According to reports, a reporter talked about the situation of Nets player Irving while attending the show. Speaking about Irving's physical condition, the reporter said: "As far as I know, Owen has been training, he is training every day, he has been training. Speaking about the attitude of the Owen, the reporter said: "Irving wants to play, he wants to be able to play soon, it has always been the case, he wants to play alongside the Nets. From the reporter's words, it can be seen that the Irving incident that has been making a lot of noise so far this season seems to have reversed, and Irving, who has previously been greatly estranged from the Nets, seems to be preparing for the return of the team.
The Irving incident began in the offseason, during which the league announced that every player must be vaccinated against the new crown, and the vast majority of players in the league complied with the rules to get vaccinated, but Irving, one of the Nets' big three, always refused to be vaccinated because of his faith. According to brooklyn rules where the Nets are located, Irving will not be able to play this season, or even train with the team. So far this season, Irving has indeed not played in any game, but even so, Irving still insists on his philosophy. At present, for this reason, Irving has a conflict with many members of the Nets, head coach Nash even directly and publicly stated that they do not expect Irving to return to the team this season, and the Nets management has publicly consulted Irving's offer.
But for now things seem to have reversed, and Irving already has the will to return to the team. The reporter revealed that the main reason why fans are optimistic about Irving's return to the team this season is that there has been a lot of exchanges between Irving and Durant, and the content of the exchange is undoubtedly around whether Irving will return to the team. From the beginning of Durant's exchange with Irving, fans have been optimistic that the latter can return to the team. In fact, since the offseason, Durant and Harden have always advised their teammates Irving to vaccinate against the new crown, thus joining forces to attack the championship again. But Owen was unmoved, constantly saying publicly on social media that he always insisted on his philosophy. For this reason, Durant has no way to do anything, and even expressed disappointment. It was revealed that since Irving insisted on not getting vaccinated, Durant has expressed his willingness to trade Irving to the team, and the Nets management has also consulted other teams about Irving's offer.
At present, whether it is Irving or Durant, things have reversed, and the reasons for this are inseparable from the following points. On the one hand, for Irving, there is no benefit to not being able to play this season. First of all, Irving is only 29 years old, and judging by his form in recent seasons, he is at the peak of his career, and this season has not been able to play so far, which has greatly affected his entire career and will even affect his position in history. And if he never gets vaccinated, Irving's NBA career is likely to be ruined. Secondly, not being able to play is also a very big loss for Irving's economy, after all, according to the relevant regulations of the league, if he does not play, then he will not receive the corresponding salary. Whatever the reason, Owen is worth the loss.
Durant, on the other hand, is in great need of Irving's help. So far this season, Durant has played a season at a super high level, averaging 29.4 points, 7.6 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game, shooting 52.9% from the field and shooting 38.3% from three-point range, but all of this is based on his average of 36.5 minutes per game. The reason why the playing time is so high is because the state of Harden, another giant of the Nets, has fluctuated this season, and if he wants to lead the Nets to more victories, then Durant must stand up and take more responsibility. However, it should be noted that Durant is no longer the young man he was, he has turned 33 this season and is a player who has returned from a serious injury, so Durant needs more rest time to ensure his health. If Irving can return to the team, then Durant's pressure will be much less, which is the main reason why he took the initiative to talk to Irving.
For the Nets, they also need Irving's return very much at the moment. Although they are still in the first place in the East, it is difficult for them to impact the championship in terms of the overall state of the team. After all, in many games against the league's strongest teams this season, the Nets have lost big scores. This has a lot to do with the lack of giants Irving and Harden's ups and downs, and Durant cannot maintain a super high standard in every game, and he and Harden will face more severe defensive tests in the playoffs. As a result, the Nets need Irving's return to increase the team's offense or strength points. In addition to this reason, the decline in the value of Irving's transactions is also an important factor. Although the Nets put Irving on the trade shelf in the offseason, after a series of inexplicable events, Irving's trading value has fallen significantly, and many team management have expressed reluctance to get Irving. Therefore, instead of exchanging Irving for players whose value is not equal, it is better to persuade him to return to the team and continue to help the team to impact the championship.
Judging from last season's performance, the combination of Irving, Durant and Harden's Big Three is very lethal, and although there are very few games in the regular season, the Nets still have a second-high record in the East and show excellent form in the first round of the playoffs, easily eliminating the Celtics into the second round. But in the second round of the game, due to the successive injuries of Harden and Irving, Durant was unable to support himself, and the Nets eventually lost to the Bucks in the seventh game and did not have the opportunity to reach the Eastern Conference Finals. In the offseason, the Nets recruited, signing Mills and Millsap at the same time ushered in the return of Ard, hoping to make a comeback in the season to impact the championship, but Irving's absence made the Nets very difficult to rush to the championship.
So if Irving can finally return to the team, it is undoubtedly very good news for the Nets, although Irving is likely to still refuse to be vaccinated, but as long as he can play on the road, it is still a very big improvement for the Nets. And The Euphon also said that he is always training to be ready to return, as long as he can return to the field, I believe he will soon be able to play a very good form.