The Nets' first-round series of showdowns with the Celtics was over, and the Nets were unable to avoid being swept by the Celtics. After the end of the series, the team's number one player, Durant, naturally became the object of ridicule by the major media and fans. Even Durant's old teammate Chasing Dream Green has publicly updated the dynamics to mock Durant, which has caused another heated discussion among fans.
For Durant, this is really what he should bear. After all, he did far less than expected in this round of the playoffs, and didn't even help the team win. Compared with the regular season, Durant seems to have changed a person. Faced with the Celtics' iron-blooded defense, Durant is no longer as gritty as he was in the regular season. There were also more low-level mistakes in the game, and in the eyes of the majority of fans, Durant was not such a player.
Nevertheless, the results are already real and cannot be defended. Especially those fans who have always disliked Durant, they have had an extremely pleasant day. But the Nets were swept, is it just Durant's problem? Looking back, there are many reasons why the Nets were out of the first round. There are a few points that must be mentioned, and we may wish to talk about this issue.
Aside from Durant, the Nets' most questioned player is, of course, Kyrie Owen. As another core player of the team, he also struggled with the playoff performance, and was also subjected to different degrees of spit and insults. In addition to the playoff performances, Irving's series of fanatical operations this season are the root cause of the team's failure. The reason for this is that Irving has been insisting on not getting vaccinated, which has caused him to miss many regular season games.
After the policy changes, Irving began to participate in some of the class competitions. It is precisely because of these practices that Harden indirectly lost the confidence of the team to win the championship, and also affected the atmosphere of the team, and finally led to harden's deal with Simmons. During the playoffs, many fans also discussed whether the team would be better if harden was not traded. In this series, Durant in particular needs a point of possession that can score, and Harden happens to be such a player. If Harden had been with the Nets, the Nets might have been much better than they are now.
But Harden did get traded, and Irving did take a sizable amount of the blame. This, coupled with Irving's presence in Ramadan during the playoffs, had a visible impact on his athletic form. And do not comment on whether Ramadan is correct or not, but his unstable practices have indeed brought different degrees of harm to the team. The second is the issue of management and the head coach, which many fans have been criticizing.
Especially before the playoffs began, the team announced that james Johnson had been cut. Johnson, one of the team's few organizational forwards, may be able to play wonders in the playoffs. But the Nets only want to keep a rookie, choose to cut this veteran who still has a certain amount of immediate combat strength, which really makes fans a little confused. The second was the coach's coaching level at the time, in the first two games of the Nets series, they all had a chance to win the game, but because the coach was not sophisticated enough and did not have targeted tactics, they eventually regretted the defeat.
What's more, after the team's consecutive losses, there was no choice to use playoff-experienced Aldridge and Griffin. Although the Nets' roster is relatively limited, Nash does reflect his immature coaching level. If the Nets' head coach this year knows more about on-the-spot changes and scheduling, the Nets, although they still can't affect this series, will have to win at least 1 or 2 games, and it won't be as embarrassing as they are now.
The season is over and too much blame and ridicule doesn't make much sense. After the series, Irving said he and Durant would remain with the Nets. It also shows that the net's core strength next season remains unchanged, supporting the introduction of the head coach and other players, and the management must slowly operate. Hopefully, Durant and Irving can learn more from this defeat so that they can start all over again next season!