Nets coach Jacque Vaughn believes this year’s Nets team is better equipped to handle an extended stretch without Kevin Durant than they were a year ago.
than it was one year ago.
Coach Jacque Vaughn says he won’t let the Nets use Kevin Durant’s absence as an excuse not to play well.The Nets opened this season with a 9-11 record while attempting to integrate three-time All-Star Ben Simmons, who didn’t play last season following his arrival in the Harden deal. Irving also was suspended for eight games in November after initially declining to disavow a film featuring anti-Semitic tropes that he’d promoted on his social media accounts.
“Definitely. Just our spirit, our energy, our vibes, the way that we’ve been defending even though we’re definitely going to miss him out there,” Claxton said. “You never want to see anybody get injured, and you know the best player in the world, he’s out.AP
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