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The Brooklyn Nets weren’t going to be patient for long with Steve Nash
Kevin Durant caused a media storm in the offseason when he reportedly asked Brooklyn Nets team owner Joe Tsai to fire Steve Nash. The billionaire publicly sided with the head coach and put Durant in his place.
Jay Williams, however, had a theory on why KD ultimately decided to stay after demanding to be traded:
“Steve Nash was done the day Kevin Durant met London after he had made the ultimatum where they worked it out. That’s the reason why Kevin Durant, from that point on, decided to come back to the Brooklyn Nets because he knew that if Steve Nash didn’t get the job done very, very early, then it was gonna be over.”
There was already a ton of pressure on Steve Nash to do better after the Nets were swept by the Boston Celtics in the playoffs. Nash was outcoached and outmaneuvered by another first-time shot-caller in Ime Udoka.
The summer of Durant’s discontent only cut Steve Nash’s leash even shorter before it eventually ended.
The Brooklyn Nets continue to pile one calamity after another
The Brooklyn Nets' last four NBA seasons have been an endless stream of controversy. Since Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving signed with the team, they’ve usually been in the limelight for the wrong reasons.
After getting swept by the Boston Celtics, Brooklyn was in disarray immediately. Kyrie Irving wanted a max-term contract but couldn’t get it. He reportedly wanted to get out but didn’t want to leave $36 million on the table, which is why he eventually opted in.
Kevin Durant demanded to be traded but wasn’t accommodated by the Brooklyn Nets. KD resorted to another more dramatic way by forcing Tsai into an ultimatum and choose between him and GM Sean Marks and Steve Nash. The Nets team governor played hardball and won.
Irving recently posted an anti-Semitic post on Twitter and has been ripped for it. The seven-time NBA All-Star continues to be a continuous source of off-court drama for the Brooklyn Nets.
After firing Steve Nash, they’re now rumored to be imminently hiring Ime Udoka who is in an NBA season-long suspension with the Boston Celtics.
Rob Mahoney of “The Ringer” perfectly summarized the Nets’ embarrassing ways:
“It still amounts to attempting to solve one calamity with another, all in the name of saving what looks to be a pretty soulless endeavor.
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