From the team's iron starter, all 17 games of the season, until it completely fell out of the rotation, in the absence of injuries, this kind of thing can only happen to the Nets' Griffin, because of a decision by Nash. After saying in December that Griffin would not be in the Nets' daily rotation, Griffin, who had only nine minutes to play against the Cavaliers on Dec. 23, has not yet been given a chance to appear.
In the last game against the Cavaliers, Griffin clearly played 25 minutes! In today's game against the Timberwolves, at halftime, only Griffin did not get playing time in the Nets' 13-man roster, and the end of the bench also got at least 3 minutes of appearances, so why was Griffin so suddenly completely abandoned by Nash?
Griffin's performance this season is indeed not good, averaging 21.7 minutes per game in the game to deliver 5.5 points, 4.9 rebounds and 2 assists, shooting a rate of 31.8% + 16.1% of the report card, efficiency compared to last season is unbearable, the data is also a comprehensive decline, in the last season Griffin can still do 49.2% + 38.3% performance, in the absence of obvious injuries, can only say that Griffin is a little slow, but it is estimated that it will not be unable to play in the NBA.
After all, Griffin is only 32 years old now, although the explosiveness and physical confrontation are no longer at their peak, but as long as time is given, Griffin's efficiency and data recovery should not be a problem, but in Nash's eyes, he is not good at using roles that he will not use, so since he entered the Nets, Griffin performed well in the first season, then simply abandon Jordan Jr.; this season Aldridge is easy to use, then simply abandon Griffin, this addition and subtraction method makes fans very disappointed in Nash.
In fact, then again, does Nash have the coaching ability that a head coach should have? The Nets currently play the most time is Durant with 35.8 minutes, followed by Harden with 35.5 minutes, except for two people, other players playing time is basically 20+ minutes, that is to say, Nash relies on the superstar singles basketball, as for the players he will not use, then simply do not give playing time, Griffin is a typical example. With a manager like Nash in charge, I believe that the Nets will definitely not achieve any decent results in the end, I don't know how you think about this?