Daily News | Sixers boss Daryl Morey is on a roll, stonewalling James Harden and protecting Tyrese Maxey
Morey has never won a championship anywhere, but what he’s done since he landed in Philly in late 2020 has been pretty remarkable. He turned Ben Simmons into James Harden. Morey will turn James Harden into something else, now that Harden has decided not to become a free agent. And Morey hired the best coaching candidate on the market, Nick Nurse, who took an in-his-prime Kawhi Leonard to a title as a rookie head coach in 2019 but had no interest in wrangling Leonard’s polar opposite.
The problem is, Harden didn’t earn it — in the estimation of everyone but Harden. That includes the estimation of Morey. Thank goodness. And, surprise. Morey had to consider all of this when deciding whether to offer Harden a contract that would pay him the maximum salary for two or three years. League sources indicate that Morey’s consideration left him with this valuation: one year at $40 million or two years at $80 million. These are fair valuations. The problem is, Harden is delusional. And that will cost him tens of millions of dollars.Joel Embiid ‘needs another alpha’? Jalen Hurts & Bryce Harper don’t. That’s the difference.
Further, he will find himself essentially valueless this time next year. There is no way he’s ever going to sniff the kind of money Morey would have offered. He’s just not that good anymore. He has forsaken his best chance to make the most money because he thinks that his desiredIf Harden thinks he was restricted in Philly, wait until he starts watching Leonard and George pitty-pat from the wings.And the ultimate irony is that not only will he lose money in L.A.
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