Windfarce talking out of his giant ass again. Harden would fit on ANY team. This MFer just trying to drive his price down like the mercenary scum he is.
so if Morey isnt willing to part with Embiid or Simmons to get Harden... A) He knows the Rox or over a barrel and is laying groundwork for negotiating.... B) He knows what a diva Harden is - and wants no part of it... I tell ya... I'm thinking more and more that DM kept a lid on Harden diva-ness over the years. We've had small instances and rumors - "Those that matter dont mind - and those that mind dont matter' mentality... Hell, we gave him a supermax extension after he totally fell apart in SAS... So Morey gave him whatever he wanted bc he knew Harden would be a lil b**** o/w.... and hey, Harden was his golden ticket for Houston - but now he doesnt feel such coddling is needed in Philly... just contemplating...
Try to send him to a contender, but If we don't get a good package then any team will do. Not like we have neglected Harden over the years. Paid him what he deserved, traded for people and spent money to make a team around him. If he wants a break up then let's break up. If not let him sit. Not like we are going to be a championship team without him anyway.
Hawks insider spoke about this today, random posts that i'll paste together: "The Rockets knew this relationship wasn't redeemable. They knew that already. The issue is, no one is willing to just give Harden away. There is some rental interest but not for major assets." "That's not what currently going on behind the scenes. The biggest issue is teams don't want to give him premium assets for a player doesn't want to play for them and Philly wants to play Ben, Joel, and James together. That's the issue, people want James with their team in tact. You know, that's kinda hard to do. James current trade market is 10 cents on a dollar right now is what my guy stating. I asked what it is, a lot of draft assets from great teams. But no young star. Not even a James Wiseman." "The thing is Houston wants a Ben Simmons or Jayson Tatum plus unlimited picks with no protections. They want a lot. They want 1.50 on a dollar. They are getting offered 10 cents on a dollars." "He produces wins about as much as anyone who's played this game but he's a tough fit for teams trying to win a title and his best value is exclusively on the ball as the scorer + playmaker and doesn't offer elite defense to counter his flaws. That's why teams don't see trading key players to be good as Harden wants to win a title and you will need two stars with him to do that, not just one. The offers were better around the draft to be honest but Houston felt 20/1.00 was BS. Now they are at 10/1.00. Good luck"
"Its beyond difficult due to his fit and lifestyle choices. Only 6 teams are on his list for trades His favorite team where he wants to go: Los Angeles Clippers His 2nd favorite: Philadelphia 3rd: Golden State 4th: Boston 5th and 6th are teams who haven't or can't make an offer: Brooklyn and the Lakers. Houston is unwilling to work with LAC. Philly is unwilling to trade Joel and Ben Golden State is unwilling to trade the big 3 and Wiseman. James only wants to play in Boston if Jaylen and Jayson are there. Kemba can scram but there is no real trade interest in Kemba around the league. Brooklyn doesn't have interest which was the opposite of what I heard in the past but he doubled down on it when we talked this morning. Lakers haven't even called for Harden, lol. They are basically a name just to show. Obviously a random team can make an offer but what's stopping James from doing them like Houston? Nothing. Golden State has the best offer but it's not as good as it was going to be during the draft. Like not even half as good. Houston f***ed that one up thinking we deserve the moon for Harden. Now they aren't going to get the stars either. Harris and Walker are not positive values. Wiggins is a negative value. Houston refuses to work with the Clippers."
FVCK them all then. Rockets can wait. I'm not even uncomfortable yet. And neither should the Rockets.
Give it some time for the teams to be falling apart, or not necessarily meeting expectations and then lets re-evaluate the market in two months.
I believe Warriors had real interest until he started not showing up. They don't play those type of games. Their stars actually have respect for the franchise that made them.
i mean again I’d do it in a second but he hasn’t been made available yet and I’m starting to doubt he really ever will be. I disagree but Boston loves brown, his character and how he reps not only the nba, his community and the Celtics. it’s not a brown is as good as harden thing- he’ll never be as good as him, it’s he’s young under team control for 4 more years on a good deal and a perfect compliment to Tatum who can be a top level player in the league. again, I’d do it. Easily but i don’t think the Celtics will offer a serious deal for harden and I did before
lol at that Philly posturing. Morey is SALIVATING at dropping a guy on a max contract that can’t shoot for James Harden. SALIVATING. And all this “he doesn’t really fit many places”. PLEASE. He’s your entire offense the second he walks in. it’s all just a bunch of posturing. We aren’t trading Harden for less than our stated asking price...a centerpiece player, young talent on rookie deals and picks. That’s the price, and it’s still trading Harden for 70 cents on the dollar.
