James Harden for Ben Simmons trade has NBA fans going nuts on Twitter
The Philadelphia 76ers and Brooklyn Nets were able to pull off the blockbuster trade involving James Harden and Ben Simmons on Thursday.
WIth less than two hours to spare, the Brooklyn Nets and Milwaukee Bucks just flipped the NBA upside down with the biggest deal possible ahead of the trade deadline. That’s right, James Harden is on his way to Philadelphia, while Ben Simmons is Brooklyn-bound.
This trade had been in the works for a little while now, but the two sides were finally able to get things across the finish line. As you might have been able to guess, Twitter is collectively going insane right now after Shams Charania broke the news.
BREAKING: The Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers are finalizing trade sending James Harden for Ben Simmons, Seth Curry and draft picks, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium.
— Shams Charania (@ShamsCharania) February 10, 2022
James Harden got his wish with a trade to the Philadelphia 76ers
According to ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski, Harden was hoping for a trade to the 76ers, but he didn’t want to formally request one due to fear of public backlash. Well, Harden ended up getting his wish after all and he’ll now be ready to suit up with Joel Embiid.
— Jason Gallagher (@jga41agher) February 10, 2022
End of an era pic.twitter.com/ycKf7NbHZe
— 𝙃𝙚𝙖𝙩𝘾𝙪𝙡𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚🔥 (@WadexFlash) February 10, 2022
Sixers fans rn:pic.twitter.com/PIQvuarOqW
— 𝐓𝐚𝐥𝐤𝐢𝐧' 𝐍𝐁𝐀 (@_Talkin_NBA) February 10, 2022
do something @Lakers 😭😭
— LakeShowYo (@LakeShowYo) February 10, 2022
Kevin durant Ben Simmons and Kyrie Irving are not going to work, all get injured more than others, and kyrie at the point Kevin Durant at SF and ben at Pf only makes sense but seems like most teams will stop that from being productive until ben gets a jump shot!
— 😳 (@thehudl) February 10, 2022
James Harden really cried about no depth or spacing on a team to get traded to a new team with less spacing and depth 😭 all cause he couldn’t last a month without KD 💀
— 7even (@OnyxMcGrady) February 10, 2022
KD will end that quitter Hardens legacy, Nets in 5💯
— Luke Slabaugh (@LukeSlabaugh) February 10, 2022
James Harden to Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving:pic.twitter.com/Itp9zksrKb
— George Coulouras (@georgecoulouras) February 10, 2022
On one side of things, 76ers fans are jacked up over the news. They’ve now got NBA Finals dreams now that Harden will be making his way to town. For the Brooklyn supporters, you already know they’re pretty annoyed with Harden.
Last year, he forced his way out of Houston and ended up with the Nets. The thought was that Harden would be able to ball out and help this team get to the NBA Finals. Instead, Brooklyn blew it and the Milwaukee Bucks ended up winning it all.
Harden will now have yet another fresh start, this time with Philly. No one in Brooklyn will be wishing him much success the rest of the way.
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