Is talk of James Harden's possible return to the Houston Rockets real? Oddsmakers think so.
"In the whisper circles, everybody seems to think he's going back to Houston ... And now it seems like a foregone conclusion," Simmons said."If you talk to anyone around the league they'll be like, 'Yeah, Harden's going to Houston.'"
After playing less than 13 months in Brooklyn, Harden again was unhappy and managed to get traded to the 76ers in February 2022. Last offseason, he agreed to take less money so former Rockets general manager and current 76ers president Daryl Morey could sign old Rockets teammates P.J. Tucker and Danuel House as free agents. That was a two-year, $68.6 million deal that includes a player opt-out this summer.
Although Harden failed to make the All-Star team for the first time since his Oklahoma City days, he's averaging 21.9 points and a league-best 10.8 assists per game. He’s also shooting 40.1 % from the 3-point line, which is the best of his career although it’s coming on 7.3 attempts per game as compared to the 11.9 he attempted from 2017 to 2020, the three seasons he led the NBA in scoring.
With Joel Embiid in the running for MVP and Harden playing facilitator, the 76ers currently are the three-seed in the Eastern Conference at 42-22.
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