As the biggest favorite team to win the championship at the beginning of the season, the Nets were still the first in the East before the All-Star Game, who would have thought that facing the Celtics in the first round did not win one of the games! He was swept out by the Celtics 4-0, becoming the first team to be eliminated this season, the first time in Durant and Irving's careers.
There are three main reasons for the Nets' loss this season, the first is the lineup problem, the team's center guard is too big to lack a 3-5 player who can defend; secondly, Irving's problem, his refusal to vaccinate this season has seriously damaged the team's chemistry, resulting in Harden's departure; and finally, Nash's problem, as a rookie coach, his on-the-spot adaptability is too poor to be the head coach of a playoff team.
But after the game, Irving said he planned to renew his contract with the Nets, stay with the team, and complete the rebuild with Durant. Owen said: "I'm not going anywhere, I'm going to stay here and help the team reach the top of the league in the next few years. "Irving currently has another year left on his contract and has player options in hand.
In this series, Irving averaged 21.3 points + 5.3 boards + 5.3 assists per game, shooting 44.4% from the field. In his three-year career, the Nets played a total of 103 games, but missed 123 games!
Nash is also looking forward to continuing to coach the Nets, Nash said: "I like what I'm doing, I love these players and colleagues, there's a great working environment here, and I hope to continue working here." Although Nash has no tactics offensively and no ideas in defense, Nash may not be out of class because Cai Chongxin and Durant have expressed their support for Nash.
Durant backed Nash and said: "He said nash has done a good job as a rookie coach and will make adjustments this summer to see how he can do better afterwards. "And talking about the sweeping end of the season, Durant said that the Celtics are much taller than us, this season we have experienced injuries and trades, our original goal was to make the playoffs, we did it.
To be honest, Irving is the biggest problem with the Nets at present, his faith and consciousness, let people not feel his focus on basketball, such a team, such an Irving, can only say that the obstruction is long.