Ryen Russillo is joined by ESPN’s Nick Friedell to discuss the real reasons behind the Nets’ winning streak, Kevin Durant’s MVP-caliber play, how long the Nets need to see continued success before they can be considered a title contender, the prospect of Kyrie Irving returning to the team on a new deal next season, and more.
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44 Comments
Chicago Bulls best team in the east 🏀💯
Is Nick from Northeast Philadelphia? He sounds like a Kensington boy.
Was excited to watch then I clicked and saw Nick…
Nick on dem edibles
The hate for Kyrie is real my god. All Kyrie needs to do is ball. Do that, like this, and all else will be forgiven. They hate Kyrie Irving because he is his own Redeemer.
Nick looks high af
The media is so MAD 😡 that the Nets are a good team
Kyrie did nothing wrong lol
All Nets fans can't stand Friedell.
Special thanks to Rocky for coming on the show
Why is it so strange that the players didn't like working with Nash? They just didn' get along, it's ok. Nothig unusual
Nick isn't wrong but my gawd he's so annoying always trying to create unnecessary DRAMA 🙄
As a big nets fan this little 10 games is cool but since Kd got here it's been a disaster I hope they trade joe Harris and get a big man to see this team stride
It's the coaching change, no drama, and being healthy. Simmons and TJ Warren are both finally healthy.
Accountability is their box out rate rebounding switching on defense
How high’s that dude?
Until the next distraction.. from.. 😂
What do you mean Steph Curry has been up and down he's 50 40 90 with 30 points a game….
Nash gets unfair blame..ky and harden dont get hurt he has a ring in his 1st year he looks like steve kerr. His 2nd year kyrie sabatoged the year. 3rd year Simmons hadnt played in a year and wasnt even good on defense to start.
The Kyrie hate is real. You guys are so smug and condescending.
Seems to me like Nash was the strict teacher who fucks themselves over by nagging their students to work harder but all it does it piss them off and make them work less. Whereas Vaughn is the laid back teacher who let's the students get on with it but makes sure they're all good when they need it, so the students want to work hard for him. It's always gonna be a fit thing but Vaughn just seems right for this group. He's clearly a smart guy. Good to see my Nets doing well!
friedel is so stupid. wouldn’t hurt if he wasn’t so smug. weak schedule but they have beaten the hot cavs fully healthy and other great teams. easy to nitpick when you want to be holier than thou.
Also, I find it amusing russillo and his friends want to give nash his credit for that poor showing last season but with jacque it’s because of KD playing at mvp level. I love Russillo because he’s very good at using data and numbers to support his argument but his guests are always biased dumbos.
I was excited to listen then saw Nick Fridell pop up
Steve Nash was ass. Accept it!
Steve Nash can’t coach, he could never coach, he never coached. The Nets have an actual coach now and it shows.
Nick Friedell is a hater. He’s just mad he has nothing juicy to write about anymore, go back to Chicago plenty of material there
Lotta hate here it’s okay we up spread the word
it's all Yutaaaaaaaaaaa
clicked on this thought about watching, than I saw Nick Friedell smile and it completely through me off considering how tried to ruin Kyries Career.
12:10 I’m so confused cuz idk wtf nick is talking about, when they played in crunch time kyrie and Kd had shown to trust their teammates in this season like Yuta and Tj, pls just stop making up bs nick I know your mad there no drama go take a flight to LA there a bunch drama there niggas don’t got time for people like you🤡🤡🤡
TJ, yuta, and simmons shaking off the rust
Nick nailed it
Nick Friedell is a next level hater. If the Nets win it all this dude will be sick
Nick fried-elk hating @4:30 lol
OMG I DON’T LIKE NICKY BOY AT ALL, HE’S SUCH A HATER. ESPN NEEDS TO GET RID OF THIS GUY, he’s so fucking toxic 🤢🤮
KD was the rock through the scandal and subsequent coaching change – praises due to him. Congrats!
Could've spoke about Claxton or Yuta or the rebounding or the improved defence or the resilience the different type of ways theyve won games but instead let's talk about Steph and the warriors and the vaccine and everything thing else but basketball 🤣🤣🤣🤣
As a nets fan fuck Friedell
Nets have turned it around multiple times in the last 3 seasons, and I'm sure they'll keep turning it around, just a matter of which direction they'll be facing at the end of it
Negative Nancy Nicky boy
Nick Fridell is the worst journalist in history.
Friedell really hates kyrie and the host with no hairline
Nick 🤢
It’s so damn funny how every black athlete is basically Klan in the 1870s level racist and it’s so endemic they sincerely don’t realize. Ironic that the traditional metaphor to explain this effect involves swimming.