When Durant, who had broken his Achilles tendon, sadly lost the seventh game with a second-degree hamstring strain, it seemed that all the criticism and insults came to Steve Nash, who was a new coach. Tactical rigidity, dead-ended main force, lack of on-the-spot command, lack of courage, all the insults that can be given to coaches are now given to Nash, but is Nash really so unbearable?
In a way, Nash's job this year is the hardest of all NBA coaches! Rookie coaches, super big threes, eager performance requirements, frequent off-court influences, a huge fan base, and a multitude of joke-watching people make up Nash's Sword of Damocles this season!
As a rookie coach, the huge Nets battleship did not give Nash the slightest chance to train, and it was the Big Three, targeting only the O'Brien Cup. The Nets' big three can't be strong, and the double MVP + super bayonet deserves everything, but people seem to forget that except for the "keyboard man" Durant, the other two are not good stubble! The nagging Irving always brings off-court factors unexpectedly, and james Harden's lace news, who is obsessed with nightclubs, has not decreased, and both have a certain demand for the ball. Nash this season has been a success in bringing the Big Three together, at least when the Big Three are present at the same time.
I don't know what Tsai Chongxin expected from this Nets before the start of the season, at least he didn't expect to have a chance to get Harden in the middle, let alone have the opportunity to hit the championship in the first season! It's hard to imagine a rookie coach for a championship team with a reasonable age structure and a star at the peak, and if there were no injuries, I believe the rookie-led team would be the strongest contender for the championship!
When the team lost a series of starters such as Jarrett Allen and Le Vere, when Dinwiddie only played 3 games and was reimbursed for the season, the team's role players began to stretch. Buyout market snatched the "big fish" Aldridge retired due to illness, the team owner will play a stop, the semi-final is close to the five-man rotation, these factors are the most direct reasons for the Nets to lose Maicheng, qiao women are difficult to cook without rice, after all, Nash is a man not a god!
In the coming season, as long as the Nets can guarantee the current lineup, then he is still the most favorable contender for the championship, give Nash some time!