Former Nets defensive consultant Steve Clifford pushed back on the notion that putting Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden on the same team was a bad idea.
“I know people look at that like it was a failed experiment,” Clifford, now head coach of the Charlotte Hornets, said ahead of tipoff against the Knicks on Sunday. “To say that wasn’t a good idea or that they didn’t do this enough, I was there. They did work hard. They did have a great attitude. You can’t play games in this league without your best player.”
Clifford joined the Nets staff ahead of the 2021-22 season, after the Nets had come within an inch of Durant’s shoe from defeating the Milwaukee Bucks in Game 7 of the second round of the playoffs. The Bucks went on to defeat the Atlanta Hawks in the Eastern Conference Final...
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