Harden Fake Trades + Rockets Offseason Checklist
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🗓️ 29 June 2023
⏱️ 42 minutes
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Andrew Schlecht and Dave DuFour discuss 6 fake trades for James Harden after his opt in and trade request from the 76ers. In part 2 Andrew Schlecht and Kelly Iko break down the upcoming offseason for the Houston Rockets, how they did in the draft, who they will target in Free Agency and much more.
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| 0:50.4 | You know, you're just sitting back thinking free agency starts tomorrow. |
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| 1:01.4 | James Hardin is opting in to his $35.6 million contract for next season |
| 1:07.9 | in order for the 10-time All-Star and the 76ers to work on a trade |
| 1:13.3 | together out of Philadelphia. I'm Andrew Schleck. I've got Dave DeFour here. Dave, we're going to |
| 1:19.3 | run through some fake trades. Nothing better than a fake trade. Nothing better than the trade machine. |
| 1:25.2 | So here we go. I'm going to go from... |
| 1:27.6 | Nothing better than James Hardin ruining my lunch by opting into $36 million. |
| 1:33.2 | That's what he's doing. He was waiting for you to take that first bite and he said, |
| 1:36.2 | nope. Better not, Dave. Don't do it. One bite. Okay. I'm going to go from least likely to most likely trades. |
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