The rebuilt Nets tip off the post-All-Star break part of the schedule with a Friday showdown with the Bulls, and a to-do list from Jacque Vaughn.
, Dorian Finney-Smith, Cam Johnson and Spencer Dinwiddie. Bridges joins Nic Claxton as elite defenders, with Finney-Smith, Royce O’Neale and Ben Simmons all strong on that end.“It’s a trade-off,” Vaughn admitted. “Scheme-wise, we switch a [bunch], so when you switch you’re not going to force a bunch of turnovers.
The Nets will need to force more turnovers to get out and run, getting 3-point looks in transition or at least early offense before opposing defenses get set.Jacque Vaughn’s extension is something Nets finally got right: ‘Kept showing up’ “Then the third piece is overall we have to be the hardest-playing team in the league. When you look at us on film, when you look at us live, first possession of the game are the Brooklyn Nets the hardest playing team in the NBA?”
“He wants no team to play harder than us. He wants us to impose our will both offensively and defensively just with a level of intensity, and understand that we’re going to make mistakes,” Dinwiddie said. “We’re a group that doesn’t know each other, and that’s a way to bypass some of the mishaps that’ve happened.”
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