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. 

Bad news. Just when things were looking really good for Yuta--

https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/basketball/news/nets-yuta-watanabe-helped-off-court/

Looks like the injury could be serious. Let's hope for the best for YUta.
 

Good find, gents.
Glad it's only a sprain, but every time, he is on the cusp of making a bigger NBA name for himself.
goes back to that damn ankle.
If memory serves, it first happened in the final big losing minutes of an A-10 tournament game (maybe
at the Cap One arena?) under Mojo. 
Hope it heals quickly and doesn't recur.

Watanabe returned to practice after spraining his ankle Monday. Vaughn said Watanabe will miss the Nets’ back-to-back against the Lakers and Clippers this weekend but is “trending in the right direction.”

The forward had carved out a productive reserve role as one of Brooklyn’s top defenders while shooting 12-of-22 (54.5 percent) from 3-point range.

Nets won at the Clippers, and have won 4 of their last 5 games, have turned things around

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BC wrote:

So are the Nets winning now because of the new coach, no Yuta or no Irving?

It was clearly Yuta who was holding the Nets back. HA!  But seriously, there is no doubt that Kyrie Irving being off the team sparked the Nets, they've gone 4-1 without him, 3 of the wins have been by double digits! They play the Lakers tonight on NBA TV at 9:30. What I'm about to say has nothing to do with the controversy surrounding Kyrie, but I'd keep him off the team as long as they keep playing well. I believe Kyrie brings a negative energy to his team, and it disrupts how they play on the court. One of the insiders who post here, who has access to current and former players needs to ask Yuta about this. Maybe he can give an off the record account of how toxic Kyrie is, and how the team felt a sense of relief when he got suspended!! The Nets did put on a dominant, record-setting performance(in DC against the Wizards) the day after Kyrie got suspended, I knew that was no coincidence.  

Did my last post jinx the Nets, because last night against the Lakers, they looked like the same dysfunctional team they were with Kyrie!! If the 4 guys starting with Kevin Durant have a few more games like this, then it will be time to bring Kyrie back, or maybe they should start Yuta!!  In all seriousness, I do wonder if the Nets management is non-committal on Kyrie's status because of the antisemitism backlash or do they believe the team can be better without him?

The Harden trade really gutted their young core and haven't recovered.  Ben Simmons showing some signs of life, there's an excellent player in him, if he can find it again

Yuta is having another great game tonight, leading a 14-0 run to end the 3rd in Portland.   3's and rim attacks.

20 points 7 boards for Yuta in what I'd assume is a career high.  Pivotal performance as the short handed Nets win at Portland
 

Last edited by The Dude (11/18/2022 12:50 am)

Yuta now leads the NBA in 3%   55.6.

Nets vs Memphis tonight, the return of Kyrie Irving 

 

What Yuta has been doing has been truly remarkable.  I was watching a Brooklyn broadcast on YES network and the announcer called him Yuta the Shoota.   

Good postgame on court interview tonight:  https://bleacherreport.com/videos/295795-yutas-postgame-interview