After the impact of last season's injury stopped in the second round of the Eastern Conference, the Brooklyn Nets are determined to go all out and hope to achieve championship dominance this season. But they can really be said to have experienced ups and downs, Durant has been absent for a long time due to injury, Irving can only play away games, as for Harden, he has been sent away, and the big three combination has officially broken up. Looking at the nets' current lineup, the biggest problem may be in the waiting position, at first glance there are a lot of people, but many times there is a lack of a court commander who controls the overall situation.
So the Nets management finally took action, and they successfully signed the former All-Star point guard Golan Dragic, who originally said that he wanted to spend a week thinking about it before making a final decision. But Dragic should still be impressed by the Nets' sincerity, so he immediately announced that he would join. For the Nets, this reinforcement is very important and critical, affected by injury reasons, the Nets have fallen to the eighth place in the East, 2 games away from the Toronto Raptors in front of them, and if they can't get into the top six, it means playing a playoff, and the Nets and the sixth-place Boston Celtics also have a 2.5-game gap. In order to sign Dragic, the Nets chose to cut Jevon Carter, which in itself has nothing to say, who came to Brooklyn with Dayron Sharp in last year's draft, and the Nets lost Landry Shamet. But after Javin Carter joined, the performance was really unsatisfactory, and the Nets have been peddling him, but unfortunately they have not been able to do so. This time, in order to sign Dragic, it is reasonable to cut Jevon Carter, who is also a backcourt player, to make room.
Now the Nets' other backcourt players have their own problems. After Harden left, Irving will naturally be the nets' undisputed second boss, but for most of this season, Irving has sat off the court as an audience, even after announcing his comeback, Irving has not budged, so he can only play in away games, so far Irving has only played 14 games. Although Irving still averages 24.1 points, 4.7 rebounds and 5.4 assists so far this season, he is like a time bomb, and sometimes there is no way to play, and it is certainly impossible to pin all his hopes on him.
Simmons' situation is similar, because he fell out with the 76ers, and he simply did not play this season. Although he is now switching to the Nets, no one knows when he will make his season debut, in other words, Simmons is in a state of uncertain return. And combined with Simmons's stature and technical characteristics, even if he announces a comeback one day, the Nets may not use Simmons as a defender for a long time. The coaching staff may let him head to the inside and exert the power of strategy and basket attack.
As a head player who joined Simmons, Seth Curry came to the Nets and once again used his 100-step shooting ability to the extreme. In the three games he played for the Nets, Seth Curry averaged 18.3 points, 4 rebounds and 5 assists per game, shooting nearly 50% from the field and 52% from three-point range. However, Seth Couli's role is more reflected in the outside projection, and his ability to organize and control the overall situation is more general.
Patrick Mills is also a player of the same type, of course, compared to Seth Curry, Patrick Mills is slightly less stable, he belongs to the nerve knife shooter. In the case of Irving's long absence this season, Mills has been on top of the team to start, averaging 13.4 points, 2.2 rebounds and 2.6 assists per game, shooting more than 40% from the field and three-point shooting. With dragic joining, he and Mills, including other defenders, can perform their respective duties, and everyone can better play to their strengths.
Although Dragic is now old, but the so-called skinny camel is bigger than The Horse, during the Miami Heat, he has been very stable, averaging 20.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game in the 16-17 season, and has also been selected as an All-Star. Even as he grew older, Dragic's form declined slightly, but he also transformed into the sixth man of the team, providing great help to the Heat, and in the 19-20 season, Dragic also helped the team return to the Finals stage.
Last summer, the Heat sent Dragic to the Raptors as part of their chips in order to get another All-Star point guard, Kyle Lowry, and everyone knows that he and the team are not in each other's future plans. So Dragic has only played 5 games for the Raptors this season, and even so, his form is still very good, averaging 8 points, 3 rebounds and 1.8 assists per game, including the last game played for the Raptors, Dragic scored 16 points, 5 rebounds, 3 assists and 2 steals against the Pistons. It can be seen that he still has the strength of a battle, and the Nets may take this opportunity to make up for the shortcomings of the lineup and launch an impact towards a higher goal.