The Nets and their coach are still a bit shell-shocked from last week’s trip to Shanghai and Shenzhen, two games marked by an international incident that started with a tweet by Rockets GM Daryl Morey and included a controversial message to fans by Joe Tsai and a refusal by CCTV-5, China’s ESPN, to show the games.
Not to mention mental and physical strain brought on by the controversy and 15-hour plane rides.
Still, at the end of the day, Kenny Atkinson and those players who’ve made themselves available to the media think the bonding under pressure could turn out to be a positive in the long run.