View Full Version : If the Nets get off to a bad start
SouBeachTalents
10-19-2022, 10:38 PM
Just looking at their early schedule, they got beat pretty badly tonight, and they'll have
Raps
at Grizzlies
at Bucks
Mavs
to start off the season. This isn't a prediction, they could easily win some of these games. But in the event they start off something like 1-4 or 0-5, do you see anyway that the team doesn't start to implode? Their two stars are literally a couple months removed from both demanding trades, their newest acquisition is fresh off sitting out last season on his former team, and there's been so much dysfunction and turmoil surrounding the head coach and the front office since the offseason.
How do you see their season unfolding in this scenario, do KD or Kyrie demand another trade? Does Nash get fired? Do they have the mental fortitude to recover and finish with a top 4 seed? How do you see things playing out for them.
imdaman99
10-19-2022, 10:43 PM
Trade KD and Kyrie for Westbrook and boatload of picks + bad contracts. Rebuild.
GrayGoat
10-19-2022, 10:43 PM
One thing is for certain. Their defense has not improved and if they can’t fix the offense the L’s will pile up
Real Men Wear Green
10-19-2022, 10:45 PM
I'm trying not to get my hopes up.
bladefd
10-19-2022, 11:00 PM
Nash gets the boot as the scapegoat in an attempt to appease KD/Kyrie. Then we go from there.
TheGoatest
10-20-2022, 03:09 AM
Inconsistent-rie's 3pt% is as flat as the earth is, and his play-making abilities have as much substance as an Alex Jones newscast.
Just when you think that LeBron's beating of a 73-9 team with him as his #2 couldn't possibly look any better, it somehow does every new season.
Manny98
10-20-2022, 03:24 PM
I'm trying not to get my hopes up.
This guy is more concerned about the Nets failure than his own teams success
Pathetic :lol
Real Men Wear Green
10-20-2022, 04:14 PM
This guy is more concerned about the Nets failure than his own teams success
Pathetic :lol
No but I do enjoy watching the perennial underachievenent. I may start a betting pool in how long you stay off the board after the Nets annual playoff failure.
GrayGoat
10-20-2022, 04:21 PM
No but I do enjoy watching the perennial underachievenent. I may start a betting pool in how long you stay off the board after the Nets annual playoff failure.
Savage!
HylianNightmare
10-20-2022, 05:50 PM
Nash gets the boot as the scapegoat in an attempt to appease KD/Kyrie. Then we go from there.
Has to be the only right answer there is no way that the team would want to get rid of the 2 stars that they have
Real Men Wear Green
10-20-2022, 07:44 PM
Has to be the only right answer there is no way that the team would want to get rid of the 2 stars that they have
They want KD bad. Irving however they were willing to let walk. He wanted an extensible, they didn't give it to him. He was offered as a free agent to the league and no one would give him his max deal so he ended up opting in for the final season
The nets have a lot of great players but they do not mesh as a unit at all.
KD and Kyrie play hero ball every possession.
Full Court
10-24-2022, 11:23 PM
The nets have a lot of great players but they do not mesh as a unit at all.
KD and Kyrie play hero ball every possession.
Yeah, they're the classic examples of the whole being less than the sum of the parts.
999Guy
10-24-2022, 11:43 PM
The nets have a lot of great players but they do not mesh as a unit at all.
KD and Kyrie play hero ball every possession.
No leadership mentally on either side of the ball and Nash doesn’t have great respect
noonereal
10-25-2022, 02:15 PM
Just looking at their early schedule, they got beat pretty badly tonight, and they'll have
Raps
at Grizzlies
at Bucks
Mavs
to start off the season. This isn't a prediction, they could easily win some of these games. But in the event they start off something like 1-4 or 0-5, do you see anyway that the team doesn't start to implode? Their two stars are literally a couple months removed from both demanding trades, their newest acquisition is fresh off sitting out last season on his former team, and there's been so much dysfunction and turmoil surrounding the head coach and the front office since the offseason.
