Harden has already shined in the 76ers, and although there are several games that have not been played satisfactorily, joining a new team must go through a run-in period, which is acceptable to fans and team executives. However, Simmons has not yet made his Nets debut, and expectations of him have always been based on imagination. According to the latest news, Simmons will continue to be absent due to sore L4 discs in the lower spine, which also disrupts his plans to return to the game against the Trail Blazers on Saturday. He hasn't played a single game this season, and he still has a serious back injury, and the Nets really need to give him enough time to recover, otherwise the injury will be even more troublesome. Nash also said the team was still reformulating Simmons' comeback plan, but was optimistic about his return in the regular season. Thanks to Irving and Durant's recent performances, the team is not worried about the record, and the Nets are anxious because they need to prepare for the playoffs.
Admittedly, Harden has brought some visible changes to the 76ers, first of all, Harden's organizational ability will make embiid's attack on the inside easier, and Embiid has said that he has never been so comfortable on the inside of the offensive space. Secondly, his attack can attract some of the pockets, and the pressure on Embiid's attack has naturally dropped a lot, and fans have said that this is the best time for Embiid to do his best to impact the MVP. However, Embiid has a different view, he believes that the competition for MVP is not the most important thing, and the continuous winning and winning championships is the most important thing. In addition, Embiid also said that the MVP is selected by the media and cannot be decided by himself. At present, Embiid has been in the top three of the official MVP list, and he has enough strength to compete, of course, Jokic and Alphabet Brother have given him a lot of pressure. In fact, fish and bear paws can be combined, such as Duncan, who won both the MVP and the championship.
The Lakers' record is a mess, James has a data brush label, and the outside world has said that James can impact the scoring king this season. The next Lakers schedule can be regarded as the Devil's schedule, 13 games only the Wizards, Thunder and Pelicans surface strength is not as good as the Lakers, the rest are playoff level teams, warriors, loners, Jazz and Suns and other western power teams Lakers do not have the certainty of winning, fans predict that the Lakers can only achieve 3 wins and 10 losses, which also means that the Lakers' regular season record this season is 31 wins and 49 losses, will not be able to play-offs, which is a bad news for James and the Lakers, the beginning of the game is still a championship-level team In the end, I couldn't even make the playoffs. However, some fans said that James can continue to brush points, he is only 75 points away from surpassing Malone, society is so realistic, if you can't win, say anything.