Harden left the Nets to shoot the 76ers this year, will he regret it? Recently, former NBA star Arenas said bluntly: If the Nets win the championship, Harden will be mad, but today's 76ers may not even be able to break through the first round.
Today the 76ers played a strange game. In the absence of embiid and Harden, the 76ers actually won the first heat of the East Side 113-106 at home, which made the Miami people look disgraced and made the Philadelphia fans a little confused. Five members of the team scored in double figures, with Maxi taking the lead with 28 points, with Milton, Kokmaz, George Niang and Tobias Harris all performing well.
This is undoubtedly a glimpse of the 76ers' thick lineup, but it also raises the question: If the 76ers play with two cores in this game, will the 76ers be sure to win the Heat? In fact, many 76ers fans have been wondering in recent days: Should Harden change the way he plays with the ball? But if that changes, is Harden still the Harden we're familiar with?
No wonder 76ers fans have this kind of thinking, it is completely after Harden joined, the 76ers lost to the Nets, Nuggets and Raptors, these important opponents, forcing the 76ers fans to examine the real strength of the team after the trade in advance.
At the same time, the Nets' movements are also the focus of 76ers fans. The most bizarre situation emerged today. Today, the 76ers moved up to No. 2 in the East Side, only to find the Nets no. 8. It would have been impossible for the two teams to meet in the first round, but now there are play-offs. According to today's ranking, if the Nets make the playoffs through the playoffs, they will enter the 7th place in the Eastern Conference, and the first round just happened to meet the 76ers.
If the series has played seven games, 3 of them will be available to Irving (Ben Simmons' condition is unknown). By then, the 76ers are sure they can beat the Nets?
Arenas also spoke out about the 76ers' concerns. He said that if he were Harden, he would be mad at the Nets to win the championship, and he would be angry with himself. Arenas said he understood why Harden wanted to go, after all, Durant was injured, Irving could only "work part-time", the Nets did not look like a championship team, he could not waste time here, and the 76ers who owned Embiid at the time seemed to be in better shape.
But what Harden did not expect was that Durant was still a god killer after his comeback, Irving's state was also bursting, and there was hope to lift the ban. "Harden would think, 'Halo, did I miss another chance?' Arenas said.
In Arenas' view, the 76ers are still far from competing for the title, and he doesn't even believe that the 76ers can break through the first round, unless they are against the Bulls, Raptors or Cavaliers.
Of course, this is just a family statement from Arenas, and the Nets are also upset about Irving and Simmons. Meanwhile, the 76ers aren't losing too much in the Harden trade, as he said, and the lineup depth is still enough. However, the problems exposed by the 76ers since Harden joined are indeed not negligible, even fatal. In the playoffs, can Embiid and Harden make sure they don't drop the chain? (Supine Braces/Hairy)