For a wealthy fan-owner like Tsai Chongxin, paying an extra 87 million in luxury tax on the premise of getting a top-five superstar in the league is simply not worth mentioning. The resulting Big Three of the Nets are completely It can compete for the O'Brien Cup this season, no loss at all.
There is a famous saying in the NBA Business League: You will never lose money if you exchange small change for whole money. Although the Nets traded players such as LeVert and Allen when they acquired James Harden, the team's lower limit was completely raised after acquiring James Harden. The most famous exchange of small change for whole money in the league is undoubtedly the Anthony Davis trade between the Los Angeles Lakers and the Orleans Pelicans. After the Los Angeles Lakers acquired LeBron James, the league's No. 1 player, during the offseason, they actively searched for a trade to acquire Anthony Davis.
After extensive discussions between the two teams, players such as Ingram and Ball and draft picks from the Lakers' young team were finally traded away. You must know that this group of young players are the cornerstones of the Lakers' team that they have obtained through drafts in recent years. The Lakers gave up so many years of hard work in order to get Anthony Davis. We all know what happened next. Hard work pays off. Anthony Davis is the ultimate killer in the small ball era. The combination of him and LeBron James successfully entered the finals last year and won the final championship. Trophy. Imagine if LeBron James was paired with this group of young players, they would not be able to accomplish this feat in the process of running in for a year. Therefore, the Lakers' gambling-style "change for whole money" is very bold and successful.
In the same way, although the Nets paid a lot of outstanding role players and paid more luxury tax to get James Harden, if the Nets' Big Three can It's not a loss if you make it to the finals, and if you accidentally get the finals trophy, you'll really make a lot of money.
There is another reason why paying the luxury tax to get Harden is not bad, that is, James Harden can serve as the Nets' team brain and main attacker. We have never doubted the strength of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. After all, they are both people who have proven themselves on the finals stage. However, their roles in the finals stage are not that of main attackers. It’s the one who puts the icing on the cake. Kevin Durant won the championship because the Splash Brothers controlled the entire game, and Kyrie Irving won the championship because LeBron James controlled the entire game.
It is similar to the championship experiences of the above two teams. If the Brooklyn Nets want to reach the end of the playoffs, they must have one person controlling the whole court, but neither Durant nor Irving are ball players. The team's best choice. After James Harden joins, he is fully qualified to fill this role. As one of the top five superstars in the league, James Harden's scoring ability is at a historical level. Compared with his scoring, his passing is even more superb. This is exactly what the Nets need. James Harden and Tsai Chongxin The Nets team they have built can be said to be quite in tune, and owner Tsai Chongxin doesn't care at all if Harden pays the luxury tax.