There is a famous saying in the NBA business alliance: you will never lose money by changing small change into whole money. Although the Nets traded players such as Levell and Allen for james harden, the team completely raised its lower limit after getting james harden. The most famous change in the league is the anthony davis deal between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Orleans Pelicans. After the Lakers got lebron james, the first player in the offseason league, they actively sought a deal to get anthony davis.
Later, after constant discussions between the two teams, the Lakers Young Legion and Ingram, Bauer and other players in the draft pick were finally traded. You know, these young players are the cornerstones for the Lakers to build a team through the draft in recent years, and the Lakers have given up their efforts for so many years to get anthony davis. As we all know, many things happen. As the ultimate killers in the era of small ball, anthony davis and lebron james successfully reached the finals last year and won the final championship trophy. Imagine if LeBron James and these young players were partners, it would be impossible to accomplish this feat in a year's running-in process, so the Lakers' bet of "all money for money" is very bold and successful.
Similarly, although the Nets paid a lot of excellent role players and extra luxury tax to get james harden, it is not a loss if the three giants of the Nets can reach the finals in the first year of cooperation, and it is indeed a big profit if they accidentally win the finals trophy.
There is another reason why there is no loss in paying luxury tax in order to get Harden, that is, james harden can become the team brain and main attacker of the Nets. We have never questioned the strength of kevin durant and kyrie irving. After all, they are all people who proved themselves in the finals stage, but their role in the finals stage is not the main attack, but the icing on the cake. Kevin durant won the championship because the Splash Brothers controlled the audience, and Carey Owen won the championship because LeBron James controlled the audience.
The experience of winning the championship is similar to that of the above two teams. If the Brooklyn Nets want to go to the end of the playoffs, one person must control the whole game, but Durant and Owen are not the best choices for the team. After james harden joined us, he was fully qualified for this role. As the top five superstar in the league, james harden's scoring ability is historic. Compared with his score, his passing is more superb, which is exactly what the Nets need. The Nets built by james harden and Cai Chongxin can be said to be quite in tune, and the boss Cai Chongxin doesn't care about paying luxury tax to Harden.