Which isn't to say that I think he was a bad Sixer, or that I regret the trade for him, or that I question his ability to be very productive next year or beyond. I do hope it is his Sixers swansong though. With his old buddy Dary Morey overseeing the team's ledger, chances are still good that he'll opt out and get the four-year deal here he's reportedly seeking. While Harden's extended flirtation with his exes in Houston remains ongoing, the Sixers still seem motivated to keep him from straying - going as far as, if the implications of certain reports are to be believed, firing Doc Rivers in part to help tip the balances towards him staying home in Philly.

That Game Seven may be the last that James Harden ever plays in a Sixers uniform, but it very likely won't be. There was no point in being concerned, upset, angry or surprised about it.

There was no chance of him shaking it off, turning it around or even toughing his way through it this was who Uno was going to be for the remainder of the contest and we just had to deal with it. But while Embiid's continued decrepitude was concerning, upsetting, angering and (most importantly) surprising, Harden's crappiness was just Another One of Those Harden Games. The Sixers were going to have to figure out how to succeed with that particular arm tied behind their back.Īs it turned out, both he and Joel Embiid were miserable for all 48 of that one. He had been quite bad for the first two quarters, and there was no doubt at all he was going to stay as such for the remaining two. But one thing I will always remember about his Philly tenure is how halfway through Game Seven against the Celtics, it became clear that to win the game, we were going to have to do so with him being terrible the whole way. It won't be the only thing I remember about James Harden as a Sixer, or even the main thing.

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