James Harden will join the Los Angeles Clippers after surgery during which Philadelphia 76ers In exchange, they will receive four players, as well as several draft picks.
Adrian Wojnarowskione of the best-sourced journalists in the league spoke online ESPN mid-morning Tuesday show that ends the soap opera ‘Beard’who asked to leave the Sixers.
In return, the Philadelphia franchise, led by Joel Embiid (last season’s most valuable player), will receive Marcus Morris, Robert Covington, Nicolas Batum and KJ Martin as well as two first-round draft picks and two second-round draft picks.
Joel Embiid.
In addition to Harden, the Clippers will host PJ Tucker and Philip Petrusev.
The operation also includes the exchange of rounds, termination of the contract Danny Green The Sixers and a possible third team to finalize the details.
Harden arrives in Clippers-led project Kawhi Leonard and Paul George who seemed like a big threat in the Western Conference in recent years but never quite lived up to expectations.
Kawhi Leonard.
In Los Angeles he will also meet again with Russell Westbrookwith whom he shared a dressing room in Oklahoma City Thunder And Houston Rockets.
His move to the Clippers caps months of ongoing controversy in Philadelphia, during which he even called the Sixers president a “liar.” Daryl Morey (The NBA fined him $100,000 for these statements).
Harden did not play for the Sixers at the start of the season while he waited for his situation to be resolved.
At 34, Harden exercised his $35.6 million player option at the end of the NBA season and asked the Sixers to find him a place away from Philadelphia, his latest attempt to revive his career with a new team after several failed attempts. “star” projects.
La Barba, a Los Angeles native, had one of his main goals signing with the Clippers, but negotiations took several months.
The 2018 MVP with Houston, Harden asked to be traded from the Rockets in 2020 and made the playoffs. Brooklyn Nets, where he was part of a trio with Kevin Durant And Kyrie Irving which made me wait a lot and, of course, with whom I could not get a ring.
Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.
In 2022, he again began to look for a way out and found it in the Sixers, with whom he hoped to form a deadly duo with Embiid.
Once again his title quest failed, and this summer he again asked for a transfer, this time with the Clippers in mind, whom he finally managed to join.
(according to information from EFE)
Source: Aristegui Noticias
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