Touted as a favorite to win a championship at the beginning of the season, it ended up being the only team to be swept out of the first round of the playoffs, a season of utter failure for the Brooklyn Nets and a laughingstock. On the morning of April 26, Beijing time, at their home, the Nets lost to the Celtics 112-116, and finally failed to save the series 0-4 swept ending. Durant tried his best, the players tried, and the Nash manager gave all his brain cells, but it was still such an embarrassing result. From top to bottom, from team management, mid-season trades, to the repeated personal situations of key players, to tactics in the game, the Nets have too many problems and have never been well solved.
The Nets' exit can not only look at the results of this round of playoffs, nor is it only the reason for this round of playoffs, if only from the perspective of their opponents in the first round, the Celtics, who ranked second in the East in the regular season, are strong, there is no doubt that with the current Nets, it is a bit difficult to cross this hurdle. The Green Army has a full roster this season and has very good chemistry, ranking at the top of the league in terms of strength on the defensive end. Now to start from the beginning, but the Nets have not had so many twists and turns this season, and with their original "Big Three" top configuration, they will definitely not be reduced to playing the playoffs, and then barely mixed to the seventh place, resulting in a strong opponent in the first round, and there is no home advantage. Supposedly, the Celtics' position should be the Nets', and could have easily had home-court advantage against opponents at the bottom of the Eastern Conference playoffs, in which case it would not be the result it is now.
At the beginning of the season, after pulling Harden into the team, the Nets not only had an extremely powerful offensive firepower, but also attracted a large number of fans, becoming the most concerned top team in the league. However, the so-called "Big Three" configuration has basically no chance of integration. First of all, Durant, who has the highest status, the strongest offensive ability, and can also be said to be the most dedicated, has been considered to be injured due to Nash's overuse for a while, coupled with the short trigger of the league's epidemic prevention safety clause, this season's regular season has only appeared 55 times, will reach 2/3 of the times.
Speaking of Harden, originally ambitious, thinking that he finally had hope of getting a championship ring, but the cooperation with his teammates was still a problem, he was the absolute boss when he was in the Rockets, dominating a large number of balls and having unlimited firing rights, and to the Nets, it was completely impossible to do so, all kinds of data dropped sharply, causing him to be emotionally unstable, extremely reduced his offensive desire in the game, sometimes not selling his strength at all, and finally leaving the team for Philadelphia.
And the biggest problem, the biggest problem, the most troubled giant is Kyrie Irving, a season of regular season only played 29 games, as a major player who is pinned high hopes, in the case of basic health, such a number of appearances is simply outrageous, making fans extremely angry. Stubbornly being restricted from playing at home by the league without vaccination, making all kinds of strange remarks, playing hungry because no one dares to criticize the so-called religious beliefs, strange events continue, how can such players talk about and be expected to contribute to the team. In fact, the so-called "Big Three" is just a gimmick, and it has long existed in name only.
The many stars secretly compare, compete and can not share the ball well is the reason why the team's record can not be guaranteed, and the players who later trade Harden are not useful, so that the team in the second half of the regular season is still unable to open the situation, resulting in the ranking can not be improved, failed to avoid the playoffs, the first round is passively facing the higher-ranked Celtics, self-trouble, the club should also bear some responsibility. After all, Curry Jr. has limited ability, is not the decisive factor in the success of the trade, can not be too demanding of him, but in exchange for a simmons who is only famous, but psychologically and physically can not adapt to the game, and even can not appear, the Nets made a big loss.
Speaking of coach Nash, the achievements of the player era are very good, but as the head coach of a team that plays an important role in the league, brain, soul, he really can only be a "rookie", he can not control such a star team. Some US media believe that Nash lacks tactical arrangements, employs unreasonable people, and in the case of a luxurious lineup, he does not perform well in terms of employment adjustments.
For example, when facing the Celtics' large lineup in this series, the team still insisted on using the number four and Durant's unconventional lineup, which was difficult to dominate in the game, not only did it have no rebounding, but it was also blown up by the opponent on the defensive end. Fans can only see Durant and Irving complete a large number of singles, and players such as Curry Jr. can only play the role of catching the ball and shooting, and the tactical status is very low. This is only part of this season, he was also widely criticized when he used Durant to cause the latter's injury in the season, of course, he also had no way, because as mentioned above, the Nets actually can't put together the "Big Three" lineup, which means that this is a vicious circle, Nash is inexperienced enough to control the situation.
In short, causing such a bad result and even a joke now, New York fans are heartbroken, and the owner of Tsai Chongxin is also disappointed, it seems that next season can only rebuild the team, there is no other way.
Text/Beiqing Sports Liu Ailin