settled in Houston in 2012, Harden has been the carrier of the Rockets for eight years. Over the years, although the Rockets have always been a strong team, they have never been able to hit the championship. The Rockets may be able to seriously consider opening Harden's deal. On the one hand, they can exchange for considerable draft picks and young players while he still has a high trade value. On the other hand, he can go to a more suitable team to achieve his dream of winning the championship. The possibility of
Rockets trading Harden is quite low, but for the team and him, not starting the transaction may not be the best situation for both parties. In this offseason, the Rockets can consider opening a shocking deal with the 76ers that can benefit both parties.
The well-known Rockets Prime Minister Daryl Morey has resigned from his position in the Rockets, and Harden should take this news seriously. In the 2019 offseason, in order for Russell Westbrook to partner with Harden, the Rockets sent a considerable draft pick. Perhaps part of the reason for Morey's departure was the inability to build the team well in the next few years. In addition to the absence of draft picks to increase the team’s strength in the next few years, the Rockets also have a heavy salary burden. These two factors make this team have to use the existing lineup to move forward in the competitive West. . Judging from the current Rockets lineup, it can indeed bring threats to opponents, but not strong enough to impact the Western Conference championship. With the increasing age of Harden and Webrook, it is hard to imagine an unexpected improvement after the Rockets.
For the Rockets coaching staff, the easiest way is to use the same team lineup to challenge next season, and pray that these players can break through this year's playoff results. Harden's offensive dominance does give the team a chance to win a single playoff game, but it is not enough to make the team hit a championship trophy. In the next season, the Rockets are most likely to fall between 4th and 6th in the Western Conference and successfully win the first round of the playoffs. However, after entering the second round, they were not optimistic at all. Because of this, the Rockets management must seriously consider making a difficult change.
For the Rockets, the perfect world they think is to keep Harden on the team while trading Westbrook out and getting rid of his contract burden. However, the reality is that every team treats Westbrook as negative equity, so to get rid of his huge contract burden, the Rockets must lose other rookies or draft picks.
The fact is that if the Rockets want to reverse the future, they can only use Harden as a bargaining chip. It must be quite uncomfortable for
to abandon a superstar like Harden. Although Harden is 31 years old, he can still be classified as the league's top player. The Rockets need to seriously consider: How long will he remain in the top 10 players in the league. It may be a while, but it is indeed in the countdown stage. The final situation may be that after he called out trade me or his performance dropped a lot, the team started his trading case. Obviously, this is not a welcome phenomenon for the Rockets. Pellet should show wisdom and start trading when his current trading value is higher than the sky. Why did
exchange Harden for Simmons with the Sixers?
At present, as long as there are rumors of Harden trading, the 76ers will be the first to appear for discussion. After the 76ers were swept in the first round of this year, they fired coach Brett Brown and found Doc Rivers who had left the Clippers. Although it was a change, the arrival of Rivers did not solve the original problem of the lineup: Simmons and Embiid's offenses cannot complement each other. The performance of these two people on the court seems unable to regard the two as the cornerstone of the team.
If the two teams are willing to include Simmons and Harden in this deal, it will be rewarding for both teams. After getting Harden, the 76ers will definitely become the favorites of the Eastern Conference champions. Although he may not be a perfect match with Embiid, he can at least solve the problem of small half-court space that has existed in recent years. Even though Harden may have to give up some offensive opportunities to fulfill Embiid's offensive desire, this change should help him who is over 30 years old.
For the Rockets, finding Simmons does make offensive problems surface. He and Westbrook are neither good at shooting, so it is not feasible to use these two as the offensive center to build a quality team offense. However, this operation is not for Simmons to take Harden, but for the future of the team. With Simmons, who is only 24 years old and has been selected to the third team of the year, the Rockets' future plans are quite clear. For now, what this team lacks is how to build a vision for the future. If
Harden wants to hit the championship, he must leave the lackluster Rockets. In the next few years, the Rockets' draft resources and salary operation space are really limited, and the 76ers who need to make changes happen to have high-quality young players in exchange for Harden. The 76ers who get Harden can have the team strength to hit the championship, and the Rockets who get Simmons (and maybe other players or draft picks) can create a new vision.
Rockets deal Harden Westbrook 76ers Simmons
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