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Kawhi has always been one of the biggest "what ifs" in the history of NBA, of course there are a lot more as well and this isn't at the top for sure but he is a big one. This dude won 2 fmvp's and is not even considered remotely anywhere the top, not even in any top 10 topics ever, I am not saying that he is not in it, I am saying he is not even considered to be in it at all, ever.

How many other 2 time finals mvp's can you name that people wouldn't even consider a small slight chance of them being in top 10? Nobody. That dude spent 2 years as bringing championship to his team, and all rest of his career as spending time resting his injury. That's really not normal and should be considered a bit weird but unlucky at the same time.

He's just underrated.

Sadly, there are players that have been at the top of fans preference and that's why they're more getting recognition. They're talking about title's and what, while some are getting the huge contracts despite not even touching a finals game.

And if it's about title, no doubt that Kawhi did it without that much of a superstar roster for his last or most recent title still, he's able to count on that roster that he's been with.

Crazy how one play against a dirty player seemingly derailed Kawhi from what an amazing career. Not to say he hasn’t had one, but he was certainly cut down right before his prime by a dirty close out. At least the NBA addressed the issue with a rule change, but you have to wonder how good Kawhi could have been.

Yes, for San Antonio Spurs fans, they wouldn't forget how ZaZa did that intentionally to Kawhi and it did have a butterfly effect, first NBA have to change the rule and give space to the shooter, and second Kawhi won a ring to Toronto.

But that really derailed Kawhi's career and I think it is still the offshot of that dirty plays that up to still this day Kawhi didn't recovered fully and when he went to Clippers everything started to fall apart on his side.

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Kawhi has always been one of the biggest "what ifs" in the history of NBA, of course there are a lot more as well and this isn't at the top for sure but he is a big one. This dude won 2 fmvp's and is not even considered remotely anywhere the top, not even in any top 10 topics ever, I am not saying that he is not in it, I am saying he is not even considered to be in it at all, ever.

How many other 2 time finals mvp's can you name that people wouldn't even consider a small slight chance of them being in top 10? Nobody. That dude spent 2 years as bringing championship to his team, and all rest of his career as spending time resting his injury. That's really not normal and should be considered a bit weird but unlucky at the same time.

Agreed he is one of the biggest what ifs. Seems like a good dude too. He is definitely unlucky in that his body won't keep up with him. He is on eof those players who doesn't look like they should be good but when he is healthy no one in the NBA can guard him. Never seen anyone get so many open shots for themselves. Unfortunately time isn't on his side he is Def on the backside of his career.

Yes, and during when he is healthy with the Raptors and some playing time with the Clippers, he was even compared to MJ, on how he played the mid-range and of course his defense as well as he is known to have that "Klaw" that can take the ball from anyone during his prime.

But his body now is very different when he move to Clippers and in a sense I will call that he is busted already as he can't play one whole season without having injuries. They even design minutes restrictions for him to prevent his body to fall or at least prevent an injuries. They put him on. rigorous training program that at the start of last year season, his quads and legs seems to improved a lot but it didn't help at all.

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Quote from: FanEagle on August 14, 2023, 02:12:00 PM

Kawhi has always been one of the biggest "what ifs" in the history of NBA, of course there are a lot more as well and this isn't at the top for sure but he is a big one. This dude won 2 fmvp's and is not even considered remotely anywhere the top, not even in any top 10 topics ever, I am not saying that he is not in it, I am saying he is not even considered to be in it at all, ever.

How many other 2 time finals mvp's can you name that people wouldn't even consider a small slight chance of them being in top 10? Nobody. That dude spent 2 years as bringing championship to his team, and all rest of his career as spending time resting his injury. That's really not normal and should be considered a bit weird but unlucky at the same time.

Agreed he is one of the biggest what ifs. Seems like a good dude too. He is definitely unlucky in that his body won't keep up with him. He is on eof those players who doesn't look like they should be good but when he is healthy no one in the NBA can guard him. Never seen anyone get so many open shots for themselves. Unfortunately time isn't on his side he is Def on the backside of his career.

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Quote from: livingfree on August 14, 2023, 02:34:01 PM

Quote from: FanEagle on August 14, 2023, 02:12:00 PM

Kawhi has always been one of the biggest "what ifs" in the history of NBA, of course there are a lot more as well and this isn't at the top for sure but he is a big one. This dude won 2 fmvp's and is not even considered remotely anywhere the top, not even in any top 10 topics ever, I am not saying that he is not in it, I am saying he is not even considered to be in it at all, ever.

