We have reached new, unimaginable levels of James Harden
We have reached new, unimaginable levels of James HardenOn tour in China, Harden calls Daryl Morey names.Good morning. Let’s basketball. Ubu Imperator; Max Ernst; 1923 On Saturday, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported that the Sixers had ended trade talks around James Harden and planned to bring him to training camp in a bit more than a month. There was no traction with the Clippers, apparently. Then Sam Amick of The Athletic raised the stakes: his sources confirmed that the Sixers had ended trade talks, but then reported that Harden doesn’t plan to report to camp. This would set up a showdown between a front office led by Daryl Morey and a star player over aborted trade talks … again. Meanwhile, one of the top 5 players in the league is over there just looking for help. Anyway, none of that was surprising:
This, however, is a bit off-script. From The Athletic’s Shams Charania:
There’s video, too. Here’s a YouTube rip of the video Tomer Azarly posted on Twitter. (Sorry, Twitter prevents Substack embeds.) And yes, that marketing image and Mandarin script indicates that … James Harden is in China on a sneaker tour when he said this to what appears to be an assembled media contingent. A statement like that — repeated for emphasis at the end of a newsy weekend in his saga — made in China, about Daryl Morey, who of course created a non-minor crisis for the NBA a few years ago when he tweeted support for the people of Hong Kong amid protest during a Chinese government civil rights crackdown, an anodyne post that led the Chinese government to refuse to air NBA games for a while and has led to lost revenue and a bunch of political backlash stateside since. James Harden is in China dissing Daryl Morey. An incredible and farcical turn of events. I do (eventually) want to hear Harden out. Here’s what I’d like to know:... Keep reading with a 7-day free trialSubscribe to Good Morning It's Basketball to keep reading this post and get 7 days of free access to the full post archives. A subscription gets you:
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