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HARDEN/SIMMONS WATCH 2022: Random Blue Checkmarks Checking In
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I don’t know who Jack Settleman is. Reminds me phonetically of the “Jack, sell em for less” guy from the local commercials.
Either way, this dude has something like 30k Twitter followers and is saying this:
Wanted to confirm first.
James Harden is intentionally being held out of tonight’s game.
— JACK SETTLEMAN (@jacksettleman) February 8, 2022
As Crossing Broad reported earlier today, Harden is suffering from trade deadline-itis, disguised as a bum hammy. He could quite possible be dealt this week in a BLOCKBUSTER trade. But the smoke is billowing. It’s rising higher and higher as we scour the internet for clues.
Also some dude named “Calen Mac,” a blue check with 8,700 followers, tweets this:
https://twitter.com/StrangeCMac/status/1491086874131431425?s=20&t=ihio_xOubwo1HNeDMTIp4A
And now we got this guy checking in:
Heard the Nets, 76ers, Pelicans and Thunder were / are trying to figure out a deal with James Harden, Tobias Harris and Ben Simmons as part of it. James Harden would end up in Philly.
— James Stewart ☝️ (@IAmJamesStewart) February 8, 2022
Who are these blue checkmarks and where have they come from? Madness!
Kevin has been writing about Philadelphia sports since 2009. He spent seven years in the CBS 3 sports department and started with the Union during the team's 2010 inaugural season. He went to the academic powerhouses of Boyertown High School and West Virginia University. email - k.kinkead@sportradar.com