07-17-2022, 02:45 PM
I heard something on a national podcast (not Dallas related necessarily) that I found interesting about Philly. They negotiated with Harden on a number that took them fairly snug under the apron (which they can't cross for any reason this season). Then they went back to Harden and asked him to take even more of a cut so they could be $3-4mm under the apron. The idea being that they could take back additional salary in a trade and still be under the apron.
I'm not assuming Philly is holding their breath waiting to get Powell, but they are pretty thin behind often injured Embiid right now. So some thing like a two for one with Powell outgoing and Korkmaz and Thybulle returning works the match with Harden's reported number. There isn't any reason this wouldn't be done already if it was really about Powell. Joint pointing out Philly may not be done and have worked with their star to help them have flexibility. In fact, Harden's deal isn't final on Spotrac, so they may be waiting for whatever deal they have to materialize so they can give Harden the difference if the trade spread is smaller than anticipated.
I'm not assuming Philly is holding their breath waiting to get Powell, but they are pretty thin behind often injured Embiid right now. So some thing like a two for one with Powell outgoing and Korkmaz and Thybulle returning works the match with Harden's reported number. There isn't any reason this wouldn't be done already if it was really about Powell. Joint pointing out Philly may not be done and have worked with their star to help them have flexibility. In fact, Harden's deal isn't final on Spotrac, so they may be waiting for whatever deal they have to materialize so they can give Harden the difference if the trade spread is smaller than anticipated.
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