This season the Nets played the East and West Quarterfinals 0 wins and 8 losses, all fiasco, although the current 25 wins and 13 losses ranked second in the East, but did not play the expected dominance, even if most of the weak teams are also anxious to the last moment, the team's defensive efficiency has indeed improved, but the offensive efficiency has decreased, many fans lament that the Nets' offseason reinforcements are wrong, they in order to improve the team's defense, they choose the front line with no three points of defense, resulting in congestion in the team's offensive space.
The Nets' thinking is not wrong, last season Hadha averaged 2.7 three-pointers, Durant averaged 2.4 per game, Irving averaged 2.8 per game, Harris averaged 3.1 per game, Mills averaged 2.4 per game, these 5 people can average 13.4 hits per game, which has exceeded 80% of the league's team,No need to worry about offensive firepower, but at that time, no one thought that Irving could not play, harris would also miss nearly half a season due to injury, these uncertainties are the important reasons for the team's offensive stagnation.
Now it is useless to say that these are no longer useful, at least Irving can already play away games, Harris will also return in the next few weeks, the actual situation is getting better, but before the team becomes complete, the space problem will continue to affect the Nets, in the small-ball era 3D front is the most popular, want to get through the trade is almost unrealistic, the team can only cultivate internally, in fact, in the main rotation to trigger the health and safety agreement, the Nets have a rookie who is very good, he is Edwards.
Edwards is 2 meters tall, arm span 2 meters 13, perfect front size, the draft report wrote that he catches the ball and shoots well, can be used as a fixed point, mobile shooter, has the threat of blocking and dismantling external bullets, shoots quickly, is good at no ball empty cut, strong finishing ability, is an excellent team-type defensive player, excellent confrontation, can defend the inside line, can change the outer line, and has a certain ability to protect the frame, but his athletic ability is general, lack of explosive power, dribbling is not good, To sum up: Edwards is a potential 3D striker.
Edwards' strengths and weaknesses are very obvious, in a championship team, his advantages are just what the team needs the most, but the shortcomings do not affect at all, this season he played in 7 games, averaging 20.9 minutes per game to contribute 7 points, 4.6 boards 0.6 broken 0.7 caps, very comprehensive, in the game against the Spurs, he hit 2 three-pointers in 12 minutes, and the whole team only hit 6 in total except for him, this season Edwards' vacant three-point shooting 7 of 14, shooting 50%, as long as he is on the field, The team has one more outside threat point, and in the previous game to lose to the Bucks, edwards also successfully defended the alphabet brother in the fourth quarter garbage time, his defensive awareness and habits are very good, through the height of the arm span to interfere with the opponent, not blindly grab and take off, in addition to the very fast guard and weight center, he can defend in other positions.
If Nash uses conservative people and does not use rookies, then it is strange that he actually let this year's losing draft Duke start 3 consecutive games, 3 games Duke averaged 18.3 minutes of playing time per game, but only got 5 points and 3.7 boards, but also sent 1 mistake, shooting 38.5%, three-point shooting rate is embarrassing 0, he can not play a role in opening up space on the court, although some time ago he had a single game to get 18 points, 14 boards and 10 points and 13 boards of stunning data, But Duke is only 1.93 meters tall, and it is difficult for him to grab more frontcourt rebounds after opponents pay more attention to him.
After the victory over the Spurs, Nash said in an interview: "The rookies are doing a great job, we try to give them a little chance. ", I don't know if this is a polite remark or a real intention to change, Duke's physical condition and technical characteristics are destined to be only "short-lived", he may be able to replace some of Brown's roles, but definitely not a 3D player, hope Nash sees Edwards' performance, before Harris fails to return to the team, he is the best candidate for the team's front line, what do you think?