Marcus Morris, Nicolas Batum among players traded to Philadelphia in exchange for James Harden

Ky Carlin @Ky_Carlin
Essentially, what I’m saying is, one should expect Philly to make another move in the future. This won’t be the final return for Harden. Another move will likely be made. – 3:24 AM

Ky Carlin @Ky_Carlin
One has to wonder though, how long will Philly keep any of Morris Sr., Batum, Covington, Martin, or the draft picks? Daryl Morey has always hinted that he will flip assets for an impact player to help the Sixers win now. – 3:23 AM

Ky Carlin @Ky_Carlin
Nic Batum: a career 36.5% shooter from deep and is a solid role player
Marcus Morris Sr.: another player who brings an edge and toughness. A 37.6% shooter from deep for his career.
Robert Covington: Sixers fans are familiar
KJ Martin: supremely athletic, solid defender – 3:22 AM

Alvaro Martin @AlvaroNBAMartin
Cuando Dame se entere que James Harden se salió con la suya y fue al equipo de su preferencia…. pic.twitter.com/N7HbDc5vDy – 3:18 AM

Ben Golliver @BenGolliver
Story: Philadelphia 76ers agree to trade James Harden to Los Angeles Clippers @washingtonpost @PostSports @kelynn washingtonpost.com/sports/2023/10… – 3:17 AM

Rylan Stiles @Rylan_Stiles
Well, if you’re awake and need to pass the time until we figure out this Harden trade, Locked on Thunder just went live wherever you get your podcasts and on YouTube. – 3:15 AM

Bill Simmons @BillSimmons
I bought Clippers season tix in ‘04 to see the other 29 teams. It’s been 2 decades of shitty luck, cruel injuries, stupid moves, scarred fans and ghastly playoff collapses, plus the Sterling abyss, and lately, load management galore. And tonight, Harden. Like THIS is gonna work. – 3:13 AM

Sam Vecenie @Sam_Vecenie
Going live here and recording with @LawMurrayTheNU to break down the James Harden deal here momentarily!
youtube.com/live/qSbdSj3nf… pic.twitter.com/IrJNMxMfmn – 3:12 AM

BasketNews @BasketNews_com
Alongside James Harden, Nicolas Batum & Filip Petrusev experienced team changes 👀
🇫🇷 Nicolas Batum Sixers
🇷🇸 Filip Petrusev Clippers pic.twitter.com/ipCTDCxssj – 3:11 AM

Duane Rankin @DuaneRankin
Los Angeles Clippers now have James Harden, Russell Westbrook, Paul George and Kawhi Leonard.
Figure they’ll start those four with Ivica Zubac and have Norman Powell, Bones Hyland, Mason Plumlee, Terance Mann and P.J. Tucker off bench.
Where do #ClipperNation rank in West? #NBA – 3:09 AM

NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA
Details on Harden to the Clippers 🚨
(via @wojespn) pic.twitter.com/IjwW9UnsmP – 3:09 AM

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Possible new LA Clippers depth chart.
I’m told that Filip Petrusev future in LAC is TBD, but team obviously looking forward to James Harden and PJ Tucker arriving. pic.twitter.com/5gP5BwLiIE – 3:03 AM

Ky Carlin @Ky_Carlin
The #Sixers and the Clippers will match up on:
March 24th @ LA
March 27th @ Philly is when James Harden will make his return to the Wells Fargo Center – 2:59 AM

Ball Don’t Lie @Balldontlie
Full trade details, per @wojespn:
Clippers receive:
James Harden
PJ Tucker
Filip Petrusev
76ers receive:
Nicolas Batum
Marcus Morris
Robert Covington
KJ Martin
2028 first round pick
Future FRP from a third team
Two second round picks and a pick swap pic.twitter.com/W7ln5GB71o – 2:55 AM

Noah Levick @NoahLevick
Have wee-hours confirmation here on @wojespn’s reporting of Sixers’ deal sending James Harden to the Clippers.
Plenty of coverage to come. – 2:54 AM

Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
Philadelphia 76ers’ James Harden traded to Clippers sportando.basketball/en/philadelphi… – 2:54 AM

Ohm Youngmisuk @NotoriousOHM
Clippers finally land James Harden to join Kawhi Leonard and Paul George, sources tell @wojespn espn.com/nba/story/_/id… – 2:53 AM

Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
We’re really doing Harden-Westbrook Round 3 lmaoooo. – 2:53 AM

Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
The first-round pick the Clippers are including in the Harden trade is LAC’s unprotected first in 2028, per source.
Clippers also sending two second-round picks, a swap, and a pick from another team (the details of which aren’t yet known). – 2:50 AM

Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
I would assume that the 76ers will be open to trading Robert Covington and Nic Batum at the deadline so long as they don’t take back any long-term money. I think both of them could really help contenders, if the Sixers don’t see themselves as such. – 2:49 AM

Alvaro Martin @AlvaroNBAMartin
Shams revela el acuerdo LAC-PHI:
PHI LAC
Nic Batum. James Harden
Marcus Morris. P.J. Tucker
Robert Covington
K.J. Martin
Selecciones Draft
Todo depende de la calidad de esos picks.
Veremos. pic.twitter.com/lDlAhH9Ykv – 2:47 AM

Jon Johnson @jonjohnsonwip
Marcus Morris, Nic Batum, Robert Covington, KJ Martin, multiple draft picks and pick swap for James Harden, PJ Tucker and Filip Petrusev: – 2:45 AM

Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
The James Harden trade literally destroyed my podcast. My docking station died, and now I can’t do the show. Good lord. – 2:44 AM

Donatas Urbonas @Urbodo
Filip Petrusev has been included in a trade involving James Harden, making a move from the Sixers to the Los Angeles Clippers, per @wojespn.
Meanwhile, Nicolas Batum is making the switch from the Clippers to the Sixers. – 2:43 AM

Jon Johnson @jonjohnsonwip
James Harden, PJ Tucker to Clippers for Nicolas Batum, Marcus Morris, Robert Covington and KJ Martin, and draft picks: – 2:43 AM

Mark Deeks @MarkDeeksNBA
There Are No Winners In The James Harden Trade.
forbes.com/sites/markdeek… – 2:42 AM

Donatas Urbonas @Urbodo
Filip Petrusev has been included in a trade involving James Harden, making a move from the Sixers to the Los Angeles Clippers, per @wojespn. – 2:41 AM

Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
Source confirms: The Clippers are trading Robert Covington, Nico Batum, KJ Martin and Marcus Morris to the 76ers.
They’re getting back James Harden and PJ Tucker.
Waiting on additional details. – 2:41 AM

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
The LA Clippers have traded Robert Covington, Nicolas Batum, KJ Martin, and Marcus Morris Sr. to the Philadelphia 76ers for James Harden and PJ Tucker, source tells @TheAthletic – 2:41 AM

Shams Charania @ShamsCharania
BREAKING: The Philadelphia 76ers are trading James Harden and PJ Tucker to the Los Angeles Clippers for Nicolas Batum, Marcus Morris, Robert Covington and KJ Martin, and draft picks, sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. pic.twitter.com/4gwGJgrYUb – 2:40 AM

Kelly Iko @KellyIko
Forward K.J. Martin is part of the Clippers package now headed to Philly for James Harden, sources tell @TheAthletic. – 2:39 AM

Eric Pincus @EricPincus
There’s still time! From a week or so ago @BleacherReport
The Six-Team Harden Trade to Make the NBA One Happy Place Again bleacherreport.com/articles/10093… – 2:38 AM

Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
The Clippers are moving toward a deal that would land them James Harden, source confirmed to @latimes, a trade that has been months in the making. latimes.com/sports/clipper… – 2:37 AM

Dan Favale @danfavale
by the time we get the james harden trade details james harden may have already requested another trade – 2:36 AM

