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Harden’s 8-year history of conflict: It’s a pity to break up from Howard to Westbrook Bulbs

Original title: Harden’s 8-year history of strife: It is a pity to break up from Howard to Westbrook

If, from the perspective of a star’s growth alone, from the perspective of gorgeous data alone, Harden’s more than eight years in the Rockets undoubtedly deserves any praise. He takes the lead and makes people worship him time and time again; he drove through the barriers alone, refreshing people’s inherent knowledge of basketball games time and time again; he maxed out the record, let his name, and Jordan, Chamberlain, Kobe, the most brilliant star in NBA history On par.

However, despite the glitz, Harden, as a leader and a teammate, is not so qualified. Since 2012, when the beard joined the Rockets, his skills have skyrocketed, but he is accompanied by his increasingly surly character. Over the course of more than eight years, the Rockets management has changed waves of players around Harden and changed systems after another, but what they finally waited for was a failure without exception.

In the past 8 years, the rumors of infighting surrounding Harden have continued until the moment he left.

When Harden first came to the Rockets in 2012, he was only the sixth best player in the league. Before that, he had no experience in leading the team with the core. He has been living under the wings of two big brothers Durant and Westbrook. under. But after entering Houston, the beard quickly showed his extraordinary basketball talent.

At that time, the Rockets paired Jeremy Lin with Harden as their main aid. At that time, Jeremy had just created the myth of a grassroots counterattack in New York, and he was at the peak of his career. At first, the “Harlem combination” between him and Harden was indeed impressive.

However, the good times did not last long. After the first year of cooperation, the upper limit of the book magnate began to be criticized. Although Harden did not make a clear statement, his trust in the book magnate was significantly reduced on the court. The latter’s position in the rocket system has also continued to decline, until it becomes a bargaining chip.

Realizing that Jeremy Lin’s status in the arena is not enough, the Rockets changed their thinking on team building. In the summer of 2013, they won among many competitors and signed Dwight Howard, hoping that Harden + Howard’s “modern combination” could replicate and even surpass the resumes of McGrady and Yao Ming. However, the modern honeymoon period is also short. In the next three years of cooperation, the two have always had a bad temper and finally broke up under the sound of infighting. Because of that experience, the Rockets coach McHale also became an infighting “back man”, unfortunately lost his job.

Later, Harden experienced a period of single-core leadership, until the joining of Chris Paul in 2017. Frankly speaking, the two years of the “bulb combination” fighting together were the peak years of Harden’s Rockets career. During this period, Harden won the regular season MVP and the Rockets also created the best record in team history. Harden and Paul together led The team entered the Western Conference finals, facing the historical-class warrior super warships, they pushed their opponents into desperation, and finally it was because of Paul’s accidental injury that they regretted losing the series.

However, in the second season of their cooperation, a rift appeared. Harden is at his peak, and his desire for possession of the ball is becoming stronger, while Paul’s prestige has declined due to aging, and he has stopped because of injuries. For most of the season, Harden was indeed alone in supporting the overall situation. This contradiction continued throughout the season, and eventually broke out in the final two games of the Western Conference semifinals.

In the summer of the same year, in order to make Harden happy, the Rockets could only start a big deal again. They sent Paul away in exchange for Harden’s former good brother Westbrook, and hoped that the “Vuitton combination” could bring a completely different spirit to the team. Angry.

But this time, the Rockets made a wrong bet, and the Vuitton combination experiment also failed a year later. What’s more tragic is that after years of continuous big trades, the Rockets have been severely overdrawn and the team has reached the brink of understanding, and it has finally evolved into today’s tragedy.

Today, Harden has completely said goodbye to Houston in the big deal. His story of surprises and controversies coexisting in the Rockets for more than 8 years has also come to an end. However, in Brooklyn in the future, will Harden really settle down? Will he really get along with Durant and Irving?

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