preface:
The Brooklyn Nets in the last week have been shaky and undercurrents, all aimed at James Harden. The losing streak tore off the Nets' last fig leaf, and everyone blamed Harden for the team's loss, but Harden is the player with the most appearances among the Big Three. Harden came to the Nets to chase the championship, not to Brooklyn, and the Rockets' MVP shouldn't be treated like this!
Sacrifice is not a matter of course
Harden came to the Nets, the team formed the Big Three, and the team with three superstars had to have someone to make sacrifices, just like Ray Allen and Bosh, but the sacrifice of the two of them went through a season of running-in, and Harden was ready to sacrifice himself since he came to the Nets. From the moment he joined, he positioned himself on the body of the three bosses, reducing the number of shots, increasing weight, and improving the team's defense, which is harden's most direct performance in two seasons.
Due to the trade of Harden, the Nets paid a big inside line like Allen, so the team's interior defense is worrying, although Harden plays the position of point guard at the offensive end, but it is really time to defend, he even has to make up for the deficit on the inside line, which is also the reason for his weight gain, but the weight gain has completely reduced Harden's speed, two seasons, Harden's average score per game and the Rockets period are very different. Pushing backs has slowed down, and the ability of positional warfare to tear apart the opposing defense has decreased, but Harden has done all this to make the team better, after all, Durant and Irving do not need to worry about the team's offensive firepower at all. However, what Harden did not expect was that he originally planned to be the third boss, and as a result, this season, the Duo and the two could not play in succession, once again pushing him from behind the scenes to the front of the stage. However, in order to adapt to his role, he has made a change, and it will take time for Harden to suddenly become the all-powerful offensive killer of that Rockets period. But who cares about the fans?
As long as Harden does not play well, doubts will be overwhelming. Nets fans feel that Harden's sacrifice is deserved, because Harden is an outsider, he is here to form a team, so he should do it. But this is a little too unfair for Harden, here Harden from an all-star starter to a substitute and MVP is also gradually drifting away, taking the initiative to contribute to the team, but also suffered from unwarranted insults, is Harden an outsider should be bullied. Listening to the Boos of the Nets' home stadium, I really feel that Harden is not worth it, and there are such fans Harden's own heart is also a lot cold. Thinking back to that year, tens of thousands of fans at the Rockets home shouted MVP, cheering for Harden, the city hero, and then look at the nets fans now, it is really ironic.
Back the pot, not only Harden
Consecutive failures, consecutive poor state, make Harden the Nets' current bad state of the pot man, however, if a team's problems are all blamed on a player, this is absolutely unreasonable, the Nets' current cauldron really can not be carried by Harden alone. From the management to the coaching staff to the players, no one in the Nets can say that it has nothing to do with the team's loss. For management, they are responsible, and the total salary of players who are missing due to injury currently in the team has reached nearly $80 million. Looking at what kind of people Harden currently has with a bunch of players playing, it is nothing more than some benches with a basic salary, some marginal people who have no playing time in other teams, and some fledgling hairy boys, even players like Sharp and Edwards can come to the starting lineup, it is enough to see how difficult this team is today. High-salary renewal of Joha, a player who can't play a hard battle, is a pit for the team, in vain to let go of Green, Shamet a few reliable substitutes, Harden is indeed a super giant is the king of assists, but it is difficult for a woman to cook without rice, on this gang of people Harden alone really can't win.
Superstars also need to carry the pot, a basketball player's job is to play basketball, but the Nets' Owen does not think so, he takes purdue sentient beings, saves the dawn people as his own responsibility, insists on his illusory ideals, and does not hesitate to do some violations of the rules, if he is vaccinated early, maybe he can help Harden now, but Owen is not willing to do this, such a non-professional player is really rare. But the Nets fans protect the calves, preferring to spray Harden rather than black Irving, is it really so important to come first and then come?
There are also problems with the coaching staff, Nash is a good player, but not every good player can become a good coach, coaching for two years, has not yet created an effective system for the Nets, the Nets' starting lineup has been changed back and forth, how can this maintain the stability of the team? One moment Griffin started first and was hidden by the snow, without a set of reliable tactics, Harden could only feel the stones to cross the river, and he fought very hard. Even fans can see that Durant and Irving are all golden attributes, as long as the system is built according to Harden's characteristics, the Nets are not far from winning the championship, but how can Nash not understand it? The use of the ball core as Drummond Green is really the first time such a coach has been seen!
epilogue
How beautiful it was when he came, how lonely Harden is now, originally going to chase the championship with his former teammates, but he did not think that he had become the back of this team, perhaps from the beginning of the wrong road. But there is no one in the world who sells regret medicine, this is a decision made by Harden himself, no matter how difficult the road is, he will go to the black alone. Maybe in the dead of night, Harden also misses the red country that regarded him as a superhero!