How many other 2 time finals mvp's can you name that people wouldn't even consider a small slight chance of them being in top 10? Nobody. That dude spent 2 years as bringing championship to his team, and all rest of his career as spending time resting his injury. That's really not normal and should be considered a bit weird but unlucky at the same time.

He's just underrated.

Sadly, there are players that have been at the top of fans preference and that's why they're more getting recognition. They're talking about title's and what, while some are getting the huge contracts despite not even touching a finals game.

And if it's about title, no doubt that Kawhi did it without that much of a superstar roster for his last or most recent title still, he's able to count on that roster that he's been with.

Crazy how one play against a dirty player seemingly derailed Kawhi from what an amazing career. Not to say he hasn’t had one, but he was certainly cut down right before his prime by a dirty close out. At least the NBA addressed the issue with a rule change, but you have to wonder how good Kawhi could have been.

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Quote from: FanEagle on August 14, 2023, 02:12:00 PM

Kawhi has always been one of the biggest "what ifs" in the history of NBA, of course there are a lot more as well and this isn't at the top for sure but he is a big one. This dude won 2 fmvp's and is not even considered remotely anywhere the top, not even in any top 10 topics ever, I am not saying that he is not in it, I am saying he is not even considered to be in it at all, ever.

How many other 2 time finals mvp's can you name that people wouldn't even consider a small slight chance of them being in top 10? Nobody. That dude spent 2 years as bringing championship to his team, and all rest of his career as spending time resting his injury. That's really not normal and should be considered a bit weird but unlucky at the same time.

He's just underrated.

Sadly, there are players that have been at the top of fans preference and that's why they're more getting recognition. They're talking about title's and what, while some are getting the huge contracts despite not even touching a finals game.

And if it's about title, no doubt that Kawhi did it without that much of a superstar roster for his last or most recent title still, he's able to count on that roster that he's been with.

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Kawhi has always been one of the biggest "what ifs" in the history of NBA, of course there are a lot more as well and this isn't at the top for sure but he is a big one. This dude won 2 fmvp's and is not even considered remotely anywhere the top, not even in any top 10 topics ever, I am not saying that he is not in it, I am saying he is not even considered to be in it at all, ever.

How many other 2 time finals mvp's can you name that people wouldn't even consider a small slight chance of them being in top 10? Nobody. That dude spent 2 years as bringing championship to his team, and all rest of his career as spending time resting his injury. That's really not normal and should be considered a bit weird but unlucky at the same time.

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The Athletic is reporting that the Philadelphia 76ers are refusing to trade James Harden and requesting him to appear in training camp. However, James Harden has said he has no plans to play for the 76ers this year and won’t be attending training camp. We’ve got ourselves a bit of a stand-off situation to start the 2024 season.

Here we go again with this guy and not so long ago we saw him when he wanted to leave the team he would do some funny thing for them to finally consider how to trade him as quickly as possible. remember when leaves his body to consume more than he needs and gains a huge amount of weight which makes him fat. The Houston Rockets became so frustrated and quickly released him because they thought there would be no chance for him to contribute good things to the team and suddenly after that, he retained his old self again. Now that he's doing his same old trick again the 76ers don't care about it anymore.

I think Rockets just did the smart thing, instead of being tortured by this guy I would also just rather do a rebuilding and not being subjected to Harden's drama. I have had it with this guy as a simple NBA fan. What are these players thinking? It is not good for anyone, themselves, the teams, the fans, the league. Nba is giving too much power to these players. That being said, I think 76ers will just give up and trade him. Because they are helpless and it is inevitable that these players get what they want. I used to like players being traded, that is some exciting part of the nba. But Harden, Kyrie, Durant and Westbrook just killed it for me. I think we can already say that this is yet another year we can't expect anything proper from 76ers. That is such a shame.

I don’t think they should trade him. Players are getting way too much power in today’s NBA. Philly should force him to live up to his contract and if not then he can sit on the bench and waste the final years of his career not playing. One day he’ll look back and realize he should have lived up to his word instead of trying to force what he wants.

