Brooklyn - The Nets, who formed the Big Three last season, have always been the hottest team in the league, and even the favorite team in the league to win the championship.
Even, the Nets are in turmoil inside, with internal injuries and locker room conflicts. But as long as there are three top scorers in the league, the Nets have always been the playoffs, even the most deterrent team on the road to the championship, and no championship team dares to face the existence of the Nets.
However, whether last season or this season, the Nets have experienced too many objective factors, especially the impact of injuries, so that the Nets' Big Three have only been combined 16 times since their formation. But it won 13 times, which shows the frightening deterrent power of the Big Three, however, the too few combinations make it impossible to form a sustained deterrent between the three, which is why the Nets have never been able to truly show the strength of the team.
The Nets returned home in the semifinals, Durant was canonized, and Nash became a sinner
The Nets formed the Big Three last season, making the team the shining focus for a time, and even the prospect of winning the championship is constantly exploding, which can be described as the scenery and no one can reach.
But Harden, who accompanied Durant's injury and his thigh, became the real thigh of the team, and once led the Nets back to the first place in the East after many years. However, Nash's excessive use of Harden has also made Harden suffer the longest injury baptism in his career. And the repeated hamstring injuries eventually ruined the Nets' path to victory.
In the playoffs, after the big three combined to lightly beat the Celtics, facing the powerful Bucks, Harden only played 1 minute and walked back to the locker room again due to a hamstring injury. After the fourth game, Irving was once again injured by the Alphabet Brother Stepping Incident, which also laid the groundwork for the Nets' dream-shattering semifinals.
In the fifth game, back at home of the Nets, welcomed the King Mountain, Durant played a full 48 minutes, slashed 49 points, not only led the team to win, but also played a shocking game performance, setting the tone for The King Mountain.
However, in the end, the Nets in the seven big game, still after experiencing overtime, unfortunately lost the Bucks, dreaming of breaking Barclays. However, all this makes rookie coach Nash a guilty person, and his excessive use of superstar strategies has caused Durant and Harden to fall one after another, and finally abolished Harden, making Durant lonely, and finally losing the Bucks, which eventually became a pity.
This season, Nash still does not change the coaching philosophy, with the tactical system so far, throughout! Let the team completely become a one-man fight or two-person play, three people look at the situation, there is no tactics to speak of. Although Nash's suspension has improved slightly this season, his strategy of using the waste superstar has still been questioned, and once became the target of public criticism.
Among the superstar teams, the coach who lost the game seems to have become an obsession. But in the end, the coach can only provide tactical arrangements, and how to deal with the ever-changing emergencies on the pitch also needs to be solved by the players themselves.
Of course, Nash has an unshirkable responsibility to better integrate the superstar with the team's role players, but only emphasizes the superstar's ability to lead the team, which also lays the groundwork for the injury of the Big Three!
However, in the face of the flaws in the team's lineup, Nash did not have much of a good plan. As Nash said bluntly in an interview, if I could know how to solve the meltdown problem of the team, I would be a good coach. Although this is only Nash's radical remarks, it also reveals his heartache and helplessness.
After all, such a superstar team, if it wins the championship, the big three are indispensable, if it loses, Nash is doomed to bear the pot, there is no doubt. Therefore, the team loses Nash has an unshirkable responsibility, but if nash is replaced, the team can win the championship, in fact, not necessarily, after all, Nash is only a coach, can not subjectively determine the trend on the pitch, the decision of the game is still up to the team, the test star, not the head coach.
Irving became the cause of the contradiction in the locker room, the Nets continued to arm, and there was no hope of winning the championship
As the elder of the Nets' Big Three era, Irving was also the first superstar player to sign the Nets. At the end of the 2018-19 season, Durant, who had broken his Achilles tendon, was discouraged and joined Irving in New York. The Nets also signed Irving, once again through the way of trade, from the Warriors to Get Durant, the formation of the two giants, but also officially opened the Brooklyn small team revival road.
As a veteran player, the Nets management, and the owner Tsai Chongxin are absolutely tolerant of Irving. As we all know, Irving's skills and personality are equally shocking.
