On April 26, Beijing time, the NBA playoffs continued, the Nets lost to the Celtics 112-116, the total score was swept out 0-4, and they also became the only team in this year's playoffs to be swept home without winning. Under normal circumstances, a team whose goal is to compete for the championship, the results are so poor, the head coach has a high probability of back to the pot, or even directly resign, but Nash obviously does not think so.
In his post-game press conference, Nash made it clear that he wanted to continue coaching the Nets next season, while also making excuses for himself to be swept out.
"At some point, we were in tenth place in the playoff race and too many things were holding us back." Nash said, "I've always loved doing this, like my players, my coaching staff. I want to continue coaching. Ben Simmons and Joe Harris are back and will give us some help. ”
Although many fans have long been intolerant of Nash's coaching, and there are many voices on the Internet that let Nash off class, it is really difficult to say whether the Nets can "conform to public opinion" to fire Nash.
The first reason is that Nash does have a lot of "throwing the pot" excuse. Irving's lack of vaccinations, Harris and Simmons' injuries are not factors that the head coach can control, and they have indeed had a big impact on the Nets.
The second reason is that Irving faces a contract extension this offseason, and Durant will still be the core of the Nets, if the big two continue to support Nash, will the Nets management dare to fire him? Don't forget, at the beginning, Atkinson led the team to a good performance, but because of the bad relationship with the two star players, he finally overshadowed the class, and Nash, as a rookie coach, can run the Nets, which is also due to the support of the two giants.
So if Irving and Durant continue to support Nash, then the Nets management may really have to compromise, even if they are swept out, Nash's coaching position is likely to remain unmoving.