In the last hour, Agent Ward Janowski in Ramona Shelburne are reporting that the Rockets are expanding trade talks on James Harden beyond the Nets and the Sixers.

His two choices.

The Rockets open up their season next Wednesday against the Thunder.

As of right now, Harden on the team scheduled to play for the squad.

Let's bring in a gym or Janowski with much more on this story.

Watch what has changed in the last few days surrounding this situation and harden Kevin.

More dialogue with MAWR teams in Houston has become engaged, I'm told with teams in both the Eastern and Western Conference is, and I think there is becoming more of a comfort level among teams in the league to get involved in these James Harden talks toe offer up significant assets.

Ah, young players, all star level players, draft picks.

You know, combinations of all that without number one.

A promise that James Harden will resign with you in two years, when he could become ah, free agent.

They're working in concert with Hardened on this.

He's aware of a lot of these scenarios and I think teams air seeing worked.

There's a little more of a confidence out there that the potential deal of Harden may not be Philadelphia or the Brooklyn Nets.

Okay, you mentioned Philadelphia in your report.

You you talk about the Sixers willingness to include Ben Simmons in a potential trade.

What more are you hearing about this Kevin that the Sixers have signaled signaled a willingness in these talks to include Simmons in deals that include Harden but likely would need to include Ah lot mawr.

They haven't really gotten traction.

Philadelphia and Houston on ah, heart and deal.

Um, you know, they have talked and they talked about a number of scenarios, and among them, Ben Simmons has been brought up in, uh, but right now, Philadelphia is reluctant to break up that Embiid Simmons partnership without a massive haul back.

And I think in their minds, perhaps even more than James Harden.

But these air negotiations the N B.

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Just announced tonight the trade deadline is setting out for March 25th.

Not sure it's going to go that long.

Houston, listen.

They would like to get a deal done if they can find the right deal and move on from this.

But they have a package, a threshold that they want to reach, and they're going to keep moving toward that.

But there has been more conversation with more teams here in the last few days.

Alright, good note.

Their March 25th, the trade deadline this upcoming season for the N.

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Well, we we will monitor this developing story surrounding James Harden as the season opener for the league is five days away.

Won't appreciate the time.

Thanks, Kevin.

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