New Nets coach Jordi Fernandez has established a rugged tone in coaching camp, Brian Lewis of the New York Submit writes.
“Most likely one of the distinctive, and hardest coaching camps I’ve been via in these 12 years now,” guard Dennis Schroder mentioned. “Prefer it, although, to date. All people’s shopping for into it. Coach and coaches are doing a terrific job of conserving us organized and collectively. It’s been nice.”
Ahead Dorian Finney-Smith shared related ideas on the primary week of camp.
“We’re going to be well-conditioned,” Finney-Smith mentioned. “The individuals I speak to across the league, all of them had nice issues to say about him, so I knew what to anticipate. I heard he was a tough employee and he’d need us to compete. That’s what he’s been asking us.”
Now we have extra from the Atlantic Division:
- RJ Barrett didn’t play within the second half of the Raptors’ preseason recreation towards Washington on Sunday as a consequence of a bruised proper shoulder, in line with Michael Grange of Sportsnet. Previous to the harm, Barrett scored 17 factors in 14 minutes. He’ll be reevaluated early this week.
- Second-round choose Jamal Shead confirmed off his defensive expertise in the identical recreation. He matched up towards fellow rookie Carlton Carrington, who missed all six of his pictures and dedicated three turnovers. “Me and him have just a little little bit of a historical past, he received the most effective of me in a pre-draft exercise,” Shead advised Grange. “So I needed to come out and make it as onerous as potential … he’s going to be actually good, however I needed to give him a style of NBA-ready protection.”
- The Sixers have numerous versatility, particularly on the wing spots, Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer notes. They’re projected to begin three wing gamers in Paul George, Caleb Martin, and Kelly Oubre. In addition they have wings coming off the bench in Eric Gordon, Ricky Council IV, and KJ Martin. “I prefer to be tremendous versatile, and you bought to have the ability to shift individuals everywhere,” coach Nick Nurse mentioned. “We do have much more within the center that we are able to shift round.”
