It’s two games into preseason and the Nets are 0-2, but the concern is not so much the record as it is toughness. The Nets, according to Kyrie Irving, are getting out-hustled.
“The low-hanging fruit that we could honestly all agree on is sometimes in possessions we’re not playing hard enough. You saw it against Miami the other night. They were really physical and we don’t want that to be our stigma or M.O. in the league,” said Irving. “Everybody knows each other, but the most physical teams usually win ball games, especially down the stretch.”
With all the concern about culture entering the season, that’s decidedly not what anyone wants to hear .