Dave Early @DavidEarly
Something like
Cov, Batum, Mann, Morris pick, swap
Harden Tucker second? – 2:32 AM

BasketNews @BasketNews_com
James Harden finally leaves Sixers as he joins Kawhi Leonard and Paul George on the Clippers 😲 pic.twitter.com/jVNMTJlfYx – 2:32 AM

NBA on ESPN @ESPNNBA
Getting that James Harden trade notification at 2 AM ET: pic.twitter.com/SsvzWwo2Uz – 2:30 AM

Rob Perez @WorldWideWob
can we please get the real Harden plane story now? i know he didnt just show up and willingly get escorted off the tarmac in a luggage trolley. – 2:25 AM

Dan Favale @danfavale
“the sixers have agreed to trade james harden to the clippers in exchange for”
pic.twitter.com/JtU11lCiId – 2:21 AM

Damichael Cole @DamichaelC
Based on all the movement in the west, it’s kind of wild that AT LEAST two of the Nuggets, Suns, Clippers and Warriors won’t make the conference finals.
Suns swung hard for Beal
Clippers doing the same with Harden
Warriors traded Poole away and got older CP3
The West is wild. – 2:20 AM

Ryan Blackburn @NBABlackburn
Going LIVE now to talk Nuggets! (maybe some passing James Harden trade thoughts)
youtube.com/watch?v=dmKwuK… pic.twitter.com/W1dM5Zn5PQ – 2:20 AM

The Ringer @ringernba
Woj really tweeted the James Harden trade with no details and then went to sleep 😭 pic.twitter.com/kTRFn1Pzf7 – 2:19 AM

Dan Favale @danfavale
russ welcoming harden to the clippers pic.twitter.com/zvJvauypZc – 2:17 AM

Janis Carr @janiscarr
Welcome to the Clippers, James Harden. Could be interesting – 2:17 AM

Sam Vecenie @Sam_Vecenie
(figures I’m like 90 minutes from a screening of The Killer and Harden gets traded. Love to see it) – 2:11 AM

The Ringer @ringernba
Tyrese Maxey seeing James Harden finally got traded pic.twitter.com/Gvgo6PuIwi – 2:10 AM

Jon Johnson @jonjohnsonwip
Harden traded to LAC at 2am. Only fitting. – 2:10 AM

Alexis Morgan @alexismorgan
russell westbrook, kawhi leonard, paul george, and james harden – all four of them being from the LA-area playing for an LA team is 🤯🤯🤯 – 2:09 AM

Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
I’m prepared to get Old Takes’d in June, but I’m planting my flag.
This is a bad idea. The Clippers shouldn’t have traded for James Harden. The age and medical concerns for that roster make their title odds far too low to justify trading first-round picks any further out.
The… – 2:09 AM

Alvaro Martin @AlvaroNBAMartin
¡Por fin!
Dice Woj que @DMorey y @Sixers alcanzan un acuerdo para enviar a Janes Harden a @LAClippers.
Detalles por venir. pic.twitter.com/7YBqGhdVFb – 2:06 AM

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
I am told that the LA Clippers are “tracking towards a deal” for James Harden this evening. Terms are not yet complete. – 2:06 AM

Adrian Wojnarowski @wojespn
BREAKING: The Philadelphia 76ers have agreed on a trade to send guard James Harden to the Los Angeles Clippers, sources tell ESPN. pic.twitter.com/wAyuJKMfAw – 2:01 AM

Michael Scotto @MikeAScotto
Brooklyn Nets guard Cam Thomas joins Stephen Curry (twice), Luka Doncic, James Harden, Donovan Mitchell, and Zach LaVine to score 30+ points in each of their team’s first three games since the 2018-19 season. He’s the second-youngest to do so behind Shaquille O’Neal. pic.twitter.com/xtHmF7Yzhc – 9:36 PM

