Seems like he’s getting unfairly cheated by the system here. He shows up to play for his team despite the fact that they screwed him over and lied to him in the off-season, but they’re holding him out as some sort of revenge.
I assume the NBA will step in and force the 76ers to either play him or trade him. If it causes him to miss the 65 game barrier for All-NBA, that’d be unfortunate.
It’s funny how Harden had a brief redemption arc when he was the least disruptive player on the Nets and then peaced out to Philly.
It’s like he realized lots of fans started seeing him as likable and remembered he isn’t about that life.