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If the NBA investigation concludes that the 76ers are holding James Harden out without proper cause, should he be refunded these games for the purpose of All-NBA awards? (alien.top)
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Seems like he's getting unfairly cheated by the system here. He shows up to play for his team despite the fact that they screwed him over and lied to him in the off-season, but they're holding him out as some sort of revenge.

I assume the NBA will step in and force the 76ers to either play him or trade him. If it causes him to miss the 65 game barrier for All-NBA, that'd be unfortunate.

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[–] ashep5@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

I could not give less of a shit about Harden's award eligibility.

[–] captain_ahabb@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

The 76ers will just say "we didn't let him travel with the team because he skipped practice" and the league will say "okay."

[–] baronofriobranco@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Not necessarily the case, but it has intrigued me what the league would do if a "star" didn't play due to basketball reasons. I think of the Kemba Walker case. He was an all-star in 2020, so his "star" status would go on until 2023. Except last year he played only 9 games. The year before that, only 37 with many of those being due to coach's decision.

Would the team be penalized? If not so, then could the team just have a load management strategy where they just say the player isn't playing due to coach's decision?

[–] samueladams6@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

Mistreated? How?

[–] igby1@alien.top 1 points 2 years ago

It’s funny how Harden had a brief redemption arc when he was the least disruptive player on the Nets and then peaced out to Philly.

It’s like he realized lots of fans started seeing him as likable and remembered he isn’t about that life.