On February 11, Beijing time, the Nets played against the Wizards away from home, and the Nets lost to the Wizards at the end of the game. Although the Wizards are short of major generals, and although the Nets have Irving, it is really difficult to say whether the Nets can win now, after all, the current Nets have encountered many problems, if Irving can not have enough people around to stand up to help the team, then the Nets want to win is a very difficult thing. Indeed, Irving lacked enough help in this game, and performed badly on the defensive end, and the Nets eventually lost to the Wizards.
Irving still has a good personal performance in this game, but unfortunately Irving still did not lead the team to win the game. After Harden was traded out, in fact, Irving here received a lot of criticism, after all, the Nets are a good future, but because Irving can not go to the vaccine, so the Nets have not ushered in the complete body of the Nets' big three, so in the eyes of many fans, Irving is one of the reasons that led Harden to leave the Nets, after all, Harden finally wants to get the championship, but if the Nets lack Irving, then they want to compete for the championship is still a very difficult thing, In the end, under such circumstances, the Nets still chose to trade Harden, and after this game, Irving talked about Harden when he was also a showdown.
Talking about his in-and-out status, Owen said: "I saw some things that might have an impact on [James Harden], but who knows? Speaking of Harden, Owen said: "I don't want to judge him, and I don't belittle James [Harden]. I want him to be happy, and I want everyone in this league to be happy. Obviously, Irving still understands Harden's decision here, and Irving must also understand that he can't play the home game or has some impact on Harden, although Irving did not directly admit it, but this must be a factor in Harden's departure. But no matter how Harden has been traded by the Nets, the current Nets must hope that Simmons will help the team, and Simmons has been recognized by the Nets here.
When it comes to Simmons, Owen bluntly says: "When I watch Simmons play, I find that he can play a lot of different skills on the court. I saw that he could hit a lot of different positions. Nash also said: "We want him to do a lot of things for us. I think it's his talent: super athleticism, being able to defend and pass the ball at the same time, incredibly good at switching offenses, being able to hold the ball and block people in blocking. At the same time, Griffin and Mills also think that Simmons will bring help to the Nets, so Simmons still has the support of The Nets players, which is good for the Nets to quickly find chemistry.
At the same time, when it comes to whether this season is still confident of competing for the title, Griffin said: "We are confident. Obviously we still have work to do, but we have absolute confidence. It can be said that the current Griffin is also outspoken, although Harden left the Nets to make the Nets look like the strength is declining, but Griffin here still think that the Nets can compete for the championship, but this requires Simmons to play the past defensive ability and organizational ability, more importantly, Irving can play a complete game, plus Durant here can also stay healthy, if the Nets can achieve such a thing, then the Nets still have the opportunity to compete for the championship this season, In particular, Irving's importance to the Nets here is self-evident, and the Nets need Irving to play in the home game.