More than 70% of "experts" are optimistic about the Nets winning the championship, sitting on durant, Irving, Harden three historical level stars, on the bench there are "Spurs double old" Aldridge and Mills, as well as the former "dunk king" Griffin, "Nash Jr." Dragic who joined halfway.
Absolute star-studded, even if the defensive end makes people lose hope, but there are still a large number of fans who choose to believe them, but the result is not only to get out of the first round of the playoffs, but also not just to lose out, and leave a "chicken feather".
James Harden was traded in the middle of the way, in exchange for simmons who was "reluctant" to appear, the reason for the back pain attracted a lot of ridicule, but he can still play a game for 23 hours, if Harden has intermittent attitudes, then Simmons from the bones, yearn for the former "rich and handsome" Chandler Parsons. His big contract won't expire until 25 years, will it fall into the hands of the Nets?
Kevin Durant has begun to show an "old state", even if there is still an unsolvable jump shot, but the physical hazards, as well as the limitation of breakthrough speed, so that he will gradually expose many shortcomings in the next few years, which is a situation that every star is difficult to avoid, even Jordan, Kobe, James and others. But no matter how it changes, he is still one of the superstars, and the team can't move him, let alone move him.
Kyrie Irving's increasingly outrageous rhetoric, his spiritual world too full, and his claim that his name is worth billions, was criticized by Stephen A-Smith: "We are witnessing one of the most delusional athletes in history." "It's true that his skills are not wasted, but he is immersed in his own world, and for basketball, a team sport, it can really cause harm.
These three players, each with a big contract, Simmons's 5-year contract of 170 million will end in 2025, Irving has the right to execute player options in the offseason, but the outside world believes that he will reach a 5-year, 247.6 million super contracts with the Nets in advance, Durant's 4-year 194 million early contract, next season has just begun. The excessive expenditure has forced the Nets management to feel the pressure.
According to a New York Post report on average ticket revenue per game this season, we saw the Nets reach $2.1 million, more than half an increase from the 2018-19 season. But these are far from filling the expenses, but they are still far from being able to build a luxury lineup, in order to attract more people's attention, so that they have to bear about $100 million in luxury taxes, plus so many big contracts. According to journalists Brian Lewis and Josh Kosman, the Nets and Barclays Center lost between $50 million and $100 million in the 2021-22 season. People familiar with the matter said that this may be the team with the worst financial loss in the NBA league.
Back in February, Boss Tsai fired John Abbamondi, the chief executive of Brooklyn Sports and Entertainment, and was put back into discussion. Because under the leadership of Abamondi, he set a record for the Nets in attendance, ticket revenue and sponsorship, but he was fired, so many people complained about him, and they were also very puzzled by the operation of Boss Cai. The next season, there is not much room for operation at the player level, and the "core" position can only move the head coach Nash, but can another coach really change?