The NBA regular season has been a quarter of the schedule, tomorrow the Nets will play against the Pistons, and according to the official news of the Nets, tomorrow James Harden will not play in the game, this is James Harden's first rotation since 26 games this season, in these 26 games, James Harden played 942 minutes, averaging more than 30 minutes per game, tomorrow's opponent is a weaker opponent for them, Harden chose to rest at this time is still very correct.
So far this season, Harden has played in 26 games for the Nets, averaging 36.2 minutes per game, contributing 20.8 points, 7.9 rebounds, 9.6 assists and 1.4 steals, shooting 40.4% from the field and shooting only 33.7% from three-point range. In the past few days, Harden has played 3 games, each game has played more than thirty minutes, which is a huge physical consumption for a player, and it can be said that Harden's choice of rotation can be said to be a very good choice against the weak brigade Pistons.
Harden has been criticized by fans for being in a slump this season, the Nets have won, fans say Harden has made too many mistakes, thanks to Durant, the Nets have lost, fans have attacked Harden more intensely, so hardened the current Harden situation is still very embarrassing, he is in a dilemma, this dilemma he has not felt in the past eight years: do not know how to distribute the offense.
In the past, when the Rockets were in the rockets, even if Harden shot 10 shots, they still launched an attack with Harden as the core. And the Nets are different, the current Nets have Durant, Mills and Aldridge, they are all good at the end, when Harden feels cold, the Nets' offense will be dominated by them. After coming to the Nets, fans can see that Harden's number of shots has plummeted, and more often he will choose to pass the ball to his teammates to let them complete the end, so the data will naturally decline.
Harden has played 26 games this season, ranking first in the team with 942 minutes of playing time, which is indeed a bit much for him. Harden last season was a hamstring strain caused by Nash's overuse, and in the offseason because of an injury, harden did not have much training time. Coupled with the fact that the injury has just healed, Harden may not dare to fight, more often still looking for opportunities on the outside, and his own feel is not good, which has led to a comprehensive decline in data.
In addition, another player of the Nets, Kyrie Irving, is still in a state of refusal to be vaccinated, in other words, he is still in the stage of being suspended. This has also indirectly led to the overuse of Harden and Durant, and it is no exaggeration to say that if Irving had not been vaccinated, the use time of Harden and Durant might have remained high.
Recently, Jazz star John Stockton talked about Irving's refusal to get vaccinated in an interview, saying: "You have a lot of supporters, Irving, not everyone can be like you, and you can't find all the people who support you. But the vast majority of them are cheering you on, they're just not as brave as you. As a person, I'm proud of Owen's courage to take risks and be brave enough to do what he thinks is right. ”
"I have a lot of respect for Owen's moves, he's done a lot in that, so I have to pay tribute to him. If I'm still playing in the NBA, I'm not going to take any risks to play games, and I'm going to boycott vaccinations with Irving, hoping that more active NBA players will join in and support Irving. ”