It was a year ago to the day that James Harden made his Sixers debut.
And what a debut it was.
Harden was electric in scoring 27 points and dishing out 12 assists in a blowout of the Timberwolves. He just met Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey, and yet it looked they’d played together for a decade. Suddenly, the Sixers’ had a half-court offense after being devoid of one for most of the Ben Simmons era.
The impact was reminiscent of another guard that spent over a decade in the red, white and blue: Allen Iverson.