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For the Nets, this season's experience is destined to be a success.
At the beginning of the season, the Nets with Harden + Irving + Durant have the league's No. 1 odds of winning the championship. Indeed, after losing championship bucks in the playoffs last season, the 3 giants of Harden + Durant + Irving are also expected to be optimistic.
Unfortunately, it backfired.
Before the trade deadline, Harden was asked to trade to the 76ers, at which point, the highly optimistic 3 Giants ended, leaving only Irving + Durant, plus a "giant baby" Simmons.
But even so, no one expected the Nets' experience in the playoffs to be like this:
"Facing the Celtics in the first round, the Nets with Durant + Irving - two of the best scoring duos were swept by the Celtics 4-0"
It is worth mentioning that so far in the playoffs, no team has been swept 4:0, and Durant + Irving's Nets have become the first team to be swept this season.
But what worries Nets fans even more is not the loss this season.
Losing, even in the playoffs, is a common occurrence in the NBA: The 20-season championship team, the Lakers, have not yet fallen in the first round.
For the Nets, Irving is the biggest problem.
Before Harden left the team, Irving refused to give a needle because of his faith, for this reason, Harden was also fed up with Irving, coupled with the attitude of the Nets and Durant, which made Harden leave the Nets with an iron heart, and during the playoffs, Irving also caused the team to be swept 4:0 for his own reasons.
But just now, the Nets have received bad news:
"If Irving chooses to carry out his player options, I'll be very, very surprised. If he does, the Nets' management will be happy enough to dance."
In the summer of 2019, the Nets signed a 4-year, $136 million contract with Irving, and in 2022, Irving had player options. After Harden's departure, the Nets' future is in the hands of Irving and Durant:
"Once Irving does not choose to execute the player option, the Nets do not renew, they will lose Irving in vain, and if Irving executes the player option, the Nets can use the last year of Irving's contract to trade it away in exchange for more valuable players."
Looking at Irving's attitude, perhaps Harden will be glad that he left early.
Of course, fans look at Irving's current situation and not only express regret to Durant: "I thought I could win the championship with Irving at the Nets and never got rid of the shadow of myself living in Curry, but now Irving is always out of the moth." 」
It is worth mentioning that in the face of such a situation as the Nets, fans have offered good strategies:
"It turns out that the combination of Zhan Wei and Du Ou is difficult to succeed, or Owen Wei will try to exchange less."
From a contract point of view, Irving's contract, years and Westbrook are very similar, in the same way, the Nets may want to get rid of Irving, and the Lakers also want to get rid of Westbrook, perhaps, such an interchange for the two teams, is not a relief ~ ~ ~
So, the question is, do you think Irving and Westbrook are interchangeable, James + Irving combination vs Durant + Westbrook combination, which is stronger? Write in the comments.