Brooklyn Nets’ struggles continue in season-worst outing against the Pelicans
Let’s talk about The Good the Bad and the Ugly with all things Brooklyn with talking Nets podcast in WF host Keith mcferson got my man on the line hey happy New Year thanks for joining us I I apologize it’s the first time I have you on is after an ugly loss
Like that to the Pelicans but we got to do what we got to do man we got to do what we got to do all right this is New York of course perfect time to talk nets all right let’s talk last night’s game they only put up 34 points going in half
Time and they really couldn’t get anything going head coach Jack vaugh questioned his team’s grit and their toughness after the game when he talked about they’re not they’re not there yet in terms of diving for loose balls and being desperate about winning as a player that would hurt me inside if my
Coach questioned my grit so thoughts on the game and thoughts on coach’s comments I mean the game was over in the first quarter it was 163 then it was 30- 16 and clearly you could see there were overmatched clearly you could see the Pelican size the pelic chemistry just
The Pelicans athletes players on their team better than what the Nets have they had nothing for them and they’re in a rough stretch right now uh a lot of people were talking about them losing I guess nine out of their last 11 if that’s the number now it doesn’t even
Matter none of that matters right what matters is there’s no pride and that’s when you get to jacqu vaugh talking about diving for balls and saying we’re not there yet and it’s it’s eerily similar to when Steve Nash was with the Nets uh I did a podcast for talking Nets
Yesterday and I said New Year same Nets because I remember a time when Steve Nash got fired and Steve Nash was let go where there was a disconnect and he spoke on the guy’s not responding to me right my voice not registering with the players and uh that disconnect between
The head coach and the players has become evident with the Brooklyn L Nets obviously they lack the talent that’s when you want to talk about Shawn Marx the GM but right now the message that jock vaugh is sending to his team is not connecting so this one’s a little off
Topic because you kind of threw me off guard when you say there’s no no Pride there if you’ve got two coaches back-to-back head coaches saying that there’s a disconnect and you can’t get your guys going is that is that seem to be the culture for Brooklyn basketball
Right now no that wasn’t the culture right there was a lot of pride in Brooklyn literally putting a team in Brooklyn taking the team from New Jersey stripping them of the New Jersey name making them the Brooklyn Nets when we came on we said Brooklyn like that whole
Chant there was Pride just in the county and in the area for the team but no matter who’s on the team it seems like they find their way to be dysfunctional that’s why I titled yesterday’s episode New Year same Nets it doesn’t matter if you went the Superstar Route and had
Kevin Durant Kyrie Irving doesn’t matter right now if you have a young budding star in cam Thomas or veterans like Spencer deny Royce O’Neal Dorian finy Smith they just seem to find a way to be dysfunctional and that can’t be the culture right that that means there’s an
Issue the phrase I’ve been using is the fish rots from the head down from the owner to the GM to the head coach they put themselves in this mess they’ll have to figure this mess out as well all right let’s go in even deeper on that Trio of dysfunctional players cam Thomas
Royce O’Neal and Spencer Den Wy as you mentioned had no points in 68 minutes combined that cannot happen in professional basketball but it did why were they a non-factor I mean we’ll start off with good defense by the Pelicans you you can’t look at that New Orleans team who
Has been a playoff team I remember going to opening night last year they came to Brooklyn and smacked us they’re a good team Zion Williamson Brandon Ingram CJ McCullum make up their big three but then you also have so many role players Alvarado and Dyson Daniels got a lot of
Run yesterday herb Jones and Larry Nance Jr I’m probably forgetting a couple guys but let’s just let’s just give credit to the Pelicans they had no shot of going to New Orleans and beating that team but like when you say they were you know they played 68 minutes and they were
Over it’s a make or Miss league in the NBA right you got to make your shots you got to hit shots and they were strapped up there was a ton of conversation about cam Thomas and how he should be starting and how he’s the best player the best
Young player the best scorer rather on this Brooklyn Nets team he comes in turns the ball over they were lethargic they were out of it right away uh they can’t shake the losing bug the only team they’ve been able to beat is the worst team of all time the uh Detroit Pistons
They got two games off of them but other than that they’ve been losing every other game you talk about that Pelicans team not one player scored over 16 points point but they did have nine blocks 10 steals as opposed to the Nets four blocks seven assists so yeah they
Got it done on the defensive end now let’s woa let’s regroup because today’s a new day they’re down in aown Texas tonight they got the Rockets it’s got to be a bounceback game for not only the squad but for that Trio that we talked about so break it down for us what does
Brooklyn have to do tonight to come out with the w it’s the second half of a backtack and all the conversation in Nets world is about last week when they had the second half of a back-to-back against the Bucks and they completely punted that game they conceded the loss they basically
Ran their starters out there for 10 15 minutes and the first quarter was competitive was a onepoint game in the first quarter and then they decided to sit guys and give up that game and let the Long Island Nets finish it out and so fans were upset about that
Performance at home during the holiday uh feeling like you you can’t afford to let games go early on in the season when the net started 13- n there was hope and optimism because they lost close games and it’s like man if one or two of those
Games go our way we’re in better shape now nothing is going their way so do I expect them on the second half of a backtack on the road tonight to come out there and beat the Houston Rockets led by eme udoka who’s also in conversations in the Nets world because if you
Remember last year when eeme udoka had his troubles in Boston the Nets were the front runner to bring him in but when you put that with the Kyrie Irving Saga and all the drama and negativity that was surrounding the Nets with that they couldn’t do both they couldn’t um bring
That in that would have been a a PR nightmare so em udoka is down there in Houston and I don’t know what the Net’s plan is as far as minutes or who they’re going to play or if they’re going to be diving for balls or having Pride or
Whatever but I don’t expect them to win tonight on the road in Houston second half of a back-to-back real quick 10 seconds the over under is set at 222 points would you take the over or the under the over the Nets give up uh about 120 points to everyone they play if
They’re able to score 100 points themselves I I would take the the over in that game all right the math is mathing on that one quickly tell the people where they can find you hey I’m Keith mcferson I’m your nighttime host on WFAN the fan in New York I also do
The talking Nets podcast we’ve been doing this podcast since Katie Kyrie and that whole Clean Sweep happened it has been uh an interesting run the last 4 Five Seasons but what I say is you know I’m a Nets fan I was a New Jersey Nets
Fan I’m a kid that that grew up in Jersey um Nets fans are used to losing they’re used to the misery the pain the suffering and uh you know we can hope for you know better days but right now man they’re they’re kind of just stuck
In the mud so yeah you can find me on talking Nets podcast WFAN radio at night and at Keith mcferson wherever you follow people online damn I’m glad you ended out on the positive I was feeling bad for you for a little bit there don’t
We’re used to it man man we’re used to it man thanks for hopping on with this Man
Keith McPherson, co-host of the Talkin’ Nets podcast, joins New York Post Sports anchor Brandon London to discuss Brooklyn’s blowout loss to the Pelicans and breaks down the team’s issues with putting up enough points to win contests.
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