The Brooklyn Nets are quickly approaching the end of the regular season, and we’ll soon learn whether the blockbuster James Harden-for-Ben Simmons trade worked out for both Brooklyn and Philadelphia during their respective playoff runs.
According to former Nets star Kenyon Martin, though, the Nets clearly received the better end of the deal.
In a discussion with Etan Thomas of Basketball News, Martin said that the 76ers gave the Nets multiple pieces that the team needed, and that unless Harden starts playing like an MVP, Philadelphia isn’t a championship-caliber team.
Via Basketball News:
“Harden is talented, but what has he won? So when it went down, my first thought was that Brooklyn got the better of that deal. I think Brooklyn got so much better with all the different pieces they now have. You have a motivated Ben Simmons, who is ready to prove to the world that he’s worthy of that No. 1 pick, and rub it in Philly’s face for how they blamed him after the playoffs last year. You get a drop-dead shooter in Seth Curry. And you put Ben Simmons in that scenario as a playmaker and surround him with two assassins in Kyrie and KD?”
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