Brooklyn Nets get: James Harden!
Houston Rockets win: Victor Oladipo, Dante Exum, Rodiaons Courlux, 2022 first-round pick, 2022 first-round pick, 2024 first-round pick, 2026 first-round pick, 2021 pick, 2023 pick, 2025 pick, 2027 pick!
Indiana Pacers wins: Caris LeVer
Cleveland Cavaliers win: Jarrett Allen, Torion Prince
Without a doubt, the blockbuster four-team trade that sent superstar James Harden from the Houston Rockets to the Brooklyn Nets turned out to be a disaster. James Harden forcibly left Houston in a very ugly way and ended up in Brooklyn, where he joined Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving to form one of the most talented Big Three in NBA history. Many media outlets and fans ridiculed the Rockets trade for only Victor Oladipo, who did not become a qualified starting guard due to career-related injuries. Looking back now, the deal was a complete failure.
After coming to the Nets, Harden had a lot of trouble, he couldn't stay healthy and didn't have enough motivation to lead the team to a championship. Harden averaged 24.6 points, 8.5 rebounds and 10.9 assists per game in the regular season, but in the playoffs he struggled with injuries, and due to poor physical condition, he could only average 20.2 points per game and shot 36.4% from three-point range, in which case Harden failed to help Kevin Durant lead the Nets to defeat the Milwaukee Bucks in the playoffs, and in the first year of the Big Three, the Nets were eventually blocked by the Bucks in the Eastern Conference Finals.
Harden played in 44 games in 2021-22, averaging 22.5 points, 8.0 rebounds and 10.2 assists per game, and while the numbers are still gorgeous, it is undeniable that Harden's scoring ability and overall athleticism began to decline. Harden forcibly left Brooklyn for Philadelphia after the Nets saw no hope of winning the championship, a deal that only brought in another frustrating, inefficient former star Ben Simmons, whose arrival did not give the Nets any substantial boost.
Instead, it gave up Jarrett Allen and others to make the Nets completely lose their championship capital, even if the team still has Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving and others, but these two are not good stubble, after not seeing the hope of competing for the championship, Durant and Irving began to leave the team, in the past season, both of them also left the team when the team's record was still very optimistic, so far, the Nets' high-profile Big Three at that time was completely disbanded, and Harden's championship dream may have come to an end!
Fans and friends, do you think Harden still has any hope of winning the championship trophy? Everyone is welcome to express their opinions in the comment area and participate in the discussion!