Nic Claxton and Ben Simmons haven’t started together so far this season.
And it doesn’t sound like it’ll happen until Simmons makes it happen, until he plays so well that Nets coach Jordi Fernandez has no choice but to start him.
“The motto in the NBA is shooting, but it can work,” Claxton told The Post. “You’ve got to be putting pressure on the rim at all times, and you do have to have other shooters around so there is some type of spacing. But it can work.” How Jordi Fernandez is already winning over these Nets: ‘It’s easy to follow his lead’A hamstring injury cost Claxton the entire preseason and left him ramping up in the early season while coming off the bench, with Simmons getting the nod at center.
“I know for some people, the fact that you start, you don’t start . But I saw him out there doing what’s best for the team, helping his team, and I’m very proud of him the way he played. … What I want is these guys to play so well that they put me in a tough spot so I have to change the lineup again, because we need that internal competition to raise the bar and for the team to be better.
But they were minus-51 in 99 minutes together a year ago, and questions about spacing will persist until either they’re on the court together enough to answer them or it becomes clear that Fernandez is going to continue to split them up.
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