The Philadelphia 76ers are struggling to discover a commerce for James Harden that may hold them on the identical degree of rivalry this season. The franchise was in an analogous place in 2021 with Ben Simmons, however he had extra commerce curiosity on the time and the Sixers had additionally stopped believing in him as a helpful a part of their roster.
“There’s not a commerce on the market that retains the Sixers in championship rivalry this season,” mentioned Adrian Wojnarowski.Â
“The distinction between the Harden scenario and the Ben Simmons’ scenario a few years in the past is there have been quite a lot of doable offers on the market for Ben Simmons. You’ll measure them. You’ll take a look at them. What they might get. Groups in each conferences had curiosity in Ben Simmons.
“That is completely different. There’s not widespread curiosity in James Harden. The Clippers are probably the most motivated crew to surrender at the least a primary spherical decide on this. Or probably, for example, a decide swap. I am not saying they’ve supplied that on this.
“The Clippers are probably the most win-now crew. They’ve wanted to solidify that lead guard place. On the similar time, the Clippers aren’t able to intestine all their property for the long run… Additionally they know ‘We do not need to bid in opposition to ourselves.’ The Sixers do not have the rest. The Knicks talked to the Sixers early on on this factor, however there is no nice motivation for the Knicks to do a one-year rental for James Harden.”
