NBA All-Star Guard James Harden has recently moved to the Philadelphia 76ers in a trade.
Darryl Morey, the head of the Sixers’ basketball operations division, is known for his strength, and it is no exaggeration to say that this trade has shown it.
Morey may have felt that his intuition was not wrong when he saw Harden and Embiid playing together.
Morey said he commented on Harden as follows:fadeawayworld.netIs telling.
I try not to want high or low.
But this trade was good.
James is a basketball genius.
He has long wanted to play with Joel.
I think he always thought Joel was the best pair.
Harden, one of the NBA’s leading scorers and playmaker, has performed brilliantly since his Sixers debut.
Embiid also realized the Harden effect and said, “It was the widest open in my career.”
It’s too early to judge that Leh’s intuition was correct.
But when the Harden and Embiid duo work and the Sixers win the NBA title, Morey’s reputation will grow even higher.
The stats of the two games after Harden’s transfer to the Sixers are as follows.
| – | MIN battle | NYK match |
|---|---|---|
| Participation time | 35 | 39 |
| score | 27 | 29 |
| rebound | 8 | 10 |
| assist | 12 | 16 |
| Steel | 0 | 5 |
| turnover | 2 | 3 |
| FG success rate | 58.3％ （7/12） |
57.1％ （8/14） |
| 3P success rate | 71.4％ （5/7） |
42.9％ （3/7） |
| Free throw success rate | 88.9％ （8/9） |
100％ （10/10） |
| +/- | +35 | +19 |
