在2023-24賽季的一開始,費城76人顯然沒有因為缺少James Harden而影響球場上的表現。Joel Embiid繼續承擔攻防兩端的重任,Tyrese Maxey也迎來了更大的飛躍,聯手幫助76人近期取得一波三連勝。
76人和洛杉磯快艇在經歷了長達數個月的聯繫之後,最終達成了一項協議,其中包括雙方的7名球員以及選秀籤。NBA最好的雙人組之一就此分別,Embiid對看到明星隊友被交易並不陌生,而這次是相對艱難的。
公平來說,Harden應該是Embiid合作過最好的搭檔,他的組織能力與大個子能完美搭配。當Embiid正式被宣佈為上賽季例行賽MVP 時,Harden送給他一只訂製款勞力士手錶並給了他一個大大熊抱。他們的化學反應只在一個完整賽季中顯現出來,後續的戲劇性分歧讓Harden決定掛冠求去。
引用 Embiid:「我的意思是,我很高興事情得到了解決,我為他感到高興。他希望這一切發生,這都是生意。我為他感到高興,希望他有機會成功,賺很多錢,打好籃球並且能夠獲勝。現在,我希望我們都能進入總決賽,但是,他將是失敗的一方,而我們是勝利的一方。但就像我說的,我為他感到高興,他得到了他想要的。不幸的是,很多提到的人存在著許多誤解,但看到人們快樂總是好的,而且他似乎也很快樂。」
Embiid承認,他與Harden的組合未能取得統治地位並再次在第二輪出局,這讓他感到失望。在加入快艇的新聞記者會上,Harden談到他在76人的角色中感受到阻礙和限制。Embiid猜測他和教練團之間可能存在著分歧,但他表示Harden其實有機會打出屬於自己的比賽。
引用Embiid:「在我看來,我只是覺得我們讓他做自己,我們把球交給他,因為他真的很棒。我的意思是,他是一名出色的球員。顯然,做為一名出色的傳球手,我們就是把球交給他。如果你再看一遍,我們給了他每一次控球權讓他去做他的事情,他必須做出決定讓球員得到空檔機會或自己處理。但我認為這讓我們進攻端做得非常好。」
至於76人交易Harden所帶來的回報,Embiid表示多年來他對Robert Covington、Marcus Morris Sr.和Nicolas Batum都很熟悉,但他並沒有過多談論到選秀籤,因為這部份是由管理層決定如何運用而不是他來處理的。
Embiid重申了他在媒體日時的立場,只要有他在,76人就永遠有機會獲勝。這支球隊在Nick Nurse的帶領下對新體系激發了不小信心,現在,球隊擁有更多的靈活性和資產來變得更好。
引用Embiid:「我唯一關心的就是贏球。這是我關注的焦點,我希望我們都能達成共識,因為這就是我想要的。一但我們意見不一致,那就改天再討論吧。但我認為這些人都想要獲勝,我們會盡力而為。」
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引用“I mean, I'm happy that the situation got resolved and I'm happy for him,” Embiid said of Harden getting the trade he requested. “He wanted it to happen. But it's all business. I'm happy for him. I hope he has the chance to succeed and make a lot of money and play good basketball and being able to win. Now, I hope we both make the Finals but, you know, he's on the losing side of it and we on the winning side of it. But I'm just, like I said, I'm happy for him. He got what he wanted. Unfortunately, there was a lot of misunderstanding between people that were mentioned but it's always good to see people happy and he seems to be happy.”
引用 “In my opinion, I just feel like we allowed him to be himself and we gave him the ball every single possession because he is really good,” Embiid said. “I mean, he's an amazing player. Obviously, being that great of a passer, I think we just gave him the ball. If you watch again, we gave him the ball every single possession to just go out and do his thing and from there, he had to make decisions as far as getting guys open or looking out for himself. But I thought it did a pretty good job of just getting us into an offense, and not just passing the ball, getting guys open.”
引用“The only thing I care about is winning,” Embiid said. “That's my focus and I hope that we all on the same page 'cause that's all I want. The moment we're not on the same page, then that's a discussion for another day. But I think these guys want to win and we're gonna do our best.”
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