I just saw the news that there is a rule in the new CBA(The Collective Bargaining Agreement between the NBPA and the NBA) that if Harden doesn't attend camp, philadelphia can suspend his contract. They can sit him for a year and prevent him from playing for another team. So, as you have pointed out. That is exactly right. Is he going to really just waste his final years? There must be something else he is considering, otherwise it seems quite an unintelligent move to me that he is doing. Either Morey will be fired and the incoming gm's first order of business will be to get rid of Harden or Morey will stay and Harden will sit on the bench maybe until the trade deadline, maybe all season. Harden's opt-in to his contract is very weird. Harden could have had no contract, he exercised his player option instead of signing with the team of his choice. This made me think that Morey probably promised Harden a max contract this summer and he didn't keep his word.

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Quote from: mirakal on August 14, 2023, 03:13:54 AM

Kawhi Leonard is different though because injuries are actually preventing him to play but if we take that out, we wouldn't be seeing any problems with his name. Moreover, these things weren't even a thing in the past but now they are giving these players more power that is why some of them are already asking for a trade after a single season with a failure that includes them on the equation why the whole thing didn't worked out. But I guess that it became a norm nowadays that these star players will just wash their hands and walk away if don't like how it goes.

The Clippers were just unlucky to get him when he was not at his best anymore because of these injuries and probably there will be no teams that will be interested in him when he comes back again healthy because same as the other players that are prone to injuries Kawhi Leonard will not be helping any team anymore or might be just become a hindrance for any team's progress to get to the NBA finals. There's no doubt about his performance in Toronto Raptors but sadly it didn't last long because he wasn't consistent and always lacked some performance to bring his team back to the NBA finals.

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Here we go again with this guy and not so long ago we saw him when he wanted to leave the team he would do some funny thing for them to finally consider how to trade him as quickly as possible. remember when leaves his body to consume more than he needs and gains a huge amount of weight which makes him fat. The Houston Rockets became so frustrated and quickly released him because they thought there would be no chance for him to contribute good things to the team and suddenly after that, he retained his old self again. Now that he's doing his same old trick again the 76ers don't care about it anymore.

There should be some penalties on having this attitude, right? I thought that there's already a rule that a player shouldn't say such as transfers vulgarly against his current team. He has gained weight and there's a reason why he did that but having this attitude when the team wants him to be present on the training camp should still make him act professionally. It is not gonna be a surprise if there will be sanctions that will be placed on him regards to his contract if he's not attending practices if should be.

There will be sanctions and we will get to that because I think that the NBA can't wait to make their move and make them as a lesson for the players who are planning to do the very same thing in the future. It's not that they can just decide whatever they want and whatever they pleased to do because legally, they are obliged to follow the team's order because they are under a unique contract and if Philly will order Harden to participate in the training camp, he better be in that camp if he doesn't want any further problems that might affect his career.

Right! It is only a matter of time before the NBA will start speaking again because they already made a warning and their next move will be a punishment to these big headed players just because they are a star. I mean, I would side with Dame Lillard for making this request because he cannot see himself with the Portland anymore and he's been for almost his whole career but James Harden? I don't think he's even deserving to make that kind of request.

Either way, the league is about to commence another season and let's expect that there will be some announcement about what's going on these days before proceeding to the first few games of the season.

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Here we go again with this guy and not so long ago we saw him when he wanted to leave the team he would do some funny thing for them to finally consider how to trade him as quickly as possible. remember when leaves his body to consume more than he needs and gains a huge amount of weight which makes him fat. The Houston Rockets became so frustrated and quickly released him because they thought there would be no chance for him to contribute good things to the team and suddenly after that, he retained his old self again. Now that he's doing his same old trick again the 76ers don't care about it anymore.

There should be some penalties on having this attitude, right? I thought that there's already a rule that a player shouldn't say such as transfers vulgarly against his current team. He has gained weight and there's a reason why he did that but having this attitude when the team wants him to be present on the training camp should still make him act professionally. It is not gonna be a surprise if there will be sanctions that will be placed on him regards to his contract if he's not attending practices if should be.

There will be sanctions and we will get to that because I think that the NBA can't wait to make their move and make them as a lesson for the players who are planning to do the very same thing in the future. It's not that they can just decide whatever they want and whatever they pleased to do because legally, they are obliged to follow the team's order because they are under a unique contract and if Philly will order Harden to participate in the training camp, he better be in that camp if he doesn't want any further problems that might affect his career.

