{"id":56230,"date":"2023-10-09T09:00:03","date_gmt":"2023-10-09T13:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/?p=56230"},"modified":"2023-10-08T18:41:38","modified_gmt":"2023-10-08T22:41:38","slug":"james-harden-cordial-at-training-camp-still-wants-trade-to-lac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/2023\/10\/09\/james-harden-cordial-at-training-camp-still-wants-trade-to-lac\/","title":{"rendered":"James Harden Cordial at Training Camp; Still Wants Trade to LAC"},"content":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia 76ers training camp opened up in Colorado last week, and to the surprise of some, James Harden<\/strong><\/a> was in attendance with great energy. In August, Harden called general manager Daryl Morey a \u201cliar\u201d and said he\u2019d \u201cnever be part of an organization he\u2019s a part of.\u201d Harden still desires to play for the Clippers, but for now, he seems to be working with Philadelphia (at least his teammates).<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

James Harden Cordial at Training Camp; Still Wants Trade to LAC<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n

https:\/\/x.com\/TheDunkCentral\/status\/1709346325093843099?s=20<\/p>\n

Harden\u2019s Approach<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

The James Harden news blast has been intriguing<\/a> in the past few weeks, as expected considering he\u2019s made his third trade request in as many years. Given his unorthodox methods to pursue those requests, all eyes were certainly on Philly\u2019s training camp. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Harden was not present for 76ers media day, indicating a no-show for camp. Days later, ESPN\u2019s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that \u201c[Harden] wants to make the 76ers uncomfortable. So uncomfortable, ultimately, they don\u2019t think they\u2019ll get the best out of him and make a trade.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Another report stated Harden was ready to show up and \u201cmake a scene.\u201d With plenty of attention garnered and to the surprise of most, the 34-year-old reported for the first day of Nick Nurse\u2019s training camp at Colorado State University. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

All reports indicate Harden has been great at camp so far. \u201cIt\u2019s been good,\u201d Joel Embiid<\/strong><\/a> told The Athletic. <\/span>\u201c<\/span>He\u2019s been doing a little bit. Of course, he hasn\u2019t played (in the live action), but the energy has been great. He\u2019s been around, and I think he\u2019s great for us. Coming in, and not being a distraction \u2014 not that it was going to distract us anyways, because we\u2019ve been so focused.\u201d<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

His Desired Destination<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Harden, as we all know, wants to go back to his hometown of Los Angeles and play for the Clippers. The two sides have reportedly been working towards a deal, but don\u2019t have much traction so far. The deal breaker at this point seems to be Terrance Mann<\/strong><\/a>, a piece that both sides value highly. The Clippers don\u2019t want to give him up; the 76ers see him as a vital asset to the trade. Los Angeles looks to add a third team to the deal. Therefore, they add draft capital and finalize a deal. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Despite his adamant request to get out of Philadelphia, Harden has been \u201cdrama free\u201d at camp. He\u2019s been professional, with Danny Green<\/strong><\/a> claiming he\u2019s taking care of his body and avoiding being a distraction. A different tactic for Harden, who went to large parties during COVID when trying to be traded from Houston. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Other James Harden News<\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

ESPN\u2019s Stephen A. Smith made light of Harden\u2019s near-return to Houston this offseason, saying the guard met with Ime Udoka. The two sides had mutual interest until Harden revealed he was excited to come back and win another scoring title. Udoka, looking to win championships, not statistical categories, opted not to give Harden the max contract, giving the money to Fred VanVleet. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

https:\/\/x.com\/FirstTake\/status\/1709596785205719460?s=20<\/p>\n

Harden and Morey reportedly crossed paths at training camp last week, although they did not share words. The two have remained cordial, but not friendly with each other as Harden\u2019s representation works with Morey to get their client to Los Angeles. <\/span>\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Philadelphia 76ers training camp opened up in Colorado last week, and to the surprise of some, James Harden was in attendance with great energy. In August, Harden called general manager Daryl Morey a \u201cliar\u201d and said he\u2019d \u201cnever be part of an organization he\u2019s a part of.\u201d Harden still desires to play for the Clippers, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4610,"featured_media":56258,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","sfio_featured_image":false,"sfio_embed_code":"","_ef_editorial_meta_date_first-draft-date":"","_ef_editorial_meta_paragraph_assignment":"","_ef_editorial_meta_checkbox_needs-photo":"","_ef_editorial_meta_number_word-count":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1608,27,62,13,4721],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-56230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-basketball","category-clippers","category-nba","category-76ers","category-trade-rumors"],"modified_by":"Mike Schretter","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4610"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/56258"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/basketball\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}