The announcement of James Harden’s transfer came out very early, around 7:00 a.m., Tuesday morning in France, therefore in the middle of the night on the East Coast of the United States. This is why Nick Nurse was sound asleep at the time when X (formerly Twitter) was talking about nothing else.
“I received a call but I was asleep. I got up a few hours later and arrived at the office”explains the Sixers coach for ESPN.
When he arrived at the office, the former Raptors coach no longer had James Harden, PJ Tucker and Filip Petrusev on his staff. And Marcus Morris, Nicolas Batum, Robert Covington and KJ Martin were on their way to Pennsylvania.
“He took me under his wing, taught me to be a professional”
Above all, it is the end of a long waiting period, with a 2018 MVP who wanted to leave and had not played a single minute with the Sixers for a week. The end of a story, of a conflict too and, in a way, the official start of the season for Philadelphia, which managed the slump rather well (two victories in three matches).
“I think our group has been prepared. We did a good job of staying focused and that explains our strong start to the season,” underlines Tyrese Maxey. “We have good players, well involved, determined to play, to show what we are capable of. And a coach who keeps us in the right direction. »
For his part, Nick Nurse assures to respond “always the same way to most questions” which concern the future of the Sixers: “I really like the situation we’re in right now. »
The page on James Harden is now turned with the Sixers. But Tyrese Maxey does not want to completely forget the former Oklahoma City and Houston player.
“I wrote him a text, to tell him that I love him and that I loved being with him,” concludes the young full-back. “One thing he really instilled in me was confidence. I’ve always been confident in myself, but he made me even more confident than I already was. I can only welcome this. He took me under his wing, taught me how to be a professional and how the league works. »
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Players | MJ | Min | Shots | 3pts | L.F. | Off | Def | Early | Pd | Bp | Int | Ct | Party | Pts |
| Joel Embiid | 3 | 33.7 | 54.7 | 42.9 | 65.4 | 1.7 | 8.7 | 10.3 | 7.0 | 3.7 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 2.7 | 31.0 |
| Tyrese Maxey | 3 | 38.5 | 50.0 | 56.0 | 91.3 | 0.7 | 6.0 | 6.7 | 6.3 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.7 | 30.3 |
| Tobias Harris | 3 | 36.9 | 66.7 | 54.5 | 81.3 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 2.0 | 2.3 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 19.7 |
| Kelly Oubre, Jr. | 3 | 29.2 | 50.0 | 31.3 | 93.3 | 1.3 | 2.7 | 4.0 | 0.7 | 1.3 | 2.0 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 19.0 |
| De’anthony Melton | 3 | 29.1 | 30.8 | 25.0 | 100.0 | 0.3 | 2.7 | 3.0 | 5.3 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 0.3 | 2.0 | 8.0 |
| Furkan Korkmaz | 1 | 2.7 | 100.0 | 100.0 | 50.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 4.0 |
| Paul Reed, Jr. | 3 | 13.8 | 36.4 | 0.0 | 50.0 | 1.3 | 3.3 | 4.7 | 1.0 | 1.3 | 0.3 | 0.7 | 3.3 | 3.0 |
| Patrick Beverly | 3 | 17.0 | 66.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.3 | 1.7 | 3.0 | 2.0 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 2.3 | 2.7 |
| Pj Tucker | 3 | 22.1 | 40.0 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 4.3 | 4.7 | 0.0 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 0.7 | 3.0 | 2.0 |
| Daniel House | 2 | 10.9 | 40.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 1.5 | 2.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 2.0 |
| Jaden Springer | 2 | 6.1 | 25.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 2.5 | 1.0 |
| Danny Green | 2 | 9.2 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 |
| Mohamed Bamba | 1 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| Philip Petrusev | 1 | 2.7 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
