James Harden fined $100K by NBA after public comments about 76ers trade request, NBPA to challenge ruling

rewrite this content material with complete period and stay HTML tags James Harden has been fined $100,000 by the NBA for his “public comments on August 14 and 17 indicating that he would not perform the services called for under his player contract unless traded to another team,” the NBA introduced on Tuesday. “The league’s investigation, which included an interview of Harden, confirmed that these comments referenced Harden’s belief that the 76ers would not accommodate his request to be traded,” the league’s observation concluded. Later on Tuesday, the National Basketball Players Association issued a observation disagreeing with the ruling and promising to challenge it.”We respectfully disagree with the league’s decision to discipline James Harden for recent comments he made, which we believe do not violate the rule against public trade demands,” the gamers’ union’s observation stated. “We intend to file a grievance and have the matter heard by our Arbitrator.” For reference, here’s what Harden stated at an tournament in China on Aug. 14. “Daryl Morey is a liar, and I will never be part of an organization that he’s a part of,” Harden stated to a room filled with other people in a video acquired by Shams Charania. “Let me say that again: Daryl Morey is a liar and I will never be part of an organization that he’s a part of.”It would seem that the a part of that remark that in reality were given Harden in hassle, much more so than calling Morey a liar, used to be when he adopted up by announcing “will never be a part of an organization that [Morey is] a part of.” Translation, until Morey is fired, Harden would possibly not play for the Philadelphia 76ers — which is attention-grabbing making an allowance for the truth that in June he willingly opted in to his $35.6 million participant possibility for the 2023-24 season with … the Philadelphia 76ers.  You would possibly recall that Kevin Durant used to be reported to have informed the Brooklyn Nets that the one method he would play for them, even supposing he used to be beneath contract, used to be in the event that they removed their head trainer on the time, Steve Nash, and GM Sean Marks. But Durant by no means stated this publicly. When Ben Simmons principally refused to play for the Sixers, he cited psychological well being. He did not simply flat out say he would not play in Philadelphia. Stuff likes this is going on at the back of the scenes so much. Business is grimy, and the NBA is a trade. Damian Lillard has made it beautiful transparent he desires a trade out of Portland, the place he is beneath contract for the following 4 years, and that in particular he desires to pass to Miami, however he hasn’t stepped out and stated this publicly. That’s the place Harden went fallacious. You cannot get up on a world platform, successfully seize a megaphone, and get started refusing to play for the workforce with which you might be beneath contract. The NBA has to get no less than relatively of a care for in this. Player empowerment is something; whole manipulation and outright refusal to honor contracts is a complete different factor that indisputably falls throughout the language of “statements detrimental to basketball, the NBA or a team.”Subsequently, the NBA introduced an investigation into Harden’s comments and whether or not his calling Morey a liar probably referenced a handshake settlement between the 2 when Harden took a decrease wage remaining summer season. Did Morey inform Harden he would make it up to him this summer season with a long-term deal? If so, this may qualify as one thing of a wink-wink wage cap circumvention. Instead, what emerged from the investigation used to be Harden confirming that his liar remark used to be in reference to Morey “telling Harden he will trade him quickly following the $35.6 million opt-in for the 2023-24 season,” in step with The Athletic.  So Harden believed he used to be best opting in to be traded, and the Sixers’ stance now’s that they dont intend to trade him. For Harden, such are the breaks when no one in the market — significantly the Clippers — desires you adequate to provide Morey with an inexpensive trade be offering. Never thoughts the hypocrisy of a man who has bailed, or is within the strategy of making an attempt to bail, on 3 other groups with whom he used to be beneath contract calling anyone else a liar. When Harden signed the ones offers, that is a lovely transparent settlement to give your all to that workforce. Did he stay his phrase? He would let you know that instances modified from the time he signed the ones offers. Well, instances have modified for the Sixers, too.  Harden’s worth is within the tank, beautiful merely. He can stroll after this season. He flamed out (once more) when the Sixers wanted him maximum in Games 6 and seven of the convention semifinals in opposition to Boston remaining 12 months. He very obviously is at all times a risk to up and pressure his method out of a freelance and switch your workforce into a large number, as he has now accomplished thrice — first in Houston, then Brooklyn, and now Philadelphia. Oh, and he is about to flip 34 years outdated and is not anyplace close to the participant he as soon as used to be. He does not have the leverage he thinks he does, or indisputably that he used to have. His absolute best wager is to swallow his pleasure, come again to the Sixers and provides them 100% for yet another season. If he performs smartly, and is not an issue, he can most likely repair a few of his worth and feature his agent get started sweeping the panorama for ingenious offers subsequent summer season to land him with yet another long-term deal. Or he can being cussed and take a look at to turn out to be the sort of headache that Morey capitulates. I would not depend on that going down. Morey confirmed with the Simmons saga that he can keep locked right into a staring contest with the most efficient of them. In different phrases, keep tuned.  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