2022 Eastern Conference First Rd - #7 Nets at #3 Boston Gm 1

[Zman80000]

By a wide margin the team with the largest amount of annoying fans on Real GM are Celtics fans.
Please send them home.
They are insufferable.

[Netaman]

The clippers lost PG and Kawhi. We at least had 1 or 2 of Harden/Kyrie/KD all year. our injury issues are way overblown. last year KD missed a ton of time. We had an 18-2 stretch with KD out last year. Difference is we had D'antoni/Ime to babysit,

Their record with KD this year is 36-19 (.655 winning%). A lot of those games obviously without Kyrie bc of the vax. None with Simmons. Probably half with Harden. Almost none with a "big 3".

The #1 seed Miami Heat winning% is .646.

When KD is on the court they can and often do beat anyone. Despite circumstances around him.

Your whining about Marks is just frustration over injuries. And Harden quitting like a bitch. And Kyrie being unreliable. And Nash being a **** coach. And Joe Harris choking like a dog last year.

Nash is literally the only one of those things that was somewhat controllable, and im quite certain he'll be gone if they have a disappointing exit. In fact im quite certain he'll be gone if KD wants him gone regardless of how they exit - even if they win a championship. If Simmons can simply come back and play PJ Tucker D on Giannis and there are no further injuries in this tune-up series vs. Boston, the Nets are raising a banner.

[MrDollarBills]

By a wide margin the team with the largest amount of annoying fans on Real GM are Celtics fans.
Please send them home.
They are insufferable.

Careful, they lurk on this board non stop so you're probably hurting their feelings.

That being said, yes, I hope we can do it too. Good luck on friday, i hope you guys win.

[GTR11]

By a wide margin the team with the largest amount of annoying fans on Real GM are Celtics fans.
Please send them home.
They are insufferable.

You guys drafted a monster again. Different gm's and yet keep pulling out gems. That Mobley kid going to be huge problem for entire league.

As for Saltics We just have to keep it close.

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In pressure situations I love our chances. They really lack playmaking ability and their bigs huge liability. We thrive putting them in PnR. Us getting Ben will make things unfair.

[CalamityX12]

Im gonna be for the believe when i see it approach.....

Should Ben come through... those "minor" minutes can make a big difference for this team...

lets bleepin go!

[Hello Brooklyn]

Despite all the doom and gloom our record with KD this year was the best in the East.

Thats the thing people don't get. We basically collapsed without KD. As soon as he went out Harden sabotaged our season.

With KD we were basically the best team in the East. The minute he came back we started winning again.

There is no good team in the East this year anyway. 53 wins isn't that impressive. In many other years it would make you a 4 seed. Certainly not #1.

The Bucks are supposed to be some juggernaut and underperformed all year. The Heat, Celtics, Sixers are completely unproven.

This is why despite all our issues we still have a legitimate shot at winning. We just need Nash to not suck entirely.

I actually thought he did an ok job in last years playoffs. Lets hope he can get it together.

[GTR11]

Despite all the doom and gloom our record with KD this year was the best in the East.

Thats the thing people don't get. We basically collapsed without KD. As soon as he went out Harden sabotaged our season.

With KD we were basically the best team in the East. The minute he came back we started winning again.

There is no good team in the East this year anyway. 53 wins isn't that impressive. In many other years it would make you a 4 seed. Certainly not #1.

The Bucks are supposed to be some juggernaut and underperformed all year. The Heat, Celtics, Sixers are completely unproven.

This is why despite all our issuWees we still have a legitimate shot at winning. We just need Nash to not suck entirely.

I actually thought he did an ok job in last years playoffs. Lets hope he can get it together.

Just 2 things:

1- ABSOLUTELY, understanding rotations to the game plan will be crucial. Can he take Patty out when he's cold, can he take Dre out when he's doing dumb stuff etc etc. Can he feel the flow of the game and ride hot hand or make A ROLE PLAYER GET HOT is what entire series will come down to

2- Let's not get things twisted. We know who really coached that team last year.

