Owen: I hope Harden is all right and his love for him doesn't diminish

In an NBA regular season game that ended today, the Nets lost to the Wizards 112:113 on the road, suffering the team's longest 10-game losing streak this season. After the game, Nets player Kyrie Irving spoke to the media about former teammate James Harden, who left on trade today.

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Owen said: "I hope Harden has all the best in the future, I just want everyone on the team to be happy and do what they like. For Harden, this may not be his destination, so he made the decision to leave. ”

Owen continued: "We respect Harden's decision and will not diminish our love for him. Now let's welcome the new players to the team. Of course today's result is not what we want, but as a team we have something to look forward to and can continue to improve. ”

Irving concluded by adding: "Hopefully Harden, Simmons, all the people involved today get along, Harden and Millsap feel like they went to Philadelphia to get better, we feel like we're getting better, I don't want to fall into the trap of how Irving thinks Harden trades, and now I'm just looking forward to our performance in April, which is the charm of basketball." ”

In the early hours of this morning, the 76ers and the Nets made a blockbuster deal, with the 76ers sending ben Simmons, Andre Drummond and Seth Curriga two first-round picks (an unprotected first-round pick in 2022 and a protected first-round pick in 2027), james Harden and Paul Millsap.

It is worth mentioning that one of the main reasons for Harden's departure is that Irving can only play in the home game without vaccination this season, and Harden once said that he was confused about Irving's behavior of playing away games without vaccination.