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The Nets' super team became a super disaster (SB Nation)

It was easy to understand the preseason optimism: last time we saw the Nets, Kevin Durant was nearly carrying the team to a Game 7 victory over the eventual ...

Boston had the size, depth, and defense that the Nets couldn’t match up with. The rehab took longer than expected, and Harris eventually had a second surgery on the ankle that ended his year. He exited the lineup to have surgery on his ankle in Nov. with a 1-2 month timetable originally given. Harden started the season slow as he recovered from his hamstring injury in the playoffs and adjusted to the league’s early-season emphasis on cutting back shooting fouls. With Irving away from the team for road games and Durant facing injuries, Harden started to distance himself from the team. Simmons came to Brooklyn as the headliner in the Harden trade. As Irving’s absence hovered over the Nets, Harden reportedly got sick of his teammate’s refusal to get the jab and get back out on the court. By the time Irving was finally allowed to be a full-time player, James Harden had forced his way out of town and the roster around Durant and Kyrie looked totally different. The Nets kept Irving away from the team through 2021 until they eventually flip-flopped and decided to let Irving play in road games. That vaccine requirement extended to its two NBA teams, and there was only one player in the city who refused to comply: Kyrie Irving. The Brooklyn Nets were the heavy betting favorites to win the 2022 NBA championship entering the season. Unfortunately, the Nets were always scarier on-paper than they were on the floor.

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Boston Celtics complete 4-0 sweep of the Brooklyn Nets to advance ... (CNN)

The Boston Celtics completed a 4-0 sweep of the Brooklyn Nets in their Eastern Conference first-round series by holding on to a 116-112 victory Monday night ...

It's about how we can find solutions to get better, proactive as an organization to get better." "It's about how we can progress and get better from here. "It's funny to us because we don't duck and dodge anybody," Smart told the media after the game. Injuries throughout the season to guard Joe Harris and superstar Durant, as well as Irving's extended absence due to his choice not to be vaccinated for Covid-19 , "Cmon MAN!!! Out for Game 4 when it was rumored you were going to make your debut. We were trying to exercise every option for me to play, but I never wanted to just be about me.

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Brooklyn Nets, de favoritos en pretemporada al fracaso en playoffs (AS Usa)

Brooklyn era el equipo favorito para ganar la NBA durante la pretemporada con un momio favorable de +230 y se despidieron en la primera ronda de playoffs.

Acorde a Basketball Reference, los Nets eran los favoritos para ganar el campeonato de la NBA durante la pretemporada con un momio favorable de +230 y se esperaba que el equipo conformado en ese entonces por Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving y James Harden ganaría más de 56 partidos de regular season. Los Brooklyn Nets fueron barridos por los Boston Celtics en la primera ronda de los playoffs de temporada 2021-22 de la NBA. De esta manera, se consumó uno de los fracasos más recientes en la historia del baloncesto. Brooklyn era el equipo favorito para ganar la NBA durante la pretemporada con un momio favorable de +230 y se despidieron en la primera ronda de playoffs.

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NBA Twitter Mocks Old Nets Takes After Celtics' Sweep (Sports Illustrated)

Brooklyn's season ended in the first round of the playoffs Monday night after falling to Boston in Game 4.

Shaun Morash of CBS Sports was also spotlighted for saying he feels bad for James Harden, who was traded to the 76ers in a deal for Ben Simmons. Harden’s Sixers lead the Raptors 3–2 after losing Monday night. The then 76ers star’s tweet came after the team was eliminated by none other than the Celtics in the first round in 2020. A 116–112 Game 4 loss to the Celtics spelled the end of Brooklyn’s season and a postseason that fell far below preseason hopes and expectations.

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Kyrie Irving pledges allegiance to Nets, and 'managing this franchise ... (CBSSports.com)

In October of 2018, Kyrie Irving sat in front of a bunch of Celtics season-ticket holders and pledged to re-sign with Boston "if you guys will have me back.

Same as the Celtics' 2018-19 regular season which was a total disaster that turned into an early playoff exit, and Irving was also at the center of that. "And I think we just gotta make some moves this offseason, really talk about it and really be intentional about what we're building and have some fun with it, make it enjoyable and hopefully we get to start from Day 1 just as a squad and as a family and we just really worry about us," Irving continued. This Nets season was an absolute disaster, and Irving was at the center of it all. And it certainly doesn't seem to be something that will change anytime soon given Irving's comments on agreeing to a new deal with the Nets. So as we build together as a squad, I just think we need to be tougher mentally and just more honest about what we want to accomplish and just stick to the goal, stick to the mission." "So it's not just about me and Kev, I don't want to make it just about that.

