James Harden Traded to Clippers

[KG Living Legend]

 Literally zero information from Woj so far.

 My best guess is they wanted Terrance Mahn the most, toss In Powell under contract for two years after this year,  and Covington  (expiring) gets you to 40 million.

 76ers may have to add a small salary.

[ozgod]

Interesting. That might be a win for Morey if he got Mann...not that I think he was worth being the centerpiece of the whole deal but interesting to see Ballmer fold.

[ozgod]

No Terence Mann, its for Mook, Batum, Covington and Martin, who are all on one year deals, for Harden, Petrusev and PJ



Hilarious that Woj was so desperate to break the news ahead of Shams that he broke it before knowing all the details 

EDIT: updated the text to reflect the screenshot reported

[ozgod]

So all those players are on one year deals, so clearly a cap space deal for Morey unless there's more to come with flipping them.

[ozgod]

[Birdman]

Just got rid of him for one year deals players..he got what he wanted unfortunately, hope he fails in LA &!probably will

[wikkid1]

So the crybaby threw another tantrum and got his way again.  Sad to see it but it seems like the Sixers wanted to get the distraction out of the picture ASAP.  I’m sure Embiid will be pleased.

[tazzmaniac]

Going to have to wait until the complete trade comes out.  The additional 1st round pick from a 3rd team doesn't make sense.  Who could get rerouted to a 3rd team that would be worth a 1st round pick even a highly protected one?   

Edit:  Tucker and Petrusev are reported as in the trade and Danny Green reported as being waived to free up a spot. 

[tazzmaniac]

From the Clippers perspective, a Harden/Westbrook starting combo doesn't seem like a good fit. 

[Kernewek]

Somewhere Sad Sam Hinkie is Smiling.

[BitterJim]

Going to have to wait until the complete trade comes out.  The additional 1st round pick from a 3rd team doesn't make sense.  Who could get rerouted to a 3rd team that would be worth a 1st round pick even a highly protected one?   

Edit:  Tucker and Petrusev are reported as in the trade and Danny Green reported as being waived to free up a spot.

I've seen speculation that it's the Thunder, which makes some sense since they likely value firsts a lot lower than other teams. Especially in years where they already have a ton of picks

[cman88]

Seems like poor return for harden. Should've traded him in the summer.

Sixers/Miami looking as Boston/Milwaukee get better...

Although maxey has looked like he's having a breakout year

[tazzmaniac]

Going to have to wait until the complete trade comes out.  The additional 1st round pick from a 3rd team doesn't make sense.  Who could get rerouted to a 3rd team that would be worth a 1st round pick even a highly protected one?   

Edit:  Tucker and Petrusev are reported as in the trade and Danny Green reported as being waived to free up a spot.

I've seen speculation that it's the Thunder, which makes some sense since they likely value firsts a lot lower than other teams. Especially in years where they already have a ton of picks

I've seen OKC and Spurs mentioned.  OKC has a protected Sixers 1st.  Might be Mann who gets traded to get the pick. 

[celticinorlando]

Sixers are not good. Got a bunch of junk for harden.

[tazzmaniac]

Seems like poor return for harden. Should've traded him in the summer.

Sixers/Miami looking as Boston/Milwaukee get better...

Although maxey has looked like he's having a breakout year

There wasn't a better offer in the summer.  There's little demand for Harden. 

I don't think the Bucks got better especially not from a playoff perspective.