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Quote from: OgNasty on August 12, 2023, 09:04:31 PM

The Athletic is reporting that the Philadelphia 76ers are refusing to trade James Harden and requesting him to appear in training camp. However, James Harden has said he has no plans to play for the 76ers this year and won’t be attending training camp. We’ve got ourselves a bit of a stand-off situation to start the 2024 season.

Anyone who looks at things rationally should know that this situation will happen. I think teams are tired of players asking for trades to the teams they want to go to, even though they have contracts and those contracts are not expiring. This situation causes the teams to have great problems in forming squads. I am fed up with this situation as a spectator. The Sixers need a good quarterback right now, a good hand to distribute the ball. Actually Harris and Harden are a good source of trade for the Sixers and since they don’t use forwards much, he can let them go and make up for their squad. They didn’t allow the trade because they couldn’t find the player they wanted.

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The Athletic is reporting that the Philadelphia 76ers are refusing to trade James Harden and requesting him to appear in training camp. However, James Harden has said he has no plans to play for the 76ers this year and won’t be attending training camp. We’ve got ourselves a bit of a stand-off situation to start the 2024 season.

Now we are seeing a drama again with Harden. Kawhi has been with a lot of dramas because of his injuries, and load management, but Harden is a lot worse than him.
I mean coming out very fat with the Rockets, this feeling where he's like the boss of the Sixers and just saying things like that. Commissioner Adam Silver warned the league already after Lillard saying that he doesn't want to play except for the Heat, and for sure he will take measures for this one as well.

First it was Simmons who didn't want to play after what happened to him, and now Harden. I'm just a bit pissed with this players who they think that they are the authority, and they have the power to choose what they want to do like they're the boss of their own team. Like WTF!!!, and I hope that out Commissioner will not take this very lightly, and put sanctions to players who are acting like this. Overall, I will not be surprised if the Sixers will be forced to trade him before the season starts just because of how he is acting right now, or they will just let him stay with the Sixers since his contract will expire after this upcoming season.

Kawhi Leonard is different though because injuries are actually preventing him to play but if we take that out, we wouldn't be seeing any problems with his name. Moreover, these things weren't even a thing in the past but now they are giving these players more power that is why some of them are already asking for a trade after a single season with a failure that includes them on the equation why the whole thing didn't worked out. But I guess that it became a norm nowadays that these star players will just wash their hands and walk away if don't like how it goes.

Seems to me that the organization gives them more power though they can't blame them as fans are mostly supporting them and that is what franchise owners want.

Give them the contract and attract fans to follow and support the team and the merchandise they are just doing
it for money and there's nothing we can do about that kind of cycle. It's their business and they will choose where
the money will be. Situation will be negotiated and soon we will just hear updates to whatever the decision between
teams and players are being dealt with.

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The Athletic is reporting that the Philadelphia 76ers are refusing to trade James Harden and requesting him to appear in training camp. However, James Harden has said he has no plans to play for the 76ers this year and won’t be attending training camp. We’ve got ourselves a bit of a stand-off situation to start the 2024 season.

I don't get it. Are we witnessing the same thing that happened with Ben Simmons? I mean, does this prove that something is wrong in the 76ers' management than the players? Because this ain't the first anymore that a player refused to play for them.

Ha! I guess the Sixers are like destroying careers, instead of getting rid of players who lost interest in playing for their team, they tend to hold them till he lost his value, and that could definitely affect the player's consistency in the game. Similar to what happened with Simmons. He lost value as he lost his game too. He could've focused and improved on his shooting, but the fact that he's still with the Sixers, it held him back from performing his best because he is not interested with the team anymore. I hope this doesn't affect James Harden though. Embid might be out in the next couple of season or until his next free agency.

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The Athletic is reporting that the Philadelphia 76ers are refusing to trade James Harden and requesting him to appear in training camp. However, James Harden has said he has no plans to play for the 76ers this year and won’t be attending training camp. We’ve got ourselves a bit of a stand-off situation to start the 2024 season.

Now we are seeing a drama again with Harden. Kawhi has been with a lot of dramas because of his injuries, and load management, but Harden is a lot worse than him.
I mean coming out very fat with the Rockets, this feeling where he's like the boss of the Sixers and just saying things like that. Commissioner Adam Silver warned the league already after Lillard saying that he doesn't want to play except for the Heat, and for sure he will take measures for this one as well.

