Liberty Ballers: for Philadelphia 76ers fans

It is never normal when it is an off-season for the Philadelphia 76ers.

This year's disgruntled Sixers player is James Harden -- who was traded for another disgruntled Sixers player in Ben Simmons. At an event in China, Harden spoke to a group of people where he called General Manager Daryl Morey a "liar" and that he will "never play for an organization that he is a part of."

What happened to a relationship that -- up until this past Saturday -- was the talk of the league when Harden was in Houston? Now that he has soured on Morey, what do the Sixers do with training camp right around the corner? They can't trade Harden to his preferred destination (the Los Angeles Clippers). (They could, but the return will be even less than what the Clippers were offering before -- which wasn't much.) They can't possibly think having Harden on the roster to start the season is a good idea. At the very least, something has to get worked out by mid/late October.

Adio Royster and David Early give their thoughts on what happened, how we got here, and what the Sixers organization does now.

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Adio Royster and David Early go on vacation for two weeks, and all hell breaks loose in the Philadelphia 76ers landscape. Fans are down on the Sixers off-season. A recent SB Nation Reacts poll started by Jackson Frank of Liberty Ballers suggests that fans are grading this off-season kind of harshly. (The 51% percent of you that graded "D" or "F", anyways.) A good amount are grading as incompletes depending on the trade status of Damian Lillard or James Harden.

Speaking of which, there have been updates for both players!

Damian Lillard wants out of Portland (to Miami only), and he and his agent get slapped down by NBA Commissioner Adam Silver. James Harden still wants to be traded, but the one team he wants to go to isn't playing nice when it comes to shelling out proper pieces (or even pieces that keep the Sixers contending).

How is the rest of this off-season going to go with training camp right around the corner?

Adio and David discuss that and more (such as Adio's thoughts on the re-release of the Philadelphia Eagles Kelly Green jerseys).

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Yo! Welcome to the That's Ball Folks! Podcast - I am incredibly hyped to have you here. I AM BACK! After a 2-week recovery, I am now a kidney infection and UTI survivor and advocate. I chat about a million things... The Phillies may be the most frustrating team in all of baseball, Shohei Ohtani is the greatest baseball player to ever play the game, the Birds kelly green throwbacks are the most beautiful uniforms in history of the NFL, the dumpster fire that currently is the PAC12 conference, Oppenheimer, Barbie, Talk To Me, No Hard Feelings, Mission Impossible and the rest of the movies you must see in theaters... Jer joins me for another Brotherly Love (& Hate) segment to chat about his loves & hates... Travis Scotts UTOPIA, Post Malones AUSTIN, sloppy joes, Twitter changing its name & so much more!

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Yo! Welcome to the That's Ball Folks! Podcast - I am incredibly hyped to have you here. This week I am joined by the creator and founder of the most exciting sport on the planet aka SlamBall, Mr. Mason Gordon. Mason shares his incredible story of creating the sport, his journey of being patient with it over the last 20 years (!!!) and what this season is going to look like broadcasting on ESPN. Jer also joins me for our Brother Love (& Hate) segment, I chat Cam Whitmore (again), Emoni Bates, Keyonte George, the single greatest 3-Point contest showing I have ever seen in my life put on by Sabrina Ionescu, Steph Curry's incredible golf showing this weekend slash documentary coming out this weekend & so much more!

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NBA free agency began last week, and the Philadelphia 76ers were all over the wires. After James Harden opted in to his $36 million player option, he requested to be traded, and that would have been the first domino in the Sixers off-season -- or so we thought. One Fourth of July white party with Michael Rubin later, and Harden may have mended some fences (with players, not necessarily front office members -- as reported by ESPN's Ramona Shelbourne). Is it a higher possibility that Harden returns? Maybe, but the clock is definitely ticking on how quickly this move SHOULD be done. The Sixers lost some free agents (Georges Niang, Shake Milton, and Jaden McDaniels), and the cupboard has to be refilled somehow. (This was recorded before the signing of Mo Bamba as reported by Woj.)

Regardless, Adio Royster and David Early catch you up on what has happened so far for the Sixers in free agency plus talk about how a Damian Lillard trade could have been done (according to ESPN's Brian Windhorst) if Tyrese Maxey was included in the deal. Who knows how much truth there is to that, honestly, because you sometimes have to take those reports with a giant salt shaker.

Speaking of ESPN, Adio and David give their two cents on the latest round of ESPN layoffs that happened last week and where they feel certain personalities should go. (If we're being honest ... some of them might be better away from ESPN.)

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Like many proud fathers out there, Torrel Harris (father of Philadelphia 76ers forward Tobias Harris) simply wants to see his son succeed. (This is also because he gets a nice chunk of commission as Tobias's agent.) Nevertheless, Torrel Harris has been speaking out in favor of his son getting a better role in the Sixers offense. He calls Tobias an "assassin", and statistics show that ... sometimes. It's just not as consistent as the team needs it to be. Part of it could be the role Tobias is in. Part of it could be great teammate, wrong system. Whatever the case may be, Torrel Harris wants more from incoming head coach Nick Nurse. Adio Royster and David Early talk about what that role could possibly be and if it's something that even makes sense given the fact the team still has other off-season items to think about (a la James Harden).

After the break, the Sixers scooped up a few interesting prospects via undrafted free agents, and some thoughts on what the Sixers might be able to do with any mid-level exceptions if Harden stays or goes.

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Yo! Welcome to the That's Ball Folks! Podcast - I am incredibly hyped to have you here. The NBA Draft is tomorrow and I am here to get you as prepared as possible for it! I discuss every rumor floating around right now before the madness that's about to take place on Thursday. I discuss the Bradley Beal to Phoenix trade, what's next for CP3, the Clippers floating around the idea of splitting up Kawhi and Paul George, what on earth the Blazers do with their 3rd overall pick, why passing on Scoot Henderson will haunt the Charlotte Hornets, will the Sixers trade Tobias Harris slash will they resign James Harden, Draymond, Van Vleet, Jaylen Brown, Kyrie, Kuzma, Zion, the Utah Jazz new TV deal & so much more!

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