On January 8, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued, and the Nets played at home against the Bucks. In this campaign, Irving could not play because he was not vaccinated, and Nash sent a starting lineup composed of Durant, Harden, Mills, Duke and Clarkston. On the other hand, the Bucks, due to the five key rotations such as Allen, Holliday, Big Lopez, Di Vincenzo and Connaughton, could not play, Budenholzer was a bit stretched in terms of platooning, he had to mention the 35-year-old veteran Matthews to the starter, and the other 4 were Alphabet Brother, Middleton, Portis and Walla. Logically, although the backcourt lacks Irving's strong offensive point, in terms of lineup hard power, the Nets are still a lot ahead of the Bucks, you know, the Bucks are equivalent to losing most of the starting lineup, and the outside defense system is close to collapse.
Even so, however, the Nets still didn't take any advantage of the Bucks today, shooting less than 25 percent from the team's 27-point range. The cold feel of the shooters, causing the Bucks to shrink the inside line more brazenly on the defensive end, so the chain reaction came, harden, who is the core of the Nets' backcourt, played an extremely abnormal offensive efficiency, only 16 points in 15 shots. If Durant's form is not relatively stable, handing over a comprehensive stat of 29 points, 9 rebounds and 7 assists, the Nets will most likely end up in a fiasco today. After four quarters of fierce fighting, the Six-Man Double-Double Finally won 121-109 on the road to the Nets. Infighting in the locker room, losing to the strong team in a row! Nash admits that he can't do it, and the Nets are really looking at the wrong person.
For the Nets, a regular season loss is not terrible, but all indications are that the Nets are currently in a very tense state inside, let's talk about the locker room problem. Nash is known to be a rookie-level NBA head coach, and this season is the second year of his coaching career. In dealing with the relationship with the stars, Nash has his own unique set of views, since entering the Nets, never heard of Durant, Irving, Harden have any dissatisfaction with Nash, it is not difficult to see that Nash and the Nets big three get along very well. Whatever method he's used to make the Nets look like a team team, the problem now is that individual Nets role players have sounded the team's locker room "alarm."
According to a report by NBA reporter Brett Siegel, the infighting in the locker room caused by James Johnson and Millsap is still fermenting, and it is understood that Johnson, known as the thorn-headed player, suggested that Harden should appropriately reduce the ball, and another veteran Millsap expressed support. In this regard, Nash's way of handling is relatively simple, Johnson can get about 20 minutes of playing time per game, after choosing to point the finger at Harden, Nash cut Johnson's playing time in half, and Millsap was directly DNP. Brett Siegel said that although it is not known whether Nash has investigated the ins and outs of the matter, the actual situation is that the Nets locker room problem has not been effectively solved, but there is a tendency to aggravate, and the Nets young people, led by Thomas, also hope that Nash can redistribute the ball.
It is worth mentioning that in the past 5 games, that is, during the outbreak of infighting in the locker room, the Nets have achieved a record of 1 win and 4 losses, and the 4 games lost are all playoff-level teams, from which it is not difficult to find that the locker room problem has seriously affected the team's record. Honestly, this situation is the last thing the Nets want to see up and down, and even if Nash is not fully responsible, he must figure out a way as soon as possible to help the Nets out of the predicament. Just when the outside world is expecting nash to deal with it next, the post-game interview between the Bucks and the Nets has surprised many people.
It is reported that in the face of the reporter's question: why the Nets' recent performance has fluctuated. Nash said he didn't know, explaining that "if I knew, I would be a great coach in the NBA." In addition to acknowledging his lack of coaching ability, Nash also issued a controversial statement on the issue of infighting, the core content is that he can not make all the Nets players satisfied, in order to explore the variability of the lineup, will continue to try new lineups in the future. As soon as this remark was reported, Nash was instantly pushed into the air of public opinion, and some fans questioned Nash: "You are not the first day to be the head coach, have you not been more than a season, have you not figured out the Nets' lineup?" ”
In fact, I can understand the mood of the fans now, after all, the current lineup structure of the Nets is luxurious enough, they should have produced results last season, but they fell in front of injuries. When Irving's playing problems this season were solved, many people were pinning their hopes on Nash, hoping that this young coach could lead the Nets to go further, but they never expected that the playoffs had not yet begun, Nash's own mood was gone first, and it could only be said that the Nets management and Durant really looked at the wrong person, when they were in the process of selecting a head coach, they missed a lot of NBA coaches for Nash, there is an old saying, failure is not terrible, terrible is that they first denied themselves. Recently, there have been more and more rumors about Nash's dismissal, do you think the Nets should start the coaching process? Welcome to leave a comment below to discuss, thank you for reading and following.