After more than half a season of "pulling", New York officially lost to Irving, and on Irving's 30th birthday, they will allow Irving to play at home in Brooklyn, and as early as March 28, Irving will make his home debut this season. After receiving the news, Irving also released himself on the day and night of his birthday, facing the Grizzlies to slash 43 points and 8 assists, but unfortunately lost the game.
Irving's return can be described as the result of a multi-party game, the mayor of New York's epidemic prevention policy is not allowing unvaccinated athletes to play in public places, but this policy is completely ineffective. First of all, the players of the away team can play without vaccination, and the unvaccinated fans at home can also watch the ball in the stands, which means that the entire epidemic prevention regulations are limited to a small number of people. In the Nets' home game a few days ago, Irving could not sit on the bench, but he could also go in to the home court to see the ball when he bought a ticket, so the public thought that New York's epidemic prevention policy was useless, so the New York government quickly changed its own epidemic prevention regulations, and Irving could finally play.
However, Harden's mood may be quite complicated, first of all, his first championship journey has another guarantee, there is Irving's Nets is a championship team, if the Nets win the championship this season, then Harden, who has played in the Nets for half a season, can also get a championship ring. However, such a ring may only serve as a comfort, and Deng ge wants a championship trophy with his own brand, not a "rubbing". So the fully bodied Nets allowed the 76ers to rush out of the East to retain suspense, and after Harden came to the 76ers, his and Embiid's combination facing Irving Durant for the first time was stretched.
In that game, Harden only scored 11 points, 6 boards and 5 assists on 3-of-17 shooting, and the 76ers lost 29 points at home, although a game was not much representative, but it also showed a problem, when Harden could not get the peak performance, the 76ers were still far from the top strong team. The Nets don't have this kind of trouble, their double core Irving, Durant burst does not need too many conditions, averaging 29.7 points per game Adu has 7.1 free throws per game, and Irving, who averages 27.7 points per game, is even lower, with only 4.8 free throws.
And both have proven themselves in the playoffs, KD has won two consecutive championships plus Fmvp in the Warriors, the playoff masterpieces are numerous, and Irving has also taken 40+ and key three-pointers in the 2016 Finals. This is also one of the reasons why the Nets can compete for the title, now the Eastern Conference team rarely has a double core can match them, the Bucks can be counted as one, the 76ers emperor although this year is one of the MVP candidates, but his playoff career, can lack a final battle of representatives. The Nets' other configurations aren't bad, with the duo playing very few games this season, but the Nets can still maintain their eighth position in the East.
The Nets can thank the 76ers, their current best rotation players are Curry Jr., who averages 15.5 points per game, and Drummond, who averages 11.4 points and 9.6 rebounds per game, both from the 76ers. With quality rotations and superstar-level home stars, even if Simmons can't return this season, the Nets are definitely the league's first-pot team.