The Philadelphia 76ers by no means wanted James Harden

The town of Philadelphia is using excessive in the intervening time, being dwelling to arguably the perfect workforce within the NFL and the most well liked workforce within the NBA. The 76ers are off to a 6-1 begin and are on a six-game profitable streak. They haven’t tasted defeat since opening evening towards the Milwaukee Bucks. And they’re 4-0 since James Harden was deported to Los Angeles. Nevertheless, the true story right here is how Philly by no means actually wanted Harden.

Let’s maintain it actual for a second. If not for Daryl Morey swooping into Philly, the Sixers would possibly by no means have considered buying Harden at that stage of his profession. As everyone knows, Harden was (sturdy emphasis on was) a Morey man. In actual fact, the Beard was Morey’s principal man till he pressured the exec’s hand and even referred to as him a liar publicly, then doubled down on his feedback.

Philly by no means wanted the model of Harden they received. Just a few years prior, had they been in a position to make a transfer for prime MVP Harden, possibly that’s a unique story. They in all probability wouldn’t have been a championship workforce, however a convention finals look could have been possible. Nonetheless, Morey needed to have his dude, and he received him. Then he received burned, spat on, and stabbed within the again as a result of the 76ers modified their minds on a brand new long-term deal.

Again to fundamentals

This actually ought to’ve occurred sooner, or possibly even in no way. The duo of Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey are greater than able to carrying this workforce. They will make it a minimum of as far with out Harden, if not additional. They’d been caught within the second spherical of the playoffs for years previous to his arrival. With Harden, they went simply as far. James is about numbers and all the time has been. There’s nothing mistaken with that, as that’s how gamers get huge paydays, however that perspective not often results in profitable championships.

Now, the Sixers are in the perfect place they’ve been in fairly just a few years. The workforce’s anthem for the remainder of the season must be “No Extra Drama” by Mary J. Blige. They went from Ben Simmons and all of his nonsense proper into Harden and his entitled ass. The previous two and a half years have been nothing however distractions circulating inside that 76ers group.

It’s lastly time to get again to worrying about nothing however basketball….hopefully. Moreover the potential of Embiid getting fed up and bouncing, the Sixers have little to fret about. Aside from Embiid shifting on as he alluded to throughout the offseason. In the event that they maintain taking part in like this and Maxey continues to enhance, Embiid gained’t be going anyplace. Hell, they might even stand an opportunity at lastly advancing to the Japanese Convention Finals for the primary time since Allen Iverson led the cost.