In the NBA's playoffs this season, the first round was particularly intense, and even the Pelicans and Timberwolves, who had just entered the playoffs, played back and forth with the 1st and 2nd Suns and Grizzlies, and even had the possibility of upsetting! However, in the fierce outside, there was a 4-0 sweep, and the nets who were swept out were still regarded as the favorites to win the championship.
The Nets have experienced a lot of hardships this season! Irving basically did not play in the first half of the season because of epidemic prevention reasons, but under the leadership of Harden and Durant, the Nets have been high in the 1st position in the East! However, in the middle of the season, the Nets encountered a large-scale injury, coupled with Harden's departure, the Nets even ushered in Irving's return from the ban, still could not stop the decline, and finally only won the 7th place in the East.
7th in the East, which is not a good ranking, but it is OK for the Nets! Especially after entering the playoffs, Durant and Irving have recovered their health, the opponent is still the Green Army that they defeated last season, and the Nets have a good chance of passing the first round and competing for the championship.
But who would have thought, facing the Green Army defeated last season, the Nets have changed their roles with their opponents this season! On the offensive end, Durant was limited, Irving was weak, and the rest of the Nets, despite their good offensive firepower, could not determine the course of the game. In contrast, the Green Army, Tatum, Brown is unstoppable, Smart, Horford and other generals are equally brave, the Green Army blossoms at many points, the offensive and defensive ends comprehensively suppress the Nets, and sweep the Nets 4:0 without suspense.
The Nets are out, or out of the big score of 0:4, the dignity and glory of this team has been completely swept away, and the crisis facing the team is not just being swept!
At the end of the season, the Nets had 8 player contracts expired! Respectively Ade, a complete free agent! Brown: Completely free agent! Clarkston: Restricted free agent! Dragic: Complete free agent! Drummond: Complete free agent! David Duke: Completely free agent! Griffin: Complete free agent!
Eight players have expired their contracts, but who of those eight players would still want to stay with the Nets? Ade, who has a hard time making a comeback from injury, his goal is to rush to the championship, but this season's Nets have completely betrayed his trust, and in the case that he can still play, he is likely to choose to leave the Nets, or retire! Dragic is also for the championship, but the Nets failed, and it was difficult for him to stay.
The same is true of Griffin, under Nash, he is not even able to get a chance to play, has been completely disappointed with the Nets, leaving the team has become inevitable! Clarkston and Brown are role players, and if the Nets are priced right, they will stay, but the Nets are under such huge salary pressure, it is not easy to keep them! As for Drummond and Duke, they are completely dispensable, and even if they are willing to stay with the Nets, it is irrelevant.
Eight players, some of the role of Ade, Griffin, Brown, Dragic are difficult to stay, and the reason they want to leave is not only the failure, but also the bad inside the Nets.
What the Nets have become now! First of all, Irving, refused to vaccinate, it was difficult to lift the ban, and what Ramadan, strange ideas one after another, this is not a professional player should have the performance, not only made a mess of themselves, the team culture, the locker room atmosphere has also been completely destroyed, there is Irving, the Nets are difficult to win the championship?
Secondly Simmons! Simmons has also reflected his non-professionalism this season, whether it is injuries or disappointment with the 76ers, and his actions this season also show that he is not a player who fights for the championship, and how much of an upper limit there is for such a player.
Nash, the coaching ability is average, and it can even be said that there are great deficiencies, but because of the fame, Durant and Irving have a good relationship, but they sit firmly in the position of nets head coach, nepotism is also the nets' deficiency.
And Durant, Durant's entire career can be seen that he is not a qualified leader, in the Thunder he failed, in the Warriors success, not because of him, now, in the Nets Durant does not have so much help, his character weakness, but also makes it difficult for him to win the championship again.
Overall, the current Nets can be described as a mess, from the management, coaches, to the players, there are huge problems, this team's team culture is flawed, even if the team lineup is good, if they can't correct it, it is difficult for them to reach the height of the championship.
Durant is also aware of it, the current Nets have long been a thing of human wrong, and even this season's various things, but also the team's reputation has been ruined, the Nets are no longer the first goal of free agents chasing the championship, these multiple free agents will not stay to continue to assist you, the Nets are also difficult to get some capable players in the base salary market.