Before going to bed last night, Nash's sentence "Harden will remain in the Nets after the trade deadline" is still in his ears, and when he woke up this morning, Kaige directly looked confused: Do you talk like a Nets coach? Didn't you say that Good Deng ge wouldn't go? Actually cheating on the feelings of the majority of fans such as me?
But think about it, in fact, Harden's trade is imperative, the Nets can now sell back valuable chips, and once Harden jumps out of the contract this offseason, it will not be able to catch. Desperate to gamble, it seems that there is no need for that...
In the end, the deal Brooklyn and Philadelphia were also happy, the Nets added Curry Jr. as a pitcher, Simmons also fit the tactical requirements of Nash's change of defense, and the 76ers formed a Harden + Embiid internal and external double without losing too many role players.
Does this combination make you start to think about it?
Since the 1960s and 1970s, the combination of one inner and one external double superstar has been regarded as the standard configuration of the team for a long time, and many teams have achieved success by this, such as Sky hook + magician, big dream + glider, Malone + Stockton, Kobe + O'Neal... At first glance, Harden + Embiid are also a pair worth looking forward to, but to be honest, I am still not optimistic that the 76ers can win the championship under their leadership.
Harden hasn't partnered with the top interior before, yes, I'm talking about Howard. The ending of the "Morden Combination" is really not bad, and Harden's experience with Howard only shows one thing: he is not suitable for playing with those inside lines who love to live.
What is love? In today's league, that's Jokic, it's Downs, and of course Embiid... More technically, they often act as the starting point rather than the endpoint for the offense, but harden needs just an endpoint.
According to the NBA's official website, Embiid is the favorite low-level singles player this season, averaging 8.2 rounds per game, a high proportion of 30.6%. In contrast, he averaged 3.5 rounds of blocking as a coverer per game, with a weight of only 13.1%, which is slightly higher than the jump shot (11.9%).
What about Harden? The most common offensive method he uses this season is the strong side of the ball singles and the ball to initiate the demolition, the data is also very coincidental, are averaging 7.6 rounds per game, accounting for 31.8%, of which the strong side of the ball singles even ranked first in the league.
The question is, these two people play together, who do you let adapt to whom?
Embiid transformed into a cake eater? His strong low-post offensive ability was directly wasted. Harden switched to playing without the ball? Sorry, since leaving the Thunder to become the Rockets boss, bearded man's no-ball ability is basically negligible, and he himself is not used to this style of play.
Another very important point is that Embiid is not yet 28 years old, which is the golden age of a professional player, and currently leads the league's scoring average per game, and is also very high in the official MVP list, and it is very likely to gain his first scoring champion of his career + regular season MVP, you let him willingly give the 32-year-old Harden a hand? inexistent!
Of course, Harden is certainly not willing to be subordinated. Although Beard has not been in good shape this season and lost the all-star starting position, no matter how to say that it is also a MVP + three-time scoring champion, 90% of the thoughts in Philadelphia are - young man, I have come to take you to the championship!
If you want to get these two big guys together and pinch them together, you have to see how Lao Li boils chicken soup. However, pure chicken soup is not a top thing, how to compromise on the tactics also requires the coach to scratch the scalp, if it is not handled well, 1 + 1<2 is very likely to happen.
In addition, in this deal, the 76ers did not lose their outside defense, and both Maxi and Sebel remained on the player list, but embarrassingly, they gave up an outside shooter with a 40% three-point shooting rate, and their ability to open up space has declined. It just so happens that Embiid and Harden are the kind of players who need to match shooters, and in the current regular rotation of the 76ers, only Maxi, Tielin and Niang are left with a three-point shooting rate of more than 36%, and Harden himself has only 33.2% of the three-point shooting rate this season, which is not as good as Embiid and Harris.
Well...... Maybe then someone could consider signing a few cut players to make up for the three-point firepower.
Since Maxi was mentioned, Kaigo had to say one more thing. Originally this season, Maxi took advantage of Simmons' absence, basically already on his feet, personal data to 16.9 points, 3.6 rebounds and 4.8 assists, a look of competing for the fastest improvement award. Now that Harden has come, Maxi is likely to become a no. 1 3D tool man, responsible for carrying the ball through the half + peripheral defense + receiving the ball and shooting three points, organizing the work of tandem to Harden.
Sigh, this treatment, the hearer is sad and the person who sees it weeps...