The Nets’ offense has continued to sputter because the franchise traded Dennis Schröder to the Golden State Warriors earlier within the month.
The veteran guard averaged 18.4 factors and 6.6 assists in 23 appearances for Brooklyn this season whereas taking pictures 45.2% from the sphere and 38.7% from deep. Seems that stage of manufacturing is tough to switch, particularly at level guard.
“I definitely still have to do more there,” Cam Johnson stated. “It’s definitely by committee. Dennis got to have the ball a lot of the game. The ball, when it’s in Ben [Simmons’] hands a lot, figuring out how to cut and move and find open windows and create space on the floor is going to be really important for us. That’s the name of the game now. We have who we have, and I respect our group, and I know that we’ll take this one personally.”
From Oct. 23 to Dec. 13 — Schröder’s ultimate stretch with the Nets in 2024-25 — the workforce gained 40% of its video games. It averaged 110.4 factors, 26 assists and 14.8 turnovers an evening whereas taking pictures 46.2% from the sphere and 38.4% from 3-point vary.
Nonetheless, Brooklyn has misplaced three of its first 4 since Schröder was dealt, beginning with an embarrassing 130-101 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers at Barclays Middle Dec. 16.
The Nets’ workforce offensive rankings have been abysmal over that span: 97.8 level per sport (thirtieth), 22.5 assists per sport (twenty eighth), 18.3 turnovers per sport (twenty sixth), 40.5% from the sphere (thirtieth) and 29.3% from deep (thirtieth).
“I think this is a team that’s trying to play together and play the right way,” head coach Jordi Fernandez stated following Monday’s 110-95 loss to the Miami Warmth. “I want to think positive. I want to see guys growing… Shooting 39% from the field is not good enough.
“We ran, but we missed a lot of opportunities to run, and there’s a lot of guys making decisions in those spots, and we don’t finish. We can just watch it, work it, get better. But at the end of the day, you just have to believe in the process and the way we competed out there.”
The Nets as soon as had one of many higher offenses within the league. They have been enjoyable to look at on the very least. Shedding Cam Thomas for an prolonged stretch definitely hurts, however he’ll return to the court docket finally. Shedding Schröder for good has made this workforce tough to look at.
“We got to play fast. If we get in half court, we’re going to struggle,” Nic Claxton stated. “We got to hit shots. We got to play fast. We got to shoot open shots; we just got to play without thinking. And we’ll figure it out. Of course, if you lose a player like Dennis who everything’s pretty much running through, he’s playing 30 plus minus a game, so it’s going to be an adjustment for everybody.”
