Nets @ Bucks ------- Game Thread 7:30 EDT. ESPN

[MrDollarBills]

We're definitely getting smacked tomorrow. Then we have 5 winnable games. Indiana X2, Chicago, Washington, Charlotte.

We've legitimately had a tough schedule. So I'm OK being patient now. If we don't fix this thing by game 10 - my guess is we start looking to blow this up. This team looks worse than last years team.

The chances of us losing to Chicago, Washington and Charlotte are pretty high.

The only team in the east with a worse point diff. is the Pistons, a team full of kids.

This isn't an encouraging sign imo. Same pattern as last year: we scrape by a play in level team, and we get blown out by the top tier teams.

[NetsWorld]

We can all say the refs,we need xyz players etc etc brothers none of that will matter if we have this coach! How the heck do i look at that boxscore and see cam thomas get zero minutes lol sean marks is destroying this team by sitting on his a$$ lol

78 games to go with no continuity or set system and he's sitting on his ass? He messed up with Nash but the talent is NOT on him. He built a solid team, now it has to come together.... Sure you can say we need a tough big but he has time to make a move. The only thing I hope is he makes a move in December and not February where it may be too late.

[Shark]

Defense and rebounding is easily our weakness. Also, what's up with Ben? He moves so slow. I don't think he's fully recovered mentally & physically.

Part of me understands as he's still getting into game shape after being out for so long, but his recovery is a huge hindrance to the team right now.

If that's the case, then he needs to be coming off the bench first and start Harris. Playing against bench players will help him in his recovery.

Its yet another gigantic screw up by Nash. Ben should have been ramped up slowly coming off the bench. Not saying that they are 100% right, but just look at how the Clippers are working Kwhai back into things. I don't get what the rush was of starting Ben right away.

[Nycspirit718]

We can all say the refs,we need xyz players etc etc brothers none of that will matter if we have this coach! How the heck do i look at that boxscore and see cam thomas get zero minutes lol sean marks is destroying this team by sitting on his a$$ lol

78 games to go with no continuity or set system and he's sitting on his ass? He messed up with Nash but the talent is NOT on him. He built a solid team, now it has to come together.... Sure you can say we need a tough big but he has time to make a move. The only thing I hope is he makes a move in December and not February where it may be too late.

Never said the talent, what im saying is that it wont matter if we add more talent (which is what we need) because nash wont play them! Nash has this knack of leaving are serviceable players out of action,he doesnt know what he’s doing and he’s wasting talent because of it.similar to the blake griffin situation.a couple games back we saw a glimpse of that and he will continue to do it, hes doing it by prioritizing dayron sharpe whos a turnover machine, and keeps FORCING it when he already see ITS NOT WORKING! Lol,he played him 22 minutes while he plugged in morris for him who immedeately contributed with a three pointer then immedeately sat him down after it and continued to force dayron sharpe down our throats.

Weve seen this un-urgency “its still early,mediocre attitude “far too many times these past three years, and guess what? It bites them in the a$$ every time! Last year same shht “oh no we’re not worried we have the talent if anything””we can land in any seed our talent will take care of us” nope where did that get us? Getting stomped by boston.when you have that happen more than once and now you (the front office ) are seeing it hppen again and not doing nothing about it (dont care if its early or not) its dangerous water to be swimming in and it meand someone up there (front office)is stubborn and its not learning their lesson.cant afford to be playing under .500 this early especially when youre talking all this “championship” talk.im sorry but i dont accept mediocrity i dont care how early it is, when i see a problem that is easily fixable i like to attack it EARLY to avoid it from building. We run ZERO plays and have KD playing entire quaters without rest ,thats not normal,idc how much kd loves to “hoop” we have to be making his job easier by drawing plays that makes evryone better.

With that being said this coaching change must be done ASAP! None of that “lets wait until december” what?? Lmaoo sre you serious .i guarantee you this team will be playing to focus catch up to a .500 record half way through the season as a result of this “lets wait” mentality instead of playing to focus on championship playing habits.what you think the rest of the east gives a damn and is gonna wait for us to gel ?no they are playing to win a chip as well and are not hesitating to take advantage of our inept coaching and slaightering us.so yea lets take our time. Lmao

[3pt_chucker]

/Rant

KD, KAI and Ben's mins are already too high. It's the same old pattern of Nash's coaching move of leaning on the stars to save the team and not actually coaching. This is the EXACT same team as last season. Why should we be patient if this is the same sh*** again?! Once again Nash is the only coach in the league that needs a 100% healthy roster to win games.

Things need to change!

Patty Mills is getting far too many mins. He's a matador on defense, can't handle the ball under pressure and is poor at initiating offense. He's basically on the court for 3's but he's not attempting enough of them to justify the playing time. Cam Thomas or Sumner need to play more. While neither are true PGs and aren't even average defenders, they bring way more than Patty. Sumner can put pressure on the rim by attacking. We saw him get an and-1 on Giannis ffs! Cam Thomas has also shown he can also attack the rim but is also really good at drawing FTs. He's also showing signs at play making ability. Yes Patty is a culture guy but if that's true he shouldn't be a problem if he's benched.

