James Harden’s Drama is Finally Done

James Harden used to be so powerful he could change teams like a kid who just bought a bunch of jerseys I like this one nope I like this one he was the worst part of player empowerment wants to leave Houston shows up fat once Lee Brooklyn stops trying to play but this time is different Hardin has suddenly decided he wants out of Philly but now he doesn't have the power Hardin will regret making this trade demand we will finally see him squirm oh this isn't about winning if Harden wanted a win he'd stay with Joel embiid last year there were a game away from the East finals he wants to go to the west and go through jokic no this is about money Hardin says the Sixers went back on their word and lied to him last off season he turned down 47 million for one year to sign for less and help Philly add players but the secret agreement was a Max contract this off season but Philly would have been stupid to offer that no one is giving harden a max deal after another playoff meltdown so they said oh yeah about that Max contract promise yeah we're gonna have to renegotiate so Hardin was pissed how dare they pay him what he's actually worth yet James should have thought about that when he was in Houston before he forced his way out the Rockets offered him a historic 50 million a year contract but when that didn't work out he is back to worrying about his bank account well it's too late James hardened people have found out about your age and your playoff performance Philly doesn't want to ruin their own franchise so Hardin took them off his social media but nothing happened he is still a sixer and the GM Daryl Mori said this if we do look at a trade we're going to it's going to be for one of two things if we don't get you know either a very good player or something that we can turn into a very good player then we're just not going to do it oh no they will pull a Ben Simmons but first manscaped has asked me to share a story this one is embarrassing I have never ever said this out 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player to pair with embiid let me show you why with no Harden Tobias Harris and waving every other asset it's 64 million from embiid and Maxi's cap hold so they're cap space next year is about 74 million bucks the price of a Max contract about 51 million bucks so that's enough for One max player and a 23 million dollar free agent free agents next year include Anthony Davis Kawhi Paul George Pascal siacom Drew holiday OG and Adobe they could all be Sixers but there is one other thing James Harden is forgetting this would be the craziest move a team has pulled on a star player the CBA is a rule book for how the NBA operates a forgotten section is on page 317 and it backs James Harden into a corner it says a player who withholds playing services for more than 30 days after the start of his last season covered by his contract shall not be a veteran free agent and shall not be entitled to negotiate a contract with any other basketball team until the team for which the player last played expressly agrees otherwise translation if Hardin holds out the Sixers could block him from playing basketball ever again how insane is that why didn't they use that on Ben Simmons because Ben wasn't in the last year of his deal he had three seasons left but Hardin is Billy has so much leverage it is insane Harden has to come crawling back to them by the way why do we never see all this drama with like European players that's why they are becoming the face of the league we have to go to like obscure CBA rules with these dumb trade demands but guys like Giannis and Nicola jokic don't do this it's always American players with the drama Europeans come up in rough environments playing in places like Bosnia we used to say toughness about American players but guys like Hardin are changing all that which brings up another non-american Joel embien he is the unluckiest Superstar alive dude gets drafted to a team that's losing on purpose wastes a year of his Prime with Ben Simmons now almost 30 dealing with James Harden so people freaked out when indeed said this about his future um I just wanted with a championship you know whatever it takes I don't know what that's going to be what it is in Philly is you know Eddie Wells you know I just want to have a chance in Philly or anywhere else I just want a chance who can blame him now he's not demanding a trade there but one team is waiting for that moment the New York Knicks have planned for years to trade for a superstar but they're waiting for the right one an agent named Leon Rose dumped all of his Superstar clients to run the Knicks in 2020. since then he has kept all their draft picks picked up other team's draft picks stacked young Talent like RJ Barrett Emanuel quickley Clinton Grimes for a big star trade Donovan Mitchell wanted to go to New York the Knicks went hard to get him but they had a limit the Jazz tried to fleece them for spider so the Knicks said no Reports say discussions on Zach Levine have taken place but the price is gigantic the Wolves want the world for Carl Anthony towns but Joel embiid is worth it 29 years old a 30 point per game score in back-to-back years dominant Defender and a perfect fit with Jalen Brunson that is the key here it's why we haven't heard a ton of noise on Damien Liller he and Brunson wouldn't really mix I mean if Damon CJ McCollum didn't mix for years on defense Jalen Brunson ain't gonna work but Leon Rose is joelle's former agent they have a great relationship Joel already has a house in New York a big time Philly reporter admitted embiid to the Knicks absolutely could happen now we'll look at the Knicks trade offer in a second but who could beat them the Brooklyn Nets could actually offer as much as six first round picks but they're not one player away but the Knicks could offer RJ Barrett Ed in Fournier for salary and Manuel quickly Quentin Grimes and six first round picks for him beat they also have three pick swaps to offer so I'm happy to see James Harden backed up into a corner but I feel bad for another player we've got a new 16 year old who's supposed to be the number one overall pick years from now but that has backfired on guys like Imani Bates or Julian Newman is the media finally right this time about Cooper flag check it out

Channel: A.M. Hoops

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Keywords: James harden, james harden trade, james harden clippers, james harden demand, philadelphia 76ers, philadelphia sixers, sixers trade, morey harden, nba

Id: oKL76m38udQ

Length: 9min 29sec (569 seconds)

Published: Wed Jul 26 2023