Maxey said that Harden sacrificed a lot when he was with the 76ers and gave up part of himself for the team.

Maxey said: "The outside world will not say that he sacrificed, but he did sacrifice. He gave up part of himself for the betterment of the team as a whole. He helped me and Embiid create many easy scoring opportunities. From the first day he came to the team, he told me The first thing he said was, ‘Listen, don’t think you can’t get the ball. Don’t think you can’t continue to be aggressive and improve your game.’ His first reaction was always to let me play my own style whether we scored or not.”