![]() ![]() This could force the Sixers to make an extremely difficult decision: pay a 33-year-old a four-year max deal that hamstrings future team payroll or watch Harden walk out of the door for nothing and be left searching for a replacement to help this team win a title. This move by Harden to sign an agent proves he will be going all in on getting his money this summer and will likely not consider a team-friendly deal like he did last off-season with the Sixers. There are cautionary tales all over the league. Harden is an aging guard and history has not been kind to franchises that sign players in their mid-thirties to long-term contracts. ![]() My favorite sports commentator Tony Kornheiser often refers to a quote Don Ohlmeyer, a mentor of his once told him: “The answer to all of your questions is money.” And that is the answer to why Harden would leave the Sixers after this year, for more money. Why would Harden want to leave a franchise that likely will be in title contention for the foreseeable future to go to the Rockets, who are one of the worst teams in the NBA? Kate Scott has one of the hardest jobs in Philadelphia at the moment: replacing Marc Zumoff as the new voice of the 76ers. He is playing at an All-Star caliber level and fits perfectly alongside Joel Embiid. The news of Harden hiring Payne is all the more interesting because of the seemingly breaking news that Adrian Wojnarowski reported on Christmas Day of 2022.ĮSPN Sources: All-Star guard James Harden is seriously considering a return to the Houston Rockets in free agency this July - if he decides against a new deal with the Philadelphia 76ers: īefore this Woj bomb, there was no indication that Harden was unhappy with the Philadelphia 76ers or looking to move on from the team this off-season. There is no doubt that Harden’s Adidas relationship impacted his decision in hiring Payne. He missed the first couple of years, and nobody really knew what to think, long-time Philadelphia 76ers play-by-play commentator Marc Zumoff explains to CNN Sport. Harden’s new agent is Troy Payne, who was previously an executive at Adidas, a company Harden has a 13-year, $200 million shoe contract with that was originally signed in 2015. Harden also negotiated his most recent contract this past off-season with the Philadelphia 76ers without a full-time agent. There is a key difference here though Harden has not employed a full-time agent since 2017. This news seemed to slip under the radar in the media and why shouldn’t it? An NBA player hiring an agent before negotiating a contract is not normally front-page news. Until 2014, the games had a Spanish version on SAP with different commentators from the ESPN Deportes telecast.Philadelphia 76ers star James Harden – who can enter free agency in July – has hired former Adidas executive Troy Payne of Equity Basketball as his first full-time agent since 2017. Since 2015, games are available in Spanish on SAP using ESPN Deportes audio. ![]() Howard Cosell (game analyst sideline reporter).John Saunders (substitute studio host from 2003–2005).Len Elmore (alternate game analyst, 2004–2006).In addition to the English-language broadcasts, ABC also has Spanish-language broadcasts on SAP using ESPN Deportes audio that began in 2015.Ĭurrent In-game Play-by-play After a 27-year run calling games for the Philadelphia 76ers, beloved. The list covers current and former personnel, and their job function. PhillyVoice Staff Sixers NBA from Sixers/Courtesy Sixers play-by-play announcer Marc Zumoff is retiring. This includes is a list of NBA on ABC commentators, sideline reporters, and analysts, through the years. ![]()
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