On March 1, Beijing time, the NBA regular season continued to unfold, and the Nets played at home against the Raptors. The net's morale was boosted by beating defending champion Bucks in the last game, but today it suffered another blow, and head coach Nash triggered a health and safety agreement and did not have the opportunity to coach today's game.
The Nets officially announced that coach Nash triggered a health and safety agreement and will not coach today, and nets assistant coach Jacob Vaughan will act as manager. The news was still quite sudden, after all, there had been no news before, and it seemed that there was some situation in the pre-match inspection. Originally, the team was short of major generals, and now the head coach is not there, and this game seems to be less fierce. The Nets have really been problematic this season, injuries have not stopped, and the situation of new signing Simmons is not very optimistic.
Shams revealed that Simmons suffered back soreness while getting back to play and he needed to strengthen the area for a while, the back problem is tricky, he may take a week, it may take weeks, it may take weeks, you never know what will happen later. Nash also revealed that Simmons is undergoing some light training and is unable to participate in high-intensity training this week, and needs to take it slowly and not be too anxious. As for whether it can catch up with the game against the 76ers on the 11th of this month, it can only wait, after all, this is only a regular season game and does not prove anything.
Durant's side has also made new progress, and he will also miss the next away game against the Raptors, but has entered the countdown to the comeback, and is expected to return this week against the Heat or against the Celtics. Once Durant returns, the Nets will also be improved, and life without Durant is really bad. During this time, the Nets also changed dramatically, falling from the first place in the East to the eighth, and Harden also became Simmons, Curry Jr. and Drummond. Durant has averaged 29.3 points, 7.4 rebounds and 5.8 assists per game this season.