76ers expect James Harden to eventually show up to camp, make situation ‘painful’ for organization, per report

As you might or would possibly not know by means of now, James Harden, nonetheless miffed over his no longer being traded to the Clippers (no less than no longer but), used to be a no-show for 76ers media day on Monday. Which is to say, we are now formally in “here we go again” territory with Harden, who needs to be traded, specifically to the Clippers, and who has already, at quite a lot of issues over the past handful of seasons, compelled his method out of Houston and Brooklyn by means of making his presence a definitely insupportable distraction. 

According to NBA TV and NBA on TNT reporter Jared Greenberg, it appears like Harden is getting ready to do the similar factor in Philadelphia. 

“While it is unclear what Harden’s next steps will be, it has been made clear to me by one high-ranking [76ers] official that the Sixers would not be surprised, in fact they expect Harden to show up [to training camp] at some point and make [the situation] painful for the organization,” Greenberg reported Monday. 

Greenberg endured: 

“At one point, after Harden asked for a trade, I was told that as many as four teams in what was categorized as serious trade conversations with the Sixers for James Harden. However, at this point those talks have fizzled out, and no deals are being discussed as of today.”

And …

“The point of it [for Sixers brass] is to get Harden to play [in Philadelphia], or they want to get value back that makes sense. They don’t want to live in that middle. It’s either get Harden to play, or get a return that allows [the Sixers] to win.”

Greenberg went on to claim the opposite, which might be conceding to Harden’s drive and buying and selling him for not up to the worth the Sixers understand to be sufficient to stay them in true championship competition, as merely no longer being an possibility for the Sixers. 

And it should not be. Harden, even after opting in to his $35.6 million participant possibility for this season, sought after a business to the Clippers, Daryl Morey checked into it, however quite a lot of experiences have indicated that the Clippers have been, in truth, the one who eventually ended the ones discussions, no less than for the time being. 

The final analysis is that this: Harden is not as excellent or as precious as he thinks he’s. That’s if truth be told the “painful” reality of all this.