So Sean, I'll start with you on this one
man. What's the latest that you know about this
situation? And really how do we get to this
point where we have now James Harden going to training
camp in Colorado and making himself available. So let's
start with the trade first, right? The trade
possibility that we've been discussing for the last several weeks
. The moment that James Harden opted into his$35.6
million contract, it was to a potential trade to
the Clippers. And uh while I'm told, you
know, the Clippers and Sixers have been engaged more
, have spoken more over the last week, not
a deal yet. Uh But let's take a look
at the 14 days of James Harden in training camp
with the 76ers. He has only played five on
five in a live scrimmage once that happened on October
7th. He has not attended any of the preseason
games for the Sixers. He skipped at least one
shoot around. So while team officials have described him
as engaged when present, he's, he's clearly been
professional. It will be interesting to monitor. We're
a week away from the regular season. How will
his patience go over the next week or so,
especially if he's not traded. We saw him address
the media on Friday. He doubled down that the
, the relationship between him and Darryl Morey is not
going to be repairable and he clearly feels that he's
been wrong by Daryl Morey in the organization. And
we've seen how that has gone in the prior to
organizations where he's asked out of Houston and Brooklyn,
how that's come, come across on the court in
those situations, he had max extensions with both Houston
and Brooklynn. This was not the case in Philadelphia
, but so far he's been professional, he's been
engaged. Um, but we'll see over the next
week or so. Will the Clippers and Sixers land
a deal?