Veteran NBA star James Harden is seemingly on his way out of the Philadelphia 76ers, and many are waiting to see where the team will trade him.
He opted into the final year of his contract earlier this summer, and there was reportedly a mutual understanding between the two parties that the 76ers would look to find a trade partner for him.
Harden has been dogged by rumors over the last couple of years that he doesn’t take care of his body during the offseason and allows himself to become overweight and out of shape, and he appeared to respond by stocking up on Trill Burgers, a creation by rapper Bun B.
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After a poor 2021-22 season, Harden averaged 21.0 points while shooting 38.5 percent from 3-point range and leading the league with 10.7 assists a game this past season.
But in his one-and-a-half seasons with Philly, the team has fallen short of its ultimate goal despite being considered legitimate championship contenders.
In 2022, they lost to the Miami Heat in the second round of the playoffs, and this past season they blew a 3-2 series lead to the Boston Celtics in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
After playing outstanding ball in two early wins during that series, Harden went just 4-of-16 and 3-of-11 in the final two games, which continued a career-long trend of poor performances in big games and must-win contests.
He is now 33 years of age and perceived as a declining asset, and the conventional wisdom seems to be that the Sixers need to get some value for him now.
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