{"id":68361,"date":"2020-09-16T21:01:16","date_gmt":"2020-09-16T18:01:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/clippers-are-the-nba-playoffs-failure-nets-must-learn-from\/"},"modified":"2020-09-16T21:01:16","modified_gmt":"2020-09-16T18:01:16","slug":"clippers-are-the-nba-playoffs-failure-nets-must-learn-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/clippers-are-the-nba-playoffs-failure-nets-must-learn-from\/","title":{"rendered":"#Clippers are the NBA playoffs failure Nets must learn from"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Clippers are the NBA playoffs failure Nets must learn from<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

\n With the debut of Kevin Durant and the return of Kyrie Irving, the Nets will be one of the NBA\u2019s most talented teams next season.<\/p>\n

They need look no further than the Clippers for a stark reminder that talent on paper is no guarantee of titles on the court.<\/p>\n

Favored by many to win the NBA title, the Clippers dropped three straight chances to close out Denver and got upset in the Western Conference semifinals. They cited a lack of chemistry against a Nuggets team with more continuity.<\/p>\n

As a team facing significant roster turnover themselves, it could serve as a cautionary tale for Brooklyn.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe need to build some chemistry,\u201d Kawhi Leonard said. \u201cWhen you\u2019ve played together for a while, they know the exact places where everybody is, and it makes it easier.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI think a lot of the issues that we ran into, talent bailed us out. Chemistry, it didn\u2019t. In this series<\/a>, it failed us,\u201d Lou Williams added.<\/p>\n

Chemistry can be volatile. And the Clippers blew up the lab on national television, imploding in the second half. And while it\u2019s easy to be snarky and say that was just the Clippers Clippin\u2019 again, there are clear parallels with the Nets with some too obvious to ignore.<\/p>\n

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Paul George and Kawhi Leonard; Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving<\/span>Getty Images<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Like the Clippers, they have a deep team that went all-in to acquire a pair of stars externally. As Los Angeles signed Leonard and traded for Paul George last offseason, Brooklyn signed Irving and dealt for Durant. And like L.A., Brooklyn will have to weigh hitting the ground running vs. running them into the ground, chemistry vs. caution.<\/p>\n

With George and Leonard in and out of the lineup \u2013 logging a mere 891 minutes together all season \u2013 the Clippers got by on being better, not being in sync. After Leonard missed 10 of 11 second-half shots in Tuesday\u2019s Game<\/a> 7 loss, that point was driven home.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe just couldn\u2019t make no shots,\u201d Leonard said. \u201cThat\u2019s when it comes to the team chemistry, knowing what we should run to get the ball in spots or just if someone\u2019s getting doubled or they\u2019re packing the paint, try to make other guys make shots, and we gotta know what exact spots we need to be.\u201d<\/p>\n

It strains credulity to think the Nets won\u2019t face at least some of those same concerns.<\/p>\n

Yes, the core of Caris LeVert, Jarrett Allen, Joe Harris and Spencer Dinwiddie have been around for years; and DeAndre Jordan and Taurean Prince got acclimated this season. But many of the newcomers in the bubble won\u2019t be back, and the two stars will almost assuredly miss plenty of time.<\/p>\n

Durant didn\u2019t play a second this year, and hasn\u2019t suited up since June of 2019. There is no chance the uber-cautious Nets won\u2019t treat his surgically repaired Achilles with kid gloves, monitoring his minutes and stealing rest where possible.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the oft-injured Irving played just 20 games for the Nets and hasn\u2019t topped 67 since 2016-17. He\u2019s missed 210 games between nine NBA seasons and one collegiate campaign at Duke. Even if he and Durant stay healthy, with both going into the second year of four-year deals, what are the odds the Nets run them into the ground trying to force chemistry?<\/p>\n

Zero.<\/p>\n

And Steve Nash hasn\u2019t officially coached any of these players yet \u2013 or any players, still a rookie in that department. Creating chemistry is tough even for elite coaches.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe had great shots all night. I still didn\u2019t think we trusted each other,\u201d Clippers coach Doc Rivers said. \u201cDenver went through stretches like that, too. But they just kept playing. You could see us trusting less and less.\u201d<\/p>\n

Or as Williams acknowledged, \u201cWe had the talent to do it. I don\u2019t think we had the chemistry to do it, and it showed.\u201d<\/p>\n

There are lessons here. The Nets would do well to learn from them.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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