Since trading Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, the Brooklyn Nets have played two games, both of which were entertaining for Nets supporters. Even though many of their new players, including Mikal Bridges and Cam Johnson, were playing in their first games, the squad defeated the Chicago Bulls and narrowly fell short against the Philadelphia 76ers.
There have been various issues for the Brooklyn Nets this season, not the least of which is their former stars’ relationship with team owner Joe Tsai. Reports suggested that he and Kyrie Irving hadn’t seen eye to eye since the anti-semitism controversy earlier in the season. That has become more evident since Irving left the organization.
Drama has been a constant for the Nets these last few seasons, and fans were starting to get sick of it by the end of the Big 3 era. To have a team of players now that plays hard despite not having any stars seems to be what the doctor ordered in Brooklyn. And after their tough loss against the Sixers, Joe Tsai made it clear by responding to a Mikal Bridges tweet that he’s among those that love the new-look Nets.
“Things gonna be fine. Brooklyn loves this team. Next game.”
The implication from Tsai here is clear, even the owner is admitting that the previous version of the Nets wasn’t very likable. This is a bit harsh, considering that things were going rather well until Kyrie Irving’s trade request, but it’s a manifestation of how done he was with his two superstars, including Kevin Durant. Fans haven’t necessarily forgotten Tsai’s role in everything that happened, though, as the responses to his tweet made clear.
Brooklyn Nets Fans Reacted To Joe Tsai’s Tweet About Brooklyn Loving The New Nets Team
Joe Tsai was criticized soundly for not being able to make things work with so much talent and getting too involved in the drama surrounding the Nets. And fans still aren’t fully happy with him, voicing their unhappiness in the replies to his tweet.
“We love the team, but we hate you!”
“This dude is beyond strange, no other owner operates like this.”
“Man I would *hate* playing for Joe Tsai.”
“Don’t speak on Brooklyn we don’t claim you.”
“Gonna revisit this when the Nets drop down to the play-in and get bounced.”
“You need to get out of Twitter your business is imploding.”
“Sell the team, you choked that Big 3.”
“What you know about Brooklyn bro?”
“The team is great, but ain’t nobody like you.”
“The team dont like u tho and the fans don’t either.”
“He’ll trade half the team by next year.”
Fans aren’t used to NBA owners being involved in the team’s business so publicly, so it would perhaps be better for Tsai not to say much moving forward. The team, as constructed, is likable, but they’re hardly going to win an NBA championship, which is the flip side of trading away elite talent. One way or another, the fallout of a failed superteam era in Brooklyn continues.
Source: fadeawayworld.net
