If the Sixers were ever going to break up Ben Simmons and Joel Embiid, they won’t do better than James Harden.
And if the goal is to win now, I think you might have to do it. Philadelphia has the players to make it happen, and since Jimmy Butler left, they’ve lacked the kind of perimeter shot creation I believe a team needs to be taken seriously in the postseason.
Also, the fit of Simmons and Embiid together has never been perfect, given that Embiid plays at a slower pace and takes up space, and Simmons is better at playing fast and doesn’t space.