Mid-season trade deadline, the Nets and 76ers pressed the whistle to complete the trade between Harden and Simmons swap, many AMERICAN media believe that the Nets are the ultimate winner, in fact, a bit of self-deception, Harden although the state of this season is not good, but more by the impact of hamstrings and mood, Harden's offensive skills are not short board, playing style is biased towards the floor flow, only 32 years old can not appear irreversible decline, can only say that the Nets in the inability to leave Harden when the completion of the transaction is a timely stop loss, of course, if Irving solves the appearance problem, If Simmons returns to the game and the team remains healthy, even if it is not as strong as the previous big three, it still has the strength to compete for the championship.
In Harden's trade, the Nets in the case of not being able to get Maxi and Sable, chose Curry Jr. and Chuang Shen, the choice of Little Curry is expected, after all, Harris is almost reimbursed for the season, the team urgently needs to improve the outside offensive firepower, get Zhuang Shen at that time seemed a little confused, the Nets inside the line has veteranSard and Griffin, as well as the new generation of Sharp and Clarkston, it seems that there is no position of Zhuang Shen, but from the performance of Zhuang Shen after joining the Nets, getting him should be a more successful operation for the Nets this year.
5 games for the Nets, Zhuang Shen all started, averaging 22.8 minutes per game to contribute 11.2 points, 11 boards, 2.6 assists 1.4 breaks 0.8 caps, shooting 56.1%, the efficiency is very high, Zhuang Shen is only 28 years old this year, compared to the other inside of the team Old, small, he reflects more balanced vitality and experience, the most critical is to get Zhuang Shen indirectly weakened the 76ers' internal strength, the 76ers team's interior line is rookie, the team simply does not have time to cultivate them, Chuang Shen is embiid's only reliable substitute, at this point in the middle of the season, it is not realistic to add a qualified rotation inside line, without Chuang Shen, Embiid's pressure will be greater, and when Embiid is not present, the team will be forced to play five small, which will become a big hidden danger.
Not only that, in the Nets' victory over the Bucks, the role of Zhuang Shen's internal line is particularly prominent, the impact of the Bucks core alphabet brother is extremely strong, few players can limit him, Zhuang Shen is one of the few heavyweight centers in the league, he can withstand the impact of the alphabet brother for the inside line, the Nets use Janjo to defend the alphabet brother, Zhuang Shen is responsible for blocking the inside line, which is a good restriction on the play of the alphabet brother, the whole game the alphabet brother 20 shots only 8, in the face of the breakthrough of the alphabet brother, the Zhuang Shen defense also sent a wonderful cover, Last year's playoff Nets faced the Bucks, it was the lack of zhuang shen this kind of internal barrier, so that the alphabet brother unscrupulously wreaked havoc on the team's internal line.
The Nets entered the playoffs, 76 and the Bucks are potential opponents, get Zhuang Shen can be described as a double eagle, not only weakened the 76ers, but also a chip to block the Bucks, Irving + Curry Jr. + Simmons + Durant + Chuang Shen combination also looks very competitive, of course, the East is not only these 3 teams, the re-emerging Heat and Bulls, the Celtics in better and better shape, as well as the Cavaliers composed of youth troops, are not to be underestimated, can only say that this year's Eastern Playoffs are really good-looking, Let's enjoy the wonderful game together!