GT: Nets @ Pistons 3/26/21 7pm (YES)

[Hello Brooklyn]

Joker is a monster though. He carrying that trash to PO literally by himself. It got to the point Mike had to call them out. Also WC is tougher to play, we have two sub 500 in PO.

The 6th seed doesn't get the MVP sorry.

Why are the Nuggets worse than last year?

Well player traded during a aseason never won one either so whats the point here?

Players don't usually get traded so early in the season. Doesn't matter.

[therealbig3]

Nuggets would be the 4th seed in the East. They're barely worse than we are by record, and actually have a better SRS. Jokic is easily a worthy MVP candidate, dismissing him is silly. The Nuggets are worse because the team around him is worse. He's been unbelievable though.

[Prokorov]

Pistons are a tough crew and they fight to the end. They got some defenders over there too. Well we did what we had to do, Harden with another great game. Claxton with some great defense at the rim and perimeter. Blake wanted to put on a show for his former team.

But what the heck was that at the end of the game on that inbound play? Why was we trying to force it to Blake, that was bad on Nash part. Anyway, we should get Kyrie back and we should go on a little winning streak here with some bad teams coming up. Bucks is right on our rear too so hopefully we can get a nice winning streak going to get us to #1.

I dont know how they are a tough crew. they are horrible on both ends and lack shooting and offense creation. they have little shotblocking as well. and they lost their only backup big early in the game.

This is a team we should beat like 10 even if harden sat also.

[Prokorov]

Why can't the team inbound the ball wtf...

It helps if you draw up a play where someone actually moves.

you would think after the 100th time we nearly blow a 2 or 3 possesion game with under 10 seconds that they would figure out who to inbound the damn ball

[Prokorov]

Imagine drawing up a play for the last shot and it's a 1v1 targeting Claxton lmaoooo

I mean he got all the way to the rim, got him in the air on a pump fake and still had a shot to finsih it. a smarter players jumps into him to draw a foul.

the idea they even ahd the ball there is absurd

[Prokorov]

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Happy to see this.

I'm not please with Nash and his awful coaching. this is his 3rd time seeing the pistons and we took blake from them and their backup center was ejected in the first half. we had a 2 possesion lead with under 10 seconds and they have the ball and a shot to win somehow?

Details? how about you figure out a play to inbound the ball.

Details? where the F is bruce brown up 5 with 58 seconds left and they just called a timeout so you can easily run in defensive subs?

Nash needs to STFU. this POS is the only thing standing in the way of a title.

[Prokorov]

I'm so tired of these end of game collapses but a win is a win.

We've had this issue the entire season and it could be fatal in the playoffs.

The inbounding issues are so **** frustrating.

If we had the entire team intact these games would be blowouts. I'm not concerned

I mean, we lost to them with harden and kyrie. and nearly lost the second time with harden and kyrie.

to the worst team in the NBA.

[DarkXaero]

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Happy to see this.

I'm not please with Nash and his awful coaching. this is his 3rd time seeing the pistons and we took blake from them and their backup center was ejected in the first half. we had a 2 possesion lead with under 10 seconds and they have the ball and a shot to win somehow?

Details? how about you figure out a play to inbound the ball.

Details? where the F is bruce brown up 5 with 58 seconds left and they just called a timeout so you can easily run in defensive subs?

Nash needs to STFU. this POS is the only thing standing in the way of a title.

Please stop quoting me with your **** anti-Nash rants. I already try my best to ignore them in these threads.

[Prokorov]

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Happy to see this.

I'm not please with Nash and his awful coaching. this is his 3rd time seeing the pistons and we took blake from them and their backup center was ejected in the first half. we had a 2 possesion lead with under 10 seconds and they have the ball and a shot to win somehow?

Details? how about you figure out a play to inbound the ball.

Details? where the F is bruce brown up 5 with 58 seconds left and they just called a timeout so you can easily run in defensive subs?

Nash needs to STFU. this POS is the only thing standing in the way of a title.

Please stop quoting me with your **** anti-Nash rants. I already try my best to ignore them in these threads.

its not anti-nash to point out nash is awful. its just a basic observation.

[therealbig3]

I mean it was an awful pass from Jeff Green, Blake was open and could have had an easy layup if he threw the pass right.

Players aren't executing, that's not on Nash.

Nash has been doing a good job so far.

[MrDollarBills]

I'm so tired of these end of game collapses but a win is a win.

We've had this issue the entire season and it could be fatal in the playoffs.

The inbounding issues are so **** frustrating.

