James Harden

But overall it's not exactly been a banner playoff run so far for the Sixers' key trade deadline acquisition, the guy who we all hoped had an extra gear for the ...

This is his last opportunity to cash in on big-time NBA money, and the guy has a post-career life to think about. I just wonder how low Harden will be willing to go, money-wise, if he's being sold the *possibility* of the Sixers adding another big-name, big-money guy vs. They'd be the favorites out of the East. Obviously the operative word here is "less", and the key is just how much less. The guy turns 33 this summer, is clearly in decline, and has been dealing with a nagging hamstring problem across two seasons. He's shooting 34.8% from deep, a respectable number, on nearly six attempts per game and his assist numbers could be higher if his teammates hit their shots.

With James Harden struggling to produce, Stephen A. Smith decided to hit the star with a dose of reality. James Harden was not very good with the Brooklyn ...

Needless to say, it is a bad time to be Harden right now, and it is an even worse time to be a Sixers fan. Harden used to be one of the most prolific scorers in the entire NBA, but over the course of the last couple of seasons, he has been anything but that, to the detriment of his teams.\r\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\r\nThe Sixers are a team that need to get out of the second round of the postseason and it doesn't seem like that is going to be possible right now. Fans thought he was going to be a lot better than he was, however, it kind of became clear that Harden wanted to play with another team entirely.

Upon hearing the news of any trade, the first reaction is to think about which team won the trade initially. In the NBA court of public opinion, ...

We’ve seen Harden’s best days, and they seem to be clearly in the rearview. If Harden can’t give the Sixers a couple of 30-point performances in a playoff series, then it’s time to demand a refund. That’s why Philly traded for Harden. He’s supposed to be the second star and the emergency life raft just in case Embiid goes down. The James Harden that Morey once knew must have stayed behind in Houston. Or maybe he took a detour on the way to Brooklyn and got held up at Magic City with a plate of ‘Louwill Lemon Pepper’ wings. Currently, Harden’s contributing to a 2-0 series deficit against the Miami Heat, but he is out there lumbering up and down the court. In the NBA court of public opinion, that distinction usually goes to the side that obtains the more prominent name or superstar player.

The blockbuster trade involving James Harden and Ben Simmons is becoming a lose-lose scenario for the Nets and Sixers.

The Sixers will have to sign Harden to a massive contract this offseason even after seeing him slow down significantly. Through all the fantastic defense and playmaking is his inability to score from outside the paint and struggles in the postseason. While the Nets struggled to climb in the Eastern Conference playoff picture, Simmons sat out. The Philadelphia 76ers and Brooklyn Nets came into the trade deadline as the most interesting teams to watch. After Simmons got his wish and received a trade, he stayed sidelined with a back issue. Harden has, to be fair, increased his playmaking with the Sixers. This hasn’t worked, though.

Ever since the 76ers dealt Ben Simmons and that whole slew of players for James Harden, the entire organization has known this was a win-now move. God.

He’s not scoring and that’s essentially the only thing he was good at when he won MVP as a member of the Rockets. That’s no knock on who the MVP was either because scoring is the hardest thing to do in basketball. James Harden, one of the most prolific scorers this game has ever seen in the history of the NBA has not even attempted 20 shots since he’s arrived in Philly. He can’t get open…he can’t create separation and that is why he has not attempted 20 shots. First of all, James Harden is slower even to the naked eye for anyone that’s watched the beard play basketball the past decade. Joel Embiid is now nursing a concussion and a facial fracture that’ll hold the big man out until at least game 3 against the Heat, and Harden is a shell of himself. He wanted out of Houston and he was determines to get out of Houston so when they initially told him ‘no’ he came in out of shape, overweight, and obviously had to work himself into shape once he got traded to Brooklyn,” Smith said. Ever since the 76ers dealt Ben Simmons and that whole slew of players for James Harden, the entire organization has known this was a win-now move.