Dawg are you serious? There are multiple threads in here KILLING Harden for not being able to help the NETS, who had better talent. How would he have made any difference with the Sixers? My entire point has alway been that Harden isn't dependable when it counts, and he proved that again this year, and he damn sure wouldn't have played any defense on Trae earlier in the series.
I even SAID in this thread that I wouldn't care if they traded Simmons....just not for HARDEN. And my whole argument after that was that Simmons was just as good defensively as Harden is offensively. What did Harden do in the Bucks series that proved he was a valuable addition to the team? nikka been ghost the whole playoffs save a few games, which is what he HAS ALWAYS DONE historically.
And nobody (including me) can or is willing to defend Ben Simmons as a Sixer any longer, he's earned the backlash and is likely gone. The narrative about him is earned....but so is the one about Harden.