James Harden reportedly doesn’t intend to take part in coaching camp for the 76ers, regardless of the group deciding to not commerce him. In keeping with a brand new report from The Athletic, Harden stays adamant about his time in Philadelphia coming to a detailed earlier than the beginning of subsequent season.

“It doesn’t matter what indicators the Sixers would possibly ship on the subject of commerce talks, a supply near Harden reiterated that the 10-time All-Star and former MVP not desires to play for Philadelphia and has no plans of participating in coaching camp,” Sam Amick of The Athletic writes.

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The report continues: “Does that imply he gained’t report if a deal doesn’t go down by that time, or that he’ll make a messy spectacle of his coaching camp arrival like he did when he was attempting to get out of Houston again in December of 2020? That half stays unclear, with Harden’s facet nonetheless expressing a perception that there will likely be significant developments on the commerce discuss entrance earlier than that point comes. The supply spoke on the situation of anonymity due to the sensitivity of the state of affairs.”

The 76ers initially agreed to seek for a commerce associate for Harden when he signed his $35.6 million participant possibility in June. Sadly for each side, it appears they had been capable of finding an appropriate deal. If Harden does return, he’ll be again to enjoying alongside MVP-winning heart Joel Embiid. Regardless of sweeping the Brooklyn Nets within the first spherical of the 2023 NBA playoffs, they did not make it handed the Boston Celtics within the second spherical. Consequently, the group fired head coach Doc Rivers, who had been with the group since 2020.

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