{"id":22224,"date":"2020-07-07T06:13:00","date_gmt":"2020-07-07T03:13:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nets-raising-nba-restart-expectations-despite-decimated-roster\/"},"modified":"2020-07-07T06:13:00","modified_gmt":"2020-07-07T03:13:00","slug":"nets-raising-nba-restart-expectations-despite-decimated-roster","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nets-raising-nba-restart-expectations-despite-decimated-roster\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nets raising NBA restart expectations despite decimated roster"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Nets raising NBA restart expectations despite decimated roster<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n The Nets\u2019 roster might be decimated, but their confidence app<\/a>ears to be just fine. They\u2019re not managing expectations, but raising them.<\/p>\n

Despite the fact they will depart for Disney on Tuesday missing a huge chunk of their firepower, some young Nets are putting on a brave face about their chances in an NBA restart they\u2019ll tip off July 31 against the Magic. Like, knocking-off-the-champs brave.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think we have to be in the playoffs for sure,\u201d Rodions Kurucs said Monday in a Zoom call.<\/p>\n

\u201cFirst round, if we are the seventh seed, we\u2019re going to go against Toronto probably. We definitely have a chance. We\u2019ve been competing with that team, and I definitely think we can beat them in Round 1, go to Round 2, and then we will see from there who we are facing.\u201d<\/p>\n

Sure, neither Brooklyn nor Orlando want any part of having to deal with NBA-leading Milwaukee in the first round of the playoffs; but the shorthanded Nets may have their hands full even limping into the postseason, much less knocking off the defending champs.<\/p>\n

Brooklyn is bereft of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, Wilson Chandler, DeAndre Jordan and Nic Claxton, while Spencer Dinwiddie tested positive for COVID-19.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe can accomplish as much as we want,\u201d Jarrett Allen said. \u201cObviously we don\u2019t have damn near half of our team. [But] we can go out there and do what Brooklyn has been known to do when we\u2019ve been faced with adversity: Play our hardest and play with a bunch of grit.\u201d<\/p>\n

They\u2019re going to need all that grit, especially if Dinwiddie can\u2019t play.<\/p>\n

The Nets are clinging to a precarious half-game<\/a> lead over Orlando for the seventh seed in the East. They\u2019re six games clear of ninth-place Washington, and are 0-4 versus the Magic and Wizards, who they\u2019ll face in their first two games.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019m pretty confident in our team,\u201d Dzanan Musa said. \u201cI think we have the quality to keep up with that seventh seed.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe first game will be important for us. We\u2019re playing in Orlando. They\u2019re not travel<\/a>ing too much, they\u2019re right there; they\u2019re kind of in their environment. But we will attack them and I hope we will present ourselves in the best way and get that seventh seed.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Nets have the fourth-easiest schedule in the so-called seeding games, but they\u2019re just 10-12 against the teams they\u2019ll face. And Orlando\u2019s slate is even more forgiving, the third-softest.<\/p>\n

After opening up against Orlando and Washington, the Nets will face Milwaukee and East No. 3 Boston. Then they play Sacramento, the West No. 2 seed Clippers, and Orlando again before wrapping up against Portland.<\/p>\n

The Nets face three teams in the top 4 of the overall NBA standings (Bucks, Raptors, Clippers), while Orlando faces just one (Toronto). And if Washington can claw within four games of the eighth seed, they would force a play-in tourney for the last playoff spot.<\/p>\n

It\u2019s obvious why beating Orlando in the restart and again on Aug. 11 is so important \u2014 if the Nets have designs on the playoffs.<\/p>\n

\u201cOrlando, coming into the stretch of the season had been playing extremely well. I think they\u2019re more healthy than us right now as a team,\u201d said interim coach Jacque Vaughn. \u201cThat\u2019s where it\u2019s going to be extremely important for us to try to jell as quickly as possible.\u201d<\/p>\n

Vaughn wasn\u2019t just talking up the Magic. They not only have one of the easier slates, but should get back big man Jonathan Isaac and be completely healthy. The Nets are anything but.<\/p>\n

Still, missing the playoffs wouldn\u2019t be catastrophic long term. The Nets own the 76ers\u2019 first-round pick, and if they fall into the lottery, they would retain their own pick (slated for Minnesota).\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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