Prokorov wrote:MrDollarBills wrote:MGrand15 wrote:Nash is a huge problem but I think the problems are bigger than him.
The organization lost its way. The Nash hiring is a perfect example. Instead of going for the best coach possible - we went for someone who we hoped Kyrie and KD would respect. We went for someone that could manage egos. We have so much talent that it damn near worked. The problem is - we saw this with Kenny - it doesn't matter if you're fully healthy or not - losses take an emotional toll on the team. We can't expect the big 3 to play 82 games. So that means you actually need a good coach.
We also seemingly just abandoned our analytics and performance team stuff. Remember when our team was incredibly careful on back to backs? How many minute restrictions were put in place? Now we play the stars until they drop. Makes no sense. We were careful when we had no playoffs to look forward to. Now we have a bigger goal and KD can't play less than 36 MPG? Harden is playing 40 minutes on road back to backs. Nash is part of that but that's all organization stuff.
Spot on.
Sean Marks owns all of this. Hiring Nash was a disastrous blunder. But everything that made the Nets work leading up to the signing of KD and Kyrie has been thrown out the window.
Durant being so beholden to Kyrie is also a serious problem that no one wants to talk about. I'm pretty sure Joe Tsai wants to throw Kyrie out the door head first but KD is the one stopping that.
Friendship and business do not mix. For a guy as smart as Durant is, who is making millions off the court with his investments, you would think he'd understand that.
Both Tsais said they support kyrie and have "All the patience"
Every teammate is ok with it, not just KD. this is per KD on his podcast
Same for nash
same for marks
the idea everyone wants him gone but KD is in the way is absurd
A lot of that is lip service. No one is going to trash Kyrie in public and make a bad situation even worse. Joe Tsai isn't stupid.
There's only been one person who has been truthful in telling the media that there are problems going on internally, and that's the guy who is probably about a week away from asking for a trade out of here.