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After forming one of the most lethal superstar trios the NBA had ever seen, the Brooklyn Nets looked like a team that could dominate the competition in the league for many years to come.
The three-headed monster of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden was a scary sight for opposing defenses, but it just wasn’t meant to be with all three players asking to be traded, and eventually, all three were sent elsewhere.
There were so many things going on in the league at the time for Harden’s request to get traded, but there’s been no real clear clarity on how things unfolded in Brooklyn until now.
Harden, now part of a one-two punch for the Philadelphia 76ers with Joel Embiid, shed some light on what happened in Brooklyn via Brian Lewis of the New York Post.
James Harden on his #Nets exit: “There’s a lot of internal things that was going on which was one of the reasons why I made my decision. And everybody talked down on me & gave me negative feedback…But now fast forward today, nobody’s like, okay, James was smart.” #76ers #Sixers
— Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) April 14, 2023
Ironically, Harden will face his old team in the first round of the NBA playoffs, with the 76ers and Nets set to go head-to-head.
The Nets look like a completely different team heading into this playoff series, with Mikal Bridges now being the face of the franchise moving forward.
Fortunately for Harden, Philadelphia is expected to make easy work of Brooklyn in the first round, as Doc Rivers’ squad will likely be too much to handle for Bridges and company in a seven-game series.
Game 1 of this first-round series will take place on Saturday, with these two teams set to do battle in Philadelphia for the first two games of the series before it shifts to Brooklyn for Games 3 and 4.
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