The 76ers' strong victory over the Bucks may have laid the psychological advantage of competing for the Eastern Conference championship, Harden although he did not play, but played a huge role on the sidelines, if he did not command Maxi to increase the aggressiveness of the breakthrough, Maxi may play a bad game. After the game, some fans pulled on Nets coach Nash, saying that Nash often used Harden to play a lot, that is, he did not want Harden to affect his coaching work on the sidelines. Of course, this is just a joke, but Harden's ball dealer has no doubts, he can help the 76ers win without playing, and people expect what kind of sparks he will have after he and Embiid are combined.
It is reported that regardless of whether the 76ers can win the championship this season, there will be big moves in the summer offseason, and the 76ers are interested in bringing a new giant pair for Harden and Embiid. Harden is already planning to free up more salary space for the 76ers, ready to refuse to execute the player option, not ruling out signing a contract below the top salary. This kind of news comes out, it is certainly difficult to distinguish between true and false, the author believes that Harden must not have time to take care of the summer choice now, with a strong desire to win, he should be very focused on the team's joint training and waiting for the day of his comeback. In fact, it can be predicted that Harden should not dare to copy the operation of taking the initiative to leave the team during the Rockets and Nets period.
So what would make Harden give up the last big contract of his career? It should be the reinforcement trade and sincerity that the 76ers made for the championship. While the 76ers have managed to deal with Simmons' big problem, Harris remains on the team and should focus on trading Harris in the summer. This can match the rumors of the 76ers to introduce a new giant, assuming that Harden really signs a non-top salary contract, and the 76ers have some space in exchange for top players. But there are two superstars who certainly can't join, and they are the Bulls' gem stars DeRozan and LaVine. DeRozan's current form is very hot, a strong contender for MVP, and Lavin will definitely become the Bulls' first core and top salary player in the future.
In addition, if Westbrook and Irving appear in the free agent market, the 76ers will not have the opportunity to get them, in fact, they are not looking at them, Harden and Irving should not be teammates again. There is also The Badly Injured Bill, the Suns hope to send away the tough interior Ayton, these super giants do not have much possibility to join the 76ers. Some self-media suggested that the 76ers should consider the Hornets' new core Miles Bridges, the 23-year-old rising star is likely to quickly grow into the league's new supergiant. Even better, Miles Bridges declined the Hornets' contract extension in the offseason, when Bridges was still reluctant to renew his contract for $60 million.
Perkins has said that if Miles Bridges can stay healthy and in this state, a $100 million contract awaits him. Bridges has many advantages, physical strength is very obvious, the key is excellent coordination, explosive power is more amazing, violent dunks are the signature action, each position can become his shooting point, and often can use the excellent speed to grab a lot of rebounds. Overall, this is a high-margin two-player striker, and isn't the 76ers exactly the kind of top-notch striker? Of course, for Jordan to release people, the 76ers must pay some price.
At present, it can only be said that the self-media's suggestion that the 76ers pursue Bridges is very reasonable, everything has to wait for Harden to make a decision, to give up a big contract of 5 years and 269 million US dollars, it will definitely take time to consider. Let Harden concentrate on playing the season, and after making the final decision in the offseason, watch out if Miles Bridges can become the new giant of the 76ers. In addition, the 76ers can still make some simple trades, such as exchanging Harris for quality 3D players and players willing to be the best sixth person. But it is certain that this kind of transaction is certainly not in Harden's eyes, and it is basically impossible for Harden to give up a super contract. Anyway, the 76ers are back in the stage of impacting the championship, what Iverson can't accomplish, can Harden complete it? Worth looking forward to.