In the 2021-22 season, when Harden has not left, the Nets are very struggling, the biggest reason is Irving's absence, the big three have been unable to fit, Harden's hamstring has made his state up and down, Durant has also suffered from injuries again, Harris is because of a "bone spur" evolved into season reimbursement, if these are objective factors, there are some subjective factors that make the Nets never get out of the quagmire, that is Nash's employment.
One of the words Nash said most in an interview this season is that we are trying a new lineup, except for Irving and players who can't play due to injury, other people's playing time is also elusive, playing well has always been used, playing badly directly on the DNP, almost no regularity to speak of, so frequent replacement of players on the field partner, it is difficult to form a good chemical reaction, but also not conducive to the player to find the right positioning to play the maximum value, of which Javin Carter is the best example.
Carter is the nets' only trade signing in the offseason, the focus is Carter's defense and 37.1% of the outside level, Nash also intends to use him, averaging 12 minutes per game and he is the same as the Suns, but his state is very low, the three-point shooting rate is only 33.1%, on the court gives the impression that the outside line is not open, the defense can not keep up, the dribble is unstable, the Nets want to get rid of him in the middle of the season, but this performance makes him completely lose the trading value, when the team has the opportunity to get Dragic, I'd rather let him turn 3.93 million into dead money next season to occupy the salary space, and choose to cut him.
Because the Bucks' Connaughton metacarpal fracture could not return until before the playoffs, the team lost Di Vincenzo, and urgently needed a guard to alleviate the lack of manpower in the backcourt, Carter quickly got the opportunity, carter, who could not play the ball at the Nets, became one of the important rotations of the Bucks, he averaged 18.1 minutes per game, contributing a career high of 5.6 points, and the most surprising thing was that his three-point shooting rate reached 56.5%, Averaging 1.6 shots per game, the defense became more aggressive and did a good job of the task the team gave him.
Carter, who was madly complained by The Nets fans, did not expect to play so well in another championship team, the most important point is that the Bucks' lineup is very stable, what they want is Carter's three-point and defense, the positioning is very clear, this is also his technical characteristics, so that Carter can be seamless, and when the Nets, Nash prefers a guard with the ability to hold the ball, forcing Carter to play his unsuitable role, which will definitely cause a psychological burden and thus affect the play.
The Nets as a championship team, but chose an inexperienced head coach, not even an assistant coach has not done, compared to the employment, Nash and Popovich's apprentice Budenholzer is too much worse, Nash no matter what game, as long as there is no opponent or not played by the opponent, the big three will play nearly 40 minutes, and the coach is very good at controlling the core playing time and discovering the potential of role players, Holliday, who averaged the highest playing time per game, was only 33.2 minutes long, and Portis had a second spring here, and now that it looks how far the Nets can go, Nash is really the biggest stumbling block.