts. [With Harden sucking up minutes at the 2 here, Powell and Boston are redundant to us but at least of some value to the Sixers.] Although he held out for a long time on Ben Simmons, IMO he ended up folding.
Morey surely now is holding out for a minimum of Mann and at least one FRP. The standoff begins.
If you mean he overpaid for Harden, I can’t argue. Though look what the Nets paid for him. And while there is still a chance Simmons comes back healthy after two lost years, the odds of him finally buying into major development to attain his perceived ceiling is at best a long-shot. Morey’s glory was scoring Harden the first time, and he still loves him long time. I’m guessing it’s the organization that absolutely refuses to allow him to reward Harden with the winked at multi-year bonanza. I believe that what Morey is holding out for is Harden forced to suit up and play for his next contract, and succeeding, and then giving him his multi-year. It’s the rest of us that are inclined to move him, but not give him away. We’d rather hold him for next year’s cap space.
