The Nets' "Big Three" really forced management to bake their heads — their hair was going to be gray.
This season's Nets have not been smooth from the beginning, the person who planted the explosion should be Kyrie Irving, and the Nets management even "gave up" the core players of the team, which greatly affected the team's preparation. The departure of James Harden is also not unrelated to Kyrie Irving, although the specific situation we do not know, but from the words of the players can feel that the relationship between the players is some problems.
James Harden's farce stretched from Houston to Brooklyn, and the Nets seemed to rejoice at some point and worry about it at some point — wonderful things are everywhere. The team's third big man was replaced by Harden to Ben Simmons, which in fact did not save the Nets, at least this season's results temporarily confirmed this.
The Nets were well aware of what it meant to trade James Harden, but there weren't many options in the circumstances. Harden was traded to Philadelphia, and Durant said of the deal, "When I found Harden unhappy, it was the second half of the whole process. By that time, it was unlikely that everything would be salvaged. ”
Ben Simmons also had a bad time in Philadelphia, and he even fell out with Philadelphia and had already strengthened his determination to leave the team. The Nets completed the trade without being able to change Harden's decision, but what was bought from Philadelphia was another big problem — no matter what James Harden had, he was still able to play, and Ben Simmons was always unknown.
The Nets got the answer later, but it was too late.
When Ben Simmons returns is on the nets' nerves, but it's not the team that can really make the decision, the decision is in the hands of player Ben Simmons. When the Nets were 2-0 behind in the series, Ben Simmons had said that he might return, and the timing was set at G3 or G4, most likely G4.
The Nets were hanging on the line of life after 0-3, hoping for "savior" Ben Simmons to return from the line of fire, but he got up and felt a sore back and gave up the comeback. In fact, using Ben Simmons as a life-saving straw is simply the Nets' helplessness, and do they really expect Ben Simmons, who has not played a game this season, to come? The problem, however, was that it was a blow to the morale of the team.
Simmons was greatly questioned for this, and the negative news was even more rampant.
Us media Heavy.com wrote in an article: "No one would be surprised that he continues to be absent (G4), and I think people should be more surprised that there were people who claimed that Ben Simmons could play in the G4 game, not that he was absent." The media also said in the article that this is just a trick by Ben Simmons to get his salary back from the Nets.
Former NBA player Kendrick Perkins was on a show and made an interesting analogy to Ben Simmons, "Ben Simmons is like a beautiful single girl, and everyone is wondering, how could she be single?" Because she smokes. ”
Simmons has become a big problem for the Nets, and with the constant trouble of Kyrie Irving, it's no wonder the Nets have been so lively this season. The "Big Three" combination will bring a lot of salary pressure to the Nets next season, if it can show the strength of the team, it is fine, but the repeated farces make the Nets really helpless.
(Text/Yan Wujun)