Due to problems with his wife, a key player for the Philadelphia 76ers has announced his retirement.
After a turbulent offseason, James Harden, the star of the Philadelphia 76ers, stated he would “work [his] butt off” while with the team. However, can his relationship with president of basketball operations Daryl Morey be saved?
“No,” Harden responded in a video posted to social media on Friday and shared by Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer.
According to Harden, the relationship soured due to a lack of communication after the playoffs. “My whole thing was I wanted to retire a Sixer and the front office didn’t have that in their future plans,” Harden stated. It’s genuinely beyond my control. That’s not something I wanted to occur. However, I have to choose what’s best for my family. I know this is a commercial endeavor. That is all there is to it. If I’m
Head coach Nick Nurse anticipated that Harden would perform professionally during practice.
“Everything has been the same,” he remarked. “In practice, he’s been pretty impressive. I am aware that he works incredibly hard nearly every night; it seems like he works out fairly hard at night as well. We’re simply living day by day.”
During the summer, Harden exercised his $35.6 million player option, anticipating a trade with the 76ers—ideally to the Los Angeles Clippers. The team intended to bring him back for training camp, but that never happened.
At a gathering in China in July, the 10-time NBA All-Star and 2018 MVP referred to Morey as a “fraud,” which prompted the league to fine him $100,000 for “implying that he would not execute the
