In the final moments when the door to the trading market was closed, the Nets finally made a trading decision — sending Harden and Millsap to the 76ers in exchange for Simmons, Curry Jr., Chuang Shen and two first-round picks. According to previous reports, Harden's willingness was the key to the eventual success of the deal; and as the deal finally reached, some insider information was also exposed.
According to league insider Farbod Esnaashari, although the outside world has always thought that the gap between Harden and Irving led to the transaction, in fact, the relationship between Harden and Durant is not harmonious, and the two have conflicts on many topics, including team culture.
Fox sports reporter Yaron Weitzman's report confirmed this from the side, according to him, Harden has always wanted the Nets to design tactics around themselves, but Durant and Nash have explicitly refused to do so.
Something even more interesting happened around the time of the Harden trade, as early as before the deal happened, Durant liked the news that Harden wanted to join the 76ers, and after the transaction, Durant said that everyone got what they wanted. Later, during the All-Star selection period, Durant chose the former between Gobert and Harden.
It is worth mentioning that Durant and Harden have been teammates as early as the Thunder period, although they did not succeed in helping the team win the final championship at that time, but the relationship between them is at least quite harmonious, but this time the cooperation is obviously not as harmonious as the last time.