Last season, the Nets traded Harden to form the super big three, suddenly making the Nets the biggest favorite, and the power of the three was really outstanding, but unfortunately they lost to injuries in their first season. Unexpectedly, after playing halfway this season, Harden began to be a little dissatisfied, the trade deadline officially left, was traded to 76ers, and the big three did not arrive for 2 seasons, and they were dissolved.
At the beginning, the outside world was infinitely optimistic, but I did not expect that the results of the three people were only in the Eastern Conference semifinals, which was still quite disappointing. After feeling Harden's emotions, the Nets also moved quickly to avoid going nothing in the offseason, and now they can get Simmons, Curry Jr., Drummond and 2 first-round picks. In this way, the Big Three officially disintegrated, but the Nets do not seem to end there, may completely overthrow the Big Three, and the next departure is likely to be Irving.
Zach Lowe revealed 3 key factors, the first is that the Nets originally intended to renew Irving's contract with the highest salary, but after Irving refused to vaccinate, the Nets refused to provide the contract.
Originally, the Nets planned to extend the big three in advance in the offseason last year, first with Durant's potential contract, followed by Harden and Irving, but at this time, Irving could not play in the home game without vaccination, so Irving was unwilling to provide the team, Harden was rejecting the team contract, and the team also began to have a situation.
Second, Irving left the team for a long time last season, which is one of the reasons the team got Harden from the Rockets trade.
In other words, the Nets traded to Harden for Irving, and they also paid for it at the time. At that time, after Harden joined, the effect was also obvious, leading the team to the first position in the East. Unexpectedly, this season, Irving was directly unable to play at the beginning, and Harden was going to become Harden in the Rockets period, which also made him a little frustrated. After Irving became part-time, Harden said bluntly in an interview: I'll go back and give him a shot.
Third, if emotions continue to spiral out of control, the Nets will send Irving away.
Irving has player options next season, the possibility of becoming a free agent, and then choosing a team he wants to play for. If there are no good results this season, then Irving may also be traded away, after all, he is the team's time bomb, once not handled well, may be separated again.