On March 4, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, the Nets played at home against the Heat, and Durant officially returned in this game, after missing 21 consecutive games. However, after Durant returned, the Nets suffered another heavy blow, and marksman Joe Harris will undergo left ankle surgery and be reimbursed early for the season.
Subsequently, the Nets officially announced the news, again underwent surgery, will be absent for 4-6 months, and can return 100% healthy next season. Harris underwent ankle arthroscopic surgery at the end of November last year, when the estimated recovery time was 4-8 weeks, but his recovery from the injury was not very good, and there were repeated iterations, and finally decided to undergo surgery again, which also allowed him to say goodbye to this season early.
Harris has played just 14 games this season, averaging 11.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.0 assists per game, shooting 46.6 percent from three-point range.
Regarding Harris's situation, general manager Max revealed the details, saying that Harris had been trying to recover in the past, exploring everything that might be wanting to return to the court and play with his teammates, but in the end he failed and finally had to choose to undergo surgery.
In fact, in the past period of time, it can be seen from the news that Harris's situation has been uncertain, and he has not been able to meet the requirements of his comeback, and finally chose surgery, but also for the health of the players.
Harris's absence still has a big impact on the Nets, and the team's outside threat has been much smaller, but this time they got Seth Curry and can make up for it. In previous Harden trades, the Nets also got Seth Curry and Drummond, who became the starters in Brooklyn, just to fill the gap between the outside and inside lines.
Seth Curry played seven games for the Nets, averaging 31.5 minutes per game, contributing 17.9 points, 3.9 rebounds and 4 assists, shooting 46.8 percent from three-point range.