James Harden joined Philadelphia as he wished, and Philadelphia bought Harden + Millsap for the price of Simmons, Curry Jr., Zhuang Shen, and two future first-round picks, and such a trading chip could not be compared with the Nets' trade with Harden from the Rockets at that time. Because Philadelphia knew that Harden wanted to come, they directly refused to add Maxi and Sebel to the trade, otherwise Harden could jump out of the contract and join as a free agent in the offseason. Harden's player option contained the Nets' throat, and Tsai had to trade.
According to the latest news, James Harden has not yet executed his player option for next season after the deal is closed, and according to the details of the previous trade, Harden's execution of the player option is part of the deal. Philadelphia isn't worried, though, and both the team and Harden are currently confident and good about their long-term partnership.
But ESPN reporter Raymond Shelburn exposed a lot of news that was not good for Harden: 1. Harden concealed his contact with other players, on the one hand, he told GM Max and boss Tsai Chongxin not to believe the outside rumors, if he wanted to leave, he would personally tell, but he from a variety of agents, third-party agent teams to trade to leave the team, and Harden also used a free agent service. (Eventually leads to the news being exposed)
2. Harden's lifestyle is still the same as that of his 20s, he is attached to bars and nightclubs, and as his age increases, his recovery from life is declining, especially for a player who has suffered a hamstring injury, it is difficult to recover from the competitive state in a short period of time, which is also the reason for Harden's continued blessing.
3. In fact, Durant learned early on that Harden wanted to leave the Nets, as early as January, Simmons' agent Rich Paul had a meeting with Durant's agent Kleiman, when Durant strongly resisted Harden's plan to replace Simmons, but in the end Durant failed to keep Harden.
4. Before Harden was traded to the Nets, he wanted to join forces with Embiid, he once hoped that the Rockets would get Embiid, but in the end Fertitta could not do it, Harden wanted to leave the team after he wanted to be traded to Philadelphia, Simmons also wanted to be traded to the Rockets, but the Nets cut off, which made all three parties very uncomfortable.
Harden concealed his desire to leave the team and showed loyalty to management, which is obviously a two-sided approach, in other words, a change of direction to apply for a trade, because in the end it is still forced to force the team. Last offseason he turned down a four-year, $161 million early contract extension, when he wanted to leave the team. Is this a replica of Durant's 2016 summer operation?
Durant told Pretis that he would renew his contract with the team, let the Warriors meet with multiple people, and finally joined the Warriors as a free agent.
Text/Yan Xiaobai