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29
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3%
1 of 29 hedged
("reportedly", "may", "according to")
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Jordi Fernández is going into his third training camp in Brooklyn, and for the first time, he finally will get to coach.
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he → go → time
That’s not to imply he has been sitting around doing nothing through his first two seasons with the Nets.
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he → ’ → Nets
But with them overtly tanking, it’s been far more teaching than coaching.
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it → tank → coaching
That should change, starting with this training camp.
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That → change → camp
Make no mistake, the Nets are still a young, rebuilding team that’s going to be closer to the cellar than a championship, tabbed to be the third-worst in the league by oddsmakers.
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that → make → oddsmakers
But even if they aren’t likely to be a winning team, at least they’re going to try to be one.
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they → win → ?
That should bring a different feeling into the preseason, and ultimately the regular season.
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That → bring → preseason
Michael Porter Jr. has proclaimed they can win 50 games, and newcomer Julius Randle vowed that they would “shock the world. …
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they → proclaim → world
Whatever your expectations are, whatever expectations are put upon us, we’re going to exceed them.”
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we → put → them
Fernández has told Randle — and presumably his team — as much.
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Fernández → tell → much
“Just talking to [Fernández and GM Sean Marks], they’re really excited to have me here,” Randle said over the summer.
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Randle → talk → summer
He feels like we’ve got a chance to win every single game.”
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we → feel → game
Just ingraining that as an expectation will be one of the key tasks this training camp and preseason.
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ingraining → ingrain → tasks
There is a fine line between playing hard — which the Nets largely did last season — and expecting to win.
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Nets → be → which
Of course, winning in the short term is going to have to be driven by Porter and Randle.
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winning → win → Porter
Coming off a 20-62 campaign, they’re projected to win just 19.5 to 24.5 this season, even challenging for the Play-In is unlikely.
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challenging → come → In
If either Porter or Randle get dealt, unlikely becomes all but impossible.
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unlikely → deal → ?
But that’s a tomorrow problem, not a today one.
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that → ’ → ?
His concern is coaching the players he has, for as long as he has them.
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he → coach → them
That means using training camp and the preseason to craft a competent offense, because Brooklyn didn’t have one last season.
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Brooklyn → mean → one
But Fernández has proven adept at wringing career years out of Cam Johnson two years ago and Porter last season.
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Fernández → prove → Johnson
Now having Randle to pair with Porter should help the Nets, giving them an on-ball scorer and floor raiser they’ve desperately needed.
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they → have → scorer
Though Randle tends to pound the ball — his 4.02 seconds per touch last season would’ve trailed only point guards Nolan Traore and Ben Saraf — his game can accentuate Porter’s.
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game → tend → Porter
The latter was miscast as an on-ball threat, and is best suited cutting and shooting off the catch.
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latter → miscast → catch
That’s why the pairing should work.
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pairing → ’ → ?
Just 9 percent of Porter’s 3-point attempts were wide open according to the league website, the lowest among 307 players who took at least 100 attempts.
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who → accord → attempts
Randle has proven in the past he can be a bridge player — one to help a team transition from cellar dweller to competent — and a floor raiser.
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team → prove → competent
Now as the Nets come into training camp, it will be up to Fernández to find ways to make Randle just that, to maximize his two proven talents.
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Randle → come → talents
That process starts this week.
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process → start → ?
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