After coming to the 76ers, Harden has not lost a game, played five games for the 76ers, and won all of them, keeping his winning percentage at 100% for the 76ers. However, harden's outstanding performance at the 76ers has also raised some doubts. Some people think Harden is cheating. Because when the Nets were in place, Harden did not play very well, and because of the tendon injury and other reasons, Harden's performance declined significantly. But after coming to the 76ers, Harden found the performance of the three-time scoring champion. The performance gap is so large, so it has been questioned by some careers.
Let's see how Harden performs with the Nets! In the final game, the Nets played 37 minutes against the Kings, and Harden played only 4 points, 7 boards and 12 assists, shooting 2-of-11. This kind of performance is indeed very abnormal, in the past Harden can get 20 points in a single quarter, and now he has only 4 points in the whole game. When the game was over, Harden also received a lot of criticism. In addition to this poor performance, Harden has also tried to perform badly in the rest of the game, scoring no 20 points on many occasions. Such a performance is obviously not in line with Harden's identity as the scoring king of the three terms, and some people even think that Harden is no longer the same year, he is already old.
But after coming to the 76ers, Harden was different, sweeping away the downturn during the Nets. Even in the first game, he was able to get 27 points, 8 boards and 12 assists, and in the second game, he was able to get 29 points, 10 boards, 16 assists and 5 steals. In the past 5 games, Harden has played well and regained the status of a three-time scoring champion. Before the trade, Harden only got 4 points, but after the trade, Harden was able to get 29 points. Such data is very different! So Harden was once again criticized for being injured, and some people thought that he didn't play seriously when he was with the Nets, and he wanted to leave for a long time.
For example, Maddy said something similar on the show, he saw Harden's training video at the 76ers, he thought harden was not injured, otherwise he could not do such a move. And Yang Yi also said something similar, he seems to agree with Maddy's words, and even think that this is Harden's usual trick. For example, in the rocket's final season, Harden also wanted to leave the team. But the Rockets did not complete the transaction at the first time, Harden began to grind foreign workers, became a lot fatter, and the performance also declined. Later, when the game was traded to the Nets, Harden played well at first, which was significantly different from his performance before the trade.
Some fans agree with this statement, and some fans disagree with it. Personally, I think this is just one of the reasons. Harden wasn't cheating, but he really wasn't going all out. First of all, Harden should be injured, after all, after coming to the 76ers, he also rested for a while before playing, and the 76ers also found a special person to help Harden recover his hamstrings, which can help Harden find his state. Secondly, after coming to the 76ers, Harden also played more easily, after all, there were more Embiid and other people around him, and he didn't have to work so hard at the Nets, Harden could let go of the fight.
Of course! Harden did not go all out when he was with the Nets, after all, if Harden let go of the game, he could not only get 4 points. It's just that the Nets at that time were not worth Harden letting go of the fight! At that time, Durant was injured, Irving was also frequently absent, Harden wanted to leave, is it necessary to support the Nets? And Harden is already injured, no matter how big or small the injury, there is no need to take this risk. Even if Harden didn't go all out, it was actually normal. Harden didn't have to pretend, he did what he had to do, but Durant was sorry, he shouldn't have chosen Irving to form a team, nor should he have chosen Nash as the head coach.