Sixers owner Josh Harris watched his team get destroyed in Boston while sitting courtside with Howard Lutnick

While the Sixers were getting their faces kicked in by 32 points at TD Garden on Sunday afternoon, owner Josh Harris was sitting courtside enjoying the slaughter with his good friend Howard Lutnick. The United States Secretary of Commerce. The guy whose name appears in over 250 pages of Jeffrey Epstein documents. That Howard Lutnick.

Just two guys hanging out at a playoff game. Nothing to see here.

Howard Lutnick with Sixers owner Josh Harris

Howard Lutnick with Sixers owner Josh Harris at the Sixers/Celtics game in Boston. pic.twitter.com/pobvl3ACkr

— Alan Rappeport (@arappeport) April 19, 2026

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The Optics Are Insane

Let me get this straight. Josh Harris has his own name in the Epstein files. His spokesperson put out a carefully crafted statement saying Harris never had an independent relationship with Epstein and was trying to prevent Epstein from developing ties with Apollo Global Management.

The whole point of that statement was to create distance. To make it seem like Harris wanted nothing to do with Epstein and was actively avoiding him.

Then this guy shows up to a nationally televised NBA playoff game and sits courtside next to Howard Lutnick. A man who is currently at the center of the Epstein controversy.

A man whose name is all over the news every single week because of these files. A man who lied publicly about his relationship with Epstein and then had to admit under oath that he brought his family and their nannies to the island of a convicted sex offender. A man who has faced bipartisan calls for his resignation over these connections.

If you’re Josh Harris and you want people to believe you have nothing to do with any of this, maybe don’t sit courtside at a playoff game with the guy who is the face of the Epstein scandal in 2026.

The absolute lack of self-awareness is staggering. Either Harris genuinely doesn’t understand how this looks, which is terrifying for a billionaire who runs multiple professional sports franchises, or he doesn’t care.

I’m not sure which one is worse.

People in the Epstein files generally avoid being seen together in public. Not Josh Harris and Howard Lutnick, apparently. #SellTheTeam pic.twitter.com/jrHzm7GT0x

— Brian Hart (@BrianHartPR) April 19, 2026

You’re telling me nobody in his circle, not a single advisor, not a single PR person, not a single person on his payroll pulled him aside and said “hey Josh, maybe don’t sit next to the Epstein island guy on national television while your name is also in the files.”

Nobody? Not one person? Unbelievable.

Howard Lutnick and the Epstein Files

Lutnick became Secretary of Commerce in February 2025 and has been under significant scrutiny ever since the DOJ released millions of pages of Epstein files in early 2026.

Lutnick said on a podcast in late 2025 that he and his wife were so “revolted” by Epstein during a 2005 tour of his Manhattan home that they vowed to never be in the same room with him again. Then the 2026 files dropped and showed dozens of contacts and meetings between the two well after 2005.

So yeah…that was a lie.

During a Senate hearing in February 2026, Lutnick admitted that he, his family, and their nannies visited Epstein’s private island for lunch in December 2012.

Four years after Epstein was convicted for soliciting prostitution from a minor. He brought his family and their nannies to the island of a convicted sex offender and then went on a podcast years later and said he was revolted by the guy.

Lutnick lived next door to Epstein in New York for over a decade. In late 2012, both men invested in a digital advertising company called AdFin Solutions Inc. with their signatures on neighboring pages of a contract signed just four days after Lutnick’s island visit.

In 2015, Lutnick invited Epstein to an intimate fundraiser for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign held at Cantor Fitzgerald’s offices. In 2017, Epstein’s foundation donated $50,000 to a UJA-Federation of New York event honoring Lutnick.

Lutnick says he did nothing wrong. There have been bipartisan calls for his resignation. The White House is backing him.

Josh Harris chose to sit next to him on camera at a playoff game.

Josh Harris and the Epstein Files

The Epstein files released in January 2026 revealed that Harris maintained email and phone contact with Epstein between 2013 and 2016. Years after the conviction.

The documents show Harris attended a 2014 breakfast meeting at Epstein’s Manhattan home that included Bill Gates and other investors.

In 2016, Epstein referred to his relationship with Harris as a “financial confessional booth” in an email. Harris replied “Will do Jeff. Happy to catch up.” His spokesperson said he never had an independent relationship with Epstein and was trying to prevent him from developing a corporate relationship with Apollo.

The spokesperson also said Harris sought to avoid meeting with Epstein, canceling meetings and having others return his calls.

The emails don’t indicate Harris was involved in any sexual misconduct or visited the island but the contact existed and the meetings happened. The emails are in the files. “Happy to catch up” is in the files.

Now the guy who supposedly wanted nothing to do with Epstein is publicly hanging out with the most high-profile Epstein-connected figure in America. On television. At a basketball game while his team loses by 32.

You can’t make this stuff up.

Sell the Team

I don’t care about the carefully worded statements. I don’t care about the denials. I don’t care about the spokesperson language designed to create plausible deniability.

Josh Harris has his name in the Epstein files. He’s sitting courtside with a man who visited Epstein’s island and lied about it. While all of this is happening, the team he owns is getting humiliated in the first round of the playoffs on national television by 32 points.

This is the guy running the Philadelphia 76ers. This is the guy making decisions about the future of this franchise. Zero self-awareness. Zero accountability. Zero concern for how any of this looks to the fans who pour money into this team every single year.

Sell the team. Get Josh Harris as far away from this franchise as possible. The basketball is bad enough without the owner turning courtside seats into an Epstein reunion tour.

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