{"id":501189,"date":"2022-10-16T02:29:03","date_gmt":"2022-10-15T23:29:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/nets-finally-showing-cohesiveness-ahead-of-nba-opening-night\/"},"modified":"2022-10-16T02:29:03","modified_gmt":"2022-10-15T23:29:03","slug":"nets-finally-showing-cohesiveness-ahead-of-nba-opening-night","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nets-finally-showing-cohesiveness-ahead-of-nba-opening-night\/","title":{"rendered":"#Nets finally showing cohesiveness ahead of NBA Opening Night"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4150c97a38a\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a4150c97a38a\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/nets-finally-showing-cohesiveness-ahead-of-nba-opening-night\/#%E2%80%9CNets_finally_showing_cohesiveness_ahead_of_NBA_Opening_Night%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Nets finally showing cohesiveness ahead of NBA Opening Night&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CNets_finally_showing_cohesiveness_ahead_of_NBA_Opening_Night%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Nets finally showing cohesiveness ahead of NBA Opening Night&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<\/aside>\n<p>A Nets team that looked terrible to start the preseason was terrific to end it.<\/p>\n<p>Now the Nets will enter the regular season on the upswing, with their offseason drama behind them and\u00a0Opening Night on Wednesday against visiting New Orleans up next.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think you could feel us improving, turning a little bit of a corner,\u201d coach Steve Nash said. \u201cI feel really good about the group\u2019s energy right now. They\u2019re playing hard, they\u2019re playing together, they\u2019re trying to communicate and do the things that we\u2019ve worked on, and you\u2019re starting to see a little bit of growth in all those principles.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The growth over the course of the preseason has been <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>arent, with Ben Simmons playing alongside Kevin Durant in every tuneup and with Kyrie Irving in all but one.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets were sloppy in earlier losses to Philadelphia and Miami, and they compounded that by getting physically roughed-up by the Bucks. But they kept their heads down, kept at the work and eventually found their footing on the road. With both their effort and offensive execution improved, they led by 19 at Milwaukee and by 20 on Friday at Minneapolis, and cruised to victory in both.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243977719-e1665875916402.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Kevin Durant #7 hi-fives Kyrie Irving #11 of the Brooklyn Nets during the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 14, 2022 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\" class=\"wp-image-24273560\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243977719-e1665875916402.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243977719-e1665875916402.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243977719-e1665875916402.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Nets superstars Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant are looking cohesive after a rough start to the preseason.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by Jordan Johnson\/NBAE via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>\u201cI would sum it up in a simple word: patient,\u201d Irving said. \u201cWe came in with a lot of external noise, so we had to quite that down and then focus in on us exemplifying to one another why we deserve to win every single day.\u201d<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>All that external noise wasn\u2019t exactly unearned. Irving had contentious contract talks with the Nets and ended up opting in to the final year of his contract. Days later, Durant requested a trade and then tried to get Nash and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/general\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"3\" title=\"General\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">general<\/a> manager Sean Marks fired. That threw the offseason into chaos.<\/p>\n<p>The Nets have spent the preseason putting things back in order. Durant had a sit-down,\u00a0 not only with team owner Joe Tsai, but also with Marks and Nash, the men he\u2019d tried to oust. Issues were aired and complaints were laid bare, most of them about what had been an eroded team culture and lack of accountability.<\/p>\n<p>During training camp and the preseason, the Nets took huge strides in rebuilding both.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt starts first internally, within the team environment and being willing to be uncomfortable,\u201d Irving said. \u201cI think it goes even further than being uncomfortable, but just being willing to be flexible and adapt on the fly and learn things that will help us in the long run, not just right now. We are hammering those details. Preseason was great and the word I would use is patience.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/10\/GettyImages-1243977635.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Head Coach Steve Nash of the Brooklyn Nets talks to Royce O'Neal #00 of the Brooklyn Nets during the game against the Minnesota Timberwolves on October 14, 2022 at Target Center in Minneapolis, Minnesota.\" class=\"wp-image-24273564\"\/><figcaption>Nets head coach Steve Nash commended this year\u2019s group for playing hard.<\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">Photo by Jordan Johnson\/NBAE via Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>If the offseason didn\u2019t try everyone\u2019s patience, it\u2019s easy to see how the early preseason could have. Both Irving and Nash chastened the Nets over their effort \u2014 or lack thereof \u2014 in the first two <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">game<\/a>s.<\/p>\n<p>New assistant coach Igor Kokoskov\u2019s offensive tweaks also started to take hold, as the Nets tried to wean themselves off an overreliance on isolations. After having 41 assists and 53 turnovers in losses to the Sixers and Heat, the Nets improved to 56 assists and 29 turnovers in wins over the Bucks and Timberwolves.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOverall, as a team I thought we played great. We moved the ball and we\u2019re finding our identity,\u201d Simmons said of the final tuneup, a 112-102 win at the Timberwolves on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m excited for them, that they\u2019re starting to take steps,\u201d Nash said. \u201cBut we\u2019ve got to keep going. We\u2019ve got a lot of growth and a lot of cohesion to build. We need every day we have. We can\u2019t take days off, because this is such a weird group.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A weird group, but one that\u2019s at least showing auspicious signs of coming together just in time for the regular season.\n                        <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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