Or really, should they just reject any and all offers us faras trades go for harden.

Well, right now I'm the Philadelphia 76 is Charlie.

I'm gonna stand pad.

I'm not gonna I'm not gonna even entertain a trade.

And And one word describes why?

Yeah, I said that, Max, and I'm gonna tell you why.

Because of chemistry.

Your plan yesterday you were mr that.

No, no, no, no, no.

I said I said, you have to take in consideration and you have to entertain it before the season started.

Excuse me.

If I'm wrong for saying that you have tow entertain for trading for a guy that led the league in scoring for three consecutive seasons.

Ah, God, that's averaging 33 points and 10 assists right now this season I said the preseason, but I also said this Max, I said, keep a close eye on the Houston Rockets and keep a close eye on the Philadelphia 76 is and see what they were there at and see how they're doing.

And right now, when you look at this Philadelphia 76 a team, they are the best team in the Eastern Conference.

Doc Rivers have this team playing together.

Joe, L.

And B is playing some of the best basketball of his career like I thought he would do under Doc Rivers.

Tobias Harris is having one of the best seasons thus far under Doc Rivers like he did with the L.

A Clippers, averaging 19 at eight.

And then Doc has his son in law, Self Curtain, who got to go home.

The answer to his daughter, Callie Rivers.

If he don't go out and perform night in and night out and then they have spaces and Danny Green, they have sex ST All right, Max.

You might have to pick it up here.

What do you say in response to see?

That's to say so far.

See that the basketball gods.

I know what ball guys had to cut off that nonsense perk was there talking about James Harden lauding James Harden.

They got a trade for James Harding.

What did I tell you?

The more I at first I understood.

I was like, Yeah, of course.

James Harden and the outside shooting and everything, the more I thought about it.

No, man, no Number one you saw the K D is back.

See, that's something I was wrong about.

I I thought you had.

Don't even say I was wrong.

I would say he's exceeded my expectations.

I didn't think you could just assume KD would still be KD after that injury, because almost always, the person comes back as something less than what they were.

But K D is enough of himself that you have to account for that.

Who's best position to guard that guy in the playoffs?

Ben Simmons, who last year until he got hurt, I thought was the best defensive player in the world.

You know, the best defensive player in the world this year is I think, Joel and B.

I think he's been the M V P of the league so far, both ends of the floor.

He's the best player on the best team and the best defender on that team.

Even better than Simmons so far this year.

And you know who else has been great?

And you mentioned Tobias Harris is offense.

His defense has been excellent.

I can't believe I'm saying it.

I won't put on Blast.

Who says this to me?

But someone a coach I mentioned Hey, Tobias Harris.

At least he can defend.

You know he's a versatile defender, even if he's not very good at it.

And and the coach told me yet he can't defend all five positions, but he can.

This year.

He's been excellent on defense this year, and by the way, part of that is Joel Embiid, right, because Joel Embiid is the safety net.

Tobias Harris could look good when you got that back there.

I'm not discounting his effort, but that's how good Embiid has been.

This has you bring up Seth Curry not only can shoot it, he can shoot it off the dribble.

He could hook teammates up.

He's playing a little bit more like his brother and Danny Green.

And all that points to is Daryl Morey.

You got, you know, one of the best executives in sports now at the helm of that team.

The team he left not so good.

The team he's on suddenly, extraordinarily good.

No, you shouldn't trade for James Harden.

As I told you before the season started, Yeah, but Max, before the season started, I didn't say do it.

I didn't say it was a guarantee I said, you have to entertain the conversation.

And you do.

You can't just say a guy that's been in the M V P conversation for the last four or five years, every single year that you're not gonna entertain trading him and getting him to Philadelphia.

That's why I said you have to evaluate and keep a close eye on it.

C.

Max.

The difference between you and I is that I'm not married to my statements.

Okay, You be ready to put a ring on it.

You just like Beyonce.

Oh, you ready to stick with it?

You ready to stick with you?

Say something you don't have a I don't I don't have I don't have a I don't have a problem.

We're going back and saying, You know what?

I'm watching this 76 a team and no, I would not trade for James Harden right now because I'm looking at the chemistry.

You brought up a lot of great points.

They're playing excellent basketball on the offensive end and the defensive end.

They are locked in there playing boxes and elbows.

No driving gaps.

Diving on the floor for loose balls, getting back on defense.

But what I'm saying is the chemistry, the joy that I'm watching in Joe l and B.

The joy that I see in Ben Simmons.

No bad body language.

The bitches up clapping 10 for one another.

Ah, guy hits the floor.

I see three or four guys sprinting there to help him up.

This is why I'm saying I would not trade for James Harden right now if I'm the Philadelphia 76 is and they have came out to a great start the Doc Rivers effect, having them buying today, Rose and being stars in their rows.

Max.

So you can't just say because I said in preseason that I would trade for James Harden, that I said something wrong?

Well, look, here's the thing.

I'm the one on this show.

I don't know who you're talking about.

I have a religious point of view about this, any undescribable hypothesis when new information comes out.

When the facts change, so does my opinion.

So, like, I get that, what I'm pointing out is I think you could see this coming when you saw what Brooklyn looked like with K d.

You knew that Philly needs especially Ben Simmons on that is going to stop K D.

But Ben Simmons could do the best possible job.

Here's the thing about James Harden right now.

I don't think the Sixers should trade for him.

I don't think the Nets should either.

And now with what he hurt, who knows, even if they could swing a deal for him.

So where does that leave hard for the moment in Houston?

Couple of weeks ago, I was on this show arguing and debating with you and Stephen A about Ben Simmons.

And his shooting couldn't work without him shooting jump shots.

And I told you that it could work.

You was the one telling me, Oh, no.

If he don't shoot the jump shot If he if he's not comfortable with taking this I don't see this working now.

All of a sudden, you flipping the script, huh?

Now, all of a sudden, you said working without him taking jump shots when I was on here preaching that gospel, right?

So you flip right?

Yes.

Okay.

I like I do it and it favors me.

I like to flip the script.

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