As my teammate Howard Beck mentioned in his column, there is plenty of blame to go around for Brooklyn’s wild flameout this season.
So much of it starts with Kyrie Irving’s … shot selection, so to speak. That, and the team’s wavering stance about whether Irving would be allowed to take a part-time stance as he chose not to get vaccinated, seemingly bled into Harden’s reasoning for wanting out of Brooklyn while Durant was injured. And then after Harden was moved for Simmons, Simmons in turn failed to play a single second for the Nets this season.