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Harden left the Nets to join Philadelphia, what is the reason? Some people blame Harden, some people blame Irving, some people blame Nash and the winning group, let's look at it from another perspective, a person's "particularity" is the key.
Harden left the Nets to join Philadelphia
Many experts, team executives and some fans think that Harden's departure from his parent team twice in just 392 days is very unprofessional, but if you look at Harden's situation from another perspective, you may be able to understand why he changed teams again.
Harden, born in 1989, is 33 years old, in the case of personal honor and salary mantle, he is only one championship trophy away, and among the superstars of equal strength, James, Durant, Alphabet Brother, Curry and Leonard, etc., each has its own championship, so Harden's remaining career goal is the only, chasing the championship, the Rockets have been unable to achieve his wishes before he joined the Nets, from this point of view, I really can't blame him! And the Nets?
Last year, the Nets had the opportunity to impact the championship, unfortunately, the alphabet brother's kick made Irving directly reimbursed for the season, Harden returned with injury to give everything he had, but he could only regret to stop in the semifinals. If Irving hadn't been injured last season and the Nets had won the championship, Harden would most likely have stayed and wouldn't have left, no matter what happened this season, because he's achieved what he craved most.
Originally, Harden still wanted to chase this goal in the Nets, but this season, the New York epidemic prevention work requires every home player to be vaccinated to play, the result is that Irving has so far refused to vaccinate, the team lacks a huge star player who averages 25+5+5 per game, and occupies the team's 3500 salary, so before entering 2022, the Nets suffered a wave of three consecutive defeats, if the management at this time is decisive, with Irving as the main chip to return to qualified interior players to strengthen, Harden may not leave, the result?
Irving didn't get vaccinated, and Nash's ability to adjust put the Nets in trouble
The winning group compromised to Irving to acquiesce in his part-time player status, the consequences, Durant was unintentionally hit by Brown to injure his left knee, Irving could not play at home, the Nets entered 2022, 22 games 6 wins and 16 losses, recently suffered a wave of 10 consecutive losses, ranking from the first place in the East at the beginning of the season, the cliff-like decline to the 8th place in the East, not to mention the rush to the championship, even whether he can keep the playoff seat is already unknown, Harden's belief in staying in the team can not waver, after all, his only goal is to impact the championship, and the general trend of the league at this time?
In the East-West pattern, there are probably so many teams with championship strength, the defending champions Bucks, Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls; Phoenix Suns, Golden State Warriors, Jazz, and the Lakers who are still struggling and Philadelphia lacking Simmons, while the first seven teams either do not lack point guards or have no price tag, and Philadelphia just has Sifez's problem to deal with, so Harden has a goal to join, and Embiid has a very important particularity.
Without Simmons, Philadelphia has so far won 33 wins and lost 22 losses in the East, and it is only 2.5 games away from the first Heat, and the key to being able to play such an outstanding record is that Embiid ushered in the peak of his career.
Harden and Embiid are theoretically in tune
So far this season, Embiid has shot 49.2% + 34.8% per game, averaging 29.3 points, 11.1 rebounds, 4.3 assists, 1 steal, 1.5 blocks, and the offensive and defensive ends are MVP-level performances, so Philadelphia can still stand in the ranks of the Eastern Conference giants, but also let them have the capital to rush the championship, and Embiid also has the following three particularities:
1. Embiid is not only a low-post singles Big Mac, he also has excellent mid-range shooting ability, and in theory, he and Harden will be the perfect inside and outside duo.
2. The Bucks have a letter brother, the Heat have Adebayo, the Suns have Ayton, the Lakers have thick eyebrows, the Jazz have Gobert, and most of the championship teams have a top interior line, embiid can respond; while the Warriors and Nets and other teams do not have a top interior configuration, Embiid is in an absolutely dominant position, so compared to the Nets, Philadelphia is a more balanced team inside and outside.
3. Embiid has been playing for 6 years, and he has never tasted the taste of the championship, and he and Harden have the same hunger for the championship.
Therefore, when the Nets have met the demand for the championship, Philadelphia can also provide a trading opportunity, and Embiid's three particularities are very much in line with Harden's goal of rushing the championship, so he chose to leave the Nets to enter Philadelphia, from this point of view, Harden really has no fault, who let the Nets lose the hope of rushing the championship?