Earlier this week, James Harden got here out and referred to as Sixers president Daryl Morey a liar whereas declaring he wouldn’t play for him once more and now a former 76ers participant has weighed in on Harden’s phrases.

4-time NBA champion Andre Iguodala thinks Harden did the fitting factor by calling out Morey, particularly as a result of his contract negotiations have been poorly dealt with by the franchise.

“While you go right into a contract negotiation, know what your worth is and how one can leverage your self,” Iguodala stated on Gil’s Area. “Know what alternatives you’ve got on the opposite facet, wish to your security internet. What’s James’ security internet?

“Daryl Morey has a historical past with China, the place he can say one thing, and the backlash from what he says, there might not be any as a result of there’s a historical past there with Morey and China. So, it was an ideal transfer out of leverage by James, one, as a result of it’s gonna be onerous to self-discipline James, as a result of what did he do incorrect? Proper? And James will promote some footwear. That’s in the end why he’s over there.”

The 39-year-old believes that Harden was solely preventing for what his worth is and took his alternative on a worldwide stage to attempt to flip his scenario round.

“They all the time put gamers in a sure mild, and what you’re listening to rather a lot now’s, gamers, have an excessive amount of energy as a result of we’re getting smarter and smarter,” Iguodala stated. “As a result of we all know find out how to transfer and we all know find out how to say sure issues, and we all know find out how to use our leverage, as a result of once we make errors, it’s used in opposition to us, appropriate? Once they make errors, we’ve by no means put ourselves within the place to make use of their errors in opposition to them as effectively, and I simply assume he simply had an ideal alternative.”

Sadly for Morey and the Sixers, NBA insider Ramona Shelburne says that that is solely the primary domino to fall in what shall be a really uncomfortable time for the crew – Harden will be sure that of that.

“Someone stated to me yesterday, ‘That is solely the start. That is only the start of what James Harden goes to do to make life very uncomfortable for the Philadelphia 76ers going into coaching camp,’” Shelburne stated not too long ago.

Seems to be like these received’t be the one phrases Harden has to say about Morey and or Philly.

Buckle up folks, that is going to be a bumpy trip!