PHILADELPHIA — The championship of the Rumph Classic — Philadelphia’s premier summer pro-am basketball tournament — was already set in 2016 when Mike Morak received a text message from Marcus Morris hours before tip-off.
That player who was listed on the roster of Team F.O.E. — the squad led by Marcus and his twin brother, Markieff — but had yet to suit up? He was in town, set to play that night. James Harden, Marcus Morris texted Morak, was “Rumph ready.”
Harden soon tweeted the news — one of the NBA’s biggest stars would be playing at La Salle University in support of the Rumph foundation — and lit up Philadelphia’s Twittersphere, similar to the way his trade to the Sixers did on Thursday.
