James Harden snaps at ESPN for making fun of him for carrying a STACK of burgers at a music festival: ‘Slow news week?’
James Harden, a veteran of the Philadelphia 76ers, made fun of himself with an Instagram post from SportsCenter in which he mocked carrying a stack of hamburgers to the Rolling Loud music festival in Miami, Florida.
The video, which was originally posted by Houston rapper Bun B as an advertisement for his restaurant “Trill Burgers,” was reposted by ESPN with the caption, “Who was Harden getting burgers for?”
‘Harden stocking up’ read the post, which featured an arrow pointing at the burgers and a quick shot from Sixers forward PJ Tucker.
Hours after the video was posted, Harden took to the comment section to ask the World Wide Leader a question: “Slow news week?”
The former Arizona State star has been getting extensive attention from the network lately for his reported trade request to the Philadelphia 76ers after raising his $35.6 million option for the final year of his contract.
After the trade request, Harden had been strongly linked with a move to the Los Angeles clippers or a return to the Houston Rockets, where he enjoyed the most productive years of his career.
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Harden responded to the post, throwing shade by asking if it was a “slow news week”?
As the offseason progresses and Harden continues to trade, reports have recently emerged that his relationship with 76ers general manager Daryl Morey had “essentially broken.”
Morey recently discussed a possible Harden trade when he told The Athletic:
James is a very good player. Unfortunately, he would rather be elsewhere at the moment. I do have a long relationship with him. I try to honor that. But the reality is if we look at a trade, it’s going to be for one of two things. It will either be for a player who continues to help us be there like last year, with a 3-2 lead over one of the best teams in the East, the Celtics.”
“Obviously we couldn’t pull it off, but James was a big part of why we made it 3-2. Or we’re going to do it for something where we get enough draft picks and things like that in a deal so we can then turn that into a player who can also be a running mate with Joel.”
“If we don’t get a very good player or something we can make a very good player out of, then we’re just not going to do it.”
“If James changed his mind, we’d all be very happy… But right now he prefers to be traded and we’re trying to honor that.”
The post ridiculed Harden for carrying a stack of hamburgers with him at a concert
The uncertainty about Harden’s future and how it could affect the team has also apparently raised questions about the future of NBA MVP and fellow 76er Joel Embiid.
During an interview with Maverick Carter stated during an interview last week, Embiid said, “I just want to win a championship. Whatever it takes,’ ‘I don’t know where that’s going to be, whether it’s in Philly or somewhere else, I just want the chance to get to that.’
“I want to see how it feels to win that first one and then you can think about the next one. It’s not easy, but it takes more than one or two, three men. You have to have good people around you every day and myself, I work hard to be at that level so I can make it happen. So that’s what I’m working towards every day.’
Embiid also stated that he hopes Hardens’ “mindset can be changed” and admitted that he has tried to convince the seven-time All-NBA guard to stay in Philadelphia.