On February 5, 2022, the Nets, who have lost six consecutive games, visited Salt Lake City, the Jazz team's core Donovan Mitchell officially returned, while the Nets' Durant was suspended due to injury, the team's backcourt core James Harden was unwell before the game, hanging up the exemption card, Irving led the team alone, the team lost by the big score, and suffered the longest seven consecutive losses in the opening game.
Irving led the team to average performance
In this campaign, Kyrie Irving shot 6-of-20 from the field, contributing 15 points, 6 assists and 3 boards, as well as the lowest efficiency value in the game. Before the game against the Jazz, the American media also cited a number of statistics: only four teams that suffered six consecutive defeats in the season finally won the championship. After the fiasco, no team with seven consecutive losses in the regular season will win the championship, which means that the Nets this season can be declared over early.
1. There are variables in Harden trading
As of now, the Nets are sixth in the East with 29 wins and 23 losses, and according to the NBA's latest week's combat rankings, the Nets are in the middle of the level. At this point, there are a variety of discordant voices on the team, and James Harden will leave the Nets in the offseason to join the 76ers or the best choice.
The Nets discussed a trade with the 76ers to trade Harden
Nets management said: It is open to sending Harden away before the trade deadline. Many teams have joined the deal discussion after hearing about it, and the hottest is the 76ers, who hope to send Ben Simmons, multiple draft picks and a number of young players in the middle of the season to get Harden. At this time, Embiid met the god to kill the god, met the Buddha to kill the Buddha, and the management believed that their combination was bound to increase the chances of winning the championship.
Durant wants Harden to stay in Brooklyn
Today, the American journalist Wa Shen broke the news: Durant expressed his hope that James Harden could stay with the Nets and help the whole team win the championship; and Harden also expressed to management and Durant that he was willing to stay. According to the subtext of the duo, it is Irving, the farce of refusing to be vaccinated early in the season, who made the basketball career a part-time job, and the team's long-term lineup is not neat, causing them to become the laughing stock of the entire NBA.
2. Nash chooses not to carry the pot
Nash, who holds the big three, gives the illusion of the editor: a nerd who does not understand the ball. In the game against the Jazz, when the team was 20 points behind, the first to give up was the coaching staff, Nash did not even take the initiative to call for a timeout adjustment, and the team did not have contradictions is lying. Each game can not show their own on-the-spot command, and what qualifications are there to sit in the coach's seat, direct the players to run, in the face of rumors on and off the court, the Nets will continue to lose.
Head coach Nash threw the pot
There was no guilt in the post-match interview, but the team deserved to lose. Nash's behavior without a sense of collective honor is very out of the blue, the ability is not good, but the attitude should be positive. O'Neill once said: "A team can be compatible with the next big three is to make sacrifices, such a situation can not even last too long, such a good window to win the championship should be cherished."
3. There are trades in the middle of the season
At present, combined with the current situation, the team will choose to trade Irving to enhance the cohesion of the locker room, but the unvaccinated Irving has no trade value, this kind of harmful team and not responsible for others, no team is willing to take risks, even in the Eastern Conference All-Star replacement players will not see their names.
Millsap may be traded by the Nets
Previously, the team expressed its willingness to send Millsap to the team he wanted to go to, which could reduce the team's salary structure on the one hand, and on the other hand, the team could free up places for appropriate reinforcement; and Blake Griffin, Bruce Brown and Joe Harris could all become chips.