Harden never seems to have merged with the Nets, and those who believe in Harden seem to be disappointed again.
Judging from the sound inside the Nets after Harden was traded, he did not get a lot of people's likes. His departure did not cause many people to be upset, on the contrary, many people responded positively.
Owen: In the end everyone was happy, and we got hints that Harden wanted to be traded.
Mills: Let's focus more on the task at hand.
Griffin: We get some players who want to come here and are willing to play.
Nash: Bency has breathed life into us.
Durant: Excited about the new team.
These people definitely represent the most important few people of the Nets, and from the words of these people, we can not see their lament for the loss of Harden, but convey a smooth, natural, relaxed, casual and legitimate feeling. That's how Harden has been in Brooklyn for more than a year and has left the Nets.
That said, Harden didn't make the Nets like him very much. In this article, we analyze the reasons why Harden was not liked, and some basic logic of his departure from the Nets.
As we all know, the Nets are the most attacking team in the league, not one of them, and their strong offensive ability comes mainly from the singles of Durant and Irving, as well as Harden's singles and tandem as the core of the organization. When these elements come together, the Nets are the league's number one team, and no one can compete with them under normal circumstances.
However, the sky is not beautiful, they spend too little time together, and the distractions off the field are starting to become more and more onerous. The two things that had the biggest impact on Harden were Irving's absence and Durant's absence.
Irving's absence also affected Harden's stats and record, mainly affecting the record. And with the increase in Irving's absences, people have become more aware of Harden's needs for the lineup, and they can see Harden's inertia as a superstar. So the increase in Irving's absences actually increases Harden's mental burden as the main controller on the court. We see that until the time of being traded, Harden began to hang up the free card.
Indeed, Irving's absence affected Harden's performance, but Harden's current situation was because some bad traits in his heart were magnified by Irving's absence.
Let's talk about the impact of Durant's absence on Harden.
Durant is actually a bottom-up man, using his powerful ability to tolerate those who are all sides of the unbearable. Durant was also the bottom man of the Warriors system, and he was able to complete the task perfectly until he was injured, which shows Durant's strong inclusiveness. Also after coming to the Nets, Durant was also the bottom man for Irving and Harden.
Harden and Durant have been working together for a long time, and with Durant in it, the Nets have a very small chance of losing so much in a row, and Harden's embarrassment will not be so intense. As long as the record is maintained, and Harden's task is not too heavy, and his need for team building is not so obviously exposed, the Big Three is still a threesome that can be maintained.
Therefore, whether it is Durant or Irving's absence, it directly affects Harden's image and highlights his characteristics of not facing difficulties in difficult times.
That's why Harden has been ridiculed by Paul all along.
Paul sought a contract of 40 million yuan for himself that year, in fact, he had already seen through the Rockets management and Harden's inability to support the wall, so he simply made money, as for the right and wrong, it was left to posterity to comment. Now Paul can still bring the Suns to the first place in the league, and look at Harden's choices in the face of difficulties, the gap between the two realms is clear at a glance.
In fact, the really strong organizational core can always exercise a set of ways to revitalize the whole team, improve the handling ability of some teammates, even if it is difficult, it is necessary to move forward, and in the difficult period of the team, it is more responsible for the team to move forward. The utilitarians of this era have completely transformed these beautiful personal qualities into interest considerations.
When it was determined that the Nets could not provide a favorite lineup type and system of play, Harden did not stop criticizing the team, which the Philadelphia reporter broke the news. Fox Sports' Philadelphia correspondent Yaron Weitzman reported that sources revealed that Harden wanted everything to revolve around him while he was with the Nets, especially on the offensive end of the team. After the idea was rejected, Harden would "ducked into his shell at times" from time to time, and he would even criticize his teammates and coaches at NBA insiders who sat on the sidelines watching the game.
We see two facts: one is that Harden wants to play in the Rockets era and is rejected, and the other is that Harden criticizes his teammates and coaching staff. Two facts suggest that Harden tried to extend his power to become the first star of the family, but no one supported it, and then he was dissatisfied with the upper echelons of the team.
These events are essentially similar to those with Paul's incompatibility.
Because it is impossible to be the boss of the team, it is impossible to command the team in the first person, then it is criticized, it is negative, and it does not cooperate, which has become a feature of Harden. This trait eventually took him away from both teams. Back to the Thunder period, even childhood, Harden has long had the ambition to be the boss to get ahead, and now he can't do the boss to give advice, which should also be related to the heroic ambition of his youth.
However, what we want to say is that if a person wants to achieve the ultimate great cause, the most important point is to be able to cooperate with people who are better than himself, and not to fight for power and profit as the ultimate goal, otherwise success is difficult to come. Harden seems to lack luck, but in fact, he lacks the temperament and responsibility, and is likely to repeat the same mistakes in Philadelphia.
Philadelphia's Embiid, on the single ability is not as good as Durant, the key moment to save the game is not as good as Durant, how to bear Harden's key moment? Harden's blind desire to be in charge and continue to maintain his prosperous play style in the Rockets moment can convince Embiid?
We can only say that Harden's peak has passed, the rocket-like pleasure is no longer there, harden will face change in the face of thirty-something age, Philadelphia will eventually be a bloody storm...