Brian Windhorst: “The Sixers have not shown an appetite to pay [James] Harden the max… There’s been a very hard rumor out there in the NBA about Harden’s intent to go back to Houston and it makes you wonder if it’s being sold a little bit too hard.”
May 24, 2023
Brian Windhorst: “The Sixers have not shown an appetite to pay [James] Harden the max… There’s been a very hard rumor out there in the NBA about Harden’s intent to go back to Houston and it makes you wonder if it’s being sold a little bit too hard.”
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> appetite
why would 76ers max a guy who shows up out of shape and quit on every team he’s been on?
Does anybody know whose locker Windy will sleep in when LeBron retires?
I mean, he does have some leverage. If he leaves, the Sixers can’t replace him, and the Embiid window might basically be over. There are no great free agents this year / next year.
Yeah the Harden rumours came out of no where and ferociously. It doesn’t even really make sense? The Rockets aren’t a James Harden away from contending and if anything, Harden would potentially take away from development of their young team.
It doesn’t really make sense for them to pay him, so unless he takes a huge pay cut to go be a mentor and for nostalgia of the Houston strip clubs, there’s no real reason for them to be reunited.
Definitely feels like hardens camp is pushing a narrative of him going back to Houston so that Philly will pay him
I don’t understand the James hate from Sixers fan. Didn’t he win you two playoff games a couple weeks ago virtually by himself?
Did Windhorst just liken Kyrie’s contract situation with Hardens’?
Im going to go out on a limb and say if the same outcome happens for both that will mean a borderline max contract for both and not some significantly “discounted” rate
The Sixers are the team that most realizes how catastrophic these contracts can be. You *never* know what can happen in a fee years, regardless if how doomed it might look to just let him walk. We know this because of the Tobias deal.
Man i can’t wait for the offseason – I feel like its gonna be wild lol
What are the odds the 76ers are going to blow it up this offseason?
Harden/Harris on 2 max contracts really is hell.
Translation: James Harden’s agent still hasnt texted me back
I just want the Rockets-Harden jersey I bought right before he got traded to be wearable again.
Makes sense. Nobody in his mind should pay this version of Harden 200M.
I feel like Daryl Morey can’t be punked and would call bluffs on anything that might be total BS or remotely near
If anyone in this league pays this man a max contract, it would be by a mile the worst contract in nba history.
He took a pay cut to compete. Understandable he wants more money now.
He’ll get 3/$100 from Morey and he’ll like it
He’s a few years removed from deserving the max. Still a damn good player. Borderline all star. HOFer
I’m not ready to give up on James. Embiid and Doc let him down after he won 2 games. That said, it has to be a reasonable contract he gettin old
Kornheizer finally starting to look old, dude looked the same for last 20 years
Harden is 33 years old, has bounced around a few times now, and has never been clutch in the playoffs. What team would realistically pay him the max at this point?
Is there a contender that would really fork out that much money for a a known choker and perineal playoff under performer?
Wind Horst is just a bag of hot air with a whispy wheezy little voice. Pos.
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> appetite
why would 76ers max a guy who shows up out of shape and quit on every team he’s been on?
Does anybody know whose locker Windy will sleep in when LeBron retires?
I mean, he does have some leverage. If he leaves, the Sixers can’t replace him, and the Embiid window might basically be over. There are no great free agents this year / next year.
Yeah the Harden rumours came out of no where and ferociously. It doesn’t even really make sense? The Rockets aren’t a James Harden away from contending and if anything, Harden would potentially take away from development of their young team.
It doesn’t really make sense for them to pay him, so unless he takes a huge pay cut to go be a mentor and for nostalgia of the Houston strip clubs, there’s no real reason for them to be reunited.
Definitely feels like hardens camp is pushing a narrative of him going back to Houston so that Philly will pay him
I don’t understand the James hate from Sixers fan. Didn’t he win you two playoff games a couple weeks ago virtually by himself?
Did Windhorst just liken Kyrie’s contract situation with Hardens’?
Im going to go out on a limb and say if the same outcome happens for both that will mean a borderline max contract for both and not some significantly “discounted” rate
The Sixers are the team that most realizes how catastrophic these contracts can be. You *never* know what can happen in a fee years, regardless if how doomed it might look to just let him walk. We know this because of the Tobias deal.
Man i can’t wait for the offseason – I feel like its gonna be wild lol
What are the odds the 76ers are going to blow it up this offseason?
Harden/Harris on 2 max contracts really is hell.
Translation: James Harden’s agent still hasnt texted me back
I just want the Rockets-Harden jersey I bought right before he got traded to be wearable again.
Makes sense. Nobody in his mind should pay this version of Harden 200M.
I feel like Daryl Morey can’t be punked and would call bluffs on anything that might be total BS or remotely near
If anyone in this league pays this man a max contract, it would be by a mile the worst contract in nba history.
He took a pay cut to compete. Understandable he wants more money now.
He’ll get 3/$100 from Morey and he’ll like it
He’s a few years removed from deserving the max.
Still a damn good player. Borderline all star.
HOFer
I’m not ready to give up on James. Embiid and Doc let him down after he won 2 games. That said, it has to be a reasonable contract he gettin old
Kornheizer finally starting to look old, dude looked the same for last 20 years
Harden is 33 years old, has bounced around a few times now, and has never been clutch in the playoffs. What team would realistically pay him the max at this point?
Is there a contender that would really fork out that much money for a a known choker and perineal playoff under performer?
Wind Horst is just a bag of hot air with a whispy wheezy little voice. Pos.