Nets fired Steve Nash today. No idea what that means for Yuta

MG14 wrote:

Nets fired Steve Nash today. No idea what that means for Yuta

And they are dealing with this crap. Maybe Yuta can become a diva and demand a trade?

https://www.jta.org/2022/10/30/sports/nba-star-kyrie-irving-defends-decision-to-promote-antisemitic-movie

Yuta with his best personal game of the season

10 points (2-3 from 3)
4 rebounds
2 blocks (2 offensive)
+/- of -12 (not great)

Some highlights:
https://twitter.com/BrooklynNets/status/1587614291594997760

https://twitter.com/BrooklynNets/status/1587617770870476800

https://twitter.com/NBAJPN/status/1587613539422068736

For those not watching the games: As much of a shit show Brooklyn is right now, Yuta is totally making the most of his opportunity! In the last couple games he's been a 6th/7th man and playing critical minutes in close games. Defense is really setting him apart. If he could create shots off the dribble he would be a guaranteed starter. Most of his points are opportunistic put backs or open 3's.  

Nets are in town playing the Wizards tomorrow night.  Hope CC and the gang showed Yuta all the love. 

@wacchi1013
DCに来たついでに久々にGW大学に訪れたら、英語も喋れない中で勉強がとにかく大変で必死だった事、毎晩欠かさずにやった一人でのシューティング、なかなか勝てないのが悔しくて試合後のロッカールームで一人ずっと泣いてた事など思い出して泣きそうになった。そして全部が今に繋がってる。
TRANSLATED FROM JAPANESE 
When I visited GW University for the first time in a long time after coming to DC, I almost cried because I remembered how hard and desperate I was to study because I couldn't speak English, how I shot alone every night, and how I cried all the time in the locker room after the game because I was frustrated that I couldn't win easily. And everything is connected to the present.

Free Quebec wrote:

GW Alum Abroad wrote:

MG14 wrote:

Nets fired Steve Nash today. No idea what that means for Yuta

And they are dealing with this crap. Maybe Yuta can become a diva and demand a trade?

https://www.jta.org/2022/10/30/sports/nba-star-kyrie-irving-defends-decision-to-promote-antisemitic-movie

If a player promoted birth of a nation or a movie that blames Black people for the Holocaust, I suspect the league would do something rather than ignore it like they are doing with Kyrie.

Well, I stand corrected.  The nets (not the nba) suspended him indefinitely and put out a strong statement.  I still think they would have moved faster if a play was super racist instead of anti-Semitic, but they did the right thing.

Hopefully Yuta can keep showing off his skills and keep improving.  He belongs in the NBA, on the court.

Great picture! 
Says a lot about Yuta. Gotta help with players and recruiting to have someone who's playing
significant NBA minutes come visit.
Hope his teammates pass to him in scoring position for a change, and Yuta shoots well tonight.
  He has earned his place, no matter what happens in this game or a few games.  A smart, great-defening
valuable player. And amidst all their dysfunction, the Nets realize it.
  One writer even referred to Yuta's signing as a potential "steal" for the Nets.

Yuta highlights

https://twitter.com/NBAJPN/status/1588713040685387776?t=cKFM86Dkh2cq5ObUPxuRsg&s=19

Is our tallest coach maybe 6'1?    Can they coach big men?  Or maybe Yuta got taller?

I believe that was the worst home loss in Wizards/Bullets franchise history!! Was it just a coincidence that the Nets played their best game of the season the day after they suspended Kyrie? The Nets play again tonight in Charlotte, so we'll see if they can keep this up. Yuta was matched up against fellow countrymen Rui Hachimura as soon as he checked into the game, they looked to be very good friends.