Steve Nash on Goran Dragic: He has COVID-19 symptoms, doesn't feel well
Source: Twitter @Krisplashed
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Ajayi Browne @ajayibrowneSteve Nash says,
“Kyrie (Irving) is adapting to playing every other night — The guy had to carry a big load.” – 10:19 PM Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Steve Nash on Kyrie Irving’s conditioning: “I think Kyrie’s adapting to playing every other night now.” – 10:19 PM Ajayi Browne @ajayibrowne
“We have four big games left — Clear our minds, recover and get back at it.”
⁃Steve Nash on moving forward. – 10:19 PM Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis
Steve Nash: “We didn’t play a good ball game. I can’t really sugarcoat it.” #Nets – 10:18 PM Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Nash: “Our guys are disappointed. We know we can play better. We know we can’t make excuses. We’ve been hurt all the time.”
“We played about as poorly as we can play, and it’s a 3-point game with two minutes left. It’s similar to the Milwaukee game. Just too many errors.” – 10:17 PM Ajayi Browne @ajayibrowne
Steve Nash also says,
“We can’t give them 49 free throws. I think that was our doing in tonight.” – 10:17 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Steve Nash: “We played as poorly as we could play.” – 10:17 PM Dave Early @DavidEarly
“We’re optimistic but we don’t know we’ll see how he feels.”
-Steve Nash on Seth Curry’s possible availability after a couple days off. – 10:17 PM Ajayi Browne @ajayibrowne
Steve Nash says,
“We know we can’t make excuses. We’ve been hurt all the time.” – 10:17 PM Ajayi Browne @ajayibrowne
Steve Nash says,
“Our guys have to be prepared to play.” – 10:16 PM Ajayi Browne @ajayibrowne
Steve Nash says,
“We didn’t play a good ball game — We could’ve gave in … Not enough guys played well.” – 10:15 PM Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Steve Nash: “We didn’t really play a good ball game. I can’t sugarcoat it…. We didn’t play a great game and not enough guys played well.” – 10:15 PM Jason Walker @JasonWalkerNBA
Steve Nash put all the chips into the center playing KD and Kyrie the whole second half and Trae Young just flushed them. 🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊🧊 – 10:02 PM Keith Smith @KeithSmithNBA
Patty Mills looks exhausted after playing so much earlier in the season. Cam Thomas looks very much like a rookie. Not sure where Steve Nash can go without Seth Curry and Goran Dragic. – 9:40 PM Nick Friedell @NickFriedell
Somebody’s got to play with Curry, Dragic and Brown out — but this is not Cam Thomas’ night. He’s made a lot of different mistakes and is just 1-for-7 from the field. Nash gave him 24 minutes. Mills also 0-for-6 in 24 minutes of his own. – 9:38 PM Kurt Helin @basketballtalk
Nets’ Goran Dragic out vs. Hawks, enters health and safety protocols nba.nbcsports.com/2022/04/02/net… – 9:27 PM Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Trae Young could have filed his taxes before a Nets defender closed out on him. Young, caught the ball, took a breath, shimmied, then hit a 3 that forced Nash to call timeout. Nets once again down 15 midway through the 3rd quarter. They will fall to 10th if they lose tonight – 9:09 PM John Hollinger @johnhollinger
Halftime: Durant has 25 points on 10 shots and the Nets are still getting smoked. With no Curry/Brown/Simmons/Dragic the supporting cast just isn’t good enough. – 8:43 PM Nick Friedell @NickFriedell
The positivity that Nash has throughout a game is admirable. He’s always trying to pump up his guys even when they aren’t playing well. Whether it works long term or not remains to be seen — but you don’t usually see that from a pro coach game after game after game. – 8:19 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
End of the first quarter: Nets lead the Hawks 30-28. Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving have 22 of BK’s 30 points. Cam Thomas with a 1-for-4 start. Curious to see who Nash plays when resting KD and Kyrie tonight. Has only gone eight deep so far with Clax, Cam and JJ off the pine. – 8:08 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Nic Claxton and Cam Thomas are Nash’s first two reserves tonight. – 7:53 PM Nick Friedell @NickFriedell
KD has 9 points already in the first 2:05 of this game. Without Dragic, Curry and Brown — the Nets are going to need Durant to do even more. As usual, he’s up to the challenge. – 7:44 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Greetings from Atlanta. Nets-Hawks tips in about 30. Last time they were here, they got what Patty Mills called “A juicy win. Extra juice!” That will be needed tonight. Short backcourt w/out Curry, Brown and Dragic. A loss drops the Nets to 10th in the standings. Updates to come. – 7:12 PM Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
I like Kessler Edwards and Patty Mills starting. But just know that without Goran Dragic, you’re gonna see James Johnson playing backup point guard minutes. Expect to see Cam Thomas off the bench, too, and heavy minutes for both Kyrie and KD. – 7:04 PM Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
The Nets should still be able to win this game. You have KD, Kyrie, Andre Drummond, Patty Mills, Kessler Edwards. Then Cam Thomas, Nic Claxton, LaMarcus Aldridge, James Johnson, Blake Griffin and David Duke Jr.
