76ers guard reveals what he told James Harden after Clippers trade

The College of Kentucky product added that he was watching the Los Angeles Lakers recreation towards the Orlando Magic and “getting ready to go to sleep” when he was alerted of the blockbuster on his cellphone through social media.

Harden’s new workforce takes on its in-city rivals at 10 p.m. ET on Wednesday, however it’s unlikely that the previous MVP will swimsuit up for the competition.

The Harden commerce now permits Maxey to formally take over as MVP heart Joel Embiid’s co-star in Philadelphia because the franchise tries to lastly recover from its playoff hump. Regardless of having the likes of Embiid, Maxey, Harden and Ben Simmons on the heart of postseason teams in recent times, the 76ers have not made it previous the second spherical throughout their present streak of six straight playoff appearances.

Maxey adopted up his breakout 2021-22 marketing campaign with one other strong 2022-23 season, posting a career-high 20.3 factors per recreation throughout 60 contests (41 begins). He added 3.5 assists, 2.9 rebounds and a .481/.434/.845 taking pictures line final yr in 33.6 minutes per recreation.

The 22-year-old is off to a monster begin this fall, averaging 30.3 factors, 6.7 rebounds and 6.3 assists over three video games, all of that are second on the workforce, trailing solely Embiid. Maxey leads the squad in minutes per contest (38.7), and he is been one of many hottest shooters on the workforce, going 28-for-56 on subject objectives together with 14-for-25 from three-point land.