James Harden has been linked with a doable return to the Houston Rockets for a number of months and the second spherical exit of the Philadelphia 76ers did nothing to alter that chance. Harden has a $35.64 million participant possibility for subsequent season with the Sixers.
“It might in the end be a leverage play for James Harden,” Adrian Wojnarowski mentioned. “Houston could also be his method to get him the form of assured cash, long-term cash he needs from Philly. However I wouldn’t underestimate it as only a leverage play. I feel he’s very critical about returning [to Houston].”
Wojnarowski additionally reported that the Rockets can be occupied with signing Harden even when they win the lottery with an opportunity to draft Victor Wembanyama.
“If [the Rockets] win the lottery … they usually’re those who can draft Victor Wembanyama, my sense is that might not essentially change the Rockets’ intentions to pursue James Harden.”