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Expected to be a force, Nets turned out to be a farce (MyWabashValley.com)

NEW YORK (AP) — With Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden, the Brooklyn Nets had expectations of being the last team standing.

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NBA playoffs 2022 - Why these Brooklyn Nets were the greatest ... (ESPN)

KD, Kyrie, Harden and the Nets were primed to begin a dynastic reign. But after getting swept by the Celtics, only one thing is clear: There are far more ...

"The tough part is we all grew a tremendous amount, we just weren't able to benefit from it this year," Nash said postgame. Irving spoke of his motivation to build a better team and culture next season, and not just relying on individual performance as the Nets so often had to this year. Then they will try it all again next season, hoping the lessons from this season will matter. "It was just really heavy emotionally this season," he said. The Nets' management and ownership have tried to support their stars throughout the season. Just think how much time and energy the Nets wasted on off-the-court issues that could have been spent on basketball. "There were just too many [things]." In many ways the basketball world performed a season-long autopsy on what went wrong for the Nets. It's about the decisions that allowed these team- and culture-shattering problems to exist in the first place. "The situation was just so strange," he said. Only he knows how much of a physical and mental toll it took on him. On the next play, a resurgent Blake Griffin muscled a key offensive rebound over Boston's Al Horford, leading to an Irving 3-pointer that cut the lead to three points. "I wish we were more healthy as a group," Durant said.

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Tatum y los Celtics completan barrida sobre Durant y Nets (Los Angeles Times)

El alero de los Celtics de Boston Jayson Tatum es defendido por el base de los Nets de Brooklyn Kyrie Irving, en la segunda mitad del cuarto juego de la serie ...

Esa defensa limitó a Durant a tan sólo 19 de 52 tiros de campo con 17 pérdidas en los primeros tres partidos y le complicaron las cosas, aunque finalmente encestó más disparos el lunes. Pero no pudo darles a los Nets una victoria cuando necesitaban alargar la serie y en su lugar fueron eliminados con una etiqueta de fracaso rotundo. Boston espera al ganador del duelo entre Milwaukee y Chicago. Los Bucks, campeones defensores, tienen ventaja de 3-1 en esa serie.

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¿La caída de los Nets pone en duda el legado de Kevin Durant? (ESPN Deportes)

El equipo de Brooklyn con un anémico KD a la ofensiva fue barrido en cuatro partidos por los Boston Celtics.

“Hay que darle crédito a los Celtics. Son un equipo increíble y tienen la oportunidad de hacer algo grande durante esta postemporada. Nada borra lo que ya ha conseguido y lo que significa la superestrella para la liga. La respuesta corta y contundente sobre la interrogante acerca del peligro en que se pone el legado de Kevin Durant en la NBA es que no hay peligro.

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¿Cuánto costó la nómina del fracaso de los Nets de esta campaña ... (Fansided ES)

De manera tempranera los Brooklyn Nets se despidieron de los playoffs de la NBA de ...

Si bien Ben Simmons no jugó ni un minuto desde su llegada a la organización y Joe Harris disputó tan solo 14 encuentros antes de lesionarse, devengaron en conjunto alrededor de $28 millones. Esto les significó pagar más de $97 millones por multa de lujo, para un total aproximado de $266 millones en costo neto por su nómina. A lo largo de la temporada 2021-22 de los Nets fueron el segundo equipo más costoso de la liga, registrando cerca de $169.2millones en salarios de su plantilla.

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Nets Eliminated by Celtics in NBA Playoffs (The New York Times)

The early playoff exit was a stunning end to a season that began with championship dreams behind Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.

The Nets’ brain trust has some work to do in the wake of a turbulent season that was also interrupted by a midseason trade with the Philadelphia 76ers, who acquired James Harden in exchange for a package that included Ben Simmons, Seth Curry and draft picks. Simmons watched the first three games of the series from the bench in street clothes. As a result, the Celtics could be even more aggressive about sticking multiple defenders on Durant whenever he touched the ball. The series itself was a swift descent into futility. It was a fitting finale to a disjointed season for the seventh-seeded Nets, who spent months cycling through a motley cast of characters. “The tough part is that I think we all grew a tremendous amount because of the adversity this year,” Nash said. The Nets, who had the second-highest payroll in the league this season, will try to recalibrate. And there were the team’s highly publicized absences. The Nets still had time for one last heave before halftime, and the inbounds pass went to Kyrie Irving with 2.1 seconds remaining. But rather than launch a shot from beyond half-court, he simply dropped the ball for a referee to retrieve as time elapsed. Another abbreviated postseason appearance ended on Monday when the Celtics defeated the Nets, 116-112, to complete a four-game sweep. Where was the desperation?

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