After a wave of 6 consecutive losses, there have been various problems within the Nets, and it has been exposed that the Nets recently held a players' meeting, and Harden did not participate. And recently there has been heavy news, Harden has actually been put on the shelf, the Nets are not not going to trade Harden, has begun to listen to the price of Harden's transaction. And the Nets will open trade negotiations, of which the 76ers are the most closely negotiated, and now that the Nets have opened up to Harden's trade, fans should not be surprised if the next trade happens.
In fact, Harden wants to leave the Nets has long been a sign, there have been news that Harden is not happy with the Nets, and before the start of the season, Harden is not willing to renew his contract with the Nets in advance. Although Harden said a lot of scenes, the Nets also asked Harden if he had a good time. But after a six-game losing streak, all the problems got worse. Now not only Harden wants to leave, but even the Nets have the idea of sending Harden away. According to the famous Shams, the Nets are worried about Harden's health problems, and also believe that Harden's playing style and Durant and Irving's playing style are not very suitable.
And Harden may also leave next season, it is better to send him away in advance, so that you can get some chips. For all these reasons, the Nets also have the idea of trading Harden, and will start negotiations with the 76ers, they will start negotiations this week, and then it will depend on the outcome of the negotiations. The 76ers have always been eager to get Harden, hoping that he can form a luxurious double giant lineup with Embiid, and the 76ers side also believes that this group of double giants has a huge chance of winning the championship. The 76ers also have a lot of chips on their side, such as Simmons, Curry Jr., Maxi and Sable, which are all very good chips.
The Nets' operation is quite unexpected, this is to disband the Big Three? Haven't we played many games together, and the Big Three are about to disband? Last season, the Nets got Harden through a big deal, and formed a luxurious big three lineup with Irving and Durant. In fact, they played well in the playoffs, but there were too many injuries and the Bucks won the championship. And this season there was also an incident of Irving's reluctance to vaccinate, and then Durant also fell injured, and Harden also frequently injured, causing the Nets' record to decline all the way, and now it is 6 consecutive losses. There were too many unsatisfactory things for the Big Three, which made the Nets have the idea of trading.
More importantly, Harden doesn't seem to be working at the Nets, and his recent performance has been very bad. Harden averaged only 22.5 points, 8 boards and 10.2 assists per game this season, and averaged only 33.2% of three-point shooting per game, which is far from the original scoring champion Harden. And Harden has played worse recently, against the Kings, Harden shot 2 of 11 in a single game, only got 4 points, 7 boards, 12 assists and 6 turnovers, against the Suns, he also shot 6 of 19, and recently he continued to miss the game because of the problem of hamstring. There are so many problems, the Nets are intolerable, and the 76ers are negotiating, hoping to get back some quality chips.
The so-called big three lineup, one can only play away, one is injured for a long time, the other is also frequently injured, and can not work. The Nets management is also very embarrassed! They have spent money this season, the team's total salary is second only to the Warriors, and the luxury tax is hundreds of millions. Now not only to give so much money, but also likely not to win the championship, management is in a hurry is also normal. And Durant is a bit embarrassed, leaving the Warriors' Big Three lineup, I can't imagine such an embarrassing situation now. He still renewed his contract too early, and completed the extension with the Nets in the offseason, signing a four-year, $194 million contract. Now Durant wants to go is difficult, if Harden and Irving are gone, I don't know how Durant will feel?