The Nets officially announced that durant, the core of the team, suffered a sprain of the medial collateral ligament in his left knee and will miss 4-6 weeks. Last season, durant was absent, and in the games played by Harden and Irving, the Nets had a record of 16 wins and 3 losses. In the absence of Durant and Irving, and Harden played, the Nets had a record of 4 wins and 2 losses, while when Irving led the team alone, the Nets had a record of 4 wins and 5 losses.
With the Nets in 11 of their next 14 games on the road, Irving and Harden will have plenty of opportunities to play side by side. The Nets will soon embark on a four-game streak against the Cavaliers, Wizards, Spurs and Timberwolves, and then after two home games, they will embark on a five-game streak against the Warriors, Suns, Kings, Jazz and Nuggets.
If the Nets don't win the championship, will Harden go this summer? The Nets are the hottest to win the championship, and the combination of Durant, Irving and Harden is far more powerful than other teams in the league, especially the offensive end, and is almost unstoppable.
However, due to well-known reasons, Irving has not played the ball until recently, and was not approved to play until recently; Harden and Durant carried too much weight, consumed too much, and also suffered from injuries. At present, the Nets' record has not been as expected, and with Durant's knee injury, the prospect of winning the championship this season has been overshadowed by thick shadows.
Harden's uncomfortable play is visible to the naked eye, and if he does not win the championship, he may really leave. If Harden renews his contract with the Nets in advance, he can sign $161 million for 3 years. If you wait until the offseason to become a free agent, you can get 270 million in 5 years. But Harden's goal is the championship, at that time 2 years 105 million did not want, just to find the big brother to fight for the championship, the result is that he was injured, Irving was injured, the first season was gone, this second season is not very comfortable.
With Harden in the past, if the Nets still have the strength to win the championship behind them, they should not easily change teams. The Nets can do without Harden, but as long as there is Durant, they are still in the ranks of the championship. Even if Harden can't sign the biggest contract in history, the loss is not too much, after all, he just wants to win the championship now, no matter which team he goes to, get fifty or sixty million, the rest of the space is difficult to form a sufficiently effective assistant.