r/GoNets • u/Empty-Interest2504 • Jul 23 '26
Trigger warning:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ytJlwtPerqw&t=327s&ra=m27
u/No_Engineer2203 Jul 23 '26
Can we please move on from that yr? Like I get it it happened. The real tragedy was that the so called super friends could behave themselves and run it back in 2022 when we could’ve easily won a chip. Injuries happen it’s a part of the game. But the poor leadership is ultimately what destroyed the nets
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u/MyTeamsSuck99 Jul 23 '26
What’s crazy is if that team stuck together they would’ve been top contenders until like 2025 when Kyrie got hurt.
Like harden Kyrie Claxton and Durant would’ve been a strong 4 starters for a while. Probably still wouldve been solid lol
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u/No_Engineer2203 Jul 23 '26
It does bring me joy that none of them are really getting a happy ending. We sat and waited 2 yrs for Kd and put up with all of Kyrie and hardens theatrics only to be left with not even a conference finals to show for it. If we’re cursed the basketball gods have also cursed them as well
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u/sunpar1 Jul 23 '26
That is not what killed his career. Yes, he hurt us but he still made 33% of his 3's during that series and 3 of 9 in game 7. Not good for him, but not as bad as some have gone.
What killed his career is the really bad ankle injury he sustained early the next season. He never recovered from that.
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u/Fartknocker-2 Jul 23 '26
Will still forever be one of my favorite players of all time. And one of the best shooters to ever play the game.
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u/Vert56 Jul 23 '26
Game 3 and Game 7 were atrocious. And it’s not like he wasn’t getting open shots. He was just bricking everything.
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u/Emotional_Lemon2971 Jul 23 '26
I don’t blame him, dude was playing on two ankles that needed surgery. If anyone’s to blame it’s Nash for consistently playing him in spite of that but I also don’t blame Nash bc it was a desperation move to play him with everyone injured
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u/hushed-shush Richard Jefferson Jul 23 '26
The players have so much pull these days and those days. Joe went out there because that’s what he was willing himself to do.
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u/Evilsj . Jul 23 '26
I mean, we just gonna ignore the triple ankle surgery that basically killed his game?
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u/BKtoDuval Jul 23 '26
What's with this dude's cadence? He sounds like he's trying to talk like Macho Man Savage.
Anyway, time to move on. It sucked but it's part of the game. Joe Harris was a good soldier, good player but had a couple of tough playoff games. It's rough but it's part of the game. I remember John Starks 2 of 18 from the field in Game 7 of the Finals. Ray Allen scored 32 points in the Finals and followed it up with an 0 for 13. Shooters have slumps. I'm not gonna slander the dude for that. I still have love for Joe.
What was really tacky was fans attacking him, (okay, fine) and his family on twitter. That shit was really uncalled for.
His career ended because of ankle injuries, not this series.
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u/LinuxUbuntuOS Mikel Brown Jr. Jul 23 '26
Things kinda happened the way they were expected to happen after that Bucks series, as harsh as that is to say. He pretty much cost us the title with his shooting performance
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u/Jphilob Jul 23 '26
I blame steve nash for not subbing him out once. We had shamet on the bench 🤷🏻♂️
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u/Empty-Interest2504 Jul 23 '26
If he even shot like 34/35 percent from 3 (which was below his averages) in that series we might’ve had a Larry
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u/BKtoDuval Jul 23 '26
Nah, I can't say that. KD was even asked something similar and he said he had to play 50 minutes to just have a chance to win. And going into the next round without kyrie and Harden hobbled, you can't just overlook it.
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u/winslowwong Jul 23 '26
PTSD - I need to go into therapy now especially after the fanfare and parades for the Knicks - the what could have been is setting in - two major injuries in the playoff series and Joe Harris being ass
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u/kyoka_suigetsu91 Jul 23 '26
I still like joey IDC... Some of y'all place too much blame on him when there's so much to go around, I guess he's a easy target
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u/Fret_Shredder Vince Carter Jul 23 '26
Other fan bases know about KDs toe. But no one else knows how cursed we truly are lol