On February 12, Beijing time, when the Nets completed a big deal with Philadelphia, can the new big three combination of "Durant + Irving + Simmons" help the Nets to rush to the championship? There is no doubt that Irving will still be the X factor that will affect the fate of the Nets. According to the US media ESPN report, the Nets originally wanted to renew Irving with the maximum salary, but his refusal to get the vaccine led to the failure of the contract extension, and his private departure from the team last season was also the reason for the trade to get Harden, and once Irving's emotions are out of control again, the Nets will consider trading Irving in the future.
The Nets traded Harden early last season to form a super big three combination of "Durant + Harden + Irving", but because of the injury problems of the big three, as well as Irving's private departure and other factors, the Nets finally terminated the Eastern Conference semifinals. The Nets' Big Three have only played 2 games this season, and only 16 in two seasons, including the playoffs, and finally Harden chose to leave to facilitate the trade.
Irving was undoubtedly one of the important factors that led to Harden's departure, and he was banned from training and playing in the first half of the season because he refused to be vaccinated. Even in the middle of the season, Irving returned to participate, but he only played away games, and could not participate at home, resulting in him only becoming a part-time player, which also greatly affected the team's combat effectiveness and cohesion.
It is for this reason that the Nets originally intended to renew Irving's contract with a maximum salary, but now the Nets have refused to give Irving a maximum salary extension contract. The US media also revealed that last season, Irving once left the team privately for a period of time, and it was precisely this time that pushed the Nets to get Harden, they were in order to maintain the stability and combat effectiveness of the team, so that the Nets spent a lot of money to get Harden.
The chemistry of the Nets' new big three "Durant + Owen + Simmons" is unknown, and Owen said when he confronted netizens that he would not be vaccinated, and it was undoubtedly unrealistic to expect New York City to change its epidemic prevention policy. Based on this factor, once Irving has another emotional out-of-control problem, the Nets are likely to choose a trade to send Irving away in the future, and Irving has player options next season, but obviously Irving's trade is not as valuable as Harden.
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