When James Harden was introduced as a Sixer back on Feb. 15, he revealed something that caught many off guard.
He wanted to be a Sixer from the beginning.
“Originally, when I was going through everything I was going through in Houston, Philly was my first choice,” Harden said that day. “It just didn’t happen. ... I just knew for a very long time this was a perfect fit.”
There was a former MVP, saying on the record, that playing in the city of Philadelphia was his first choice. It’s what Sam Hinkie prophesied. Daryl Morey made it come for fruition.