Mid-season trades are an important means of strengthening and changing the team. Every year, the league has many blockbuster deals that tend to change the structure of the league, accelerate the rebuilding of a team, and even affect the ownership of the championship. The most sensational deal of the year is undoubtedly Harden's deal. He was the league's MVP player and joined the Nets not long ago. However, the Nets' big three cooperation was not successful, and harden finally made the decision to leave the team. The MVP who made 10 shots, but still led the team, and then looked at Simmons, Embiid laughed.
Harden's label has always been a powerful scoring ability. He is the best point guard in the game and has won the title of leading scorer three times. In the Rocket Era, Ha can cut a gorgeous stat of 29.6 points, 6 rebounds and 7.7 assists. Behind the high score, naturally accompanied by high shots. In his 9 seasons with the Rockets, he averaged 19.6 shots per game, which can be said to have unlimited firing rights. During this period, Harden won the MVP, the scoring king and the assist king, and his performance was impeccable.
After joining the Nets, Harden's performance has declined. Averaging 16.3 shots per game, only 23.4 points were scored, and after 80 games, the Big Three fell apart. Harden leaves Philadelphia, and Simmons and Harden swap owners. Simmons is also a powerful player, he is young but has been selected for the All-Star stage many times, has top physical talent, and his performance in the 16+8+8 all-round is very comprehensive, and he is also a front-line defensive gate. However, in this deal, the 76ers made a profit.
After joining the 76ers, Harden was seamless. On 7-of-12 shooting in his debut, he had 27 points, eight rebounds and 12 assists. On 8-of-14 shooting in the second game, he had 29 points, 10 rebounds and 16 assists. On 8-of-13 shooting in the third game, he had 26 points, 9 rebounds and 9 assists. On 6-of-10 shooting in game 4, he had 25 points, three rebounds and 11 assists. An MVP of the year of playing, a super pointback who mainly scores, but only shot 10 times, even so Harden can still lead the flying team.
In the 4 games after the change of team, Ha has only made 12 shots on the field, and can get a quasi-triple-double of 27 points, 8 rebounds and 12 assists, and the shooting rate has reached 59%, which can be said to be completely different from the performance of the Nets. After Harden joined, the 76ers were also undefeated, and the record went all the way up. It is worth mentioning that Harden does not have the right to shoot, but can score steadily. Threats at key moments and more opportunities for Embiid and Maxi to score easily are something Simmons didn't have in the past.
A game of about 10 shots, but can contribute 27 + 8 + 12 data, such an MVP helper, is really too fragrant. For comparison, Simmons is making $31.59 million a year this season, and he hasn't played a single game with the 76ers. In the end, the team exchanged him for superstar Harden, and what is more interesting is that after Simmons joined the Nets, he obviously did not play but suffered from injuries and has not played so far. Look at Harden, then look at Simmons, and Presumably Embiid can't help but laugh.