On April 5, Beijing time, this season's Nets and lakers can be described as difficult brothers. However, unlike the Lakers, the Nets' biggest opponent is not injury, but civil unrest. Both Stephen A.Smith and the Magician turned their guns on Irving, bluntly saying he had hurt the team.
Smith criticized Irving, "Irving wasted an entire season with the Nets, and the Nets are in this position now entirely because of him." Smith also said, "There are people in the league who don't want to get vaccinated but they still do it [to compete for the championship]." That's why I think he's taking the main responsibility, am I wrong? ”
The magician supported Smith, "That's right, it's because Owen, he's the leader, called everybody here." I used to be the leader of the Lakers, and everything I used to do, my teammates would support me to complete with me. And you're still fighting [with vaccines], you're hurting your team. Obviously, in the eyes of the magician, Owen should have set an example, but did not do it.
This season, because of the refusal to vaccinate, Irving only played 19 games before the policy adjustment in New York, and was once suspended by the team, which led to civil unrest, which forced Harden to leave and the Big Three broke up.
Currently, the Nets are tenth in the East with 40 wins and 38 losses, and the good news is that they are staying healthy. However, Irving's fewer games have also seriously affected the team's run-in. There's pretty little time left for them to run in now, the playoffs are coming, and if the Nets capsize and stop the playoffs, Irving is really the number one sinner.