“You’d Be Fired That Summer”: James Harden Coming Off The Bench Doesn’t Sit Right With Patrick Beverley, Going At Kendrick Perkins For The Same

Tonoy Sengupta | 02/11/2023
"You'd Be Fired That Summer": James Harden Coming Off The Bench Doesn't Sit Right With Patrick Beverley, Going At Kendrick Perkins For The Same

The LA Clippers recently acquired James Harden from the Philadelphia 76ers. After the trade was made official, several experts gave their opinions on how the star-studded team would look on the court. Among all, Former NBA player Kendrick Perkins probably had the most interesting take and suggested that Harden be brought off the bench.

A big fan of Russell Westbrook, Perkins believes that Paul George’s good form is due to the 2017 MVP’s play. As for Kawhi Leonard, with the player being the best on the roster and a Finals MVP, his being irreplaceable in the starting lineup is not far from obvious. With that rationale in mind, Kendrick Perkins suggested that James Harden come off the bench for the LA Clippers.

Unfortunately for Perkins, Patrick Beverley didn’t quite see things his way. As a result, he replied to ‘Big Perk’s words through a post on X [Formerly Twitter] with the following caption.

“That’s cap. No you won’t. U would start him or you would be fired that summer.”

Over the past offseason, despite just having been traded to the 76ers himself, Patrick Beverley was completely on James Harden’s side. The guard kept raving on about ‘the Beard’s greatness and urged him to stay in Philadelphia.

It doesn’t seem like things have changed much either, despite James Harden’s recent departure from the franchise.

Charles Barkley has concerns over James Harden to the LA Clippers

While Russell Westbrook has been looking more like himself during his time with the LA Clippers, things could be shaken up soon. Speaking on this scenario, Charles Barkley recently spoke about how both players needed the ball in their hands to be themselves, “so, it’s going to be fascinating to watch,” in his words.

Patrick Beverley also spoke about James Harden’s departure recently. Despite having talked him up all offseason long and still wishing him well, Beverley admitted that the 76ers are now a bit more unpredictable as contenders. He mentioned that now, there aren’t just a couple of players you can “key in on,” due to which the ball movement by the team has been incredible, too.

That said, it will be interesting to see how far Joel Embiid can take them in the postseason now and how much Tyrese Maxey benefits from getting more minutes in the Sixers rotation.

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Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta

Tonoy Sengupta is a Senior Editor at The SportsRush. Coming from an athletically inclined family, he has been surrounded by sports ever since he was 4 years old. But, while initially pouring all his time into Football (soccer), at 14, Tonoy discovered basketball through the countless highlights of Stephen Curry humiliating players from Curry Land. And just like that, a fiery passion for the game was ignited within Tonoy. And soon after, he decided to become a student of journalism, graduating in 2022, and choosing sports as his area of interest. Today, you can find him spending 99% of his time browsing through every type of content on every team in the NBA, before uncorking everything he has found to the world. In the 1% he isn't doing this, you can find him playing Basketball, Football, Volleyball, or practically any other sport he has had the opportunity to learn.

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