Let's take a look at the deal between the Nets and the Digitals, who have Simmons, Curry Jr., the 22-year first round, the 27-year protected first-rounder, two second-round picks, and $2 million in cash, while the Nets have only Harden and Millsap! Just from the perspective of the trading value of the personnel, in fact, the Nets are small profits! Why? If nothing else, Deng Ge obviously has an idea, the trade is not a loss, although the Nets did not get the desired Sable and Maxi, but in essence Simmons is the main chip in this deal. In addition, the Nets also got two good first rounds and two second rounds, and no matter how you look at the Nets, they are winners.
But the profit of the transaction can not be seen in this way, and the digital team of the trade Nets is obviously to get a part of what they want, but things have to look forward, when the Nets traded to Harden, it was such a chip. Allen, Le Vere, Prince and Kurucs, of which Allen and Le Vere are not to mention, these are standard instant players, and they will all be extremely talented players in the future. In terms of draft picks, the Nets' 2022, 2024 and 2026 unprotected first-round picks, as well as the Nets' swaps for 4 unprotected draft picks in 2021, 2023, 2025 and 2027, were all sent.
The Nets basically put all the draft picks for the next few years in order to get Harden and a second-round pick, and there are several talented players, which is to empty the future of the team. In another way, the Nets traded Harden's chips for the current Simmons and some draft picks and Curry Jr. Looking at it this way, the Nets can no longer dare to say that it is a small profit, but a blood loss! Because Harden has only played one season in the Nets, the Big Three has only played 16 games together, and the Nets want the effect is that they have not played a single point, but the Nets have paid a huge price for it.
Of course, for the Nets, it was almost a desperate bet at the beginning, that is, to form the Big Three, and Boss Cai's goal is also very clear that he is to win the championship, but last season the Nets lost to Durant's shoe size, it was almost a little, maybe the fate of the Nets changed. And if the Nets didn't trade Harden last season and didn't make a big change in the lineup, maybe the Nets really have the possibility of winning the championship this season. After all, Harden's injury state limited by his leg fluctuated greatly after the season, and for a long time he was led by Durant's single core, and if there was no deal at that time, maybe the Nets could really win.
But now it's too late to say anything, Harden and Simmons are already swap owners, and from this deal, the Nets are a stop loss, and it is not necessarily said that the Nets have a 100% blood loss, after all, the Nets are still looking forward to this season. If Simmons can bring the team to the end with Durant or even say that he won the championship, then everything he has done before is worth it, after all, the goal of the Nets is to win, no matter how many players are fighting, how many draft picks are sent out, as long as they can win the championship, everything is good to say.