Clippers Seeking New Assets to Improve Trade Offer for 76ers’ James Harden, per Report

The chatter surrounding a possible James Harden commerce to ship the disgruntled star out of Philadelphia has cooled down of late. But the workforce he’s been linked to for the reason that very early phases of his request, the Clippers, are making strikes within the background to attempt to swing a deal for the 76ers guard, in accordance with The Athletic’s Shams Charania.

Los Angeles is taking the strategy of pursuing extra draft property from different groups to be able to enhance the provide it might probably put collectively for Philadelphia, as Charania reported in The Athletic’s e-newsletter, The Bounce.

This comes on the heels of a report stating that the Sixers wished Clippers guard Terance Mann and first-round picks, however that the fifth-year guard is taken into account untouchable, in accordance with Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer.

The large query is whether or not extra draft property will entice the Sixers and president Daryl Morey to deal Harden. Morey seemingly has remained steadfast on the pursuit of a star or a number of draft picks, so if there are sufficient draft items supplied in a commerce, it may make sense for Philly to do the deal.