The most exciting news before the trade deadline is that Harden was traded to the 76ers, Harden only spent two seasons in the Nets, the short Nets career was generally unsuccessful, the Nets Big Three played together only 16 games because of injuries, and Harden as the latest member, but the most playing time of the three, even higher than Irving, the Nets also failed to achieve the dream of a championship, they lacked Irving in last year's playoffs, Harden also could not find the state because of hamstring injuries. Only Durant struggled to support himself, and finally could not escape the fate of being defeated by the Bucks. Supposedly, this season should be a season of revenge for the Nets' big three, they have reason to let fans see their ability, but reality finally beat the dream, Irving can only play on the road because of refusal to vaccinate, Durant is also absent due to injury, and the team can only be carried by Harden on his shoulders.
The reason for Harden's departure is also controversial, the main reason is that Harden does not like the role played in the Nets, he is still the team's main ball carrier like the Houston Rockets at the Nets, and harden joined the Nets is to hope that he can no longer be like the Rockets. And for Irving's "part-time playing" state Harden did not clearly show dissatisfaction, but the relationship between the two is still some estrangement, in short, no matter what the reason, now Harden is coming to a new environment, and 76 people also attach great importance to Harden, according to the Philadelphia reporter, 76 people to Harden specially hired a hamstring injury expert to help Harden recover, this expert specializes in hamstring injuries, has published many public papers on this, he will cooperate with Harden for a long time. Harden's misdiagnosis during the Nets' treatment of a hamstring injury this season led to repeated injuries and ultimately affected his performance in the playoffs.
However, Maddy's words caused people to speculate, Maddy visiting TNT about James Harden, he said that Harden is a fraud, Harden has previously missed the last 4 games in the Nets due to hamstring tension, after the transaction, Harden has not yet represented the 76ers. Maddy said: "We all knew that the 76ers were his first choice before going to the Nets. When he was in trouble, he wanted to leave, and he didn't fight. He wasn't injured, he wasn't injured, he just wasn't fighting. You think he's hurt now? You can't play back steps during hamstring rehabilitation. Harden practiced the retreat jumper several times in the 76ers' training video. Harden also played a 4-point battle before being traded, so it seems that Harden was frustrated by the team's successive losses, and finally forced the palace management to choose a trade on the grounds of injury, but this is just other people's speculation about how no one knows, and if harden is really injured, the 76ers will not spend so much effort to hire experts for Harden.
Although many people are skeptical about Harden's hamstring injury, Harden's MRI results show that he does have inflammation in his legs, but it is possible that the injury is not to the point where he needs a truce, from the Harden training video, he can still complete a lot of actions, and it is exactly what Maddy said, if there is a real truce injury, it is impossible to make such a smooth step back, it may be just a small problem, more likely is that Harden is not happy about the experience in the Nets. Harden joined the Nets just for one thing is to win the championship, which is Harden's most urgent goal at present, and Irving and Durant already have a championship in hand, so their desire to win the championship may not be as strong as Harden, and the Nets' state this season will obviously not be a strong contender for the championship, as long as Irving does not vaccinate the Nets' strength is difficult to fully play, the strong desire in the heart may prompt Harden to choose to leave on this grounds.
Although Harden has repeatedly said that his departure has little to do with Irving, but think carefully about this kind of thing on anyone will not be very happy, if it is not the Nets really lack of manpower, Irving may not even be able to play on the road now, a player with the top three salaries of the whole team can not even enter the court, watching the team struggle on the verge of losing but can not even help a little, what will other players think? Especially for Harden, he is still the most bitter and tired of the big three, how many times he has come out with an injury just to help the team, but look at his most needed teammates, but lying down to make money, how can this make Harden feel balanced in his heart, not to mention that Harden and Irving are the same league hot stars, Harden naturally does not want to choose to fight for the team, since you can truce, then I can also be absent due to injury.
Through some of the views that Harden inadvertently expressed in the interview, it can be seen that Harden is not satisfied with Irving's state, Harden said at the press conference that he hopes to play with players who want to win, which invisibly points the finger at Irving lying at home, and Durant did his best like Harden before he was injured. To be honest, I'm not surprised by Harden's departure, at the beginning of this season, people were worried that the team would be affected, Irving's behavior has seriously disturbed the atmosphere in the dressing room, I believe that after the loss everyone will more or less have some resentment towards Irving, and Harden just made another choice to chase the championship, Embiid and Harden are eager to win the championship to prove themselves, both of them are desperate to succeed.
Even if Harden forced the Palace Nets to trade with injuries, this can only blame the Nets for not handling Owen well at the beginning, this time bomb will be detonated sooner or later, and now Harden's departure is a beginning, and Harden does not want to bring so many memories to the city when the Rockets are at the Nets, but Harden at least gives everything unreservedly, harden still assumes the responsibility of leadership when Durant and Irving are not there, but all this situation makes Harden feel frustrated and bored, Harden also knows that this will be a bottomless pit, And in the playoffs, he will have very few helpers. Whatever the reason, harden has made a choice, so let's chase after his goals, and now he has an all-star teammate by his side, and he has come to the city he once wanted to come to.