But just because the championship window is closed, it doesn’t mean the retooling Nets can’t exceed expectations.
From Las Vegas to the NBA GMs, most have them pegged as either struggling to make the play-in or missing the postseason altogether.
“I just try to be the best team we can be when it’s all said and done,” Bridges told The Post. “We know at the end of the year, if we get the best out of what we have, and our schemes and our players everything, which to me I think playoffs , and even winning a series.”This isn’t the elephant in the room. This is the Kaiju overshadowing the house.
How close Simmons can get back to his old form — a three-time All-Star and Defensive Player of the Year runner-up — will determine the Nets’ season. And considering they’re committed to him for two more years and $78 million, it will also decide their course of action and immediate future.So, the thing about Simmons being the only All-Star …
Bridges hasn’t missed one since he was a junior … in high school. He holds the third-longest consecutive games played streak in NBA history at 392. And Nic Claxton only missed a single game due to injury last season . While only a title — or at least an NBA Finals appearance — would’ve been a successful result in the Big 3 era, what exactly constitutes success now? What exactly is this team’s ceiling?“I don’t think, as a group, we know our ceiling,” Spencer Dinwiddie said this month. “Knowing that we don’t have our picks, obviously we’re not going to tank. No team that’s trying to be competitive wants to be in the play-in, so I’d say by process of elimination, that’s where you want to start.
“That is what’s going to keep me on the floor, so I’m really trying to be disciplined. I know I’ve still got a lot to grow on and watch film, but just defense. The offense is going to come,” Walker told The Post. “For me as a role player and for us to win, I’ve got to play defense, rebound, do the dirty work and everything else keeps me on the floor and I can showcase my offensive game.”Lonnie Walker IV hit clutch baskets with the Lakers last season and could emerge as a key player in Brooklyn..
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