After the end of the 2019 Finals, Durant, who won 2 FMVPs in the Warriors but was never recognized by Golden State fans, joined the Nets with Irving, who wanted to become the boss of the team but could not suppress the young people in the team, with the intention of re-establishing a championship team.
But in the first season of Du'ou's joint team - Irving injury suspension, Durant season reimbursement, in the end they can only "sit and watch" the Heat and the Lakers compete for the championship trophy in the Finals. But with Durant and Irving recovering from injuries, the 20-21 Nets really have the strength to win the championship...
20-21 season: The Nets built a championship-winning lineup but did not choose a strong manager
In the 19-year offseason, the Lakers took "James + Thick Eyebrows" as the absolute core and built a team with championship-winning strength around them. At that time, the Lakers management did not leave Walton who was "young + lack of coaching experience", but chose Vogel, who had proved his coaching ability + has many years of playoff experience, as the lakers' head coach.
In the 19-20 season, under Vogel's adjustment, the Lakers created a balanced offensive and defensive system, coupled with the superstar advantage of the "Zhan Mei combination", and finally successfully won the 20-year championship trophy.
In the 20-21 season, after Durant and Irving recovered from injuries, the Nets did build a lineup that was enough to compete for the title around them. But at that time, the Nets management did not choose the same as the Lakers, choosing a head coach who coexisted with fame and strength, but chose the rookie manager - Nash, as the team's head coach...
In Nash's first season as a Nets coach, he did not play the advantage of the "Durant + Irving" double core early in the season, which eventually led to the team not being able to sit on the first place in the East. At this time, the Nets management not only did not have the intention of letting Nash "leave the class", but also introduced Harden and forcibly formed the super big three.
Unfortunately, even with the "Durant + Harden + Irving" group of super big three, at the end of the season Nash led the team to achieve only the "second record in the East + playoff second round"; and behind the big three's bad record, the team coach Nash did not become the target of public criticism.
On the contrary, most people believe that the poor performance of the Basketball Network season is entirely due to the injury of the Big Three. Even the Nets management in the new season did not have the slightest idea of "cleaning up" Nash, still allowing him to firmly sit in the position of Nets head coach.
Durant's comeback + Harden's status recovered, but he suffered 3 consecutive defeats?
In Nash's second season in charge of the Nets, Irving could not play due to refusal to be vaccinated, Harden was weakened by injuries + new regulations, and with Durant in regular condition + Nash with insufficient coaching ability, the Nets even once lined up in the play-off zone in the East.
Fortunately, with durant's outbreak, the Nets finally played a good record and sat on the first throne in the East by a slight margin. Recently, with Durant's return, Harden's state has rebounded significantly, and he thought that the Nets would play a dominant role in this regard, completely opening up the gap with other teams in the East.
Harden + Durant, who once wanted to recover from the state, the dual-core combination has lost to Philadelphia, the Clippers, and the Grizzlies, and suffered 3 consecutive defeats, so that the Nets completely fell from the first throne in the East...
Last season's poor record can be based on Durant, Harden's injuries and Irving's many unexplained absences; and the poor record at the beginning of this game can also rely on Harden's poor form. But now Durant's return + state recovery Harden has teamed up to suffer 3 consecutive defeats, this time Nash finally has nothing to rely on...
If Nash doesn't "leave class," even if Irving returns, it will be difficult to help the Nets win the championship
Although Irving's return can give the Nets a lot of reinforcement, in fact, if Nash does not go to class, no matter how strong the Nets have a lineup, they will always be difficult to win the championship. After all, with the current Coaching Ability of Nash, let alone becoming the manager of the championship team, even if it is a bit reluctant to become the manager of the average team.
That is to say, with Nash's current coaching ability, he simply cannot maximize the power of the Big Three...
1. The on-site adaptability is limited, and it is impossible to make appropriate adjustments in time. Whether it was last season or a new season, whenever the Nets fell behind or the score was deadlocked, Nash was always "stingy" so that he didn't even want to call a timeout, but instead sat and watched the Nets being completely pulled apart. In contrast, the head coaches of other teams in the league have a certain ability to adapt and adjust, even if they are not good.
But Nash's Nets, whether it is behind or reversed, he seems to have no coping strategy; he can only rely on Durant's super god, or Harden to play superstar performance, so as to win the game.
Even sometimes Nash obviously saw through the opponent's defensive and offensive strategies, but with his coaching ability, he could not think of a way to crack it during the suspension. This also led to the Nets wanting to win, can only rely more on Durant, Harden's personal ability.
2, too dependent on the rotation of 8 people, unwilling to easily make changes. Nash spent several years with the Warriors before joining the Nets as head coach, but he didn't learn anything about Kerr's bold use of young players. On the contrary, like his mentor De Antoni, he relies more on superstars and 8-man rotations in lineup adjustments.
Just like in the recent Nets vs Grizzlies game, the Grizzlies faced the Nets' 8-man rotation lineup and occupied the initiative from the first quarter - in the general situation of Durant and Harden, they have been pressing the Nets.
But even if they are behind the Grizzlies by the score, Nash is not willing to change the team easily. It wasn't until the Grizzlies pulled the score to 25 points at one point in the third quarter that Nash, who gave up the game, replaced thomas, Duke, Sharp and others.
3. There is no ability to create a system suitable for the three giants, and it is difficult to exert the power of the three giants. Although the Lakers have formed a super big three combination this season, from the perspective of the playing style of Westbrook, James, and Thick Eyebrows, they simply cannot achieve a state of complementarity and mutual assistance, so no matter how Vogel adjusts, the Lakers have never been able to play dominance.
If Vogel is still "dying" in the face of the Lakers' mutually exclusive combination of big three, still trying to create a system that can play the advantages of the big three, then Nash has "lying flat". Even if the Nets' playing style and personal ability are not mutually exclusive, it is more likely to produce chemical reactions. But for more than a season, Nash still hasn't found a way or system to maximize the power of the Big Three, and more often relies on the individual ability of the Big Three to win.
In summary, judging from Nash's coaching performance of "insufficient strain, too much reliance on 8-man rotation, and inability to build a system suitable for the Big Three", as long as he does not "leave class" in the new season, then even if Irving returns, even if the big three are combined, the Nets will still be difficult to win the championship trophy in this year's playoffs.