{"id":124538,"date":"2020-12-02T08:57:41","date_gmt":"2020-12-02T05:57:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nets-will-push-pace-just-like-rest-of-nba\/"},"modified":"2020-12-02T08:57:41","modified_gmt":"2020-12-02T05:57:41","slug":"nets-will-push-pace-just-like-rest-of-nba","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nets-will-push-pace-just-like-rest-of-nba\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nets will push pace \u2014just like rest of NBA"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Nets will push pace \u2014just like rest of NBA<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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Much has been made about what kind of style Steve Nash plans to use in Brooklyn. He admitted he will take a lot from his \u201cSeven Seconds Or Less\u201d days in Phoenix under Mike D\u2019Antoni, but then again, so does everybody else in the NBA.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe want to play an uptempo style. We want to push the ball in transition and play in the open court, and in the half-court we want to make quick decisions, space the floor, take advantage of our playmaking and shooting,\u201d Nash said. \u201cWe have some centers that are vertical threats, so we can really put pressure on people above the rim, but also stretch them and make the court big and difficult to cover.<\/p>\n

\u201cI definitely think there\u2019ll be similarities. But I also think clearly the way we played in Phoenix is very common in today\u2019s game<\/a>. You look around the league, a lot of teams look in some ways similar to that. We will have some similarities, but you also have to consider and blend with the personnel you have. So some of that is strategic, some of that is organic. We\u2019re going to let it grow.\u201d<\/p>\n

That personnel includes not just Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving on the court, but D\u2019Antoni beside him on the bench.<\/p>\n

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While former interim Jacque Vaughn has stayed on as associate head coach and defensive coordinator, D\u2019Antoni \u2014 who coached Nash with the Suns and Lakers, as well as coaching the Knicks and most recently the Rockets \u2014 will serve as both offensive coordinator and valuable sounding board as well.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s already everyone\u2019s favorite in the office,\u201d Nash said. \u201cHe\u2019s definitely brought his typical personality and charm and sense of humor. For someone who\u2019s been a head coach for so long and had so much success, he\u2019s incredibly humble.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s given me a tremendous amount of comfort, somebody you have a relationship with who can help guide \u2014 call or text or knock on his door \u2014 to gain his thoughts. \u2026 Mike\u2019s been in the position where he\u2019s done this so long and has such a unique perspective and skill set. He\u2019s been incredible for me, but also been great every day here in the building, and people have gravitated to him quickly.\u201d<\/p>\n

It was last season in Houston that D\u2019Antoni moved Jeff Green to a stretch 5 and squeezed a career-best 131 Offensive Rating out of a player who had never been above 115 according to Basketball Reference. Now a Net, Green gives them a different small-ball option.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, Durant \u2014 who Nash said will guard the power-forward spot but play everywhere on offense \u2014 said talk about schemes is overrated.<\/p>\n

\u201cBasketball\u2019s pretty simple. Everybody throughout the whole league runs the same sets with different terminologies,\u201d Durant said.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s different when you get on the floor and you see guys\u2019 tendencies, how they play when they\u2019re tired, or how they play with different ballhandlers. \u2026 It\u2019s a matter of us adjusting to each other and growing with each other on a day-to-day. But we have high-IQ guys who know how to mesh well with anyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nash humorously deadpanned his way around the hubbub over Irving saying the Nets didn\u2019t have a \u201chead coach,\u201d quipping he hadn\u2019t heard them.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think it was one phrase at the end of a bunch of things he said about being excited about having me in this position and coaching and maybe he took it to another level that seemed to grab all the headlines, which is fine,\u201d Nash said. \u201cI\u2019m in a fortunate position where I get to coach Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we built here in a short period of time, how we\u2019re going to practice and play is exciting. I\u2019m thrilled that I get to coach those guys. If one statement that I don\u2019t necessarily think was meant the way it was taken by the press, that doesn\u2019t bother me at all. I enjoy working with those guys.\u201d\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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“#Nets will push pace \u2014just like rest of NBA” Much has been made about what kind of style Steve Nash plans to use in Brooklyn. He admitted he will take a lot from his \u201cSeven Seconds Or Less\u201d days in Phoenix under Mike D\u2019Antoni, but then again, so does everybody else in the NBA. \u201cWe…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":124539,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/12\/Steve-Nash.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1200","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[70897],"tags":[82432,72170],"class_list":["post-124538","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-12-2-20","tag-steve-nash"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124538","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=124538"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/124538\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/124539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=124538"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=124538"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=124538"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}