Brooklyn began the season with a core of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden. They ended it with zero playoff wins and a crushing loss to the Celtics
on Monday night after their season ended but at times during this sweep, Nash looked more like a babysitter than a coach. With his team down 2-0 and facing a crucial Game 3, Nash seemed allergic to calling timeouts and designing plays, hoping that his vets would stumble into the right course of action on their own. They mostly did not., “I don’t really see us having a ‘head’ coach.
After stumbling through the first half of the season with first-time head coach Ime Udoka still learning on the job after an impressive internship under Gregg Popovich at the San Antonio Spurs and, the team got healthy, Udoka came into his own and the Celtics finally found their identity. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown learned to play with each other again. Upon being elevated to the starting point guard position, Marcus Smart emerged as the NBA Defensive Player of the Year … and the rest of his team weren’t far behind. The Celtics were the best defensive team in the league in the regular season’s second half, and no slouches on the offensive end either.
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