The Irving incident completely disrupted the Nets' championship plan, and management had to take corresponding measures to deal with it, that is, to ban Irving from playing on the road with the team, which was a decision made out of the team's chemistry. Although the team is open to trading Irving, there has been no Irving deal discussion with any team so far; although the New York reporter said that the Lone Ranger was interested in Irving and completed contact with the Nets, Cuban chose to stand up and debunk the rumors that the team had not engaged in such behavior. From the management to the players, the Nets still hope that Irving can return to the team as soon as possible and continue to fight for the dream of a championship together.
The Nets' doors are always open to Irving, which is actually very easy to understand, which is closely related to the interests of the team. Tsai Chongxin has paid a huge amount of money and time to win the championship, and it is difficult to let the management operate and gather three historical super giants, as long as it remains healthy, it can keep the team in the ranks of the championship favorite. If Irving can return to the team, then the offensive pressure of Harden and Durant will be released, and the team is expected to return to its former invincible offensive state.
But once Owen leaves the team, it is equivalent to giving the opponent a superstar, which invisibly increases the difficulty of winning the championship. Having Irving doesn't have to, at least, can make the opponent unable to get the superstar, and you must know that Irving's offense in the playoffs is unstoppable. While looking forward to Irving's return, the Nets are still playing in the regular season as usual, and coach Nash himself is aware of the irrationality of employment, so he will also arrange Harden and Durant to take appropriate rotations at the same time, giving role players more opportunities to play, and even the team has signed some new players with difficult exceptions, perhaps like the Warriors to find "baby players"?
Since the victory over the Hawks, the Nets have been taking harden in their rotations, and durant is alone to lead the team. Fans have been questioning that Durant has no other outstanding talent in addition to scoring, and he can't play a triple-double like James, so his ability to lead the team is not as good as Zhan Huang. His 13-14 peak MVP season did give us a glimpse of Death's scoring ability, perhaps because it was too good a scoring tool, and we had the impression that he would only score.
Just like Kobe Bryant's "Los Angeles at four o'clock in the morning" is familiar to fans, his hard-working personality makes many people ignore his outstanding personal talent and physical fitness; or like Maddy's outstanding talent, so that fans ignore his efforts and sweat. People are often accustomed to seeing what is expressed and ignore the essence behind this phenomenon, so that they cannot get objective conclusions about the comparison. Durant is not unable to use assists and passes to drive the team, but because he has too good point guards around him, Westbrook and Curry are the league's MVP-level core guards, so Adu is more focused on the scoring level.
Perhaps as Teacher Yang Yi said, when Durant is needed to stand up and use assists to connect the attacks of his teammates, he is also capable of this role, and last season's Eastern Conference semifinals in the Battle of Tianwangshan, he played a super king triple-double is the best proof. In the three games that Harden was absent, Durant once again proved himself with absolute hardcore strength: According to statistics, in the past 3 games, Durant averaged 39.7 points, 10.3 rebounds and 9.3 assists per game, with a true shooting rate of 61.5%, and the Nets won 3 consecutive games. The three games were: beat the Pistons with 51 points, 7 rebounds and 9 assists; beat the Raptors with 34 points, 13 rebounds and 11 assists; and beat the 76ers with 34 points, 11 rebounds and 8 assists.
In this way, we see a more comprehensive Durant, who at his peak once again evolved to complete the "Jamesization", scoring points himself and creating opportunities for his teammates' offense. After the victory over the 76ers, teammate Clarkston praised Durant as the best player in history, affirming Durant's performance during this period. In this wave of three consecutive wins, Durant used impeccable performance to make the team the first place in the East, and his scoring king throne is as stable as Tarzan; if there is no accident, the best player in the East this week is likely to be KD, and the top of the latest MVP list may have to be replaced.