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I think it is actually better for him that he has left. The things that Brooklyn had to go through in recent times were absolutely unbelievable. All the bullshit that the players did was not good for the team or even for their careers as well. They have lost a game to Chicago Bulls recently. Which I might add, I did not expect Brooklyn to win, to be honest. When these types of things are going on in the team it is more difficult for the players to bring in the desired results.

Steve Nash is going to find another job for sure if he wants to continue his career. Additionally, I think it will be better for him compared to what he had to go through with the Brooklyn Nets.

He is, before taking over the Celtics as coach, he was the assistant of Nash if my memory serves me right.

I guess it's forthcoming, remember before the season started, there were some pressure from the management coming from a a player that wanted to get rid of Nash.

And so he won again, Nash left the Nets, and whatever he says, it's a bad separation in my opinion. Not sure about Ham, the Lakers could have too much faith in him right now.

Nothing but to anticipate those kinds of actions with every team, not just the Nets and the Lakers, but I'm assuming
that there are still players' movements so with the coaches.

The action of Brooklyn in parting ways for coach Nash gives him a good rest,
having stars who wanted to control the system is not something a coach would
like within his team, another disappointing result for the Nets..

Hehe that's the thing. I can also see these players crack a joke about the controversy in the locker room or on the court. How they view the coach will most likely affect how they play during games.

I don't think the Nets needs more of the unnecessary media attention that may come if they hire Udoka.

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They lost to the Bulls. They played quite well in the first three quarters with other players stepping up to help KD but they just couldn't close out games. Maybe they could have done better if Jacque Vaughn stuck with Joe Harris in the 4th instead of Kyrie.

I think a lot of speculations going around about Ime Udoka. He'll most probably going to take over Brooklyn as the new head coach.
What a sad day for Brooklyn and Steve Nash, separated ways early this season after having a 2-6 record, while the Lakers just celebrated the first win for Darvin as an NBA head coach with a record of 1-5. I'm afraid Darvin will follow this path if the Lakers won't make any difference even after this huge win against Denver.
A lot of things will change mid season, but top teams is in the bottom today lol. GSW just had their 3 straight L's.

Now that KD's wish already happened, what's next for the Nets?
Who will be their new coach now? Does anybody here have any candidates that they are thinking that might get take the coaching spot?

Stephen A. Smith said in a tweet that getting Ime Udoka or Mark Jackson will be good for the team but for me, I'm thinking Mike D'Antoni to fit with how the players are playing. D'Antoni is the one who invented the D'Antoni offense back when he is in Rockets where they will just shoot threes more than twos. With the current roster of Nets and just looking at how many of them are good three-point shooters (exclude Simmons of course) and add an offensive-minded coach like him, I think it will be a good fit.

For the users here, who would you think is a good coach for the team? Not familiar with their interim coach right now so maybe if somebody here knows him, can anybody share something .

It seems that the Warriors are struggling right now, I know it is still early and they are still adjusting their setup and it seems that Stephen Curry is the only one motivated to win here right now he just did triple-doubles of 13 rebounds 13 assists, and 23 points that is a remarkable play even for him, for taking those rebounds it seems they need to up their defense more because they will be needing it,

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Cleveland Cavaliers VS Boston Celtics

The stake odds for this game are 2.07 for the Heat and 1.80 for the Celtics, Right now Darius Garland, Dylan Windler, and Raul Neto are questionable if they can play tomorrows game,  for the Cavaliers, while Robert Williams III and Danilo Gallinari can not play for the Celtics, for me right now the Celtics is going their all to regain their position, so I guess my pick is the Boston Celtics,

New York Knicks VS Atlanta Hawks

The stake odds for this game are 1.79 for the Knicks and 2.08 for the Hawks, I would surely go with the Hawks because of Trae Young but because Bogdan Bogdanovic will not play and may return on November 5, I may have adjusted my bets, while Onyeka Okongwu is questionable, that is why I think the New York Knicks will win this,

Houston Rockets VS Los Angeles Clippers

The stake odds for this game are 2.65 for the Rockets and 1.51 for the Clippers, for me this is just a hunch but because Kawhi Leonard will return on November 6, and Robert Covington will return on the 4th of November for the Clippers, I will set my bet for the Rockets,

Dallas Mavericks VS Utah Jazz

The stake odds for this game are 1.44 for the Mavericks and 2.90 for the Jazz, Right now I am really amazed by the Utah Jazz's progress, and for me, this could be their big break this season, so for me, I would go with the Jazz,

Los Angeles Lakers VS New Orleans Pelicans

The stake odds for this game are 2.26 for the Lakers and 1.67 for the Pelicans, great last game for the Lakers Winning against the Nuggets, could be their turnaround to things and the Pelicans now have a big problem with their Injuries, so I would go with the Lakers this time,

Dwight Howard openly campaigning to get signed to the Golden State Warriors is something I didn’t see coming. I like it though. I think he is extremely underrated and still one of the most dominant players in the league. I think he could help the Warriors out a lot, but he’s a bit of a problem in the locker room. Still, I like the idea of Steph having a Hall of Famer fetching his rebounds. 

Correct. He deserves to be in a good environment and I agree with most coaches' comments about this event, the instability of the Nets team is what made him look like a bad coach but he is a brilliant one as he still carried them to the 7th seed and a playoffs chance last year despite the players trying to do whatever they want.