Janis Carr @janiscarr
Per Clippers
Injury Report for tomorrow’s game vs Orlando
OUT:
Brandon Boston Jr. (quadriceps tendinopathy)
Terance Mann (ankle)
Marcus Morris Sr. (coach’s decision)
QUESTIONABLE:
Ivica Zubac (thigh)
Norman Powell (foot) – 8:48 PM

Ohm Youngmisuk @NotoriousOHM
Ivica Zubac (right thigh contusion) and Norman Powell (left foot soreness) are questionable against Orlando.
Terance Mann (left ankle sprain), Marcus Morris (coach’s decision) and Brandon Boston Jr. (left quadriceps tendinopathy) are out. – 8:23 PM

Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
Clippers report for tomorrow, the first night of a back-to-back:
OUT:
Brandon Boston Jr. – left quad tendinopathy
Terance Mann – left ankle sprain
Marcus Morris Sr. – Coach’s Decision
QUESTIONABLE:
Ivica Zubac – Right thigh contusion
Norman Powell – left foot soreness – 8:16 PM

Vincent Goodwill @VinceGoodwill
Today’s Ep of the #GoodWord is Live with fmr Knicks GM and current ESPN analyst Scott Perry. We talk his days as an exec in Detroit, New York, etc and what leads to conflicts like Harden/Morey
📺: youtu.be/lSd__RIXpB8
🍎: apple.co/45UocsG
: spoti.fi/49ieaUU pic.twitter.com/dPkAqzv6xm – 5:59 PM

Nicolas Batum @nicolas88batum
🔴🔵 pic.twitter.com/uEr8IkVdrp – 4:49 PM

Law Murray @LawMurrayTheNU
Nicolas Batum on the difference between the team now vs this time last year, how to prepare for a back-to-back, and the team not having any issues about the task at hand even after blowout wins
“We’re more locked in… this team doesn’t care about what happened the night before.” pic.twitter.com/XqMx9FC8tW – 4:21 PM

Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS
Lakers Twitter is already talking about James Harden as a potential trade target, so I wrote about him.
Why it make work, why it probably wouldn’t, and why it’s almost definitely not happening:
cbssports.com/nba/news/is-ja… – 3:23 PM

Tim Bontemps @TimBontemps
New #HoopCollective pod with @WindhorstESPN and @espn_macmahon on our first impressions from the opening week of the NBA’s regular season, the latest update on James Harden in Philly and much more:
open.spotify.com/episode/5qIA7J… – 2:41 PM

Andrew Greif @AndrewGreif
Nico Batum said his swat of a lob for Wemby was just a result of anticipation. Then he added something I fully empathize with, as someone with aches and pains in my mid-30s.
“I don’t know why I did that though, to be honest. Almost 35 years old and I tried to block a shot.” – 2:11 PM

Tim MacMahon @espn_macmahon
Today’s The Hoop Collective with @WindhorstESPN and @TimBontemps: Conclusion Coming To Harden Saga? Chet vs. Wemby for Rookie of the Year?… youtu.be/3gHShINBBLU?si… – 11:40 AM

CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
NBA’s winners and losers from first week: Victor Wembanyama arrives, James Harden sent home, Nuggets dominate
(By @ColinCBSSports)
cbssports.com/nba/news/nbas-… – 10:51 AM

Kevin O’Connor @KevinOConnorNBA
James Harden should return to the Sixers and embrace playing in their new system. There is no better situation for him to restore his value than what he can have in Philadelphia alongside Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey.
New column on @ringer: theringer.com/2023/10/30/239… – 10:35 AM

CBS NBA @CBSSportsNBA
Is James Harden the solution for Lakers’ sluggish offense? It’s way too early to tell
cbssports.com/nba/news/is-ja…
(By @SamQuinnCBS) – 9:19 AM

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BasketNews @BasketNews_com
Nicolas Batum can block everyone, even Victor Wembanyama 😦
pic.twitter.com/9dc7nNyztU – 5:40 AM