Before this trade deadline, Harden, who was deeply involved in the transaction scandal, finally left Brooklyn to exchange with Ben Simmons of the Philadelphia 76ers, but Harden, who had just arrived in Philadelphia this week, could not play in the new owner's jersey for the time being, so the last 2 76ers games could only be led by Embiid. In the most recent game between the 76ers and the Cavaliers, Embiid recorded a triple-double of 40 points, 14 rebounds and 10 assists, and his one-man dunk against the Cavaliers' main center, Jarrett Allen, was also impressive during the game.
After the game, the 76ers official media also popped out this photo, and Harden, who just joined the 76ers, just liked this partition photo, which showed that Harden was very satisfied with the new partner he was about to work with. According to relevant information, it is no accident that Harden will usher in the debut of the new owner in the 76ers home game against the Celtics on February 16, when his combination with Embiid can rub out what kind of spark?
In fact, the 76ers have been lacking an all-star point guard who integrates organization and offense in recent years, it is true that Simmons has a high degree of achievement in organization and defense, but on the offensive end, especially the outside projection has always been one of his weaknesses, last season the 76ers won the Eastern Conference dragon throne in the regular season, but in the semifinals and the Hawks clashed out of the cold, Simmons' poor performance on the free throw line, is definitely the "culprit". After letting the team out, Simmons shamelessly completely tore his face with the team, still has not played a game for the team, but also made the 76ers management determined to part ways with him, and just when the relationship between Harden and the Nets was just tense, the two sides hit it off, so that the two superstars in the team were exchanged.
And Harden is exactly the 76ers have been looking for a long time in the backcourt answer, in fact, last season when Harden forced the rockets to trade themselves, the 76ers showed great interest in Harden, but unfortunately did not have the chips that could impress the rocket management, and finally was the Nets to get ahead, and Harden, who went to the Nets, could also hand over the quasi-triple-double data of 24.6 points, 8.5 rebounds and 10.2 assists last season, and the cooperation between Irving and Durant, the two superstars, was particularly tacit. Unfortunately, these three superstars have been plagued by injuries one after another, and in the end, the Nets also lost seven to the Bucks in the semifinals and did not qualify for the East Finals stage.
Last offseason, in order to let the team continue to be competitive, the Nets management has successively introduced Millsap, Mills, Aldridge, James Johnson and other people in the free market, which can allow the team to launch another attack towards the championship this season, resulting in Irving's reluctance to vaccinate here, resulting in him only playing in away games, and recently Durant has also suffered from knee injuries, and the Nets' big three-big combination opportunities are few. Coupled with the disagreement between Harden and coach Nash about his tactical positioning in the team, Harden finally chose to leave Brooklyn for the fourth team of his career, the 76ers.
And the current core of this 76ers is undoubtedly Embiid, this season the Emperor can average a career-high 29.5 points, 11.2 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1 steal 1.5 blocks, in these two games after the 76ers reached a deal, he also continued to show his dominance in the box, to be able to cooperate with Harden such a super giant, Embiid is also very happy, and the two formed Philadelphia's "OK combination", whether the 76ers can rush out of the East this season, let us wait and see.