With trade talks between the Sixers and Los Angeles Clippers at a standstill, James Harden has missed the past two days of practice because of what the Sixers are calling a “personal matter.” Based on the reporting from just about every major NBA insider, that “personal matter” is another way of saying that he’s holding out because he wants to be traded.
“This is an escalation in tactics,” ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne said Wednesday on NBA Today. “This is, ‘I am not happy,’ and this is, as somebody close to him told me, this is only the beginning of what he plans to do here.