I get how you feel. He was an absolute talent in his prime, but what do you suggest teams do at this stage? He’s starting to decline, he’s lost a step; and regardless of how legitimate his reasons are for bailing out on Houston, Brooklyn, and now Philadelphia – the thing is that he did. And that rubs a lot of owners the wrong way.

He may not have wanted to rebuild with the Rockets. Kyrie and KD’s shenanigans and injuries made it hard for 3 of them put together a decent playoff run. Morey is a snake for reneging on whatever alleged handshake he and Harden made, but owners will ultimately want to look out for their own team. Morey is fucking him over, but he can’t just take any half-assed deal that other teams offer, if any more are interested. He’s got to get something in return. Even if he did dig this hole he put PHI in.