It’s being widely reported that James Harden is returning to Houston.

Well, that’s a wrap for Philly being a contender. Maxey takes over at the point,
but at 6’2 defensively he is really small, so a 1/2 punch of Maxey and Embid isn’t
going to cut it.

Harden was always going to go back to the South. He is no East coast cat and never
really liked it.

Harden/Porter/Green/Smith/Sengun…with mofo Udoka!

That’s a serious squad right there

We shall see if this all comes to fruition.

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so harden is done trying to seriously contend for a chip? (thats why he left in the first place)

and houston is gonna commit big money to harden for several rebuild years to lead/mentor a team of young dudes who already have a reputation for being undisciplined and immature?

damn are the strip clubs that much better in houston?

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>so harden is done trying to seriously contend for a chip?
>(thats why he left in the first place)
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>and houston is gonna commit big money to harden for several
>rebuild years to lead/mentor a team of young dudes who already
>have a reputation for being undisciplined and immature?
>
>damn are the strip clubs that much better in houston?

yes lol

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easy ass decision if you ask me.
philly hoes prob sound like Freeway too i'd be running from that city

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he can just play out the string

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>easy ass decision if you ask me.
>philly hoes prob sound like Freeway too i'd be running from
>that city


Harden tried winning a ring but a global pandemic stopped him

In Philly the emphasis was on getting Joel the MVP , not playoff success

He did his part , in his head he’s trying to finish w the 💰 and zero injuries

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Because it’s reported Harden wants to play for a team that will compete. Well… that’s not Houston. Especially if they have to pay him the max (which he also clearly wants).

I’ve no doubt Houston front office wants to see the wins go up, because they could all be toast after another bad season, so I get their interest to *some* extent (especially since they don’t have a 2024 pick if memory serves). And I’ve no doubt Harden loves Houston, loves being king of the city. If he doesn’t care about winning at all, he could cash huge checks and do the Damian Lillard thing on the way to a barely-.500 season.

… but I think he’ll be back in Philly if he *actually* wants to compete. Especially because he has Philly COMPLETELY over a barrel for the reason you stated. If they don’t pay him, they’re not competitive any more, and they risk pissing off Embiid. So they just have to offer him a 4-year max.

We’ll see if the “he wants to compete” claims are just bullshit end of the day, lol.

Also, fwiw, if we see a Harden/Green/Porter/Smith/Sengun starting 5 next season, we’re officially on watch for what could be the worst defense in the history of the NBA, lol. They’d be electric on offense and absolutely beyond dreadful on defense. It’d be incredibly fun to watch so I kinda hope it happens for that reason alone, lmao.

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Like, similar to Dame…they can SAY publicly they want to compete, but do they? It’s entirely possible Hardens just like, “I could ring chase at the end I guess. Let’s get paid and live like a king”. I can’t blame someone for doing that, but at the same time - you’d be absolutely FLAMED if you said that out loud so…

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And that message is "do everything you have to do to build a win-now team." Trade the 4th pick, trade Porter, trade Sengun, trade Jabari if you have to.

I just... don't know if you can shift your entire timeline from "win 4-5 years from now" to "win today" over the course of a summer, especially considering they don't have all their first rounders going forward.

Feels like a world in which they mortgage the future to play, like, Green, Harden, Pat Bev, Anunoby, maybe they pay a laughably fucking huge deal to Brook Lopez... y'know, some very 44-win-ceiling-ass team like this.

Like, I think Portland has some decisions to make about Dame if Scoot falls into their lap at 3. (We talked about this elsewhere, Ryan.) Because if you have enough youth assets on the roster, trying to run concurrently old timeline and young timeline players at the same time is an insane tightrope to walk.

So it's like Houston... *wants* to be in that boat, lmao. And yeah, I just kinda think they're going to put themselves in a position where they're totally fucked if they sign Harden. Just completely fucked for, like, over half a decade. And I like a lot of their talent (even if the fit is super weird right now), so I hope they don't do it.

(I also just can't imagine a world in which Philly doesn't offer Harden legitimately the entire world to stay, lol.)

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apparently, Nick Nurse took his name out of rhe process. Wonder if he has a handshake deal somewhere. Woj says dude is Giannis-approved, so good for him.

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