After a short wait, Harden, who joined Philadelphia through a 2-for-5 trade, finally ushered in the 76ers' first collective training.
Philadelphia officials also released training photos and videos through the official social media at the first time after the training, from which it is not difficult to see that Harden who joined the 76ers as he wished was extremely excited, smiling and shouting during the period.
And because after harden's transaction was completed, the head coach Rivers, who was once caught in the sacking storm, praised Harden's high emotional intelligence in a public interview.
It is worth mentioning that before this public training, coinciding with Valentine's Day, the 76ers also posted a love message for Harden on the official social media, which is very worthy of scrutiny.
The 76ers wrote on social media: "Even if the reward is the whole world, I will not trade you. ”
In the past two seasons, Harden has forced the palace to leave the Rockets and Nets, during which he fell out with four superstars: Paul, Westbrook, Durant and Irving.
In a series of photos released, Harden is still wearing a black hoody to the training ground, and it is not difficult to see from his photo with Embiid that Harden is excited about joining the 76ers.
Not only throughout the process, Harden has been smiling, and when he appeared in the same frame as Embiid, Harden also directly completed the arm chanting.
After the training, the 76ers Green said about new signings Harden and Millsap that both were in very good shape in training, the team did not become confused because of the addition of the two, and everyone was doing their jobs.
Asked when he would be able to adapt to Harden's addition, Green quipped: "We'll play together in April, May and June. ”
Another Philadelphia player, Niang, said he was very happy that Harden could join the team, because he could finally not stand against Harden, and when a team has both Embiid and Harden, it will be a very special thing.
Philadelphia City coach Rivers is naturally also the main voice, and soon after getting Harden, the famous Marc Stein was exposed, and many people in the coaching circle thought that D'Antoni would replace Rivers.
But the news was quickly debunked, with 76ers reporter Kyle Neubeck noting that the 76ers wouldn't fire Rivers because he helped Embiid play at MVP-level while solving a series of problems.
Therefore, Rivers's evaluation of Harden is very interesting, and the reporter naturally asks Rivers a number of questions.
Asked by reporters what to say about Harden, Rivers said harden is a player with very high emotional intelligence, and he completed all the projects in his first training session.
At the same time, Rivers expressed hope that Harden can prepare in advance, believing that he will not have difficulties in integrating into the team's offense, but the specific situation needs to be discussed by everyone, and everyone needs to give up some shots, including Harden.
In addition, Rivers revealed Harden's current recovery status, saying that the team plans to arrange multi-person confrontation training after the All-Star to determine Harden's position and role.
According to philadelphia officials, Harden will not play in the All-Star Weekend game, on the grounds that he is still dealing with hamstring injuries.
This also allowed the Cavaliers' interior allen to get a chance to make up for the position, and he was selected as an All-Star and joined the James team. A first all-star trip of his career.
As a result, Harden's debut is now also adjusted to as early as February 16 (against the Timberwolves), and another new signing, Millsap, will unsurpishly make his debut in the next game against the Greens.