WASHINGTON -- As the Brooklyn Nets closed the book on James Harden's brief tenure with the franchise, coach Steve Nash acknowledged he couldn't help but wonder what might have been had circumstances worked out differently for Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and Harden over the past two seasons.
Speaking after Thursday's 113-112 loss to the Washington Wizards, Nash reflected on some of the "what-ifs," including last season's playoffs, when the Nets bowed out in seven games to the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference semifinals.
"You're up 2-0 against the NBA champs, and then to not have James in the first games and then Kyrie in the last games, James being on one leg, Jeff Green being out of the lineup, all sorts of things that hampered our opportunity to win," Nash said.