Jacque Vaughn on the Nets’ recent struggles from beyond the arc
HIM MAKE A PLAY. >> 12 OF 55 FROM THREE TONIGHT, AS YOU SAID, YOU GUYS ARE LAST IN THE LEAGUE IN THREE-POINT PERCENTAGE OVER AN EXTENDED PERIOD NOW. ARE YOU SEEING ANY COMMONALITY IN THOSE MISSES, IS IT QUALITY OF LOOKS OR WHAT’S GOING INTO THAT? >> NO I USUALLY GIVE YOU THE
ANSWERS, I’M GOING TO GIVE YOU SOME HOMEWORK AND YOU TAKE A LOOK. EARLY ON, THOSE ARE OPEN LOOKS, JUST LOOK AT THE FIRST SIX MINUTES OF THE GAME. THE FIRST THING WE TALKED ABOUT IN THE HUDDLE WAS GREAT LOOKS, CONTINUE TO GET THEM. AND SO I DON’T THINK OUR LOOKS
ARE PRESSED, YOU KNOW, OVERALL, WE’VE BEEN TALKING ABOUT SHARING THE BASKETBALL AND PLAYING FOR EACH OTHER. I WOULD, WITHOUT, YOU KNOW, LOOKING AT THE TAPE, I’LL LOOK AT THE TAPE TONIGHT WHEN I GO HOME, BUT IOWA BELIEVE THE MAJORITY OF THOSE 55 WE TRIED TO CREATE GOOD SHOTS AND GOOD
LOOKS FOR EACH OTHER, THE BALL JUST DIDN’T GO IN. >> AND THEN ON SPENCER, HE’S OBVIOUSLY BEEN STRUGGLING FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD NOW BUT OVER THE LAST SIX GAMES, SHOT ATTEMPTS ARE WAY DOWN AND DOESN’T FEEL LIKE HE’S AS INVOLVED IN THE OFFENSE. ARE YOU SEEING ANYTHING FROM HIM THAT’S DIFFERENT OR ARE
YOU GETTING FROM HIM WHAT YOU WANT TO WITHIN THE SCHEME AND WHAT YOU GUYS ARE TRYING TO DO? >> WELL, I THINK OVERALL, I’VE ALWAYS TALKED ABOUT THIS BEING PERFORMANCE-BASED. AND SO I THOUGHT TONIGHT, DENNIS HAD A GOOD ATTACK FOR US DEFENSIVELY. AND WE’RE JUST IN A POSITION
RIGHT NOW WHERE YOU HAVE TO PERFORM, AND THAT’S ACROSS THE BOARD. SO THAT’S A CHALLENGE TO THE ENTIRE GROUP IS TO FROM THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME TO THE END, TO BE LOCK IN AND TO GIVE EVERYTHING YOU HAVE ON BOTH ENDS OF THE FLOOR. WE HAVE A PRETTY OPEN OFFENSE,
WHERE THE BALL HANDLER CAN ATTACK AND BE AGGRESSIVE ON A NIGHTLY BASIS. WHICH IS UNSELFISH AND IS FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE GROUP. SO THERE IS NO BLOCKADE FROM ALLOWING THAT TO HAPPEN ABOUT INDIVIDUALS ON THE TEAM, WE JUST ASK YOU TO MAKE RIGHT PLAY. BUT IT ALWAYS WILL BE
PERFORMANCE BASED AND EVEN MORE SO NOW. >> FOLLOWING UP, IN SPENCER’S CASE THERE’S NO LINGERING ISSUES OR NO MINUTES LIMIT, THAT’S PURELY MATCHUP AND PERFORMANCE BASED, LIKE THE MINUTES HE PLAYED, I THINK 20 MINUTES OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT? >> YEAH, DEFENSIVELY DENNIS WAS REALLY GOOD, WE NEEDED HIM
TO MATCH UP AGAINST HERRO AND ALSO AGAINST BUTLER. IT ALLOWED US TO BE IN THE GAME, AND THAT’S JUST WHERE WE ARE AS A TEAM. WE’RE GOING TO PUT GUYS OUT THERE WHO ARE GOING TO PERFORM. AND IT’S GOING TO MAKE TOUGH DECISIONS ON ME TO FINISH THE
GAME, AND THAT’S JUST A PART OF IT. HOPEFULLY THAT ENCOURAGES OUR GUYS TO BE READY TO GO THE A
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7 Comments
JV you suck. This guy has no clue
This man can coach if he has a better roster, but such as Nets recent roster, he can't coach this team. He needs to have a star like Durant, but now it is same situation as when he had coached Magic.
I know he is not only the problem. I'm not gonna be surprised if he stays or be fired. But anyway this team needs to change something.
We can't be last in the league for 3s mate, I specifically asked for a team that would take pressure off me bloody shooting!
If this is performance-based why are you doing to keep the bench
Stop smiling team keeps losing and he keeps smiling like gomer pile
Ok coach it’s performance based. So let’s analyze how you coach the last secs of the game. It’s either you challenged the call and risk of losing the timeout or call a timeout to make the right play. Hey, team is struggling? Why you still not packing up?
Don't bother looking at the tape… just resign!