The Milwaukee Bucks and Boston Celtics escalated their ongoing arms race over the past week by acquiring Damian Lillard and Jrue Holiday, respectively. Teams that missed out on both could now turn their attention to disgruntled Sixers guard James Harden, who requested a trade to the Los Angeles Clippers this summer after picking up his $35.6 million player option.
But unless something drastic changes, the Sixers don’t seem inclined to resolve his trade request anytime soon.
“We’ll either move James for a player of a caliber who helps our championship contention or for draft picks and things like that, that will allow us to, in short order, go get a player like that,” team president Daryl Morey said at media day.