Beijing time on February 11 news, the Brooklyn Nets finally traded James Harden to the Philadelphia 76ers, the result is very simple, but there are still many little-known things behind this deal.
First of all, there is Irving's side, and he wants Harden to leave.
Joe Vardon from The Athletic mentioned such an interesting point of information in his report, "Irving was prepared for Harden's departure long ago, and a person familiar with the matter revealed that when Owen knew that Harden really wanted to be traded, his idea was to desire all this to happen as soon as possible." ”
"The relationship between them feels very strange, and in private it is easy to feel that Harden is angry about what Irving has done, and Irving doesn't care about that." A source said.
In The Athletic's report also mentioned a specific matter of Harden's dissatisfaction with Owen's words and deeds, on January 17, local time, the Nets challenged the Cleveland Cavaliers away, and before the game in the locker room, Owen held a ceremony (it is reported that the ceremony was designed by local Indians to expel filthy and negative energy things), and some people at the scene recalled that Harden obviously had an opinion on this matter.
"Harden was sitting in front of the locker, looking at Irving, and it was obvious that he had three heads (dissatisfaction)." Insiders recalled.
Second, Nash, he didn't want to see Harden go, even at the last minute.
Three hours before the trade, Nash mentioned whether Harden would leave, saying, "I'm the same as I thought before, there's no change, there's no reason to change, I'll stick to my point (Harden won't leave)." ”