Or we’re going to do it for something where we get enough draft picks and things like that in a deal such that we can then turn those into a player who can be a running mate with Joel, as well. Obviously, we didn’t get it done but James was a big part of why we got it to 3-2. It’s either going to be for a player who continues to help us be right there like we were last year, up 3-2 on one of the best teams in the East, the Celtics. But the reality is that if we do look at a trade it’s going to be for one of two things. ” I do have a long relationship with him. Right now, unfortunately, he does prefer to be somewhere else,” Morey said. So it seems like we’re in for a long wait on when this deal might get done, and there just hasn’t been the kind of messaging to indicate that something will definitely get done in the end, anyway. Oh, and, as our Sam Amick reported, Harden wants to go to the LA Clippers. The universe of acceptable returns seems to be getting smaller.
That is a lot to navigate all at once and probably limits what kind of contracts he’s willing to take back. Morey not only wants a player back who can help the 2023-24 team (or draft assets he can use to trade for one) but he’s also seemingly trying to keep his cap sheet clean for future years. This seems like a similar situation, where the 76ers don’t do anything until something crosses the threshold of what they want. It’s interesting to use the Ben Simmons trade situation from two years ago as a comp when Morey waited a long time to deal him for Harden, but what might be most instructive from that, even as Morey said in this same interview that he doesn’t see them as analogs, is that Morey said there was no other trade to make before the Harden deal came around. Well, Morey just made it clear, on the record, that he will not be pushed into a corner to get something done if he doesn’t like the offer. The Athletic’s instant analysis: What is the likelihood of a deal getting done? … If we can do something that is win-win, helps the Sixers, then we will look at it. In discussing why Harden wants out, Morey said: “He’s wishing for a different situation contractually.While he is trying to honor Harden’s trade request, Morey added: “If we don’t get either a very good player or something that we can turn into a very good player then we’re just not going to do it.”.Morey confirmed to Philadelphia’s 97.5 FM that Harden is seeking a trade, as The Athletic first reported last month.76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey discussed James Harden’s trade request at length during a local radio appearance Tuesday.
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