On January 21, Beijing time, the NBA official announced a fine, and the target of the penalty was basketball star Irving. The reason is that Irving's foul language to the fans on the sidelines + taunt the Cavaliers fans are ungrateful, which also makes Irving fined $25,000, and then I will take you to understand the specific situation!
Due to Irving's refusal to be vaccinated, Irving was still unable to play in the home game for the Nets. However, in the Nets' away game against the Cavaliers, Irving, who had a hard time getting the opportunity to play, was disturbed by the fans on the sidelines.
It turned out that in the cavaliers and the Nets showdown, cavaliers fans and Irving had a verbal battle. The cause of the incident was a female fan shouting at Owen, "Did you run away?" Or do you have to rely on James to win? ”
Originally, Irving's personality was more untamed, and when he heard the fans say such words, Owen naturally gave a tough response, "I helped you (the Cavaliers) win the championship, but you are still ungrateful!" (Owen also appended some explosive tone words, which is also the main reason for the fine))
When Owen mocked cavaliers fans for being ungrateful, another male fan responded, "There's only one (champion)!" Isn't there only one (champion)? At that time, Irving was still on the court, perhaps feeling that there was no result in continuing to entangle, and in the end, Irving did not continue to respond, unfortunately, the Nets did not win the game in the end.
The NBA has always emphasized one thing, and that is that players can't clash with the fans on the sidelines. Although Irving had no physical contact with Cavaliers fans, due to Irving's excessively fierce rhetoric, the NBA officials finally made a decision to fine. I have to say that Irving is really a bit of a loss, if you don't respond, you can only be ridiculed by the fans, and the response directly loses $25,000, it seems that Irving still has to learn to be patient in the future!
For the Nets, on the difficult road to the championship, Irving is definitely an indispensable core puzzle. But Irving's move has caused the Nets management a headache, that is, he has always insisted on his own ideas and explicitly refused to be vaccinated. Under such preconditions, when the Nets play at home, the team's offensive strength has dropped significantly by one level.
Coupled with Durant's current absence due to injury, Durant will not be able to play for the Nets for the next 4-6 weeks. To know that Durant was originally the first scoring point of the Nets, now Durant has to be injured for more than 1 month, and Irving can only play away games for the Nets, which is equivalent to a part-time player, which is undoubtedly a heavy blow to the Nets.
Originally, the Nets formed the Big Three to impact the championship, but the Nets fell on injuries this season, and this season because of Irving's personal reasons, disrupted the Nets' tactical deployment. This means that in the next 4-6 weeks, when the Nets play at home, Harden can only lead the team alone, which invisibly increases the risk of Harden's injury.
Just as the so-called "one drum, then decline, three and exhaust", if the Nets still fail to win the championship this season, then the mentality of the Nets players will also change a lot. Overall, the Nets' situation is quite bad, and we can only expect Irving to make changes for the team, otherwise the Nets' road to the championship will definitely be full of bumps and thorns!