Warriors 3rd loss. Miami Heat somehow managed to squeeze some offense in the 4th quarter even after being dominated in the 3rd.

I was surprised when I read this one in the news earlier. I thought they were all good, but I guess the bad start is enough to remove him from the position. From what I read, Nets is tapping the currently suspended Ime Udoka as their next head coach. I guess we have to watch out if this will be true.


I guess you are right. The way Westbrook play is not compatible with Lebron. Lebron needs a shooter outside where he can kick the ball out when is he trapped inside. Westbrook cannot be that person because he has abysmal outside shooting. Westbrook needs the ball in his hand and makes the plays. Coming out from the bench, he will not be on the way of Lebron or competing on the same position.



Fits the team though. Controversial players with their controversial coach. Fits perfectly. seriously speaking, if he can install the same discipline the Boston Celtics have, I think that will have a good effect on the team. What this team needs are a coach that could whip the star players into the right direction. They are full of talented players, but they won't listen to Nash.

Yeah I'm watching the game right now.  Started watching about 5 minutes in to the game or so.  The Bulls are playing okay, but the Nets are showing, despite how dysfunctional they might be right now, Durant is still a top 3 player on the planet and despite Irving not having scored yet, he's damn good and so are the Nets with them. Of course Simmons is on the bench which is typical/sad..but the Bulls also have Ball on the bench, so that kind of evens out.  The Bulls without Ball will just never know what their true potential is.  So this season kinda sucks for me as a Bulls fan.

Brooklyn is a tire fire currently. I think they did Steve Nash a favor by letting him go. Look at the shit he had to deal with. Kyrie wouldn't get vaccinated, Durant trying to force a trade, Durant trying to get him fired, and now Kyrie with his antisemitism stuff. That team is just insane the last couple years. Nash will get another job if he really wants it.

I mean they already have Irving, who is under fire for saying "blacks are the real jews" and supporting that idea to a fault. Just because you want to say that Black people of america are mistreated (which could be true, I am not american so I have no right to talk about it) doesn't mean you should say anything negative about jewish people of america. If they also end up hiring Ime as their coach, thats going to be like nets are wanting a trouble.

As far as I am concerned, Mike D'antoni is available and he is the best man for the job, he would be a great help for them, and he has proved that he is a great coach before, and he is free agent currently so it shouldn't be that expensive to get him, nobody else did, so it should be a good price since there is no other offer to him.

Nash firing was kind of expected after their dismal start. I don't hate the guy but I think he made some poor calls on certain plays and rotations. Maybe he needed to go back to the drawing board and reflect before he tries another coaching job or probably an assistant coach first. Good thing they parted ways after a win.

Probably a bad move to hire a controversial coach at this point.

This is not good news, and I don't think Nash deserved to be fired. First of all, it should be noted that Nash didn't have enough experience to manage players like Irving, Durant, and Harden in his first year as head coach. Therefore the beginning of Nash's coaching career was extremely difficult because he had to constantly adapt to solve various problems on the team.
By the way, there are already rumors that the Nets are in talks with Udoka, and I wouldn't be surprised if he becomes the new Nets' head coach.

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It looks like Durant will be pleased with himself because he pushed for Nash's firing since the offseason.

Golden state for sure.  They will be a top team again this year.  Too much depth and shooting to go through too many slumps.  They will have one of those 10-15 game winning streaks.  But yeah we are in a new era of basketball.  Doncic, jokic, ja, giannis, etc are all running the league now these guys (maybe besides steph) are on the downside of theor career.

Westbrook came off the bench, and that changed a lot in the team and I believe that could be the way to go for them. It is obvious that Westbrook will play with the starters eventually, just because he starts off the bench doesn't mean that he will get less minutes, he still gets a starter amount of minutes, he also has points where he plays with Lebron and AD as usual, that is not the point.

The reason why he should start from the bench is the fact that it would help them actually have a great player on the bench when Lebron and AD is resting, during that period Westbrook could play the way he always played and score, and that is how he was so efficient, be the king of the bench basically.

Tonight we have another TNT crew doubleheader. First the Bulls and the Nets. I think I’m going to go with the Nets on this one. They’re still playing bad, but squeaking out wins lately and the Bulls always struggle against good teams. Then we have the Timberwolves and Suns. Both teams matchup poorly with each other, so this will be an interesting game to watch. I think the shooting guard battle will likely be the story of that game.

Edit: Steve Nash fired as the Nets coach.

It's understndable that Lakers needed that kind of boost, after winning the game celebrating is something that

the new coach needs, a kind of appreciation coming from the whole staff, it's a gesture that they
are all respecting him and they are all believing that he can do it.

Like what you said, it's back to reality and they will be playing the NOP, looking to see more good
adjustment for the Lakers to keep the winning vibes continue.

It's interesting if the Lakers can duplicate their previous victory and build momentum behind it. Their next game will be against Zion Williamson and the Pelicans who also won their last game at the same Crypto Arena against the other Los Angeles team.

The Lakers really depend on how Lebron James and AD performed because their other teammates aren't that reliable enough. No matter how far they can adjust, this line-up can only get to the first round of the playoffs as their furthest reach.

Many teams are positioning themselves to get Victor Wembanyama in the next draft. Pretty exciting what that kid can bring once he plays against the very best.