Brewing With Equal Skepticism, Shaquille O?Neal and Charles Barkley Unconvinced of $87 Million James Harden Trade

When half of the NBA fraternity was sleeping, the much-awaited trade took place. With the Los Angeles Clippers starting the trading season with some obstacles, the team might finally have hit a blockbuster.?The trade of the 10X NBA All-Star to the Clippers has made the Philadelphia 76ers breathe some air out of the previously stressed environment in the locker room.

However, there are speculations that the trade might be detrimental to ?Beastbrook?.?

Shaq and Charles Barkley offer opinion on effects to Westbrook?

In an interaction on the ?House of Highlights?, Charles did give a highlight by associating the James Harden trade with the Russell Westbrook situation. When asked about how he would rank the Clippers post-trade, Barkley had a lot to say. He said, ?Because the Russell Westbrook-James Harden situation is interesting. Neither one can play without the ball…They were going to be contenders because of Kawai and Paul George.?

He added, ?But I don?t know who going to play point guard; I don?t know who going to play off guard. So, I don?t know how the backcourt is going.”

Charles Barkley might be right about the player position dilemma. Since both Russell and Harden better realize their potential in the position of a point guard, there will be a clash. Either one of them will have to play off guard. What matters most is that Russell just regained his momentum after a disastrous last season.

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And now he will have to adjust to the play of “The Beard”.

James Harden Trade: A much-awaited event?

While the Clippers sent Marcus Morris, Nicolas Batum, Robert C., and two future second-round picks, etc., the 76ers had to trade off three players. The foremost being Harden; other players were PJ Tucksr, Filip Petrusev, and a future first-round pick.

Although there are speculations that the Sixers traded Harden when they had Tyrese Maxey to fill in the shoes, the franchise has been waiting for an equal trade for a long time now. With the “LIAR”, and fat-body suit incidents, this might be the last chance under James’ hood to prove his dominance. What is at stake is his legacy, which will be affected if he fails to perform even with the Clippers.

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However, being partially right about the overloaded ?Guard? situation, the Clippers might have to attend to this situation pretty soon. Stay tuned as we analyze the trade even further.