MikeTheKid wrote:Coming in peace and super happy to see some seismic changes in the league but with KD and Kyrie coming is Kenny Atkinson ready for what's about to come or will he be ran over by KD and Kyrie?
Other than Durant's achilles, this is the big, honking question for me.
Will the Nets' enviable professionalism from top to bottom (see the recent summer intern's post for examples) be enough to absorb and handle whatever headcasiness these two guys bring?
Will something go wrong no matter what, somewhere along the line, causing hurt feelings and disenchantment on one or both of their parts?
Will all such potential problems be minimized, but at the cost of team unity? I.e., "the rest of us guys are busting our asses to be exemplary players, meanwhile these new hotshots get away with stuff we wouldn't dream of, while still getting treated with kid gloves?"
I have no idea how this will all turn out, and I don't think anyone else does either, but at the very least I trust it will be a rather fascinating experiment and a good, solid test of the system Sean Marks has painstakingly put in to place. Full disclosure-- I'm frankly kind of bitter about the loss of DLo, but I'm getting over it, and warming up to the new potential here, little by little.
In any case, I think as long as you look at the Nets as a dangerous team with lots of possibilities, you'll be in good shape. If there's a way to go wrong, it's probably in assuming that things will work out any particular way, and that the Nets will necessarily accomplish certain goals, like winning the title. I think a better expectation is that the team might get rocked or disappointed here and there, but that they will stay professional, hardworking and positive no matter what happens.
That may be a lot to ask of some orgs, but I have genuine confidence of such with Marks, Atkinson & co. We're blessed in that way, honestly.