The trade package the Clippers want to send looks like shit, and Harden was the one who chose to opt in to the deal so why should he have the right to demand a trade. They should tell Harden to either show up and stop being a baby or he’ll get fined + waste a year of his contract. If the 76ers accept that bad offer they’re still in a bad position anyway.
Nick Nurse is a good coach way better than Doc, I think Harden should give it a shot they can go far in the playoffs. If it wasn’t for him and Embiid choking plus Doc Rivers they would’ve made the conference finals easily last year.
There’s been speculation that that’s exactly what Morey has been doing all summer. He doesn’t want to trade Harden and would love for him to just play out the year.
The problem is that it’s not up to the Sixers at this point.
I think it’s pretty clear that Harden has no intentions of playing an honest season. Even if he shows up eventually, Morey can’t be dumb enough to expect him to give 100% effort.