{"id":143339,"date":"2020-12-29T09:08:51","date_gmt":"2020-12-29T06:08:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nets-kevin-durant-kyrie-irving-sitting-wasnt-a-package-deal\/"},"modified":"2020-12-29T09:08:51","modified_gmt":"2020-12-29T06:08:51","slug":"nets-kevin-durant-kyrie-irving-sitting-wasnt-a-package-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nets-kevin-durant-kyrie-irving-sitting-wasnt-a-package-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nets’ Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving sitting wasn’t a package deal"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Nets’ Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving sitting wasn’t a package deal<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The Nets\u2019 depth got put to the test Monday, with not only Spencer Dinwiddie out with a partially torn right ACL, but stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving sitting the second night of a back-to-back.<\/p>\n

Durant went 18 months without playing after rupturing his Achilles in June 2019. Irving made just 20 app<\/a>earances last season due to shoulder surgery. They have been stellar so far this season, but both logged 36:21 Sunday in Charlotte.<\/p>\n

The Nets announced Durant was sitting, and two hours later said the same of Irving. But coach Steve Nash said the former didn\u2019t impact the latter.<\/p>\n

\u201cI don\u2019t think so. If I\u2019m not mistaken with Kevin, we sort of had a consensus late by the time we landed,\u201d Nash said before the Nets\u2019 116-11 overtime loss to the Grizzlies. \u201cWith Ky it was maybe more this morning. But I don\u2019t think it was anything about sitting them both. I would\u2019ve been more than happy and totally open for one of them to play tonight. It was just a matter of talking to them and making the safest long-term decision.\u201d<\/p>\n

Both Nash and Durant have said the eventual test is to get him to the point he can play back-to-backs, or three game<\/a>s in four nights.<\/p>\n

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Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant both sat out the Nets\u2019 overtime loss to Memphis on Monday.<\/figcaption>
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\u201cYeah, I mean, we\u2019re open,\u201d Nash said. \u201cLast night, he played a lot of minutes, and we were playing from behind. He had a pretty heavy load and demand, metrics, so we just wanted to be careful. That\u2019s the biggest output he\u2019s had in 18 months, so we just want to be careful and protect him and protect us from any negative consequences of him playing too much out of the gates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Long term, Nash also has to figure how the loss of Dinwiddie impacts his starting lineup, and trickles down to the rest of the rotation.<\/p>\n

For Monday it included putting Caris LeVert (28 points, 11 assists) back in the starting lineup, along with Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot (21 points) and Taurean Prince (nine points, five rebounds).<\/p>\n

\u201cFilling [Dinwiddie\u2019s] spot in the rotation is \u2026 on the one hand it\u2019s difficult because he has such a unique profile: A lot of athleticism and versatility,\u201d Nash said. \u201cOn the other hand, we have depth. So we\u2019ll see. I don\u2019t have necessarily a formula for you yet. But we have depth and we have guys that we\u2019re confident in that can fill those minutes.\u201d<\/p>\n

LeVert had been thriving in a sixth-man role, separated from high-usage rate players like Durant and Irving. But with Dinwiddie gone, he was tasked with running the point. Prince was the power forward last season with Durant out.<\/p>\n

The other perimeter spot is intriguing, since Irving will be back. Landry Shamet was 0-for-9 Sunday, and 0-for-8 from deep with three turnovers. Luwawu-Cabarrot was rewarded for scoring 11 points and going 4 of 4 overall, 3 of 3 from 3.<\/p>\n

Sunday\u2019s Nets-Charlotte tilt was YES\u2019 most-viewed regular season Nets telecast in six years, at 150,000 average Total Viewers. It also beat MSG\u2019s 125,000 for its Knicks game the same night.<\/p>\n

Through three games (on TNT, ABC & YES), the Nets averaged 340,667 viewers\/game, while the first three Knicks tilts (all on MSG) averaged 146,667 viewers\/game.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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