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[QUOTE="jncuse, post: 4811002, member: 1969"]
If the Sixers were going to turn Harden into a good player now, it would have to involve a 3rd party which makes a trade more difficult (since a good team was not looking to trade quality for quality especially for Harden and a non contender was not eager to have Harden and then try to move him).    Now the "3rd party" part has essentially been done.

The Sixers today a bunch of smaller cap pieces and additional draft picks -- will make it easier for them to work something out with a non contender.

For example, Pascal Siakam is a UFA at the end of the year, the Raps aren't overly eager at signing him and the Raptors were a mess.    He has history with NN.     Toronto wasn't going to do Harden for Siakam, without finding a 3rd party first.

Not saying it will be Pascal either (Masai Ujiri and Morey don't seem to like each other)-- could be another quality piece from a non-contender.   but getting a piece from a non-contender was going to be hard with Harden involved.   Now its easier.
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