Sharpe needs to never touch the floor unless everyone is injured/rested. Why is he even playing? Yes he can rebound but he's really bad at contested rebounding or boxing out. He looks lost on defense. He doesn't switch well because he's slow footed, he misses assignments all the time and is always reaching in and fouling far too much. Yuta needs to be getting his mins. They are basically the same height and Yuta has more length and more athletic. Heck, I'd rather see Kess play than Sharpe because at least he can stretch the floor.

Every time the Nets are down or things look bad, the offense turns into an iso fest with KD/KAI, which shocker, leads to long scoring droughts. Yuck.

This team NEVER tries to impose its will. The Nets are the most passive "elite" talented team I've ever seen. Nash's game plan is always about how the other team plays and not about what the Nets strengths are. THe Nets should be leaving in to small ball and playing other teams bigs off the floor. The Nets never do this. There are a number of teams around the league that do this(Mavs, GSW, Raptors, etc). Why can't the Nets??

If the team is playing Sharpe why not just sign Cousins? Sharpe is a G-league/Euro league player.

Fans focusing on Ben Simmons, 5 months after back surgery are totally blind. Yes, Ben is a total shell of himself but there is so much talent on this team, it should not be as critical as it looks for him to immediately be elite.

At this point Joe Tsai has to do something. Marks won't fire his buddy and has not signed a stretch 5 or capable Center. How many losses/bad vibes will it take??

[3pt_chucker]

We can all say the refs,we need xyz players etc etc brothers none of that will matter if we have this coach! How the heck do i look at that boxscore and see cam thomas get zero minutes lol sean marks is destroying this team by sitting on his a$$ lol

78 games to go with no continuity or set system and he's sitting on his ass? He messed up with Nash but the talent is NOT on him. He built a solid team, now it has to come together.... Sure you can say we need a tough big but he has time to make a move. The only thing I hope is he makes a move in December and not February where it may be too late.

There is ZERO reasons why Marks have not signed a better C as of yet.

Marks had more than enough time to sign a stretch 5 at the very least. Even without KD's trade request, the team had no centers!! How tf did he not do something to address that? He still traded for O'Neil, signed TJ Warren and the rhetoric was that even if KD was traded, the Nets wanted to compete. Was he planning on acquiring one in the KD trade?? Doubtful because the Nets were not rumored to be requesting any and Marks' history has been abysmal when signing/drafting bigs.

Also, who's fault is it that Nash is still the coach? What is he waiting on to fire him? The longer he waits, the less time a new coach has to instill their philosophy and actually *gasp* coach!

"More time" is the classic excuse of incompetent people to push away actual accountability. Marks just doesn't have the balls to fire his friend and is giving him a long leash. Look how quickly he moved to fire Kenny when things weren't even as bad as they are now.

Nash only looked decent as a HC when he had Udoka and MDA flanked by his side and even then most of us were complaining about how bad/lost he looked.

[NetsWorld]

We can all say the refs,we need xyz players etc etc brothers none of that will matter if we have this coach! How the heck do i look at that boxscore and see cam thomas get zero minutes lol sean marks is destroying this team by sitting on his a$$ lol

78 games to go with no continuity or set system and he's sitting on his ass? He messed up with Nash but the talent is NOT on him. He built a solid team, now it has to come together.... Sure you can say we need a tough big but he has time to make a move. The only thing I hope is he makes a move in December and not February where it may be too late.

There is ZERO reasons why Marks have not signed a better C as of yet.

Marks had more than enough time to sign a stretch 5 at the very least. Even without KD's trade request, the team had no centers!! How tf did he not do something to address that? He still traded for O'Neil, signed TJ Warren and the rhetoric was that even if KD was traded, the Nets wanted to compete. Was he planning on acquiring one in the KD trade?? Doubtful because the Nets were not rumored to be requesting any and Marks' history has been abysmal when signing/drafting bigs.

Also, who's fault is it that Nash is still the coach? What is he waiting on to fire him? The longer he waits, the less time a new coach has to instill their philosophy and actually *gasp* coach!

"More time" is the classic excuse of incompetent people to push away actual accountability. Marks just doesn't have the balls to fire his friend and is giving him a long leash. Look how quickly he moved to fire Kenny when things weren't even as bad as they are now.

Nash only looked decent as a HC when he had Udoka and MDA flanked by his side and even then most of us were complaining about how bad/lost he looked.

