1 minute ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

No chance they’ll extend him.  Would be a major/costly mistake.  
 

Funny how I was criticized for saying we shouldn’t trade for him as a rental.  Then people said, it’s all under the belief that he’ll get another contract.  And here we are.  Amazing how silent the fools are now.  

We are re-signing him. If you can’t tell he is injured, you don’t want enough basketball. We won’t find out if he is "washed” until after he is under contract. That’s the gamble they will have to take. 

I need to want more basketball.  

Got to be worried about Harden? That's looking like a bad trade right now. 

2 hours ago, Khani1 said:

1. Avoid Toronto round 1 and try to get Cavs or Bulls

2. Pray Mattisse can hit some open 3’s in the playoffs

3. Rest him for the last 4 games and hope James Hardly becomes James Harden

4. Send Doc on an ayahuasca re-treat before the playoffs start

#2.  Come on man.  

56 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

No chance they’ll extend him.  Would be a major/costly mistake.  
 

Funny how I was criticized for saying we shouldn’t trade for him as a rental.  Then people said, it’s all under the belief that he’ll get another contract.  And here we are.  Amazing how silent the fools are now.  

I was in on getting Harden if it was the only way Morey was getting Benjamina out of town this year. Said back then and still believe they’d have been better off both now and in the future if they’d done the Kings trade instead. 
 

I think in the offseason they’d be best to let Harden walk, see if they can land Beal. Plenty of money left then to add a wing or PF if they unload Harris. 

43 minutes ago, 4for4EaglesNest said:

I need to want more basketball.  

I wonder if he was injured when he dropped 32 points on the Bucks..... Or just maybe he fell apart when it mattered most like he has done his whole career... I guess all the current and former NBA players are wrong and the GMs on here know better then them? 

Love the excuses for this clown. 

All these senior citizens probably forgot what Harden looked like in his first 5 games after he had 2-3 weeks off. He isn’t Houston Harden but he is 100% playing injured and was over used this year. Again, the same guys who don’t follow basketball wouldn’t recognize this. 

30 minutes ago, Khani1 said:

All these senior citizens probably forgot what Harden looked like in his first 5 games after he had 2-3 weeks off. He isn’t Houston Harden but he is 100% playing injured and was over used this year. Again, the same guys who don’t follow basketball wouldn’t recognize this. 

Even if that’s the case, why should it make us feel any better that a 32 year old with a ton of tread on the tires has now dealt with hamstring injuries two years in a row? Whether he’s lost a step or it’s due to injury, either way it’s a sign that his body isn’t holding up at his age anymore. 

6 minutes ago, nipples said:

Even if that’s the case, why should it make us feel any better that a 32 year old with a ton of tread on the tires has now dealt with hamstring injuries two years in a row? Whether he’s lost a step or it’s due to injury, either way it’s a sign that his body isn’t holding up at his age anymore. 

The majority of NBA players start to decline at 33 so this is typical. Especially when said player goes out partying after every game. The chances of him getting back to what he was is about zero. Especially when he is historically  the only player to shoot 200 plus 3's a  year to never shoot at least one year at 40%. He never was efficient and that is only going to get worse. 

 

Simmons is gone. Mitchell may be an option.

Beal or Mitchell over Harden. 

Trade Tobias, Thybulle, picks for Julius Randle.

A perfect big fit next to Embiid, with an actual dynamic back court player still in his prime. THEN we will be a championship contender. 

40 minutes ago, HazletonEagle said:

Simmons is gone. Mitchell may be an option.

Beal or Mitchell over Harden. 

Trade Tobias, Thybulle, picks for Julius Randle.

A perfect big fit next to Embiid, with an actual dynamic back court player still in his prime. THEN we will be a championship contender. 

Spider is very self centered. Hard pass.

6 hours ago, Diehardfan said:

Spider is very self centered. Hard pass.

So is harden.  So was butler. So are most stars that we would want to pair with Embiid.

10 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

Simmons is gone. Mitchell may be an option.

Beal or Mitchell over Harden. 

Trade Tobias, Thybulle, picks for Julius Randle.

A perfect big fit next to Embiid, with an actual dynamic back court player still in his prime. THEN we will be a championship contender. 

Tobias and picks should be enough

10 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

Aww.  Be nice.  He’s hurt.  

James is to blame for his crappy play, no excuses. I would like to see how he looks with the last 4 games off and the 6 day break before the playoffs start. That probably still won’t be enough time to allow him to heal but it’s our best chance at this point. He isn’t Houston Harden, that’s obvious but he isn’t this bad either, I don’t think. 

13 hours ago, nipples said:

Even if that’s the case, why should it make us feel any better that a 32 year old with a ton of tread on the tires has now dealt with hamstring injuries two years in a row? Whether he’s lost a step or it’s due to injury, either way it’s a sign that his body isn’t holding up at his age anymore. 

If you re-sign him, you do the opposite of what Nash did to him. Give him the Buttler treatment and let him play 50 games during the regular season. Save him for the big games and the playoffs. 

1 hour ago, Khani1 said:

If you re-sign him, you do the opposite of what Nash did to him. Give him the Buttler treatment and let him play 50 games during the regular season. Save him for the big games and the playoffs. 

I still say you try to get Beal, let Harden go, and look to move Harris 

Hasn’t Beal stated, repeatedly, in no uncertain terms, that he won’t come to Philly?

2 hours ago, The_Omega said:

Hasn’t Beal stated, repeatedly, in no uncertain terms, that he won’t come to Philly?

Not according to Andrew bogut.. he is trying to get to Philly this summer

8 hours ago, HazletonEagle said:

So is harden.  So was butler. So are most stars that we would want to pair with Embiid.

He isn't the only option.  You mentioned one yesterday. 

3 hours ago, nipples said:

I still say you try to get Beal, let Harden go, and look to move Harris 

I'm not sure I'd let him go they might be able to get something for him. Morey will be the problem. I can't see him letting him go after all this. Pride, friendship, and his rep are on the line.

4 hours ago, The_Omega said:

Hasn’t Beal stated, repeatedly, in no uncertain terms, that he won’t come to Philly?

I remember him for several years saying he wanted to stay in Washington but that seems to have changed. Who knows, maybe our former PG was the reason he didn’t want to come to Philly, if that was ever the case. 

1 hour ago, nipples said:

I remember him for several years saying he wanted to stay in Washington but that seems to have changed. Who knows, maybe our former PG was the reason he didn’t want to come to Philly, if that was ever the case. 

I could have sworn that he said he’d never play for Philly because the fans treated his wife poorly, but I could be wrong.