Durant, Harden and Irving’s “Big 3” are finally formed
On January 13th, the super-large trade that had been rumored before the start of the 2020-21 season was finally decided.
James Harden has moved from the Rockets to the Nets in a four-team trade by the Nets, Rockets, Cavaliers and Pacers. This gave Netz the birth of Kevin Durant, Harden and Kyrie Irving’s Big Three. Nets, who spent years rebuilding the team, made such a drastic trade to win this season.
Looking only at the breakdown of the release of three first-round nomination rights (2022, 2024, 2026) and four first-round nomination exchange rights (2021, 2023, 2025, 2027) to acquire Harden. Many fans will remember the trade that was completed in June 2013.
Netts, who relocated his headquarters from New Jersey to Brooklyn in 2012, transferred the 2014, 2016 and 2018 draft first round nomination rights and 2017 first round nomination right exchange rights to the Celtics at the time, Paul Pierce, Acquired Kevin Garnett and Jason Terry. Of course, the big difference from the trade at that time was that Harden was 31 years old and he was full of fat as a player, while Pierce at that time was 36 years old and Garnet was 37 years old and he was about to retire. Nets quickly added a big name that had won the championship and aimed for the best, but in the playoffs of the same year, he lost to the heat in the first round with 1 win and 4 losses.
As mentioned earlier, Nets, who had released a large amount of draft nomination rights, will enter the “winter era” from here. However, Sean Marks, who became GM in 2016, took the time to rebuild and took a big turnaround to win both Durant and Irving, who became free agents in 2019 off.
From this season, Durant and Irving are finally in a situation where they can fight together, with Hall of Fame player Steve Nash as the commander and Mike D’Antoni, the tactician who led the Rockets until last season, as the staff to prepare for the victory. Should have been prepared. The Nets decided to win Harden until they released a ton of draft nominations, Carris Rubert and Jarrett Allen, because they saw Durant’s performance just after a rupture of the Achilles tendon. Isn’t it?
Durant, who has shown the same movement from the pre-season game as before the injury, has averaged 29.4 points, 7.2 rebounds and 5.8 assists after nine games this season. Irving’s return time remains undecided due to “personal circumstances”, but he has more than 25 points per game, and Harden is, needless to say, the strongest scorer in the field.
Although it had been debated as to whether the three players would engage before the trade was decided, Nets was in a big game. Their goal is to win. As long as you can reach the playoffs, you won’t be too interested in the regular season rankings. Depending on future results and the situation of the injured, it is quite possible that they will move again by the trade deadline on March 25, or that they will make a cheap contract with a veteran who wants a chance to win the NBA. Anyway, all you have to do is complete the team by the end of May, when the playoffs begin.
You can’t tell the story about defense unless you actually play as a new team, but with the current Netz team, one or two heads out of the other teams in the offense, so “Attack is the maximum. It may become a team that goes on the ground.
Harden, Durant, and Irving’s annual salary alone exceeds $ 100 million (about 10.4 billion yen), so considering the total annual salary conditions of the team, it is highly likely that the current members will be able to do only this season. .. Still, it’s okay if you can win the final win in the playoffs. Nets decided to make a bet of one or eight.
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