Indisputable starter at the Nets, James Harden is clearly in the franchise’s plans for his future. Outside, it could be that the player doesn’t hear it that way… According to the rumours, he could thus squint on a competitor in the East, with whom he would join an old friend.
2021-22 is not an easy season for James Harden, it is obvious after 42 games. Admittedly, Brooklyn is second in the East (27 wins for 15 losses) and is running relatively well despite the long absence of Kyrie Irving. As for the rear, he averages 22 points, 8 rebounds and 10 assists… high-sounding figures, but which hide his chronic clumsiness in shooting (41% including 33% by far this year).
Despite this, The Beard obviously remains one of the mainstays of Steve Nash’s squad. The question remains, however, to know for how much longer… He indeed refused a contract extension at the end of the calendar year, wanting to maximize his chances in the 2022 transfer window. wanted to look elsewhere, that didn’t stop the rumors from spreading…
James Harden hot to play Sixers?
However, one of them seems to have a kernel of truth, and it concerns the Sixers. Marc Stein thus explained it recently, the tactics of negotiation of Harden could profit well with the frankness of Pennsylvania. Indeed, the player does not explicitly close the door to a relocation, and Philly has a strong argument: its GM. The latter knows the number 13 very well:
It should be noted that there is enough noise circulating in the league about Harden being open to a move away from Brooklyn this summer – after he turned down a lucrative Nets extension in October – to give Morey the encouragement he needs to wait.
For those who don’t know, Daryl Morey and Ramesse spent a lot of time together on the Rockets side. He was the leader who built the big team of the time around the 2018 MVP, who had won the Maurice Podoloff trophy in Houston with a squad with 60 victories. So he knows that Morey knows how to do what it takes to build a nice roster, which is always interesting.
However, we can decently assume that the Nets will not let it go. The long-lasting injury Kevin Durant shows it well, the Blacks and Whites need a leader who will be constantly on the ground. But it can’t be Irving since the point guard can’t play home games. The task therefore falls to the former Thunder, and we doubt that Sean Marks will break his superteam without trying anything this summer.
James Harden at the Sixers, here is a rumor and a file that will have to be followed by the end of the season. If he joined Joel Embiid, it would in any case give a fairly devastating duo in Pennsylvania! Count on Brooklyn to keep it at all costs, however, literally.