First it was Simmons who didn't want to play after what happened to him, and now Harden. I'm just a bit pissed with this players who they think that they are the authority, and they have the power to choose what they want to do like they're the boss of their own team. Like WTF!!!, and I hope that out Commissioner will not take this very lightly, and put sanctions to players who are acting like this. Overall, I will not be surprised if the Sixers will be forced to trade him before the season starts just because of how he is acting right now, or they will just let him stay with the Sixers since his contract will expire after this upcoming season.

Kawhi Leonard is different though because injuries are actually preventing him to play but if we take that out, we wouldn't be seeing any problems with his name. Moreover, these things weren't even a thing in the past but now they are giving these players more power that is why some of them are already asking for a trade after a single season with a failure that includes them on the equation why the whole thing didn't worked out. But I guess that it became a norm nowadays that these star players will just wash their hands and walk away if don't like how it goes.

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The Athletic is reporting that the Philadelphia 76ers are refusing to trade James Harden and requesting him to appear in training camp. However, James Harden has said he has no plans to play for the 76ers this year and won’t be attending training camp. We’ve got ourselves a bit of a stand-off situation to start the 2024 season.

I don't get it. Are we witnessing the same thing that happened with Ben Simmons? I mean, does this prove that something is wrong in the 76ers' management than the players? Because this ain't the first anymore that a player refused to play for them.

We'll have to wait and see, my friend, but it's quite possible we might witness a situation similar to what's happening now, and it could potentially impact James Harden's career, just like Simmons is experiencing. The 76ers seem to be facing a problem here. While I don't have all the contract details, it seems like they might be wasting money and sacrificing their chances of making the playoffs if they opt not to trade James Harden and would choose to play undermanned. In my opinion, this doesn't seem to be a strategic move; it appears to be an inefficient way of handling the situation.

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Quote from: Captain Corporate on August 13, 2023, 08:52:01 AM

Pop has been a very big cornerstone of NBA for the past 2.5 decades, that dude started winning titles in the 90's, and still got one at 10's as well, I really hope that he gets at least 1 ring during 20's as well, that would make him have a ring at 4 different decades as well. Wemby is great and all and I am sure that he is going to be a great player but just him alone can't get them a title, better players tried alone and failed. I do hope that they can build a team that can win, they kept on getting guards from drafts and then got rid of them via trade or just not resigning them, I thought they would definitely keep on being great, didn2t expected to see Spurs a tanking team. I really do hope they can get some good players and get one more ring before he retires.

It is true. It's not like only Tim Duncan won the championship. There's Manu Ginobili and Tony Parker that made it possible. So, I want to see the San Antonio Spurs management making a move on who will their partner Wemby with. There are a lot of young stars in the league and most of them are guard so I think that will be an easy task finding the right player to build chemistry with Wemby. But, they have to start it as early as possible so they could gain experience.

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The Athletic is reporting that the Philadelphia 76ers are refusing to trade James Harden and requesting him to appear in training camp. However, James Harden has said he has no plans to play for the 76ers this year and won’t be attending training camp. We’ve got ourselves a bit of a stand-off situation to start the 2024 season.

I don't get it. Are we witnessing the same thing that happened with Ben Simmons? I mean, does this prove that something is wrong in the 76ers' management than the players? Because this ain't the first anymore that a player refused to play for them.

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Quote from: OgNasty on August 12, 2023, 09:04:31 PM

The Athletic is reporting that the Philadelphia 76ers are refusing to trade James Harden and requesting him to appear in training camp. However, James Harden has said he has no plans to play for the 76ers this year and won’t be attending training camp. We’ve got ourselves a bit of a stand-off situation to start the 2024 season.

Now we are seeing a drama again with Harden. Kawhi has been with a lot of dramas because of his injuries, and load management, but Harden is a lot worse than him.
I mean coming out very fat with the Rockets, this feeling where he's like the boss of the Sixers and just saying things like that. Commissioner Adam Silver warned the league already after Lillard saying that he doesn't want to play except for the Heat, and for sure he will take measures for this one as well.

First it was Simmons who didn't want to play after what happened to him, and now Harden. I'm just a bit pissed with this players who they think that they are the authority, and they have the power to choose what they want to do like they're the boss of their own team. Like WTF!!!, and I hope that out Commissioner will not take this very lightly, and put sanctions to players who are acting like this. Overall, I will not be surprised if the Sixers will be forced to trade him before the season starts just because of how he is acting right now, or they will just let him stay with the Sixers since his contract will expire after this upcoming season.

