In a regular season game that ended the day before, the Nets lost 111-115 on the road to the Bulls, which was their 11th consecutive loss, after which their record reached 29-27, continuing to rank 8th in the East, but the advantage ahead of the 9th place Hornets was further compressed.
With Durant consistently sidelined due to injury and Irving alone, the Nets' loss is not surprising, and surprisingly, Harden, who has been traded out, has once again been pushed to the forefront. Many people believe that Harden played some disgraceful tricks after being traded, on the one hand, he left Brooklyn and achieved the purpose of being traded in a way that was similar to "forcing the palace"; on the other hand, he rubbed and rubbed after the trade, and the delay in reporting indirectly led to the Nets losing.
After a game at the Net, a journalist named Frank Isola slammed Harden and called on the league to step in. He believes that if Harden reports to Philadelphia in time, Drummond and Curry Jr. will catch up with the game against the Heat, in which the Nets' inside Sharp committed five fouls, which led to a rotation crisis in the team's interior and eventually lost the game.
But then again, frank Isola's complaint has some merit, but it's not easy to get the alliance to step in to investigate the matter. Because of the league's rules, players have 48 hours to report after being traded, and Harden completed the report at the allotted time. However, because he had not completed the medical examination before, the transaction could not be officially concluded.
More than a year ago, Harden also coerced the Rockets to complete the trade in a "forced palace" manner, joined the Nets as desired, and now in less than two seasons, he has left Brooklyn in an incongruous way. Now in Philadelphia, can his and Embiid's combination succeed and realize his championship dream?