Pour Kevin McHalewho coached James Harden for three seasons at the Rockets, what’s happening at the Sixers isn’t much of a surprise. However, faced with the leader’s transfer request, the former NBA champion cannot help but feel bad for Joel Embiid et Nick Nurse.
“The person I pity the most is Joel Embiid”McHale told Steve Bulpett of Heavy.com. “This guy is coming off an MVP season, but when one of the top two players says, ‘I’m leaving. The guy is a liar.”, you have no chance of winning. It’s hard enough to win when you’re united as a group. »
Kevin McHale: ‘James Harden was fat and didn’t want to play’
“I feel really bad for Nick Nurse too”he continued. “You have a new coach coming. Nick thinks to himself, “Oh, this is going to be interesting”. It disrupts the whole flow of the team, and it’s totally unnecessary. You can do a lot behind the scenes. You don’t have to go out and swing it like that. James started a forest fire with it. »
The first, reigning MVP, is about to potentially lose his lieutenant. The second has just joined the Philadelphia bench, with the hope of coaching a very competitive team. James Harden’s departure desires are undeniably a blow for them.
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