Harden wins! The 76ers successfully avoided taxes, Embiid was seriously injured, and the championship became a joke
With the NBA's deadline approaching Feb. 9, the Philadelphia 76ers bought Hield for Morris, Korkmaz, and three second-round picks. The 76ers, plus House, and a 2024 second-round pick, add a total of $4.31 million, a figure that already exceeds the luxury tax cap. That means the 76ers let House go because they've managed to evade taxes.
Many fans scoffed at the 76ers, believing that the team's management was not thinking about how to replenish players at all, only thinking about how to avoid taxes, and obviously they didn't want to win the championship, just how to save money. With Embiid injured and on the verge of surgery, the Philadelphia 76ers are likely to be treated as a joke this season. In fact, with Embiid's injury, the 76ers' results plummeted, and by now, they have suffered three defeats and slipped to fifth place in the Eastern Conference.
Harden has received a lot of praise with the 76ers, and coupled with Harden's current form and the team he has played for, Harden joining the 76ers is definitely a wise decision. When Harden left the team, causing the Big Three to fall apart, he joined the 76ers, and later lowered his salary to win the championship with Embiid, which is an honor that Harden has lacked so far.
In the end, the 76ers failed to win the championship, and Harden failed to fulfill his promise, and Harden decided to leave the team, and it was not until the beginning of the new season that he left the team and joined the Clippers.
And now, Harden's performance in the Clippers is also quite good, after six losses, he has gradually become a superstar, he leads his team, all the way in the West, he and Leonard, Paul George, and Westbrook, are competing for the first championship in the history of the league, their hopes for the championship, are too big.
For example, the 76ers, because Embiid was injured and his results declined, so they didn't want to sign more players, so many 76ers fans were disappointed.