{"id":425387,"date":"2023-05-20T18:50:23","date_gmt":"2023-05-20T18:50:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=425387"},"modified":"2023-05-20T18:50:59","modified_gmt":"2023-05-20T18:50:59","slug":"kendrick-perkins-believes-joel-embiid-deserves-better-he-should-want-harden-to-leave-the-76ers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/kendrick-perkins-believes-joel-embiid-deserves-better-he-should-want-harden-to-leave-the-76ers\/","title":{"rendered":"Kendrick Perkins Believes Joel Embiid Deserves Better: He Should Want Harden To Leave The 76ers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Harden is most likely to choose to leave and enter free agency, thus the <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nba.com\/sixers\/\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> will need to make a decision on their future. It would make the most sense for him to return to the Sixers, but it does seem likely that he will join the Houston Rockets.<\/p>\n<p>Some speculate that the Sixers&#8217; decision to part ways with Doc Rivers after three seasons on the job may have been made in an effort to win over Harden and lure him back to Philadelphia. But one of Harden&#8217;s previous teammates is prepared for him to leave Joel Embiid and the Sixers.<\/p>\n<h2>Kendrick Perkins Believes Joel Embiid Deserves Better: He Should Want Harden To Leave The 76ers<\/h2>\n<p>The squad recently suffered a humiliating loss in the Eastern Conference playoffs, and its future is now in doubt.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KendrickPerkins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KendrickPerkins<\/a> believes Joel Embiid should want James Harden to walk \ud83d\ude33<\/p>\n<p>&quot;I think he deserves better than James Harden.&quot; <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/eakNjx5VfD\">pic.twitter.com\/eakNjx5VfD<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; First Take (@FirstTake) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/FirstTake\/status\/1659577330304425986?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>There are reports that James Harden would leave the team for his former team, the Houston Rockets, after head coach Doc Rivers was sacked.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;If I\u2019m Joel Embiid, there\u2019s no way in hell I\u2019m trusting Daryl Morey with the love affair that he has with James Harden, that he\u2019s gonna do right by Joel Embiid. He\u2019s always gonna do right by James Harden, but I don\u2019t trust he\u2019s gonna do right by Joel Embiid. With that being said, if I\u2019m Joel Embiid, I\u2019m watching to see what happens because I would actually love to see Kyrie Irving in Philadelphia with Joel Embiid,&#8221; Perkins said on the latest episode of First Take.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Kendrick Perkins speaks on a promise he made to his wife about James Harden on First Take <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/bz6V2VqPYI\">pic.twitter.com\/bz6V2VqPYI<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; 2Cool2Blog (@2Cool2Blog) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/2Cool2Blog\/status\/1658210262413877309?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 15, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he deserves better than James Harden,\u201d Perkins said on Friday\u2019s First Take<\/p>\n<p>The problem with Perkins&#8217; statement that the Sixers should go after Irving is that, even if Harden opts out, they won&#8217;t suddenly have $30 million in salary room. Irving is therefore a strange inclusion.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">&quot;If James Harden is back, you need to get out. You need to get out&#8230; How can you fire a head coach without talking to your best player, your MVP? You know why? Because you&#39;re not his priority, James Harden is.&quot;<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KendrickPerkins?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KendrickPerkins<\/a>&#39; message to Sixers star Joel Embiid. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9k2wRBTCPN\">pic.twitter.com\/9k2wRBTCPN<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; ClutchPoints (@ClutchPoints) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ClutchPoints\/status\/1658920010390323200?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 17, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>It goes without saying that Embiid wasn&#8217;t pleased with the club benching Rivers. That doesn&#8217;t necessarily imply that he and Harden have a poor connection, but in any case, as the offseason picks up speed, all eyes will be on Philadelphia to watch what transpires with the Sixers.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">James Harden is expected to reunite with the Houston Rockets this offseason, per <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PompeyOnSixers?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PompeyOnSixers<\/a> <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude80\ud83d\ude80\ud83d\ude80 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/AkDSSKzzMx\">pic.twitter.com\/AkDSSKzzMx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/BleacherReport\/status\/1659579082483576834?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 19, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Embiid should be the center of attention and the player with whom Philadelphia&#8217;s front management consults when making important decisions, according to Perkins.<\/p>\n<p><iframe title=\"YouTube video player\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/uFpe4qVIbl4\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>FOR MORE SPORTS COVERAGE-\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Mets Francisco Lindor Responded To Jason Kipnis\u2019 Critique On His Leadership Very Calmly\" href=\"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/mets-francisco-lindor-responded-to-jason-kipnis-critique-on-his-leadership-very-calmly\/\" rel=\"bookmark\">Mets Francisco Lindor Responded To Jason Kipnis\u2019 Critique On His Leadership Very Calmly<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Harden is most likely to choose to leave and enter free agency, thus the Philadelphia 76ers will need to make a decision on their future. It would make the most sense for him to return to the Sixers, but it does seem likely that he will join the Houston Rockets. Some speculate that the Sixers&#8217; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":396566,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[51,690],"tags":[7932,8547,8546,3278,2215],"class_list":["post-425387","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","category-philadelphia-76ers-sixers","tag-76ers-news","tag-kendrik-perkins-james-harden","tag-kendrik-perkins-joel-embiid-james-harden","tag-nba-2023","tag-nba-news"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425387","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=425387"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/425387\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/396566"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=425387"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=425387"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=425387"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}