After reportedly demanding the group fireplace each head coach Steve Nash and common supervisor Sean Marks throughout offseason conversations with Nets possession, celebrity ahead Kevin Durant stated he was “shocked” to be taught the crew dismissed Nash Tuesday afternoon.
“You’re always shocked when a move like this happens, but it’s normal in the NBA, so it’s about getting ready for the game tonight,” Durant stated after the Nets loss to the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday. “It’s a quick turnaround always in the league especially during the season. We’ve got practice and games coming up, so you can’t think too much about it. But it was on my mind for a little bit today.”
Durant corroborated Marks’ account — that there was no dialog between the entrance workplace and star gamers earlier than the choice was made.
“Let’s be real: We’re pros. We’re veterans,” he stated. “We had a tricky begin and a rocky 12 months final 12 months, rocky summer time. We knew that everyone was being evaluated. That’s simply how it’s within the league.
“So I liked working with Steve. I liked working with the coaching staff. It was a roller coaster last few years, but the core of it — basketball — is something that we all love to do. So regardless of the coach, regardless of the circumstances, you still gotta come to work. So I enjoyed coming to work with Steve.”
Durant stated there was “a lot of stuff” factoring into Nash’s lack of sustainable success in Brooklyn.
“We didn’t have a healthy team [and] just didn’t play well, and that’s what happens in the league,” he stated. “S–-t happens. So that doesn’t take away from Steve’s basketball IQ, how he teaches the game. I don’t think that takes away from anything. It just didn’t work out.”
GET USED TO TURNOVERS
Durant turned the ball over six instances within the Nets’ loss to the Bulls, together with two dangerous passes within the ultimate three-plus minutes of the fourth quarter.
He stated the best way opposing groups are defending him will make turnovers the norm.
“Every night I’m gonna be guarded by five players,” stated Durant. “So I’m gonna turn the ball over. I’m trying to be aggressive, trying to create stuff. Their whole team’s gonna guard me throughout the whole season, so get used to my turnovers.”
HERE TODAY, GONE WHEN?
Interim Nets coach Jacque Vaughn says he’s uncertain how lengthy he’ll be on the helm within the aftermath of Nash’s dismissal.
“[Nets GM Sean Marks] will tell me,” Vaughn stated after the Nets dropped to 2-6 and blew a 12-point lead of their 108-99 loss to the Chicago Bulls on Tuesday. “I just lace ‘em up, put on my shoes every day, do my job.”
When requested if he’s teaching Friday, Vaughn stated: “I coached today. It’ll be [an] off-day tomorrow, and Sean will let me know.”
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