In the 2021-22 season, Harden played a total of 65 games, it is difficult to imagine that there is no time to score more than 40 points, to know that three years ago, Harden is the top scorer in the league, many people will say that Harden's regression is due to the impact of hamstring injury, lack of explosive power, but Xiao Feng feels that in fact, this is all an excuse, Harden has never lacked scoring ability, in fact, the biggest change stems from Harden himself, he wants the championship, has to transform, we can clearly see, Harden's focus now is on tandem, rather than the offensive state of the past.
Why is Harden transforming? Isn't it okay to average 30 points as a leader? In fact, to be able to make such a decision Harden is also very helpless, the Rockets 8 years to let Harden down, had to choose to leave, when Harden made this choice, he has put down everything, will not really be naïve to think that Harden does not want data, can only say that people under the roof have to bow their heads, Harden's transformation is actually forced by helplessness.
When he was in the Rockets, Harden was the core of the team, even Paul's joining did not shake Harden's position in the Rockets, but whether it was the subsequent Nets or the current 76ers, in fact, this is not Harden's own team, as Embiid said, as the leader of the team, he will definitely be wrapped up, Harden must play more resolutely, just a dozen words, enough to explain a lot of problems, Harden is facing the situation is already involuntary, even Rivers can complain about Harden in public, Imagine if it was the kind of position it used to be, could Rivers really criticize the stars in front of the media with such brazenness?
Some people may feel that Harden's choice is wrong, if you insist on staying in the Rockets, at least now you are still a leader, in just two years, we see Harden's helplessness, is the championship really so important to Harden? Xiao Feng felt that the championship was very important to Harden at the beginning, but now Harden is already involuntary.
Everyone knows that Harden joined the Nets for the championship, but the subsequent failure has made Harden lose the initiative, Harden can not return to the Rockets, and he can only look forward, joining the team with championship strength means that sacrifices must be made, this season Harden has played a total of 21 games for the 76ers, averaging only 13.6 shots per game, you know when Harden left the Thunder, Harden has never had such a low number of shots, even so Harden still did not satisfy Embiid and Rivers. Lower shots were accompanied by a decline in stats, followed by the dissatisfaction of the fans.
These two years for Harden, did not play a familiar game, the only thing that makes fans happy is that Harden's assist level has been steadily improved, these two seasons have been more than 10 assists on the field, he put too much energy on the tandem team, and then sacrificed his own data, many people will say that Harden is not worth it, in fact, the value is not worth it is not Harden himself can decide, because from the moment Harden left the Rockets, it has been doomed to today's situation.
Now look, it is difficult to say whether Harden's choice is right or wrong, at least we all know what kind of scoring ability Harden has, the sacrifice now is only for the development of the team, please do not forget that Harden is only 32 years old, his contract has only one year left, if the championship fails, what about the big contract? In fact, Paul's success in recent years has also paved the way for Harden, with the increase of age, transformation is an inevitable result, scoring is important, the championship is the only pursuit.
Harden's decline is an established fact, if Harden succeeds, will anyone still deny Harden's choice? Feng can almost conclude that if Harden continues to fail, he will be under more pressure, but what is wrong with this? At least I worked hard, and that was enough. In the future, we have no way of knowing whether Harden's transformation is right or wrong, let time prove it.
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