James Harden and the Philadelphia 76ers are extensively anticipated to come back to phrases on a brand new long-term deal, however there does look like some stage of negotiation for them to navigate.
The Houston Rockets are the opposite crew thought of a critical contender for Harden, however they’ve begun to sign to different free brokers that they do not count on to signal him.
“I believe one factor James Harden wish to keep away from is an extended negotiation interval into July,” stated Adrian Wojnarowski on Wednesday. “The longer you might be in talks, the extra different choices begin to dry up for you.”
Harden nonetheless hasn’t exercised his choice.
“I believe for the Sixers, plenty of this negotiation with James Harden is constructed across the size of a deal, possibly not a lot the annual quantity as what number of years do they need to go together with Harden?”