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Austin Krell @NBAKrell
Harrell on whether he was recruited by James Harden: “I don’t know what you talking about, man. Isn’t that called tampering?” – 12:08 PM
Austin Krell @NBAKrell
Danuel House on Harden “That’s my guy, that’s my guy.”
Says Harden is a selfless guy, does a lot of good deeds and doesn’t ask for credit.
Says Harden didn’t recruit him to come to the Sixers; he naturally wanted to come to the team. – 11:25 AM
Noah Levick @NoahLevick
Danuel House Jr. calls James Harden “his dude,” describes Harden as a “selfless guy” — has plenty of praise for him as a person and teammate. – 11:24 AM
Gina Mizell @ginamizell
James Harden acknowledges “mentally, it was very, very difficult for me” the past couple seasons with the hamstring troubles. “A lot of dark moments, which I’ve never really went through.” – 11:06 AM
Kyle Neubeck @KyleNeubeck
Embiid makes sure to credit Harden, sitting next to him, for their ability to add guys in the offseason to improve the team: “All of that stuff would not be happening if it wasn’t for him” – 11:04 AM
Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA
Joel Embiid, asked about his pick-and-roll chemistry with James Harden, almost immediately switches the focus to the defensive side of the ball. “Obviously our pick and roll was almost unstoppable…Our focus is on defense. We aim to be the best defensive team in the league.” – 10:58 AM
Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA
James Harden was asked how much weight he lost over the summer and joked a hundred pounds. He was then asked a second time for a more serious answer, and said “100 pounds. Tweet that.”
So I did. – 10:55 AM
Noah Levick @NoahLevick
James Harden quips he lost “100 pounds” this summer.
Harden said this summer was a big one for him with focusing on his body, health. – 10:54 AM
Justin Grasso @JGrasso_
James Harden says this summer was great for the #Sixers to get to know each other and build chemistry. Says the team spent a lot of time together. – 10:53 AM
Austin Krell @NBAKrell
Harden: “We didn’t spend as much time together as I wanted to because Joel likes to be by himself.”
Embiid laughs and facepalms. – 10:53 AM
Derek Bodner @DerekBodnerNBA
Doc Rivers describes Tobias Harris’ mindset last year after the acquisition of James Harden as “I’m gonna buy in. I’m gonna be a star in my role. I’m gonna teach all the other players you have to make some sacrifices if you want to win.”
“Now he has to do it again,” Doc says. – 10:19 AM
Gina Mizell @ginamizell
Rivers: “We had a targeted summer and we hit pretty much everything we were looking for.” Sixers added depth, toughness and defense around the Embiid-Harden core. – 10:08 AM
Adam Spolane @AdamSpolane
My favorite Rockets media day moment is and will always be James Harden singing “This is what you came for” when he took the podium in 2016 – 12:48 AM

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