[Netaman]

My biggest gripe with Nash is overplaying KD. It's clear in the games where he almost doesn't come off the floor and plays the entire 4Q he gets worn down. In the last couple weeks we've seen a ton of uncharacteristic turnovers from KD and it looked like pure fatigue.

But that's also how we know Nash is the coach KD wants, executing KD's exact wishes. Read between the lines a little and that's the only thing that fits with the ridiculous comments Nash has made after those games where it sounds like he doesn't have a say in that situation even though he's "the coach".

Last year in game 6/7 vs. MIL was one thing, but this year it's another. They have a deeper roster.

Also his minutes decisions last year pretty much sucked too. Joe Harris killed them and he was playing almost the entire games vs. Milwaukee too. It was pathetic watching Pat Connaughton jump in for his 10 mpg and outproduce Joe.

But this year's team is deeper THANKS TO MARKS and the deadline deal. Last year's team was 3 guys (2 hurt) + 1 choker + uncle Jeff. This year they could actually have a functioning team if Nash would just allow it. They need to keep running Drummond and Claxton on screens and rolls. Keep Seth/Brown involved. Keep running the offense from the foul line area where it forces the defense into help decisions. Let KD eat on the elbows and let Kyrie/Seth knock down 3's. keep the dribble into the corner fadeaways to a minimum.

[3pt_chucker]

Leaving out Simmons and Time Lord the Nets have more of the 10 best players in the series:

1. KD
2. Tatum
3. KAI
4. J. Brown
5. Smart
6. Curry
7. Brown
8. Drummond
9. Horford
10. Clax

How people can predict the Celtics in a blow out is beyond me.

[Prokorov]

By a wide margin the team with the largest amount of annoying fans on Real GM are Celtics fans.
Please send them home.
They are insufferable.

We know. and its worse for us because they have that old ex girlfriend that cant let it go thing with Kyrie

[Prokorov]

The clippers lost PG and Kawhi. We at least had 1 or 2 of Harden/Kyrie/KD all year. our injury issues are way overblown. last year KD missed a ton of time. We had an 18-2 stretch with KD out last year. Difference is we had D'antoni/Ime to babysit,

Their record with KD this year is 36-19 (.655 winning%). A lot of those games obviously without Kyrie bc of the vax. None with Simmons. Probably half with Harden. Almost none with a "big 3".

The #1 seed Miami Heat winning% is .646.

When KD is on the court they can and often do beat anyone. Despite circumstances around him.

Your whining about Marks is just frustration over injuries. And Harden quitting like a bitch. And Kyrie being unreliable. And Nash being a **** coach. And Joe Harris choking like a dog last year.

Nash is literally the only one of those things that was somewhat controllable, and im quite certain he'll be gone if they have a disappointing exit. In fact im quite certain he'll be gone if KD wants him gone regardless of how they exit - even if they win a championship. If Simmons can simply come back and play PJ Tucker D on Giannis and there are no further injuries in this tune-up series vs. Boston, the Nets are raising a banner.

Nash should already be gone. we'd be a 1 seed with any other coach

[Prokorov]

Despite all the doom and gloom our record with KD this year was the best in the East.

Thats the thing people don't get. We basically collapsed without KD. As soon as he went out Harden sabotaged our season.

With KD we were basically the best team in the East. The minute he came back we started winning again.

There is no good team in the East this year anyway. 53 wins isn't that impressive. In many other years it would make you a 4 seed. Certainly not #1.

The Bucks are supposed to be some juggernaut and underperformed all year. The Heat, Celtics, Sixers are completely unproven.

This is why despite all our issues we still have a legitimate shot at winning. We just need Nash to not suck entirely.

I actually thought he did an ok job in last years playoffs. Lets hope he can get it together.

Record doesnt tell the story. we sucked vs. good/top teams and needed 40 minutes of KD to scrape by awful teams missing bad players.

[Hello Brooklyn]

Despite all the doom and gloom our record with KD this year was the best in the East.

Thats the thing people don't get. We basically collapsed without KD. As soon as he went out Harden sabotaged our season.

