On March 9, 2022, Beijing time, in a focus battle in the NBA regular season, the Nets defeated the Hornets. In this game, Nets star Irving played extremely well, he played 37 minutes in the whole game, shooting 15 of 19 shots, 9 of 12 three-pointers, and got 50 points, 3 rebounds, 6 assists, 1 steal and 1 block, which is the biggest contributor to the team's victory!
After the game, Irving was also interviewed, and when asked about Harden, Irving said: "Harden should have explained his feelings more clearly to the Nets teammates before the trade, and this could have been better communicated at the end." We're still in the same league, and we're not gone anymore, and it's good that the league has that development, but we have a bunch of people in our dressing room and we just want him to be a little more mature, handle these things, and then move on. ”
This passage is actually a bit controversial, to know that the question about the Nets this season, is it really on Harden? Although Harden was not in good shape at the beginning of the season and suffered from injuries, Harden led the team forward for a long time. And it's true that Irving didn't play early in the season, or even in the middle of the season!
And although Owen explained that there is no disagreement between him and Harden, we can still hear some dissatisfaction with Harden from his words, saying that the players in the locker room hope that Harden can behave more maturely. But isn't Harden mature enough? When Irving didn't get vaccinated for his own reasons and couldn't play, who ever wondered what Harden was going to do? The reason why he came to the Nets was to compete for the championship, and it is also true that Irving's incident almost directly caused the Nets to lose the right to compete for the championship.
So it's really a little confusing that Irving let Harden mature a little more, and if Irving can mature a little more, all the problems with the Nets won't arise, and even Durant may not be injured. If that's the case, the nets are now under the leadership of the Big Three to launch an attack on the championship!