7 consecutive losses at the start of the season, ranking last in the league! The mysterious operation proves that the Nets coach really did not target Zeng Fanbo

The Nets have lost seven games in a row at the beginning of the season and are hard to find a win. They are ranked last in the league and are the only two winless teams! After selecting five first-round picks without reusing them, the Nets head coach's mysterious operation proved that he really wasn't targeting Zeng Fanbo.

First place in 7-game losing streak

After losing to the 76ers in the previous game, the Nets, which had lost 6 games in a row and had difficulty finding a win, faced the Timberwolves. In the end, after four quarters of fierce battle, the Nets lost 109-125 to the Timberwolves and suffered a 7-game losing streak.

In this way, while the Nets continue to rank last in the league, they have also become the only two teams with the Pelicans to win in the new NBA season so far.

For the rebuilding Nets, losing is not terrible and may even help the team get a higher draft pick. However, the coach's series of mysterious operations have made him about to enter the countdown to leaving the team, which also proves that he did not deliberately target Zeng Fanbo during the China game.

The operation of the coach's fans

Since the failure to bet on the Big Three of Durant, Irving, and Harden, the Nets have been in an awkward state in the past few seasons, neither achieving a record nor cultivating new stars worthy of being noticed.

So this past summer, the Nets learned from the painful experience and directly completed a staggering operation, selecting five first-round picks in the draft in one go.

They are No. 8 pick Deming, No. 19 pick Traore, No. 22 pick Powell, No. 26 pick Saraf and No. 27 pick Wolf. They directly put their complete failure on the bright side.

In this way, the Nets' goal for the new season is very clear. While continuing to perform without a bottom line, they will try their best to cultivate these five first-round picks.

As a result, since the beginning of the season, the Nets have five first-round picks and they are clearly in trouble, but the coach insists on making mysterious operations one after another, which seems to be contrary to the wishes of the team management.

Since the beginning of the season, Nets coach Fernandez seems to be unclear about his responsibilities and the team's situation. He just ignored the five first-round picks and instead used a large number of Thomas, Mann, Claxton, and Martin, who have proven that they have no possibility of growing into the core of the team.

Fernandez still adopted this strategy in this game. Except for Powell, who was absent due to injury, the other four first-round picks all played as substitutes.

Among them, only No. 8 Xiu Deming entered the regular rotation and got 21 minutes of playing time. However, he also missed the decisive moment and only got 4 shot opportunities.

As for the other three first-round picks, they all got 3 minutes of playing time in garbage time. Even Wolfe, who had been injured before and made his season debut, was only given 3 minutes.

Xiao Zeng was not targeted

This is not the first time Nets head coach Fernandez has made a mysterious move. During the China game, he did not let Zeng Fanbo appear on the court, which caused public outrage. However, judging from his employment and speeches since the beginning of the season, he is really not targeting Zeng Fanbo, but just hopes to establish a winning culture within the Nets team.

It is worth mentioning that before this game, Fernandez also conveyed this concept through a public interview. He publicly stated: "I am trying hard to get the players to go all out, but it seems that I am not succeeding. I try to motivate them by asking questions. I ask them what they should do. , so that they can really try their best."

Whether it is from abandoning Zeng Fanbo in the China game, or from publicly criticizing and pressuring a bad team in this nonsensical way, it is not difficult to see that Fernandez is a head coach with low emotional intelligence, insufficient ability, and eager to control the team.

Coupled with the huge pressure brought by the Nets' selection of five first-round picks in one go, Fernandez's poor employment and check-and-balance skills were completely exposed. He not only failed to allow the team to win the game as expected, but also made many high-ranking picks unable to get the chance to play, wasting a lot of growth time.

Even in a team that clearly wants to fail, it repeatedly emphasizes the winning culture. This series of ridiculous operations also makes the countdown to its dismissal begin.