More than a month removed from getting traded to the Los Angeles Clippers, James Harden is still somehow causing headaches for the Sixers. He recently told Sam Amick of The Athletic that Sixers team president Daryl Morey had promised him a max contract at some point prior to last year’s playoffs, although a team source denied that claim to Amick.
The NBA has already investigated whether the Sixers promised Harden a max as a quid pro quo for declining his $47.4 million player option ahead of the 2022 offseason and taking $14.4 million less by re-signing on a two-year, $65.