On February 19, Beijing time, before the trade deadline, the Nets and the 76ers completed the blockbuster transaction of Harden and Simmons exchange, and the war of words between the two sides did not stop after the completion, and Harden became the focus of attention from the outside world. During this period, Harden was criticized a lot, and the Nets' former teammates did not have a social media voice to say goodbye, and now finally one person has stepped forward.
He is the 22-year-old insider Clarkston, who posted a photo with Harden on social media with a loving expression. Apparently, Clarkston misses Harden a bit, which is also the first Nets player to post a photo with Harden after Harden's trade. For this move, The Nets reporter Chris Milholen said: "Harden is Clarkston's most important mentor, he said a month ago that there is a natural chemistry between him and Harden, Harden helped him realize his potential, I think he just missed Harden around." ”
Around Harden, Clarkston does show some potential to become Capela, and even his talent is higher, but unfortunately he is plagued by injuries this season, always stopping, which still affects him. Clarkston has played only 25 games this season, averaging 9.1 points, 5.6 rebounds and 1.1 blocks per game, averaging 21.2 minutes per game and shooting 63.9 percent from the field. If he is always by Harden's side, then he still has a chance to continue to improve the data, but unfortunately Harden is now gone, and his life at the Nets is not very good.
In harden's trade, the Nets also got Drummond from the 76ers, and his arrival directly became the team's starting center, which also made Clarkston directly lose the rotation. In the last 3 games, Clarkston has all been abandoned, and head coach Nash is also a bit fierce. The key to this is that the Nets have plenty of insiders, Drummond, Aldridge, Griffin are the three currently used by Nash, and rookie Sharp. That may also be why they want to trade Clarkston before the trade deadline.