On February 15, Beijing time, Philadelphia officially announced that Harden officially withdrew from the 2022 NBA All-Star Game, and he will miss a week or so to recover from a left leg hamstring injury. According to previous reports, Harden will make his debut in tomorrow's game against the Green Army, and he can't play now. The all-star captain selection a few days ago, Deng Ge was selected in the last place.
The team released Harden's first training photos, and Deng Ge and the Emperor were very happy. Rivers said: "The team plans to have Harden train for multiple teams after the All-Star (Feb. 21). It's not hard to integrate Harden into the team's offense, and everyone knows what he's good at and what he can do. ”
Commentator Perkins said: "A lot of people like to say ' Harden is going downhill, out of shape'. But it seems to me that Harden just doesn't want to play with Irving anymore, he doesn't want to play under the Nets' team culture. You can look forward to Embiid + Harden, who have a chance to be the next OK combination. ”
So far this season, Ha has averaged 22.5 points, 8 rebounds, 10.2 assists, 1.3 steals, 4.8 turnovers, 41.4% from the field, 33.2% from three-point range and 86.9% from the free throw line. Harden's scoring average is a new low since the 2011-12 season, a career low in three-point shooting and the second lowest shooting percentage in his career, only higher than in his rookie season.
Embiid has averaged 29.5 points, 11.1 rebounds, 4.5 assists, 1 steal, 1.5 blocks, shooting 49.2 percent from the field, 36.2 percent from three-point range and 81.4 percent from the free throw line this season. The Emperor played the strongest season of his career: scoring and assists per game were career highs, shooting second high in shooting and third in his career from three-point range.
In the last game against the powerful Cavaliers on the inside, Embiid played 32 minutes and 46 seconds, scoring 40 points, 14 boards and 10 assists. He also became the second player in NBA history to cut a 40+ triple-double in 33 minutes. Who's number one? It was Harden. On January 12, 2019, the Rockets played against the Cavaliers, harden played 30 minutes and scored 43 points, 10 boards and 12 assists.
While the Knights became the backdrop for Embiid's highlight moments, they had a good news today. The NBA officially announced that due to Harden's absence from the All-Star game, Cavaliers center Jarrett Allen was selected to join James. This is Allen's first All-Star selection and the Cavaliers' second All-Star of the season (the other is Garland).
Allen has played in 49 games for the Cavaliers this season, averaging 16.2 points, 11.1 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 1.3 blocks per game, shooting 66.5% from the field (second in the league, behind Gobert's 70.7%)! Allen is the fourth player in NBA history to average 15+10 per game with 65% + shooting, with the remaining three being Chamberlain, Gilmore and Gobert.
The Cavaliers are currently in third place in the East and are the venue for this All-Star. Whether it is the team performance, or personal data, It makes sense that Allen replaced Harden. In fact, Allen and Arden have another layer of origin, in January 2021 as part of Harden's big deal, Allen was traded to the Cavaliers by the Nets.
Leaving the Nets wasn't a bad thing for Allen. In the final days of the Nets, the team asked Allen to play Jordan Jr. as a substitute. Once in the Cavaliers, he became the inner core of the team. In August 2021, the Cavaliers gave Allen a five-year, $100 million contract extension. At that time, many people were not optimistic about Allen, but he proved that he deserved a big contract with his performance.
It's interesting to see a fan's comment: Harden, who gave up the Nets, Aaron, who made the Nets give up. Maybe in the playoffs, Aaron and Harden still have a chance to meet, are you looking forward to it?