With KD we were basically the best team in the East. The minute he came back we started winning again.

There is no good team in the East this year anyway. 53 wins isn't that impressive. In many other years it would make you a 4 seed. Certainly not #1.

The Bucks are supposed to be some juggernaut and underperformed all year. The Heat, Celtics, Sixers are completely unproven.

This is why despite all our issues we still have a legitimate shot at winning. We just need Nash to not suck entirely.

I actually thought he did an ok job in last years playoffs. Lets hope he can get it together.

Record doesnt tell the story. we sucked vs. good/top teams and needed 40 minutes of KD to scrape by awful teams missing bad players.

That was only true with that bum Harden.

With KD/Kyrie we blew out the Sixers and Heat on the road by 30. And beat the Jazz.

[Netaman]

The clippers lost PG and Kawhi. We at least had 1 or 2 of Harden/Kyrie/KD all year. our injury issues are way overblown. last year KD missed a ton of time. We had an 18-2 stretch with KD out last year. Difference is we had D'antoni/Ime to babysit,

Their record with KD this year is 36-19 (.655 winning%). A lot of those games obviously without Kyrie bc of the vax. None with Simmons. Probably half with Harden. Almost none with a "big 3".

The #1 seed Miami Heat winning% is .646.

When KD is on the court they can and often do beat anyone. Despite circumstances around him.

Your whining about Marks is just frustration over injuries. And Harden quitting like a bitch. And Kyrie being unreliable. And Nash being a **** coach. And Joe Harris choking like a dog last year.

Nash is literally the only one of those things that was somewhat controllable, and im quite certain he'll be gone if they have a disappointing exit. In fact im quite certain he'll be gone if KD wants him gone regardless of how they exit - even if they win a championship. If Simmons can simply come back and play PJ Tucker D on Giannis and there are no further injuries in this tune-up series vs. Boston, the Nets are raising a banner.

Nash should already be gone. we'd be a 1 seed with any other coach

Ok on that we probably agree, but like i said i think it's KD decision, like every other NBA player on his level.

Firing Marks reflexively would be stupid. Especially since most every Nets fan/observer (and I think you included) would have made the exact same calculations signing Kyrie (even though he's unreliable), trading for Harden (even though he was a quitter), and extending Harris (even though he's a 1 trick pony).

We can tell ourselves fairy tales about how there were other things that could overcome those 3 situations but it would be bs. There were no better fairy tales than the ones Marks made happen in the last couple months with Curry/Drummond/Simmons and Dragic.

[HardenGoat]

Nash as bad as he is almost beat the Bucks last year with a one legged Harden and no Kyrie plus a pitiful performance from one of the best 3 point shooters in the league. Marks has assembled a solid team despite the challenges we have all seen. So basically Durant is so gifted and such a competitor he nearly overcame the enormous set backs he was dealing with last year (coach included). You guys are going to win this series and be in the finals is what I see coming barring any injuries. Here’s hoping for your health to persevere.

[MrDollarBills]

Boston fans are talking like this series is already over.

screw Nash. We've got to beat these dudes.

[Zman80000]

By a wide margin the team with the largest amount of annoying fans on Real GM are Celtics fans.
Please send them home.
They are insufferable.

Careful, they lurk on this board non stop so you're probably hurting their feelings.

That being said, yes, I hope we can do it too. Good luck on friday, i hope you guys win.

Good luck against Bahston.

It actually would be better to lose to Atlanta so we retain our draft pick.
With no or a still not 100% Allen it will be rough.
Atlanta has our number when we don't have Garland, Mobley, and Allen at 100%.

[Paradise]

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[gigantes]

Nash as bad as he is almost beat the Bucks last year with a one legged Harden and no Kyrie plus a pitiful performance from one of the best 3 point shooters in the league. Marks has assembled a solid team despite the challenges we have all seen. So basically Durant is so gifted and such a competitor he nearly overcame the enormous set backs he was dealing with last year (coach included). You guys are going to win this series and be in the finals is what I see coming barring any injuries. Here’s hoping for your health to persevere.

