Twenty-five thoughts, for James Hardens’ career average of 25.0 points per game, on the day his trade to the 76ers for Ben Simmons and a bunch of other pieces reset the NBA’s Eastern Conference. 1. The Nets were in Cleveland Jan. 17. In their locker room before the game, Kyrie Irving lit ablaze some sage — a Native American ritual Irving has embraced to cleanse negative energy. Irving doesn’t do this before every game, but he apparently still feels haunted by parts of his past on the Cavs. So he lit his torch.…