James Harden 76ers debut: All-Star guard to play Friday night vs. Timberwolves, per report

James Harden will make his Philadelphia 76ers debut on Friday vs. the Minnesota Timberwolves, The Athletic’s Shams Charania reviews. Harden was traded to the 76ers two weeks in the past, however was coping with a hamstring harm on the time that saved him out of his remaining video games with the Brooklyn Nets. With the All-Star break within the rearview mirror, Harden has seemingly recovered and can be a part of the crew for the stretch run. 

Philadelphia presently sits 2.5 video games out of the No. 1 seed within the Jap Convention regardless of enjoying all the season with out Ben Simmons, who was sitting out within the hopes of securing a commerce. He lastly bought one, and now a 76ers crew that was already close to the highest of the standings basically replaces Seth Curry and Andre Drummond with a former MVP in Harden.

Friday’s recreation towards the Timberwolves will give us our first glimpse into how the new-look 76ers will fare with a drastically totally different roster. Harden’s match with Joel Embiid ought to finally be strong, but there are questions the team needs to answer earlier than the playoffs start in April. 

Harden is used to enjoying with lob threats at heart. How will he modify to Embiid, a dominant post-up scorer? Can he survive in Philadelphia’s extra conventional defensive construction? Or will Embiid want to regulate to the switching fashion that Harden’s groups have most popular.

For now, there isn’t any indication but when Brooklyn’s revamped lineup will take the ground. Each Simmons and Kevin Durant are working their means again onto the courtroom, but it surely seems as if Harden would be the first of this blockbuster’s principals to take the ground for his or her new crew. Harden is the isolation scorer the 76ers have spent years trying to find, and on Friday, their years-long plan lastly involves fruition.