The most unfortunate player of all time, James Harden!
If I had to be named the most unfortunate player of all time, and I wasn't quite sure who it was before, I would definitely choose Harden! Every time there is hope of winning a championship, there are various reasons that make hope dashed!
The first time he reached the finals, he was eliminated by the Heat Big Three!
The second time the "light bulb" combination formed by Paul's combination met with the most powerful Warriors at that time in the Western Conference Finals, and even occupied the advantage, but because of Paul's injury, he was eliminated by the Warriors!
The third time he defected to big brother Durant and Irving to form the Nets Big Three, but was eliminated by the Bucks in the second round of the playoffs due to injury!
This time, they formed a good lineup with Embiid, and they lived up to expectations in the first round of the playoffs, but the team's center Embiid may miss the next round of playoffs due to eye socket fractures and slight concussions!
The Heat are definitely not a team with poor strength, they eliminated the Hawks 4-1 in the first round without bloodshed, and the team boss Butler is in good shape at the moment, and the Heat have just reached the Finals the year before with their current main lineup. Once Embiid is absent, it is difficult to break through the Heat's defense line with Harden alone!
I think Harden's strength is absolutely strong, he has played a total of 942 games in 13 years of his career, averaging 24.9 points per game and a total of 23472 points. He was also selected as an All-Star 10 times, the Best Team 6 times, the Best Team 3 times once, and the 3 scoring champions, one assist king, and one MVP and best sixth man. Such a strong man has not yet won a championship in his career, which reminds me of Iverson
Iverson has also won numerous honors in his 14-year career, but he also failed to win the championship for various reasons, and during the 76ers, he could only touch the floor of the finals once, but he was eliminated by the OK combination of the sun, and went to the "golden double gun" composed of nuggets and Anthony.
Harden is now 33 years old, is he really going to be as crown-free as Iverson?