Beijing time on January 26, "Open-air Stand" reporter Jake Fischer wrote an article breaking the news that Harden has told several of his close friends, including former teammates and coaches, that he will leave the Nets this summer to test the waters of the free agent market. One of Harden's close friends said: "Harden never hides his thoughts, what he says." Improves the trustworthiness of messages. At present, the mainstream judgment of the league is that Harden is more likely to go to Philadelphia to join Embiid, and Harden himself is confident in the combination of himself and Embiid. There are many reasons why they left the Nets, and Jake carefully analyzed them in his article, mainly in two aspects.
One is the big environmental factors, New York and Texas climate difference is very large, Harden is inevitably unaccustomed, another important factor is that new York and Texas tax is also very different, Texas almost does not charge personal income tax, Harden has long been accustomed to this, and New York's highest 13% personal income tax makes Harden's annual income reduce millions of dollars. In terms of earning money, Harden, who is accustomed to Texas, really doesn't like the New York tax rate.
The second is the team problem, the article revealed that Harden has already expressed his dissatisfaction with Irving with the Nets and close friends, and Irving's "part-time" status makes Harden very unhappy. Recent Durant injuries have exacerbated Harden's dissatisfaction with Irving, and when the Nets play at home, harden is the only one who supports the team's offense. Nash's way of employing people is not acceptable to Harden, Nash's fickle rotation and uncertain finishing lineup have aroused Harden's disgust, Harden has previously complained: "Our lineup in every game is completely new." It is clear that Harden prefers to use a fixed lineup to win the game.
It is not difficult to see that the team's problems are far greater than environmental factors, Harden has paid the most since joining the Nets, and has received the least, and Harden naturally has the idea of leaving Brooklyn. At the beginning of the Nets' playoff loss last season, Harden had the idea of leaving. This defeat on the one hand is a natural disaster, on the other hand is also a man-made disaster, the alphabet brother is sure to be clean, but Irving repeatedly made a demon in the regular season last season, inexplicably disappeared to participate in his sister's birthday party and other operations missed many games, Durant's daily rotation, small injuries continue, the burden of the regular season almost all fell on Harden, Harden's hamstring injury in the playoffs can be said to be tired. This season, Irving is more desperate, directly "part-time" playing, while Durant directly suspended with a knee injury, I don't know when it is home. Harden frowned, found that this year's plot seems to have seen last year, it can be said that Harden's choice is helpless and compromise, unable to change the team can only go by himself.
Only Harden, one of the Nets' big three, does not have a championship ring, and his desire for a championship is far greater than that of Durant and Irving, Harden originally intended to hold his thigh, and as a result, he became the only thigh that the team relied on, and he could only say that the world was uncertain and fate was confusing. Although the Nets' current record remains third in the East this season, the Nets have not solved any of the problems last season, and Harden is tired of all this.
As for Philadelphia, it is necessary to seize the opportunity, has missed once, do not miss the second time, take the initiative to contact the Nets, take the initiative to negotiate a trade plan with Simmons and Harden as the core, so that for Philadelphia, there is no headache before the offseason Harden salary space is not enough, but also in exchange for the All-Star they want. For the Nets, on the one hand, there is no return for letting Harden leave in the offseason, and on the other hand, in exchange for Simmons and a few assets, as long as Philadelphia pays its sincerity, I believe that the Nets have no reason not to let go of a player who has decided to go. Of course, it does not include the Nets' wealth, and it is necessary to fight for results this season, after all, the operation of the Nets management is not inspirational in previous years, and Harden has finally paid the price for two years for his mistakes.