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Jake Fischer of Yahoo Sports reported more about the developing James Harden situation on Christmas Day. Lost in our delight about beating the Knicks on national television, we're catching up on some of the biggest news stories in our orbit. Somehow, someway, we're always talking about No 13, aren't we? Recall, on Christmas Day, we got A Grinchy Christmas Woj bomb: Harden is seriously considering' return to Rockets, from ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. Woj splashed some funky eggnog on our breakfast when he reported:"His future with the 76ers remains a fluid proposition James Harden Jersey, one that has been buoyed with eight straight victories, including a 119-112 win over the New York Knicks on Christmas. Harden is on a productive roll with All-NBA center Joel Embiid, and the state of that partnership and the Sixers' postseason success could well be telltale factors in how Harden proceeds past this season. Experiencing a deep playoff run in a rabid, hungry Philadelphia marketplace could positively impact his thinking just as the fallout of an early exit could, too."As soon as I read it, I knew we needed to wait to see what Fischer had to add. Fischer was the very best source of Harden news last winter, when the 10-time All-Star first became disgruntled in Brooklyn. Fischer was the one to break that story, even when it had seemed as if things were pretty. good.enough in Brooklyn. Among Harden's reasons for wanting out, Fischer wrote at the time, were seeing Joel Embiid dominate and yearning for his first ring, frustration with Kyrie Irving's being out of the lineup or a part-time player, issues with Steve Nash's rotations, and missing a feeling of being a "central magnate" in Houston. After the fact we learned there had been tension between him and Kevin Durant for some time too. So if you were hoping for this story to go away https://www.philadelphiafanproshop.com/Montrezl_Harrell_Jersey-39, unfortunately, for Sixers fans, Fischer has done little to put on our fire. And make no mistake, it kind of is a fire. Our Bryan Toporek has calculated many of the very grim realities if No. 13 were to walk. So if any part of you were thinking "good riddance, he's not who he once was" you may want to picture a world where you're competing with five teams for a name like Harrison Barnes and three min-level-salaried players instead of Harden, in addition to Georges Niang, Shake Milton, and Paul Reed. Because you'd have to move on from James and multiple talented reserves to muster up near MLE money, that up to half the league might be able to offer too. The team is definitively better with The Beard around beyond 2023, even if they have to "overpay."Word of James Harden weighing a Houston reunion dates back to his strained days in Brooklyn, before the trade request that brought him to Philadelphia. More how this wandering eye is different than Harden's look to the Sixers a year ago: