The Nets were considered one of the hottest teams to win the championship at the beginning of the season, after all, they started with a combination of Durant, Irving and Harden, any one of which is a superstar of the league, but the drama is that Harden decisively chose to leave Brooklyn in the middle of the season, Durant and Irving entered the playoffs through playoffs, but they were swept out 4-0 in the first round, this time the playoff trip, Durant was frozen, Irving's state is also uncertain, the Nets lost a lot, facing the future reconstruction, Whether to still build a championship-winning lineup, or tore down the rebuild, I am afraid it is not so easy, just this season's expenditure, the Nets have lost a lot of money, should be the team with the worst financial loss this season.
As one of the facades of the Nets, 4-0 Irving was swept, not without words, obviously Irving is also very unconvinced, Irving was interviewed in a show, said one of the sources behind the Nets' 4-0 sweep, confessed his mental journey, Irving made it clear that he did not find his state, this season's performance, is not the real Irving should have the state.
In addition, Irving admitted that he was worried about being traded or bought out because of the ban, even at home are very uneasy, at first Irving can not play the home game, the Nets decided not to play for Irving, and then decided to let Irving play part-time, until the end of the season without the restriction of the ban, Irving can play full-time, the problem is that others have played for several months, Irving has only begun to come back, how can he maintain a best state? This is Owen, he also understands his choice, brings himself trouble, trade or buyout, at first Owen thought about it, but such a worry will not make Owen give up his faith and choose to give up his own faith and choose to inject for everyone's sake.
Irving played 29 games in the regular season, averaging 27.4 points, 4.3 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 1.41 steals per game, shooting 46.9% and shooting 91.5% from the free throw line, it can be said that Irving's data is very good, although the shooting rate is not very high in the small-ball era, the problem is that Irving can play such data in the absence of sudden returns and part-time playing, perhaps find the best form of Irving, at least for the Nets to get a better regular season record.
Irving in the playoffs averaged 21.2 points per game, shooting 44.4%, which shows that after the intensity of the playoffs improved, Irving's data performance also declined, and the shooting rate became lower, because he found his own state, so soon to play the playoffs, Irving will indeed not be so easy to adapt to, but the Nets are swept out of the game is a foregone conclusion, Irving is time to think about the problems of the new season, just trade or buyout, it does not matter to Irving, this summer Irving is eligible to renew a super salary with the Nets, Otherwise, Irving can jump out of the contract and go to other teams, and the Nets will have nothing.