NBPA ‘respectfully disagrees’ with James Harden fine, will file grievance
The National Basketball Players Association doesn’t agree with the league’s decision to fine James Harden $100K and intends to file a grievance.
The Philadelphia 76ers guard received the hefty fine due to his comments calling president of basketball operations Daryl Morey a “liar” and vowing to never play for the 76ers — or any team Morey is part of — ever again.
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James and the 76ers are in an ongoing feud after he reportedly was promised to be traded “quickly” once he opted into his $35.6 million option. A trade never came, and Morey made it clear Philly wanted a player who could help the franchise now or draft picks that could turn into a serviceable player.
It’s clear whatever trade offers teams had were no interest to Morey, who said if the 76ers couldn’t find a proper deal they weren’t going to move the guard. So they shut down trade talks altogether.
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Despite not wanting to play for the 76ers, ESPN reported that that James plans to attend training camp next month.
