Admittedly, there are two most important reasons for Harden to leave the Nets, the first is the desire for the championship, Durant and Irving both have championship rings on their hands, and whether there is a championship is not the most important thing for them, attracting their absolute right to speak. Tsai Chongxin is an excellent entrepreneur, but he is not a good team manager, he borrowed from Alibaba's management model, handed over the team management to the core of the team, Harden is the last to come to Brooklyn, he obviously has no say, although he is the third big man of the team; on the other hand, of course, for high salaries, harden will have the qualification to renew his contract early next season. He will be able to sign a five-year, $270 million contract, but the Nets have renewed Durant and will most likely give Irving a big contract, and Harden has little hope of signing a top-salary contract, so only by leaving can these two dreams be realized.
After coming to the 76ers, Harden immediately exploded, but also led to a big explosion of Maxi, however, Harden is not a stable star, he quickly fell into a struggle, especially in the first round of the playoffs, the 76ers executives are not satisfied with his performance, a star with 40 million shots per game only 13 shots per game, shooting only 41%, Harden did not play the results that the top wanted. Now embiid is injured, and if Harden doesn't change himself, the 76ers will have no hope of winning, which will affect his signing of a top-salary contract next season and losing his championship chase. While the 76ers management hasn't publicly blamed Harden, the invisible pressure has made him feel dangerous. It's very realistic that if Harden wants to earn $50 million a year every season after the age of 33, then he has to beat the mighty Heat in adversity.
In this case, Harden made the first change, in the first round of G6 he blatantly violated Rivers's tactical requirements according to the pre-game plan, Rivers asked Harden to make at least 20 shots, but Harden still only made 12 shots in the whole game, maintaining the average level in the first round. However, he obviously made three changes, first, he pulled up the shooting percentage, although he made 8 fewer shots, but increased the shooting rate from 41% by 58%, and the score also exceeded 20 points, meeting the pre-game requirements; secondly, he reduced the number of outside three-point projections, and only shot 5 times in the whole game, which is not like hardening in the impression; third, resolutely attacking the inside line and disrupting the opponent's defensive formation with sharp air breaks. As everyone can see, the 76ers won by 35 points. Although Harden did not execute Rivers' tactics, he received recognition from the 76ers' top brass in the face of victory, and if he can play G6 form against the Heat, he will hopefully sign a big contract of 270 million.