During the Cavaliers period, Irving took the initiative to ask for a trade because of his disagreement with James, and he crossed himself and arrogance. After going to the Celts, Owen remained careless, and the iron-blooded discipline of the Green Army was worthless in Owen's eyes.
Not only failed to lead the Green Army to regain its glory, but also truce indefinitely due to injury, which made the Green Army collapse.
Irving is still extremely self-sufficient in the Nets, last season caused Harden to be overly tired, and finally the injury was repeated, Irving is also indispensable, Irving constantly asked for leave last season, making the team fall into extreme passivity, but also made Harden have to lead the team alone, and finally Harden was completely exhausted.
Last season, Irving's leave incident was also once a lot of noise, the young players of the team were also complaining, and even the management was also because of the Irving incident, which aroused public anger, and even in the offseason, once traded Irving, on the agenda. In the end, Boss Cai tried to defy the public opinion and still suppressed the matter.
However, Irving is not resting on this, this season, Irving has once again been controversial, refusing to vaccinate, and defending human rights has also intensified, making the Nets make waves again.
Owen's so-called rights protection actually infringes on the interests of Durant, Harden, and even the whole team, and everyone on the team needs to pay for Irving's arrogance and paranoia.
Especially Durant, as the boss of the team, it needs to bear the offensive pressure that Irving is not missing, and it also invisibly increases Harden's playing time and pressure.
Even though Durant, as the boss of the team, did not express dissatisfaction with Irving, Harden liked the article on the dynamics of the transaction after Irving once again refused to vaccinate, which also caused public opinion for a while.
Perhaps Owen and Durant have a deep brotherly relationship, and as a football fanatic, Durant has long been honored, and the humble gentleman is also in line with Durant's personality, even if Durant is often keen on mutual hatred, but the character of death is still worthy of praise.
But apparently, Harden has long been intolerable, after all, Harden came to the Nets not to reminisce, but to come nakedly to win the championship, and now Irving has announced his refusal to vaccinate, which means that if the New York rules do not change.
The Nets have no advantage at home in the playoffs, and the nets will fight for the advantage that they will fight for, and can only become a chip for Irving's indulgence. Harden's desire to leave is also impeccable, after all, he does not belong here after all, and since there is no hope of winning the championship, why should he stay here and waste his talent.
For the Nets players, they have long been dissatisfied with Irving, and Mills even publicly shouted that the Nets did not win the championship like Irving, and the implication was extremely obvious. The compromise of the Nets management did not bring the final consummation, but Irving continued to intensify.
Irving has long been the cause of the locker room contradictions, and the source of everything may come from this paranoid top star.
If the Nets still want to compete for the championship, the top priority is to cut with Irving and send Irving away through a trade, whether it is a big deal such as 1 for 1, or 1 for 4, as long as the Nets send Irving away, the prospect of winning the championship is still bright.
Otherwise, the Nets have a superstar who can only play on the road, the big three can no longer solve, and frequent adjustments to the lineup will also make the Nets physically and mentally exhausted, and there is no hope of winning the championship.
The deterrent power of the two giants has emerged, and without Irving, the Nets' championship strength will inevitably increase
This season, Irving was absent, Durant and Harden doubled the team, and the Nets firmly held the first place in the East. It has been shown that the deterrent power of the two giants is enough. And through the lessons of the Lakers, it can also be known that the Lakers led the team in the 2019-20 season, successfully won the championship, and in the 2021-22 season, the Lakers superstitious superstar bonus, the big three lineup came out, and finally let the Lakers' record continue to decline, and even the playoffs are hopeless.
It turns out that not all the 3 Big Three are better than the 2 Big 2, as a super team, having two superstars is enough, otherwise the team's salary space is limited, most of the salary is concentrated in the three, the cost is too large, and the fault tolerance rate is also increased, which is a burden for the team.
Trading Irving to get 2 strong interior lines and a deterrent front is far higher than Irving's value, so that with the two giants as the starting point, other players waiting for opportunities, the team's offense increases, and the defensive intensity is also greatly improved, which is definitely a huge positive for the Nets, adding a huge chip to the championship.
The overall structure of the team is also more stable, and the contradictions in the team's locker room will disappear, making the Nets' road to winning the championship brighter. The Nets that lost Irving are the teams that really have the strength to win the championship.