If Harden wanted to go to Los Angeles four years ago, would the Lakers have spent everything for him?

The NBA preseason has begun, and all the major teams are gradually getting on the right track. However, there is one person who is very different. When the team gathered for training, he did not show up. The team has a new coach. , as the star player, he did not get in touch with the coach. This person is Harden, who has won the scoring title for three consecutive years. According to relevant reports, Harden has just returned to Houston for a physical examination and may start training with the team next. His attitude makes Rockets fans very disappointed. A good hand of bad cards! If you wanted to go to Los Angeles 4 years ago, the Lakers would have spent everything for you!

There is no doubt about Harden's personal ability. He has won the scoring title for three consecutive seasons, and he is the first shooting guard in active service. But Harden's actions during the offseason made him involved in controversy. Harden made a trade request to the Rockets management during the offseason. Rather than asking for a trade, it would be more appropriate to say that it was a forced move. He wants to go to a team that can always compete for championships. He is already 31 years old and obviously he is very eager to have a championship ring now.

However, the Rockets were not able to trade Harden. It was not that the Rockets did not want to make a move, but that no team could accept it. Harden wholeheartedly wants to go to the Nets, but the Nets do not have the right chips to exchange for it. Of course, the Rockets will not make a loss-making deal. Irving and Durant are both not for sale to the Nets. Apart from these two, no one can be used as Harden's trading chip.

In fact, Harden had every chance to play on a strong team back then, that is, he would return to his hometown of Los Angeles and join the Lakers. In 2016, the Lakers were recruiting stars. Harden was already well-known at the time. If he wanted to go to the Lakers, the Lakers management would do whatever it took to get Harden, because at that time Harden was 27 years old and the best player for a star. Good age. Harden is now 31 years old, and no team is willing to exchange a large amount of chips for a 31-year-old star. What's more, James Harden is not James after all, and he cannot make a team make a qualitative leap. At the moment, it seems that only staying with the Rockets is Harden's best choice.