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Quote from: yazher on August 13, 2023, 09:42:05 AM

Here we go again with this guy and not so long ago we saw him when he wanted to leave the team he would do some funny thing for them to finally consider how to trade him as quickly as possible. remember when leaves his body to consume more than he needs and gains a huge amount of weight which makes him fat. The Houston Rockets became so frustrated and quickly released him because they thought there would be no chance for him to contribute good things to the team and suddenly after that, he retained his old self again. Now that he's doing his same old trick again the 76ers don't care about it anymore.

There should be some penalties on having this attitude, right? I thought that there's already a rule that a player shouldn't say such as transfers vulgarly against his current team. He has gained weight and there's a reason why he did that but having this attitude when the team wants him to be present on the training camp should still make him act professionally. It is not gonna be a surprise if there will be sanctions that will be placed on him regards to his contract if he's not attending practices if should be.

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The Athletic is reporting that the Philadelphia 76ers are refusing to trade James Harden and requesting him to appear in training camp. However, James Harden has said he has no plans to play for the 76ers this year and won’t be attending training camp. We’ve got ourselves a bit of a stand-off situation to start the 2024 season.

Is there going to be another drama? Honestly, I get the impression that there is something wrong with the 76ers, as this is the second time in a few seasons that some players literally want to run away from this club. First, Simmons didn't want to play for them, and now Harden. I wonder if it's a coincidence and both players are just too finicky or if this club really has a terrible atmosphere for players.

Can't blame the man if he will spend the rest of his time in the NBA chasing for the championship ring even if it means forcing the Sixers to trade him just like what he did during his days in the Brooklyn Nets because in his state now, money is not a priority anymore. But he should reconsider this move though because it will cost him a lot more compared to what he thought as there will be some repercussions like penalties for him from the league and the franchise if he will choose not to play for the coming season.

But we thought that the Sixers are fine with Harden being traded and so there are news that he is going up and shopping for a team. It even mention his old team of Houston Rockets if I'm not mistaken.

And it was thought that the negotiations between the Clippers, Harden's destination team and Sixers are undergoing.

Not sure why Harden wanted to have a trade though, they have the reigning MVP and he seems to be healthy already and so they can make a run for the title with Joel and Harden.

Not sure why but I also have that impression after Harden's performance last season, thinking that he and Embiid already established
good chemistries and just need additional support from other players.

But coming this season, trade talks are coming and with this update regarding to Harden doesn't want to practice with the team, that's something
that may hurt not just Harden's career, but also Philly's rotations.

Let see if how both Harden and Philly managements will resolve this issue.

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The Athletic is reporting that the Philadelphia 76ers are refusing to trade James Harden and requesting him to appear in training camp. However, James Harden has said he has no plans to play for the 76ers this year and won’t be attending training camp. We’ve got ourselves a bit of a stand-off situation to start the 2024 season.

Here we go again with this guy and not so long ago we saw him when he wanted to leave the team he would do some funny thing for them to finally consider how to trade him as quickly as possible. remember when leaves his body to consume more than he needs and gains a huge amount of weight which makes him fat. The Houston Rockets became so frustrated and quickly released him because they thought there would be no chance for him to contribute good things to the team and suddenly after that, he retained his old self again. Now that he's doing his same old trick again the 76ers don't care about it anymore.

I think Rockets just did the smart thing, instead of being tortured by this guy I would also just rather do a rebuilding and not being subjected to Harden's drama. I have had it with this guy as a simple NBA fan. What are these players thinking? It is not good for anyone, themselves, the teams, the fans, the league. Nba is giving too much power to these players. That being said, I think 76ers will just give up and trade him. Because they are helpless and it is inevitable that these players get what they want. I used to like players being traded, that is some exciting part of the nba. But Harden, Kyrie, Durant and Westbrook just killed it for me. I think we can already say that this is yet another year we can't expect anything proper from 76ers. That is such a shame.

I don’t think they should trade him. Players are getting way too much power in today’s NBA. Philly should force him to live up to his contract and if not then he can sit on the bench and waste the final years of his career not playing. One day he’ll look back and realize he should have lived up to his word instead of trying to force what he wants.

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