Young appears to be in discomfort in the backdrop while wearing a Hawks jersey.
During the All-Star break, Sean Marks, the general manager of the Brooklyn Nets, shocked the team by removing Jacque Vaughn and elevating Kevin Ollie to the position of interim head coach. He did so with a playoff push in mind, which is important for a team seeking to draw big names in the upcoming seasons.
“With 55 days until the playoffs begin and 28 games remaining, it’s time for this group to start contributing.” As the new head coach, Kevin is expected to go in and understand that trend, according to Marks.
Ollie’s early performance hasn’t exactly been stellar. Under his leadership, Brooklyn has lost both of its first two games by double digits while averaging 89.5 points. Ollie’s team has been outscored 71-13 in fastbreak points, which highlights their poor transition defense.
Over their last three games, the Nets have the lowest point differential in team history—minus 93. With a minus 16.5 net rating, they have the poorest net rating in the NBA after eight games, going 1-7. Brooklyn has been 8–25 since December 14. In that time frame, just four teams have a worse record: the Charlotte Hornets, Detroit Pistons, San Antonio Spurs, and Washington Wizards.
The Nets, who are now behind the Atlanta Hawks by 3.5 games with 26 games remaining, still have a chance to make it into the Eastern Conference Play-In tournament in spite of all of their difficulties. The announcement on Sunday that Hawks standout guard Trae Young would have surgery to repair a torn ligament in his left hand and be reevaluated in four weeks gave those chances a major boost.
Trae Young was hurt on Friday during the game with a hand injury. After he had an MRI yesterday, it was discovered that the fifth finger on his left hand had a radial collateral ligament (RCL) tear. He’s going to have surgery to fix the RCL on…
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Quin Snyder, the Hawks’ coach, speaks candidly about Trae Young’s horrific injury.
Young’s injury puts Brooklyn’s remaining strength of schedule in the NBA’s second-easiest category. According to Tankathon, the remaining opponents have a collective winning percentage of.456.
The Nets will play the Memphis Grizzlies and Orlando Magic on Monday and Tuesday to wrap off a four-game road trip in the hopes of gaining some momentum. After that, they’ll head back home to play Atlanta on Thursday and Saturday in two games that might decide the outcome of the season.
