{"id":238248,"date":"2021-04-29T08:35:29","date_gmt":"2021-04-29T05:35:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nets-mike-james-slammed-by-former-coaches-in-explosive-report\/"},"modified":"2021-04-29T08:35:29","modified_gmt":"2021-04-29T05:35:29","slug":"nets-mike-james-slammed-by-former-coaches-in-explosive-report","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nets-mike-james-slammed-by-former-coaches-in-explosive-report\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nets’ Mike James slammed by former coaches in explosive report"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Nets’ Mike James slammed by former coaches in explosive report<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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The Nets have praised newcomer Mike James as a player. But in an explosive new report, coaches in both Russia and Italy pilloried him as a person.<\/p>\n

If James helps the Nets the rest of the regular season \u2014 or potentially even in the postseason \u2014 they may not care that CSKA Moscow suspended him or Olimpia Milano bought him out after he was the EuroLeague scoring champion. None of that will matter if James can help them become champs themselves.<\/p>\n

Still, the comments, brought to light on Eurohoops.net<\/a>, were scathing.<\/p>\n

Wednesday, a day after James had an 11-point, six-assist fourth quarter to help the Nets beat the Raptors, CSKA Moscow\u2019s Dimitris Itoidis, who coached James the past two seasons, was asked about him at a press conference for the EuroLeague Final Four. Without ever using James\u2019 name, the Greek coach \u2014 with whom James had clashed \u2014 got his point across loud and clear.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou know, traditions are not winning,\u201d Itoudis said. \u201cWe have a great tradition, but the culture is winning, the everyday effort is winning, being composed is winning, being well prepared is winning, and definitely last but not least in such an organization as a head coach, I can\u2019t do discounts on ethics. Otherwise, you are going to lose the team. And we are not losing the team.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey gave their answer over here. You can see that. And I am proud of what I am seeing every day in practice, on trip<\/a>s, on meetings. Every decision is a hard decision. I am always in favor of the team effort and for those who feel that they belong. We feel that we belong and we like what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n

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After James\u2019 spat with Itoudis, CSKA \u2014 with which he\u2019s under contract with through 2023 \u2014 let him come to the NBA for the rest of this season. The Nets signed him to a 10-day deal that runs through Sunday, and can offer him a second.<\/p>\n

For a team without injured James Harden, Bruce Brown, Spencer Dinwiddie and Chris Chiozza, signing James was a low-risk, high-reward flier. After a stellar 21-minute, plus-17 debut in an April 23 win over the Celtics, there seems to be no possible downside.<\/p>\n

Unless one listens to respected former Spurs assistant Ettore Messina.<\/p>\n

Before James\u2019 tiff with Itoudis, he had starred in Italy. He averaged 19.8 points and 6.8 assists for Olimpia Milano in the 2018-19 EuroLeague campaign, finishing as the league\u2019s top scorer.<\/p>\n