Recently James Harden caused a bit of a firestorm when he publicly called Sixers’ President Daryl Morey a “liar” last week, while appearing in China. Many people eagerly filmed on their cellphones as Harden made the disparaging remarks and vowed to find a change of scenery. The incident quickly went viral when Shams Charania of The Athletic tweeted it.
That moment has apparently prompted the NBA to relaunch an investigation checking to see if there was anything said or done by the Sixers and Harden that may have violated the league’s CBA.
While Harden is not publicly suggesting the Sixers did anything against the rules, the league will do its due diligence on potential illegal negotiations anyway.