Maybe in hindsight, the Nets should have given their open head coaching gig prior to the 2020-21 season to Ime Udoka instead of having him work under Steve Nash. Udoka and his Celtics staff clearly outwitted the Nets’ brain trust in the first two games of the Eastern Conference quarterfinals that will move to Barclays Center on Saturday. The coaching disparity, with Boston’s defense putting the clamps on Nets superstar Kevin Durant, has been so apparent that it has Nets Nation in an uproar.
"This was not the team he expected to coach, short on size (some of that is on Nash with his small-ball obsession) AND shooting. They simply weren’t good, needing to beat four teams in the lottery (and needing KD and Kyrie to average over 40 minutes per game in those contests to squeak by) just to finish in seventh place at 44-38 and secure a home game in the play-in round."
Perhaps the proof was in the pudding and our stomachs are no longer capable of tolerating this dish. Perhaps we cannot see the full potential of this group with Ben Simmons doing his best Anthony Davis impression. I'm gonna lean toward the latter.
We lost Game 1 by one and lead by 17 in Game 2. I am concerned about Nash's ability to coach this team thru a tumultuous 7-game series against this Celtics' team. I've convinced myself thru mostly hope and happy thoughts that KD will regain his efficiency and lead us to a WIN in Game 3.
My prediction is Nets in SIX. One Ben Simmons returns, we will not lose another game to the Celtics. Game 3 will determine whether or not Sean Marks will coerce Nash to quit - it's the last test before getting the answer key to the rest of the test
"This was not the team he expected to coach, short on size (some of that is on Nash with his small-ball obsession) AND shooting. They simply weren’t good, needing to beat four teams in the lottery (and needing KD and Kyrie to average over 40 minutes per game in those contests to squeak by) just to finish in seventh place at 44-38 and secure a home game in the play-in round."
Perhaps the proof was in the pudding and our stomachs are no longer capable of tolerating this dish. Perhaps we cannot see the full potential of this group with Ben Simmons doing his best Anthony Davis impression. I'm gonna lean toward the latter.
We lost Game 1 by one and lead by 17 in Game 2. I am concerned about Nash's ability to coach this team thru a tumultuous 7-game series against this Celtics' team. I've convinced myself thru mostly hope and happy thoughts that KD will regain his efficiency and lead us to a WIN in Game 3.
My prediction is Nets in SIX. One Ben Simmons returns, we will not lose another game to the Celtics. Game 3 will determine whether or not Sean Marks will coerce Nash to quit - it's the last test before getting the answer key to the rest of the test