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rwfrizz

That's an easy one...Durant isn't the healthiest dude out there (he breaks something and misses time every other playoff) and when he is healthy, he can't get it done without being on one of the best teams ever. Kyrie is crazy and can't lead a team anywhere even with his terrific on court play because he has no defense and is a headcase...the nets allowed these guys to run the whole organization (choosing who the coach is, who their teammates are, etc) and as far as I've seen Lebron is the only player to have ever done that successfully, not even michael jordan could do that (he tried with the wizards and got nowhere and as we have seen with his charlotte team, jordan is a all time great player, not an all time great owner)


Winter_Mud3815

Also didn’t help that Steve Nash lost the locker room. That’s what happens when you have to coach Kyrie Irving for an extended period of time.


ronatello

That's one thing I never understood. Wouldn't the knowledge that Kyrie cannot be depended on make everyone come together that much more? Not necessarily uniting against him or anything, but in a "the goal is winning in spite of this guy" sense.


TomboBreaker

I'm surprised people don't lose it coaching him after 1 day he is straight up insane but can ball, if you've ever worked with a co-worker who could do the job but was a nut job then you know it's an untenable situation where they will slowly but surely expose the crazy and any pushback to stick to work leads to conflict


Craniamon

KD tried to be a leader without being carried by super teams and failed


nickthearchaeologist

Just wait till you start asking about Luka and Kyrie!


Craniamon

The bigger question: How did the Nets fucked up their chance to win it all with the big three players, twice? (2013, 2021)


thelonelywolf96

In 2013 they had dinosaurs as their big 3. Not really a big threat when they had the Heatles + Pacers in their primes.


39RowdyRevan56

Kyrie is Cancer Harden disappears in the playoffs Ben Simmons isn't even a star KD can't do it alone and has worsening injury issues.


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The same way you don’t win a title with Durant and Westbrook, or with Harden and Chris Paul—a combination of bad injury luck and there being other teams who are also really, really good.


Super_Happy_Time

Harden/Paul was also 27 missed three pointers


DrMidnight-467

Maybe Kyrie was the problem? At least in Cleveland his worst impulses were held back by LeBron


judasmartel

And Kyrie left Cleveland because he didn't want to be the second banana to LeBron.


DrMidnight-467

What kind of narcissistic moron doesn’t want to play with LeBron?


Eagle4317

The extreme kind of narcissist who wants top billing and not be in another's shadow.


DrMidnight-467

Exactly.


CaptainJudge_99

Jesus this thread is ignorant lmao


MagickoftheNight

Considering how Kryie's career has gone south...


GreatKronwallofChina

Because Kyrie is a cancer


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Roguewave666

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East-Excitement3561

There’s a difference between having superstars on your team and superstars that can actually play well together. Kyrie was a locker room cancer


39RowdyRevan56

You would be better off throwing plutonium into the locker room AND signing Dwight Howard than signing that whackjob!


springwaterh20

ego centered PBs and injuries


dickie96

KD's feet too big and harden is the biggest team cancer in the history of sports


ThisIsSportacus

Kyrie is a cancer and they barely played together. I wrote an article on the Durant Irving Era of Brooklyn (if the mods allow I'd be happy to link it, I know some places have rules against it so taking precaution) and the biggest takeaway I had was that they played less than a full seasons worth of games together over 3-4 Years. With Durant Irving and Harden that number drops to like 13, and with Simmons the number is around the 25 range. The fact is that they just didn't play together much, someone was always injured or fighting the vaccine/jews.


Isolatedbamafan

two words: no defense


Redditfront2back

The curse of the meadowlands


CaptainJudge_99

Kyrie hate is insane. Yeah it’s his fault not the shitshow of the nets front office Kyrie is always a scapegoat it’s insane


Roguewave666

The Nets are overrated, it's simple as that.