If we had the entire team intact these games would be blowouts. I'm not concerned

I mean, we lost to them with harden and kyrie. and nearly lost the second time with harden and kyrie.

to the worst team in the NBA.

We are 31-15, 2nd in the East and only 1 game back of first with KD and Kyrie missing half the season or more. 3rd best record in the NBA. Won 8 out of the last ten. Excellent record on the road.

You can try to push the Anti Nash stuff all day my man but at the end of the day you're on an island with this one. No one is going to buy that the coaching is bad when we continue to win. No one will care about games "nearly lost". A win is a win.

You lost credibility over this issue when you insisted that when we lose, it's Nash's fault, and when we win, he has nothing to do with it. It's an extremist position that no one is taking seriously. You don't have to like Nash but to continue to harp on him after every game has gotten beyond the point of absurdity. We know what poorly coached teams look like. This ain't it.

[Prokorov]

I mean it was an awful pass from Jeff Green, Blake was open and could have had an easy layup if he threw the pass right.

Players aren't executing, that's not on Nash.

Nash has been doing a good job so far.

I mean, if its one time maybe. but this is what the 5th or 6th time weve had a game in the bag up 2 possesions with under 24 seconds and couldnt inbound the ball and our opponent ended up with a shot at the end to win? thats on the coaching too.

Why are guys standing around. why are we running the same failed inbounds place twice in a row? We dont we have our quickest and most athletic guys in the game? Like chiozza for instance. do something, anything. like legit all you need to do is inbound the ball. you have elite players all over. hell we had 2 games where we couldnt do it with kyrie, who is like the fastest quickest craftiest dude on earth. why isnt harden, a super elite passer inbounding the ball?

its not 100% on nash and 0% on the players but when its an issue this long and not fixed thats a big part on coaching

[Prokorov]

If we had the entire team intact these games would be blowouts. I'm not concerned

I mean, we lost to them with harden and kyrie. and nearly lost the second time with harden and kyrie.

to the worst team in the NBA.

We are 31-15, 2nd in the East and only 1 game back of first with KD and Kyrie missing half the season or more. 3rd best record in the NBA. Won 8 out of the last ten. Excellent record on the road.

You can try to push the Anti Nash stuff all day my man but at the end of the day you're on an island with this one. No one is going to buy that the coaching is bad when we continue to win. No one will care about games "nearly lost". A win is a win.

You lost credibility over this issue when you insisted that when we lose, it's Nash's fault, and when we win, he has nothing to do with it. It's an extremist position that no one is taking seriously. You don't have to like Nash but to continue to harp on him after every game has gotten beyond the point of absurdity. We know what poorly coached teams look like. This ain't it.

Wins are on Harden. You can literally roll him out with 4 dudes from the YMCA and we are going to win games. he is the best floor raiser in the league. what was our record pre harden? How many MVPs/superstars does nash need to be able to beat the pistons without it coming down to the wire.

this team is winning in spite of nash. it could not possibly be more clear. You could make a strong argument we have the most talented roster... ever. kyrie has missed game.s KD is still out. alot of teams deal with that... most of them dont have James freaking Harden after 2 stars go down. and most teams have zero MVPS, let alone 2 and a top 10 player.

this team is 31-15. it should be 40-6.

[ecuhus1981]

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That's a high bar, but I understand your reasoning.

I do agree that Nash has been a net negative thus far, BUT his progress is encouraging. He has consistently guided the emotional rudder of this ship, which was the first thing pundits claimed would be our downfall even before we acquired Harden. He has been right in the timing and direction of every roster rotation decision. And he's guessing correctly more often now than at the start of the season with pre-game plan of attack. Those things really do matter in coaching.

The main problem as we've discussed at length is in-game adjustments. He's made strides, but he's got a ways to go, especially in late game sequences, ATO's and inbounds, areas where coaches typically take the most pride and credit. He's like an anti-coach in that regard, I suppose. He doesn't care whether he gets the credit. At the same time, I still don't like the fact that he almost never accepts blame for the team's poor execution. He blames a lack of practice, but like, d00d, every team has the same number of practices! It's like when a baseball manager blames the rain. I think both clubs had to play in the same conditions. Nightly, I see teams out-execute us with less talented and honestly less intelligent players, and that tells me it's not the Jimmy's and Joe's.

I still don't think he's as good as his billing, but I'm hopeful his trend of improvement continues. After all, that's the trajectory of most first year HC's. Don't start drinking your own Kool-Aid, Steve, but I'm here for you!