Prokorov wrote:GTR11 wrote:catastrophe.MrDollarBills wrote:I don't care who gets upset, but the Nets have not played well during this win streak against teams that aren't good and we have been an absolute strategic mess on defense to the point where I have no confidence in us winning this game. The coaching is a handicap, so it will come down to the players executing offensively:
-Patty, Seth and Kessler have to make their open looks
-The team must take care of the ball. KD and Kyrie cannot commit dumb turnovers.
-KD has to be prepared for the hard double teams
-We must push the pace. Brown, Irving and Durant need to get us up the floor quickly.
I give up on defense. Nash and this coaching staff is so bad it is a forgone conclusion that Darius Garland is going to get a ton of open shots.
Sean Marks should be fired. The 2nd highest payroll in the sport and we're in the play in tournament. KD has been run into the ground and the risk of injury has risen due to fatigue. All of this is on him.
Look at what Ty Lue has done with the Clippers? 90% of their salary cap was out this year and those guys balled hard on both ends to make the qualifier. The Nets look completely unprepared for playoff basketball. I am not going to sit here and sugarcoat anything.
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Eye test don't back that up because of our philosophy on D, specifically switching that leads to chaos. I just hope we can be OK in that department, even if we 15ish type team on that end, I think we legit chip contender.
My main concern is determination of this team, and by saying determination I mean entire 48 min. I mean this team loves to half ass games no matter who we play. They so cocky and feeling entitled it's maddening and mind blowing.
Just give me 48 minutes of hard fought game. I'll live with the result.
fun stat. but also last 10 games we have given up 120+ 7 times (well 6 + one game at 119)
i dont buy that we have been playing well defensively.
Absolutely, but let's dissect why. They literally stop playing with effort period as I said. If we playing our 100... I don't see no team out there beating us. Not with Brown shooting nearly 50% from 3 since trade.
