This move by Harden to sign an agent proves he will be going all in on getting his money this summer and will likely not consider a team-friendly deal like he did last off-season with the Sixers. There are cautionary tales all over the league.
Harden is an aging guard and history has not been kind to franchises that sign players in their mid-thirties to long-term contracts. My favorite sports commentator Tony Kornheiser often refers to a quote Don Ohlmeyer, a mentor of his once told him: “The answer to all of your questions is money.” And that is the answer to why Harden would leave the Sixers after this year, for more money. Why would Harden want to leave a franchise that likely will be in title contention for the foreseeable future to go to the Rockets, who are one of the worst teams in the NBA? He is playing at an All-Star caliber level and fits perfectly alongside Joel Embiid.
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The news of Harden hiring Payne is all the more interesting because of the seemingly breaking news that Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Christmas Day of 2022.ĮSPN Sources: All-Star guard James Harden is seriously considering a return to the Houston Rockets in free agency this July - if he decides against a new deal with the Philadelphia 76ers: īefore this Woj bomb, there was no indication that Harden was unhappy with the Philadelphia 76ers or looking to move on from the team this off-season. There is no doubt that Harden’s Adidas relationship impacted his decision in hiring Payne. Harden’s new agent is Troy Payne, who was previously an executive at Adidas, a company Harden has a 13-year, $200 million shoe contract with that was originally signed in 2015. Harden also negotiated his most recent contract this past off-season with the Philadelphia 76ers without a full-time agent. There is a key difference here though Harden has not employed a full-time agent since 2017. This news seemed to slip under the radar in the media and why shouldn’t it? An NBA player hiring an agent before negotiating a contract is not normally front-page news. The only way a Harden trade makes sense for the Sixers would be if they were able to reroute whatever package they receive for Harden to another team for a superstar.Philadelphia 76ers star James Harden – who can enter free agency in July – has hired former Adidas executive Troy Payne of Equity Basketball as his first full-time agent since 2017. Byington and Scott are the first two full-time female play-by-play announcers in NBA history. The Sixers brought in Kate Scott, a multi-sport play-by-player based in the San Francisco Bay Area, to succeed Zumoff.
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The Sixers have no chance of recouping equivalent value in any trade, particularly given Harden's reputation for being unreliable-both on an internal operations level and as a postseason performer.Īny trade sending out Harden would essentially leave Joel Embiid on an island as the team's lone star and risk alienating the reigning MVP, who is yet to make it past the second round of the playoffs. Popular Philadelphia 76ers TV announcer Marc Zumoff, 65, retired in June as well. While he is clearly diminished from his MVP heights in Houston, Harden led the NBA in assists last season and remains one of the game's 20-25 best players. The Sixers cannot compete for a championship without Harden. That leaves both sides in a bit of a stalemate-one that might result in an uneasy union for the 2023-24 season.
However, the Sixers have to this point balked at the Clippers' offer and no other obvious suitor exists. The Los Angeles Clippers have stood out as a potential trade partner, and both Kawhi Leonard and Paul George signed off on a move, per Sam Amick of The Athletic.
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