James Harden

PHILADELPHIA — The Philadelphia 76ers are off to a very good start to the James Harden era. They are 3-0 since the superstar guard teamed with Joel Embiid.

Harden has told Embiid to trust him with the ball, and he will get him some open looks. He knows how to play, all about the team.” They are 3-0 since the superstar guard teamed with Joel Embiid. The two have been very tough to stop.

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No word on whether he got a real knee brace in time for the hockey game. Years later, a quarterback whose real name was the same as the older player’s fake name went on to have success in the NFL. Can you name both players? It was the remote-controlled cameras that required the most creativity to operate. Instead, they captured footage of the brawl. … Jonathan Wilson examines the impact that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has had on the Premier League. “I’m a woman, just like anybody else on the team. In that second half, he played like we all need him to play and he knows how to play.” Harden had 26 points, nine rebounds and nine assists in Philly’s easy win over the Knicks. ( Watch his highlight reel here.) The numbers aren’t eye-popping, but his performance was exactly what the Sixers need from him if they’re going to be a real title contender. “We need him to be aggressive, like, a lot of times in the game,” Harden said of Maxey last night. He looked like a cohesive part of the team despite it being only his third game in his new jersey, which is especially interesting considering how his tenure in Brooklyn ended. In the three games with Harden, he’s averaging 24.7 points per game. Finally, three weeks after the deal was finalized, Harden made his debut in Philadelphia last night and it was everything fans had been dreaming of.

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"The love, the fans, it feels like home. The point guard’s debut could be on Feb. 25 at the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Sixers’ first game after the break." At his suggestion, Harden accompanied the Sixers here to Wisconsin for Thursday night’s game against the Milwaukee Bucks at Fiserv Forum, the final matchup before the All-Star break.

The fan base of the Philadelphia 76ers gave a warm welcome to James Harden in his home debut.

He then began his warm-ups and the crowd was in anticipation of every single jumper The Beard put up. PHILADELPHIA–The fan base of the Philadelphia 76ers is a passionate one. The fans gave a big cheer as Harden came running out of the tunnel and onto the Wells Fargo Center court as if he was a little kid on the last day of school.

It might still be the honeymoon stage, but James Harden and Philly are madly in love.

And he did just that Wednesday, capping off the night with a brilliant look-ahead pass to Matisse Thybulle. The Sixers will (eventually) lose with him in the lineup. I felt the energy, I felt the love. Harden just missed his second straight triple-double with 26 points, nine assists and nine rebounds. “I continue to tell Jo, he’s so used to dribbling it up and having to go one-on-one, which he’s great at,” Harden said. It started from pregame warmups (although one could make the argument it actually started with the pregame fit). The Beard was greeted by a rousing ovation as he began his routine. For so long, the Sixers have been maddening in closeout situations. "It was a movie." — Philadelphia 76ers (@sixers) @JHarden13's Philly debut was everything he expected it to be! “Originally, when I was going through everything I was going through in Houston, Philly was my first choice,” Harden said that day. “The love, the fans. It’s striking to watch Harden warm up — the fluidity in movement, the replication of his form on every shot, the frustration he shows after every miss.

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Simmons has not played at all this season after sitting out his time on the Sixers’ following a trade demand. “Right now, you take us out of our first option [and], literally, guys don’t know what to go to,” Rivers said. Starting wing Matisse Thybulle said after Wednesday’s shootaround that Harden has “inspired a lot of people … just [with] the energy, the talk” since joining the Sixers less than three weeks ago. They spent the bulk of the session breaking down all the secondary actions out of the three or four plays Harden already knows. That’s a sharp increase from their season average of 96.5 possessions per game, which ranked 27th in the league entering Wednesday. “I think it’s turned everyone into much more dynamic threats on offense, across the board.