An NBA lovefest continues

We always knew Daryl Morey and James Harden had a strong relationship, but Harden's new team-friendly new contract in Philadelphia suggests we might have underestimated how strong

It was roughly a month ago, right after the NBA Draft, that Philadelphia 76ers president of basketball operations Daryl Morey proclaimed his relationship with James Harden to be a "lovefest."

We finally got an inkling of what that means from Harden's perspective last weekend through an interview The Beard did with my pal Chris Haynes of Yahoo! Sports.

"I …