{"id":145419,"date":"2021-01-01T08:13:44","date_gmt":"2021-01-01T05:13:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/life-minus-spencer-dinwiddie-is-big-steve-nash-nets-test\/"},"modified":"2021-01-01T08:13:44","modified_gmt":"2021-01-01T05:13:44","slug":"life-minus-spencer-dinwiddie-is-big-steve-nash-nets-test","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/life-minus-spencer-dinwiddie-is-big-steve-nash-nets-test\/","title":{"rendered":"#Life minus Spencer Dinwiddie is ‘big’ Steve Nash, Nets test"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Life minus Spencer Dinwiddie is ‘big’ Steve Nash, Nets test<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The loss of Spencer Dinwiddie is going to force Brooklyn to adjust on the fly, from lineups to rotations to tactics.<\/p>\n

The Nets are trying out lineup combinations for the first time in game<\/a>s, before they\u2019ve even practiced together. For better or worse, sink or swim, this is the way it\u2019s going to be until they figure out what works.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s going to test rookie coach Steve Nash\u2019s ability to lead his team, and Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving\u2019s ability to lift their teammates. They were tested Wednesday against Atlanta, and will be again in Friday\u2019s rematch.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s a big adjustment,\u201d Joe Harris said. \u201cYou lose a player like Spencer and it\u2019s going to take time for everyone to get used to it. Even the first unit we had [Wednesday], it\u2019s the first time that group of five had ever played together, even in practice. We don\u2019t have the luxury of being able to figure it out through practice, and we\u2019re going to have to learn over the course of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

That lineup \u2014 with Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot replacing Dinwiddie, and starting alongside Irving, Harris, Durant and center DeAndre Jordan \u2014 hadn\u2019t even practiced as a unit before starting Wednesday. Their results were predictable, finishing a minus-10 in just 13 minutes.<\/p>\n

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Nets coach Steve Nash<\/figcaption>
Corey Sipkin<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u201cThere\u2019s so many attributes to Spencer that are important and valuable to our team outside of points, rebounds, assists. It\u2019s a big loss because of his versatility, skill set, size, speed, defensive ability. We\u2019ll miss him dearly,\u201d Nash said. \u201cWe\u2019re going to see a lot of different lineups, different combinations. I don\u2019t think it\u2019s something we can continually overanalyze. We\u2019re just going to have to roll with what we think is best on that night or in that stretch, and continue to grow.<\/p>\n

\u201cMaybe we need to start to create more structure at times. Another player out there that can handle scenarios and situations with his playmaking or point guard skills is really valuable depending on the matchups and the lineups. So I don\u2019t know that we\u2019ll philosophically change a lot, but maybe we have to guide certain units and lineups more than we did in the past with the loss of Spencer for sure.\u201d<\/p>\n

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