James Harden had a couple of issues to get off his chest at his introductory press convention with the Clippers on Thursday.
Harden stated the Sixers had him on a ‘leash’ final season, declaring, “I’m not a system participant, I’m a system.”
“Philly is simply altering my position figuring out I can provide extra, figuring out I can do extra,” he stated.
“However if you would like me to be sincere, it’s like being on a leash… I by no means actually had that chance [to score and facilitate freely].”
When requested to elaborate on what he meant by the 76ers having him on a leash, Harden continued.
“I feel the sport and I’m a creator on the courtroom,” he stated. “… [I want] any person that trusts me, that believes in me, that understands me.”
Harden’s declare that he lacked alternatives is definitely an attention-grabbing one, contemplating he ranked second within the NBA in time possessing the ball per recreation, as identified by The Ringer’s Kevin O’Connor.
Harden additionally pushed again on the narrative that he is perhaps unwilling to slot in with the Clippers and balked at earlier criticisms of his strategy.
“There’s quite a lot of narratives and other people speaking … individuals assume they’ve an opinion or a voice, and different individuals take heed to it.”
Whether or not he thinks it’s truthful or not, his Clippers stint may very effectively be his final probability within the NBA.
In keeping with all stories, the Clippers had been the one crew that wished Harden, who’s now 34 years outdated and has burnt bridges in Houston, Brooklyn and Philadelphia throughout the house of lower than three years.
