When the 76ers successfully pushed for the James Harden trade, they were considered one of the teams with the best competitive qualities. In response, the 76ers have a good chance to keep Harden and Embiid healthy and storm the championship trophy:
"We have a plan, we have a really great plan, and we're executing that plan very well, and that's been arranged since the time I came back. Hopefully, in the upcoming game, I won't miss another game and I want to make sure we're all healthy when we get into the playoffs," Harden said.
In fact, the 76ers have been focusing Joel Embiid on health and fitness for the past two years, which has really allowed Embiid to stay fit this season and play at the regular season MVP level. Of course, Harden and Embiid can stay healthy is indeed the premise of the 76ers to impact the championship.
The 76ers, on the other hand, are set to play at home against the Nets, the first game since the 76ers pushed for a trade between Harden and Simmons. Although Ben Simmons has not yet played for the Nets, such a "return battle" for Simmons has also attracted attention.
76ers head coach Doug Rivers was asked about the rivalry between the 76ers and the Nets:
"I like two teams in the same league competing against each other, which is good."
Of course, what is more remarkable for this game is that Simmons may suffer boos from the 76ers after he shows up.
Finally, it should be discussed that since Harden joined the 76ers and played the top performance with Embiid, there have been many comparisons between Harden Embiid and OK in the league, but O'Neal, as one of the members of the OK group, is not cold about it:
As O'Neal talked about, Harden and Embiid have only played 5 games together, compared to O'Neal and Kobe Bryant, who have played for the Lakers for eight seasons and won three championship trophies, and Harden and Embiid are still hugely far from these two legendary stars.