Simmons For Harden? Possible NBA Trade Deals, Explained

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🗓️ 8 February 2022

⏱️ 28 minutes

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The NBA is in a frenzy, as the trade deadline approaches. Rumors have swirled about some of the league’s biggest stars but ESPN’s Brian Windhorst has the truth. He pulls back the veil of the Philadelphia 76ers and Brooklyn Nets front office as the Ben Simmons saga may continue past the deadline. With some teams already making moves, Windhorst has the details on some possible deals that could tighten the arms race. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	So I just want to follow up on the Hardin stuff. It sounded like it. I don't want to misinterpret you.
0:09.3	You guys are not trading James Harden. Yes, that's correct. I've talked to James. He wants to be here.
0:14.8	You know, he wants to be here long term as well. So I don't think anything's changed other than noise from the outside.
0:20.8	James wants to be here.
0:21.6	We're building with James and we think we have the best chance to win with James.
0:25.6	Even if you're the kind of person who doesn't automatically assume that wherever there is smoke,
0:38.9	there must be fire, it is really hard to look at the rumors and leaks and news and denials
0:44.8	now swirling around James Hardin and Ben Simmons and not think that something is burning.
0:53.1	So today, with the NBA trade deadline coming up Thursday,
0:57.0	Ryan Winhorse deconstructs this rumor mill
0:59.4	and tells us whether all those clouds on the horizon
1:02.2	are an inferno or just a mirage.
1:07.8	I'm Pablo Torre. It's Tuesday, February 8th.
1:11.6	This is ESPN Day.
1:13.6	This is ESPN.
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1:52.8	Ryan, this is very strange what we're doing here. I'm sitting across from you in person. I have not done an in-person interview on this podcast. You are my first.
2:06.0	Are you comfortable? Are you uncomfortable? I'm deeply uncomfortable, but also simultaneously,
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