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Why wouldn't they be reluctant to trade a good role player who is just entering his athletic prime and their last few upcoming firsts for a 34 year old who has had injuries the last few years, forced his way out of his last 3 teams, and is going to likely want big money when he hits free agency.
Not to mention they're bidding against themselves, and if they don't make the trade, it hurts Philly more than the Clips, so only 1 team has more incentive to get the trade than the other.
All this and they know they have Morey by the balls, if he doesn't trade Harden for whatever he can get then the 76ers get nothing when he leaves in FA.
Morey will obviously move him, but probably wants to see how the first few weeks shake out. Nobody wants to have a big injury, but if it happens and you don't want to throw the season away a 1 year rental of Harden for a decent price starts to sound pretty good.