With James Harden expected to make his Sixers debut Friday night against the Minnesota Timberwolves, it will be 15 days between Harden’s first game for the Sixers and the blockbuster trade that brought him to Philly and sent Ben Simmons to Brooklyn.
Because of the All-Star break and a lingering hamstring injury, the long layoff between the acquisition of Harden and his first game in red, white and blue has made Sixers fans very antsy.
While Harden may be the biggest mid-season acquisition in franchise history, he is certainly not the only one. What are some of the greatest debuts in Sixers history?