Roy Tarpley wrote:The comeback in the Celtics game showed we had heart. The Pacers games demonstrated that the Nets have some hope. This game will show whether the Nets are just a 20-25 win team or a 30-35 win team.
The comparison has been made before... but this team is extremely similar to the celtics when brad stevens took over.
they cleaned house of all their veterans (pierce/KG/Allen/Rondo) and had a ton of bench type role guys and some young guys. stevens was a bright mind and got them all buying into the system and playing hard at a faced pace and with alot of threes.
Kenny has done the same here in a similar situation. nets moved on from Deron/Pierce/KG/Joe and now have a team of mostly role players and young guys. early returns from play and interviews is they all buy in to what kennys doing. #1 in pace in the preseason and top 6 so far through 2 games in the regular season.
now... tougher to turn this around as quickly as boston did as we dont have all the picks they had and we dont have the blue chippers they had. probably take 2 or 3 more seasons after this year to get where boston was in year 2. but the foundation is there.
Coach -> system -> pace -> players buying in. thats the founddation right now.
its up to marks from here to determine who long it takes to get to being respectable, but so far so good