How do you see their season unfolding in this scenario, do KD or Kyrie demand another trade? Does Nash get fired? Do they have the mental fortitude to recover and finish with a top 4 seed? How do you see things playing out for them.
I think management knowingly tanked the season when they kept Nash and did not bring in a 4 or 5.
Why they did this I don't know but even a casual observer knows you can't win with who the Net's put alongside KD and Kyrie.
And Simmons is not only not a superstar, he is not as good as the average point in the league now. It's only a few games in but either the Net's make some major changes or the season is a waste.
noonereal
10-25-2022, 02:17 PM
Yeah, they're the classic examples of the whole being less than the sum of the parts.
Not really. They have two great players and no support.
I think they have done well these first few games with the one win given what management has given them to put on the court.
dankok8
10-25-2022, 02:36 PM
I do think the Nets are underachieving. One superstar in KD, one borderline superstar in Kyrie and guys like Simmons, Harris, Mills, Claxton, O'Neale, Morris are all capable role players. At least offensively this team should be pretty damn great and defensively they should be hopefully average. They are currently 30th in DRtg and just 11th in ORtg. Still way too early but they haven't looked great.
Full Court
10-25-2022, 07:25 PM
Not really. They have two great players and no support.
I think they have done well these first few games with the one win given what management has given them to put on the court.
I don't agree with the statement that they have no support. Much like the Lakers, they have enough talent to be a top-level team if they could get it together as a team.
Manny98
10-26-2022, 12:43 PM
I do think the Nets are underachieving. One superstar in KD, one borderline superstar in Kyrie and guys like Simmons, Harris, Mills, Claxton, O'Neale, Morris are all capable role players. At least offensively this team should be pretty damn great and defensively they should be hopefully average. They are currently 30th in DRtg and just 11th in ORtg. Still way too early but they haven't looked great.
Nash needs to go, he can't coach I've given him the benefit of the doubt for too long
Wally450
10-26-2022, 01:28 PM
I do think the Nets are underachieving. One superstar in KD, one borderline superstar in Kyrie and guys like Simmons, Harris, Mills, Claxton, O'Neale, Morris are all capable role players. At least offensively this team should be pretty damn great and defensively they should be hopefully average. They are currently 30th in DRtg and just 11th in ORtg. Still way too early but they haven't looked great.
:roll::roll:
All I've read here and on other forums is how much Ben is going to help improve their defense.
This team isn't going to be much better than they were last season.
dankok8
10-26-2022, 02:26 PM
Nash needs to go, he can't coach I've given him the benefit of the doubt for too long
Well this team has no PG right now. I think that's the problem. At least with Harden they had that.
EDIT: Simmons is a PG but his lack of shooting hurts because defenders don't respect his shot and he plays low minutes too.
noonereal
10-26-2022, 06:13 PM
I do think the Nets are underachieving. One superstar in KD, one borderline superstar in Kyrie and guys like Simmons, Harris, Mills, Claxton, O'Neale, Morris are all capable role players. At least offensively this team should be pretty damn great and defensively they should be hopefully average. They are currently 30th in DRtg and just 11th in ORtg. Still way too early but they haven't looked great.
Really? And who is it that can handle the big men in the league?
Who of this group is a 4 or a 5? Not a one.
And the bench is G-league.
It's a crap roster. This is just a fact.
noonereal
10-26-2022, 06:15 PM
Well this team has no PG right now. I think that's the problem. At least with Harden they had that.
EDIT: Simmons is a PG but his lack of shooting hurts because defenders don't respect his shot and he plays low minutes too.
His lack of EVERYTHING right now. I have never seen a guy, ever, be so frightened of the rim. He hides from it. Plus, he can only play a few minutes and he has a foul problem.
noonereal
10-26-2022, 06:16 PM
:roll::roll:
All I've read here and on other forums is how much Ben is going to help improve their defense.
This team isn't going to be much better than they were last season.
Better? They are worse and anyone who expected better does not know basketball.
noonereal
10-26-2022, 06:17 PM
I don't agree with the statement that they have no support. Much like the Lakers, they have enough talent to be a top-level team if they could get it together as a team.
Honest, this post is just ridiculous.
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