16 games, harden, Durant and Irving played together; 365 minutes, is the time the Big Three played on the court; the Eastern Conference Semifinals, the highest achievement of the duo; this morning, the era belonging to the Nets Big Three officially came to an end.
The Nets sent Harden and Millsap to Simmons, Seth Curry, Chuang Shen, and an unprotected 2022 first-round pick and a protected 2027 first-round pick.
There is no doubt that in Harden's deal, the Nets lost money. In order to trade from the Rockets to Harden, the Nets used Le Vere, Allen, Prince and the unprotected first-round picks for 2022, 2024 and 2026, as well as the first round swaps in 2023, 2025 and 2027.
Of course, as long as the Nets trade Harden, then they will definitely lose. With Harden's current state, it is difficult to change to a chip similar to that of a year ago. The Nets also did not want to trade Harden, and wanted Harden to stick to it for a season, just like the Raptors did to Leonard.
Harden is not going to go for a day or two, when he saw that Irving never vaccinated, when he saw the Nets management's attitude towards Irving, Harden's mind was no longer here with the Nets, and he knew that such a team would definitely not be able to win the championship.
What did Harden come to the Nets for? Not to reunite with big brother Durant, nor to be a nanny for the Nets, but to win the championship and really stand on the commanding heights of the entire league. In order to get to the Nets, he almost tore his face.
A year passed, the road to winning the championship gradually drifted away, and this time he did not tear his face again. According to Woj, Harden wanted to be traded to the Philadelphia 76ers, but did not publicly apply for a deal because of public criticism.
Durant praised the report, believing he also knew what the third brother was thinking. This is a point that I think Durant is very grandfatherly, he did not keep Harden, but let Harden go, the meaning of praise is probably to say sorry, the big brother can only accompany you to here.
76 people are definitely making money, making a lot of money. They used a player they didn't want to use + two first-rounders + Curry Jr. to change to an MVP-level player like Harden. Even if Harden's state declines significantly this season, he is still a player of that level despite injury factors.
The combination of Harden and Embiid is enough to give people unlimited reverie, and the inside and outside lines that were once the most capable of making free throws in the league have joined forces, and they did not dare to imagine it until a year ago. Of course, it is too early to say that the 76ers have the strength to compete for the championship, depending on how effective the run-in effect of the second half of the season is.
To facilitate the deal, Harden executed next season's player options, which means Harden will have to spend at least one and a half seasons with the 76ers. If Harden doesn't win the championship this year and next year, it's really fate.
The Nets traded to Simmons and Curry Jr., can you say how good the stop loss is? Not necessarily. Simmons, a man who has been characterized by everyone as a professionalism close to nothing, not to mention how he plays on the court, can you guarantee that he will always be happy with the Nets?
Moreover, what kind of player Simmons is, everyone knows, the regular season abuse dish brush three-double can also be, to the playoffs immediately exposed, and even the coach criticized two sentences after the game, and chose to leave the team in a huff.
Curry Jr.'s outside shots are of course above the standard, but while shooting well, he is also a defensive loophole. The Nets already have a Mills, plus a small Curry, and it's hard to stay on the court at the same time.
So should Nets fans blame Harden? Of course not. Nets fans who really have a number in mind should be generous enough to let Harden go, wish Harden all the best in Philadelphia, and weakly add a sentence that we will see each other at the top.
The reason why the Nets have become what they are now is not to blame Harden's imminent departure, not to Nash's mediocre level, and even to the alphabet brother who stepped on Irving last season, everyone knows that there is a person who should carry all the pots.
But the Nets can't cut Irving directly, and the trade can't be traded, so they can only let him play part-time. Harden hates Owen, and Durant can't do anything in the middle, so in the end, Harden can only go, Durant likes, and Owen continues to work part-time.
When Owen left the Knight, I quoted a quote from Gu Long at the end of the article: "There is a kind of person in this world who can do anything, whether he is male or female, you can't figure it out, just because you are not this kind of person." ”
Harden can't think straight, Durant can't figure it out, we can't figure it out, just because we're not that kind of person.