Nash getting upset these past two games with a fire shows there is a fire under his ass that is gonna burn the hairs off sooner than later. I have said it before and will say it again, the likelihood of him getting canned is high, especially now that we are 1-3 and he still cannot grasp the idea of rotations and plays; You can deal with Vaugn if you get a Udoka/Dantoni type. As far as a stretch 5, Nets wanted to model themselves after the lovely C's after getting humiliated by them in the playoffs, and it was utter humiliation because KD was totally shaken and scared seeing that stifling and blitzing D. This is the Nets last chance at redemption and their last chance at winning a ring with this squad. A player like Cousins would be serviceable but Ben has to get it going and Nash has to go.

[Nycspirit718]

78 games to go with no continuity or set system and he's sitting on his ass? He messed up with Nash but the talent is NOT on him. He built a solid team, now it has to come together.... Sure you can say we need a tough big but he has time to make a move. The only thing I hope is he makes a move in December and not February where it may be too late.

There is ZERO reasons why Marks have not signed a better C as of yet.

Marks had more than enough time to sign a stretch 5 at the very least. Even without KD's trade request, the team had no centers!! How tf did he not do something to address that? He still traded for O'Neil, signed TJ Warren and the rhetoric was that even if KD was traded, the Nets wanted to compete. Was he planning on acquiring one in the KD trade?? Doubtful because the Nets were not rumored to be requesting any and Marks' history has been abysmal when signing/drafting bigs.

Also, who's fault is it that Nash is still the coach? What is he waiting on to fire him? The longer he waits, the less time a new coach has to instill their philosophy and actually *gasp* coach!

"More time" is the classic excuse of incompetent people to push away actual accountability. Marks just doesn't have the balls to fire his friend and is giving him a long leash. Look how quickly he moved to fire Kenny when things weren't even as bad as they are now.

Nash only looked decent as a HC when he had Udoka and MDA flanked by his side and even then most of us were complaining about how bad/lost he looked.

Nash getting upset these past two games with a fire shows there is a fire under his ass that is gonna burn the hairs off sooner than later. I have said it before and will say it again, the likelihood of him getting canned is high, especially now that we are 1-3 and he still cannot grasp the idea of rotations and plays; You can deal with Vaugn if you get a Udoka/Dantoni type. As far as a stretch 5, Nets wanted to model themselves after the lovely C's after getting humiliated by them in the playoffs, and it was utter humiliation because KD was totally shaken and scared seeing that stifling and blitzing D. This is the Nets last chance at redemption and their last chance at winning a ring with this squad. A player like Cousins would be serviceable but Ben has to get it going and Nash has to go.

So you think him getting mad is gonna magically make him a better coach? Lmaoooooo,as if getting mad is gonna give him some magical powers lmaoo .u saw that sht didnt do a damn thing why? Because the players CHECKED OUT! They dgaf about what he preaches.whenever the camera pans to the bench the players are always listening to igor.

[NetsWorld]

There is ZERO reasons why Marks have not signed a better C as of yet.

Marks had more than enough time to sign a stretch 5 at the very least. Even without KD's trade request, the team had no centers!! How tf did he not do something to address that? He still traded for O'Neil, signed TJ Warren and the rhetoric was that even if KD was traded, the Nets wanted to compete. Was he planning on acquiring one in the KD trade?? Doubtful because the Nets were not rumored to be requesting any and Marks' history has been abysmal when signing/drafting bigs.

Also, who's fault is it that Nash is still the coach? What is he waiting on to fire him? The longer he waits, the less time a new coach has to instill their philosophy and actually *gasp* coach!

"More time" is the classic excuse of incompetent people to push away actual accountability. Marks just doesn't have the balls to fire his friend and is giving him a long leash. Look how quickly he moved to fire Kenny when things weren't even as bad as they are now.

Nash only looked decent as a HC when he had Udoka and MDA flanked by his side and even then most of us were complaining about how bad/lost he looked.

Nash getting upset these past two games with a fire shows there is a fire under his ass that is gonna burn the hairs off sooner than later. I have said it before and will say it again, the likelihood of him getting canned is high, especially now that we are 1-3 and he still cannot grasp the idea of rotations and plays; You can deal with Vaugn if you get a Udoka/Dantoni type. As far as a stretch 5, Nets wanted to model themselves after the lovely C's after getting humiliated by them in the playoffs, and it was utter humiliation because KD was totally shaken and scared seeing that stifling and blitzing D. This is the Nets last chance at redemption and their last chance at winning a ring with this squad. A player like Cousins would be serviceable but Ben has to get it going and Nash has to go.

So you think him getting mad is gonna magically make him a better coach? Lmaoooooo,as if getting mad is gonna give him some magical powers lmaoo .u saw that sht didnt do a damn thing why? Because the players CHECKED OUT! They dgaf about what he preaches.whenever the camera pans to the bench the players are always listening to igor.

You misunderstood me, I meant that he has that anger in him now because he knows he's under watch before he gets canned. I predict Nets will get a new coach..... And his name will be..... IME UDOKA.