Probably comes down to Steve Nash vs. Nate McMillan – 6:59 PM Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Seth Curry is OUT for tonight’s game against the Atlanta Hawks. It’s Curry’s 5th missed game with a left ankle injury. Nets are now without Curry, Goran Dragic and Bruce Brown. – 6:51 PM Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis
Steve Nash said Goran Dragic has symptoms of COVID-19 and isn’t feeling well. Bruce Brown however just has the flu, and hopes he can recover quickly. #Nets – 6:09 PM Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Steve Nash says Ben Simmons is not doing 1-on-1 yet and hesitated to call it 1-on-0: “He’s doing some light shooting, so he’s on the court a little bit the past couple days, but nothing dynamic yet. …He’s not even moving around a lot. It’s just like some light shooting.” – 6:08 PM Nick Friedell @NickFriedell
Nash says Simmons traveled with the Nets to Atlanta. Nash says that Simmons has started some light shooting — but nothing else has really changed. – 6:06 PM Dave Early @DavidEarly
Steve Nash says Ben Simmons is doing some light shooting on the court a little bit the last couple days but nothing dynamic, not moving around a lot, just some light shooting. – 6:06 PM Ajayi Browne @ajayibrowne
Steve Nash says,
“The bench guys will have to play more minutes and will have bigger roles tonight.” – 6:05 PM Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Steve Nash on Ben Simmons: “He’s doing some light shooting. … He’s not even moving around a lot.” – 6:05 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Steve Nash says Ben Simmons is doing some light shooting on the court. “But nothing dynamic.” Adds Simmons isn’t moving around a lot, but he’s here in Atlanta. – 6:05 PM Ajayi Browne @ajayibrowne
Steve Nash confirms Bruce Brown is out with the flu. – 6:04 PM Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Steve Nash on Goran Dragic, who has COVID: “He has symptoms. He doesn’t feel well, but that’s all I know.” – 6:04 PM Alex Schiffer @Alex__Schiffer
Steve Nash said Goran Dragic has symptoms of COVID-19. Isn’t feeling great. Bruce Brown has the flu. – 6:04 PM Ajayi Browne @ajayibrowne
Steve Nash acknowledges other players will step up amidst Bruce Brown and Goran Dragić’s absence. – 6:04 PM Ajayi Browne @ajayibrowne
“A high level of focus — Start the Game with the requisite energy … If we do that, I feel great about our team.”
⁃Steve Nash on what’s needed from the team tonight. – 6:04 PM Emiliano Carchia @Sportando
Nets’ Goran Dragic enters NBA’s health and safety protocols sportando.basketball/en/nets-goran-… – 10:58 AM Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis
Correction: Obviously Dragic hadn’t been listed prior. But Curry isn’t listed, and Sharpe and Duke Jr. are called up. #nets pic.twitter.com/pvUNTwcptX – 10:49 AM Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis
Bruce Brown (non-Covid illness) and Goran Dragic (health and safety protocols) are both downgraded from questionable to out for the #Nets tonight at the #Hawks – 10:33 AM Nick Friedell @NickFriedell
Nets say Bruce Brown (non-Covid illness) and Goran Dragic (health and safety protocols) are both out tonight vs. Hawks. – 10:21 AM JD Shaw @JShawNBA
Nets guard Goran Dragic has entered health and safety protocols, the team says. – 10:21 AM Marc Stein @TheSteinLine
The Nets say they will not have Bruce Brown (non-Covid illness) or Goran Dragic (health and safety protocols) for their game against Atlanta. – 10:20 AM Kristian Winfield @Krisplashed
Goran Dragic is in the health and safety protocols and Bruce Brown has a non Covid related illness. Both will miss tonight’s game against the Hawks. #NetsWorld – 10:20 AM