On Thursday afternoon’s trade deadline, the Brooklyn Nets shipped James Harden to the Philadelphia 76ers for Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Andre Drummond and two draft picks. Acquiring Harden, who arguably deserved to win more than one MVP award during his time with the Houston Rockets, was always a barely calculated risk. Harden is one of the great scorers in NBA history, but he came to Brooklyn having worn out his welcome in Houston. There’s even a case to be made that the success of the Big Three model was an illusion. Who knows, if Irving and Simmons actually manage to regularly appear in basketball games, it could even end up being them.

Source: The Guardian February 12, 2022 09:42 UTC