A Nets group pegged as preseason title favorites was swept out of the playoffs with a humiliating first-round sweep. However indicators level to Brooklyn coach Steve Nash’s job being secure.
A Substack report states that the group thinks a lot of what occurred to sabotage the Nets’ championship desires was out of Nash’s management. And from Kevin Durant’s harm to Kyrie Irving’s refusal to get vaccinated — which led to him lacking over 50 video games and James Harden demanding a commerce — there was loads.
It does seem Nash could also be in Brooklyn going ahead, not anticipated to be became a scapegoat for this disappointing season. Requested by The Publish about his job safety and if he thought he’d be round subsequent 12 months, he mentioned he did.
“Yeah. I liked doing this and love these guys, love my employees, love all of the departments. Actually have an excellent working atmosphere, actually loved it and wish to proceed doing it,” Nash mentioned. “Ben Simmons and Joe Harris will give us an enormous carry and we’ll see how the remainder of the roster rounds out, however we must be excited by that. Getting two of your high 4 guys again — two guys with dimension, one who’s an All-Star and one who’s among the best shooters within the league — that offers us an enormous increase.
“That permits different guys to fall again into their pure positions the place they don’t have to protect massive guys each evening or play too many minutes the place they need to do an excessive amount of towards tall defenses the place it may be very troublesome for a bunch of fellows giving up dimension at each place. So I believe these guys will actually assist. Clearly the remainder of the roster may be very key as effectively and so we now have this summer time to work at that.”
And whereas clearly Nets proprietor Joe Tsai indicators the checks and GM Sean Marks hires and fires, the most important identify within the franchise has had Nash’s again from the start. Nash labored out with Durant on the tail finish of his enjoying profession, noticed him shut up as a marketing consultant in Golden State, and has had his backing in Brooklyn.
When requested after the 4-0 sweep by the hands of Boston whether or not Nash was nonetheless the person to guide the Nets, Kevin Durant scoffed.
“I imply, come on now. Yeah,” Durant mentioned. “Steve’s been dealt a loopy hand the final two years. He’s needed to take care of a lot stuff as a head coach, a first-time coach: trades, accidents, COVID. It’s simply plenty of stuff he’s needed to take care of and I’m pleased with how he’s centered and his ardour for us. All of us proceed to maintain creating over the summer time and see what occurs.”
It was conspicuous that Kyrie Irving — who’d mentioned on Durant’s podcast earlier than Nash was employed that the Nets didn’t actually need a coach — talked about placing subsequent 12 months’s group along with Tsai and Marks, however didn’t point out Nash.
“You already know, managing this franchise collectively alongside Joe and Sean and simply our group of relations that we now have in our locker room in our in our group. … We've got Ben [Simmons] and we now have just a few different guys which can be on contract,” Irving mentioned. “And I believe we simply obtained to make some strikes this offseason and actually speak about it and actually be intentional about what we’re constructing.”
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