On February 15, Beijing time, although Durant was previously interviewed by ESPN, he said that he had no contradictions with Harden. Only now "Open-air Grandstand Sports" reports that there is a contradiction between the two, and that they have never trained together last offseason, and the two have been in a cold war for several months, and even Durant has doubts about the severity of Harden's injury.
Durant's relationship with Harden can be traced back to the Thunder period, when they also formed the Thunder Three, who led the Thunder to the Finals in 2012 and eventually lost to the Big Three Heat to be the runner-up. As for Harden being traded to the Nets last season, Durant and Harden were paired twice, plus Irving to form the Big Three, but they only worked together for more than one season before disintegrating, and the Big Three only played 16 games together.
Harden's dissatisfaction with the Nets is well known, and many US media have repeatedly reported Harden's various complaints about the team, but now "Open-air Stand Sports" is also exposing the contradictions between Durant and Harden, even if they are considered to have a good relationship.
According to the "Open Air Stand Sports" report, Durant originally did not want Harden to leave, but he knew that Harden's Nets career was over, and the transaction was also "approved" by Durant, and only if he allowed the transaction to proceed.
Durant and Harden led the Nets to the Eastern Conference semifinals this season, especially Harden's poor comeback with a hamstring injury. Only last offseason, Durant and Harden never appeared in the training hall together, and Durant was disappointed by Harden's figure.
At the same time, Harden also has a sense of mistakes for Durant, the main reason is that Irving refused to get vaccinated, resulting in the first half of the game can not play, so that Durant and Harden shouldered the heavy responsibility intensified. Durant and Irving were the nets' first choices, and Harden was unhappy with them.
More critically, sources revealed that Harden and Durant have been fighting a cold war in the past few months, which has also made everyone on the team extremely painful.
Durant is also tired of Harden's "duplicitous" approach, after all, Harden's promises to the Nets are lies. As for Harden's absence from the game on the grounds of a right hamstring injury, Durant was even skeptical about the severity of his injury, which is naturally the root cause of the two's inability to continue to work together.
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