Firing Marks reflexively would be stupid. Especially since most every Nets fan/observer (and I think you included) would have made the exact same calculations signing Kyrie (even though he's unreliable), trading for Harden (even though he was a quitter), and extending Harris (even though he's a 1 trick pony).

We can tell ourselves fairy tales about how there were other things that could overcome those 3 situations but it would be bs. There were no better fairy tales than the ones Marks made happen in the last couple months with Curry/Drummond/Simmons and Dragic.

Agree with 90% of what you're saying, Netaman. Marks can make some big gambles, and still has room to grow, but ousting him and hoping the next person can do better is pretty much the acme of foolishness to me.

Also, I think it's a fine point you make that so many players have come through BRK under Marks' watch, had productive experiences here, and added major value to their careers. It's another nice example of a culture and performance team that hard-working players enjoy and benefit from, adding to the Nets' positive reputation around the league as a great place to play. That's big-time stuff IMO.

On a completely different note, slamming Joe Harris as you guys do makes little rational sense to me, and it's almost as bad as those calling for Marks' head IMO.

Joe..? Joe's been pretty much *stellar* at everything we could possibly have asked from him over the years. He's a slightly below-average NBA athlete and non-gifted defender as I see it, who by virtue of being a total gym rat and hustling his ass off on the court, has transformed himself in to one of the league's best shooters, an always-useful cog in the offense, and even a neutral defender.

He's perfect as a complimentary guy who gets his minutes capped at no more than about 30mpg, and the only two series he disappointed in, he was asked to be more of a #2 guy and average about 5-6 more minutes per game. Well, that's just not him, and IMO he got predictably run in to the ground, not unlike various other players under Nash. The difference in his case I think is that, likely being a hustle guy without great athleticism, he gets worn down quicker than some others by the extra minutes & defensive attention.

Joe's contract isn't a bargain anymore, and I don't mind moving him in the right deal, but the guy's simply not the problem IMO.

[Prokorov]

My biggest gripe with Nash is overplaying KD. It's clear in the games where he almost doesn't come off the floor and plays the entire 4Q he gets worn down. In the last couple weeks we've seen a ton of uncharacteristic turnovers from KD and it looked like pure fatigue.

But that's also how we know Nash is the coach KD wants, executing KD's exact wishes. Read between the lines a little and that's the only thing that fits with the ridiculous comments Nash has made after those games where it sounds like he doesn't have a say in that situation even though he's "the coach".

Last year in game 6/7 vs. MIL was one thing, but this year it's another. They have a deeper roster.

Also his minutes decisions last year pretty much sucked too. Joe Harris killed them and he was playing almost the entire games vs. Milwaukee too. It was pathetic watching Pat Connaughton jump in for his 10 mpg and outproduce Joe.

But this year's team is deeper THANKS TO MARKS and the deadline deal. Last year's team was 3 guys (2 hurt) + 1 choker + uncle Jeff. This year they could actually have a functioning team if Nash would just allow it. They need to keep running Drummond and Claxton on screens and rolls. Keep Seth/Brown involved. Keep running the offense from the foul line area where it forces the defense into help decisions. Let KD eat on the elbows and let Kyrie/Seth knock down 3's. keep the dribble into the corner fadeaways to a minimum.

We defintely have a better deeper roster then last years playoffs. and a more diverse one. Last year our only bigs were Blake and Claxton who hadnt played much. we had no rebounding. now we have Drummond. We have seth who is more then just a standstill shooter. We have dragic as a legit PG isntead of chiozza/james.

Issue is we dont have Ime/D'antoni. which is a big big difference. We also come in playing terrible basketball and with an abused KD minutes wise.

I dont want to hear "we won 5 in a row" that was vs. trash teams and we sucked in all those games despite the win.

This team/coachng staff needs to show me this is more then a .500 team. i dont believe it. I think Kyrie/KD will show up big but it wont matter.

We basically need to score 120 and hold opponents to 115. Kd/Kyrie will generate 85-95. where do the rest come from?