When Harden joined the Nets, the team seemed destined to win at least a few NBA championships. In addition to Harden, this team already has a superstar duo of Irving and Durant. Unfortunately, the Nets' super-team experiment failed, as Harden was recently traded to the Philadelphia 76ers in exchange for Ben Simmons, Curry Jr. and others.
Nowadays, the focus of the Nets' argument is no longer Harden, but Irving. He has been part of the controversy since Irving left the Cavaliers. He was like that when he was with the Green Army, and things haven't changed since he joined the Nets.
At the start of the 2021-22 NBA season, the league required players to be vaccinated to ensure that the game went smoothly. But Owen never planned to get vaccinated. As a result, he missed most of the games of the season. It wasn't until last month that Irving returned to the Nets as a part-time player.
Owen's selfish behavior has been widely criticized by the media. But teammate Durant still chose to side with Irving. In a recent interview, KD loudly defended Owen and gave reasons he thought were reasonable.
"Irving has been an easy scapegoat for everyone, especially for the media and fans, who like to use Irving as a scapegoat for a lot of issues. So it's easy to blame him. ”
In the same interview, Durant also defended former teammate Harden, who was traded. So it's clear that Durant doesn't like to hear negative news about his brooklyn Nets current or former teammates.
While it's nice to see Durant do this, if the Nets fail to win the NBA championship, Irving's approach is bound to come under a tidal wave of criticism. With Ben Simmons joining, the Nets will have to quickly complete the lineup run-in. However, Irving will have to miss the game for a long time because of the recent games, and the Nets are going to stay in New York.