Even if the playoff journey starts as the seventh seed in the East, it will not affect the Nets' prospects for the championship this season, and before the series with the Celtics begins, many NBA industry insiders have predicted that the Nets can complete the following grams and eliminate the Celtics to enter the Eastern Conference semifinals. However, the Celtics generals used their performance on the court to punch these so-called NBA insiders in the face, and in the head-to-head confrontation between the two sides, the Nets were quickly destroyed.
As we all know, the negative news about the Nets locker room has not been broken around the trade deadline this season, and it is understood that Harden, one of the protagonists of the infighting, cannot understand Irving's previous incarnation as a part-time player. Logically, the Nets management should intervene in time to mediate, but perhaps because of the feelings of the two major stars in the team, the Nets management chose to be neutral, resulting in this infighting eventually evolved into Harden, who wanted a championship, decided to go to Philadelphia to join Embiid, and Irving successfully restored his full-time player status shortly after, and was allowed to participate in the Nets home game by the NBA League.
There was infighting inside the Nets: Simmons refused to carry the pot, and Irving's behavior annoyed Nash! Sources come from the US media, following Harden's dissatisfaction with Irving, there have been a lot of discordant voices inside the Nets recently, and the names of players such as Griffin, Aldridge, Simmons, and Irving have been mentioned many times. It is reported that because the playoffs have not been able to get enough playing time, Griffin and Aldridge have questioned the Nets coach Nash's platooning, these two veterans believe that their respective abilities are not inferior to Drummond and Clarkston, in the context of the unfavorable trend of the series, Nash has reason to make targeted adjustments, thereby increasing griffin and Aldridge's playing time.
Speaking of Simmons, in an article written by (reporter) Mill Hollen, he learned that in order to turn the series around, Nets general manager Sean Max pressured Simmons more than once, hoping that the latter could play in the series G4. According to an Eastern Conference executive, Sean Max did this primarily to give the entire Nets management an explanation, and Sean Max tried to prove that if Simmons could play, the Nets had a chance to beat the Celtics. However, the two sides had serious differences in the process of communication, and Simmons knew that his back injury had not yet healed 100% and risked playing in the playoffs was likely to aggravate the injury, so he refused to play.
In addition to this reason, there is also a particularly important point, that is, in last year's Eastern Conference semifinals, Simmons was once extremely poor because he did not play well: he was regarded as a scapegoat for the 76ers. Now, when the risk of back-to-the-pot comes again, Simmons certainly doesn't want to repeat it. Just imagine, once Simmons chooses to play, it means that the performance is good or bad for him, the performance is good, Simmons will cause the outside world to be jealous, whether the delay in returning has something to do with salary; poor performance, Simmons will be attacked by public opinion, after all, two consecutive years of playoffs have been reduced to a background board, and the star's appearance will be marked with a big question mark.
Finally, Irving, since the day he entered the NBA League, whether it is the old club Cavaliers, Celtics, or now the Nets, these teams have basically had every infighting related to Irving, and this time is no exception. According to (reporter) Billy's report, just when the Nets were in a desperate situation in the playoffs, Irving actually held a players' meeting privately, which greatly annoyed Nash. It is reported that Irving did not invite everyone in the Nets, and those players who had previously supported Harden did not know anything about the meeting, and Irving's move directly touched Nash's bottom line.
You know, what the Nets need most now is unity, but Owen has started a small group at this time, Nash has already stepped out with one foot and is on the verge of leaving class, Irving is still doing his own thing, there is a saying, I really don't blame Nash for being angry. How do you think of the Nets this season, welcome to leave a comment in the comments section below to discuss, thank you for reading and following.