{"id":439421,"date":"2023-11-03T15:48:10","date_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/?p=439421"},"modified":"2023-11-03T15:48:10","modified_gmt":"2023-11-03T15:48:10","slug":"joel-embiid-responds-to-james-hardens-comment-on-76ers-were-still-good-enough","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/yebscore.com\/news\/joel-embiid-responds-to-james-hardens-comment-on-76ers-were-still-good-enough\/","title":{"rendered":"Joel Embiid Responds To James Harden&#8217;s Comment On 76ers: &#8220;we&#8217;re still good enough&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>James Harden told reporters during his first press conference with the Los Angeles Clippers on Thursday that he was kept on &#8220;a leash&#8221; offensively by his previous team and that he isn&#8217;t a &#8220;system player; I am a system.&#8221; Harden felt that the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nba.com\/sixers\/\">Philadelphia 76ers<\/a> didn&#8217;t give him the full freedom to be himself as a player. Well, his former teammate Joel Embiid has something to say about it.<\/p>\n<h2>Joel Embiid Responds To James Harden&#8217;s Comment On 76ers: &#8220;we&#8217;re still good enough&#8221;<\/h2>\n<p>Everything was so, &#8220;I&#8217;m a business, man \/ I&#8217;m not a businessman.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Bars aside, centre Joel Embiid, the defensive MVP, offered his own observations about the potential limits Harden had with the Sixers, while he was otherwise positive about his former colleague:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">New ESPN story: Joel Embiid wishes James Harden well, and said he\u2019s happy he got what he wanted. But he disagrees with Harden\u2019s assessment of his time in Philly. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cIn my opinion, we gave him the ball every single possession, because he&#39;s really good.\u201d<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/CBchLgPkR6\">https:\/\/t.co\/CBchLgPkR6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Tim Bontemps (@TimBontemps) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/TimBontemps\/status\/1720308242360721603?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think the game and I\u2019m a creator on the court,\u201d Harden said. \u201cSo if I got a voice to where I can, \u2018Hey, Coach, I see this. What you think about this?\u2019 Somebody that trusts me, that believes in me, that understands me. I\u2019m not a system player. I am a system. You know what I mean?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Embiid chose to elaborate on his former teammate&#8217;s remarks at his first media appearance since the trade was finalized because Harden was speaking without thinking. The big man disagreed wholeheartedly with Harden&#8217;s assertion that he was being controlled in Philadelphia, even though he played the high road and showered Harden with praises.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joel Embiid&#39;s first four games this season without James Harden:<\/p>\n<p>\u25aa\ufe0f 6 assists<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f 8 assists<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f 7 assists<br \/>\u25aa\ufe0f 7 assists<\/p>\n<p>Career average: 3.5 APG<br \/>2023 average: 7.0 APG<\/p>\n<p>He can do it all. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZsEDP2l2kh\">pic.twitter.com\/ZsEDP2l2kh<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; SPORTSRADIO 94WIP (@SportsRadioWIP) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/SportsRadioWIP\/status\/1720434617394626676?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday night, Embiid stated, &#8220;I don&#8217;t think so.&#8221; \u201cI think he did a lot of great things for us.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut in my opinion, we gave him the ball every single possession, because he\u2019s really good. He\u2019s an amazing player. Obviously, being that great of a passer, I think we gave him the ball \u2026 we\u2019d give him the ball every single possession to just go out and, you know, do his thing. \u00a0And from there he had to make decisions as far as getting guys open or looking out for himself.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the locker room, it didn&#8217;t appear as though the Sixers missed Harden.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Joel Embiid wishes James Harden the best and Joel likes his Sixers team. He says they gave James Harden the ball on every single possession last year and they allowed James to be himself <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pYh1o70Y0U\">https:\/\/t.co\/pYh1o70Y0U<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Clark (@JClarkNBCS) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/JClarkNBCS\/status\/1720296529125167294?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On Thursday night, the Sixers defeated Toronto in a game that nearly everyone helped to win. Embiid finished with 28 points, 13 rebounds, and 7 assists. Oubre and Harris each had 23 points. Maxey was eighteen.<\/p>\n<p>While Nurse was attempting to install his system and get to know his new squad, Harden chose to play out the final year of his contract in an attempt to force a trade. He was also tardy to training camp and showed sporadic involvement at practice, showing little desire to actually truly play.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Did Joel Embiid sense any unhappiness from James Harden last season? The Sixers star answered that question after tonight\u2019s game. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/KYWNewsradio?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@KYWNewsradio<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Oi3VtkEFiF\">pic.twitter.com\/Oi3VtkEFiF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Dave Uram (@MrUram) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/MrUram\/status\/1720265855349489763?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 3, 2023<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Guys have been focused knowing we&#8217;re still good enough,&#8221; Embiid said, adding that Harden was never really a distraction. She also wished him well in Los Angeles.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think he did a lot of great things for us,\u201d Embiid said. \u201cBut the notion of misuse, maybe that might have been coming the way he felt with the coaching staff. But in my opinion, I just feel like we just allowed him to be himself. We gave him the ball every single possession because he is really good. 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