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The Brooklyn Nets are one of the more confusing teams in the NBA because there are still many questions about the Kyrie Irving situation.
Due to there still being some questions about the Nets, some people do not see them as a team that is going to win an NBA title. James Harden has not been playing as well as he can be and Irving is only a part-time player.
Let's take a look at three questions about this Brooklyn Nets team for the remainder of the 2022 season.
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Nets Questions 2022
3. What's the Kyrie situation?
The biggest question about this Nets team is if Kyrie Irving is ever going to become available to play for them throughout the entire season. If they do not have Kyrie Irving out on the court for all seven games against a team like the Milwaukee Bucks, they might not find the success that many fans and players of the Nets are hoping for.
If they do have Kyrie on the court, they are probably one of the best teams in the NBA and there is even a case that they are the best team in the NBA. What the Nets do lack is not having Kyrie at all times and also having very little depth on their team.
If Irving is not going to get the vaccine and is only still going to be a part-time player, it might be better for the Nets to go a different route. It's not going to be easy trading a guy like Kyrie Irving at the moment because of all the antics that he has pulled in the past few years, but if they can move him for a player of similar talent, the Nets need to do this.
When he is on the court, there is no denying his talents because he is certainly one of the better players in all of the NBA. Unfortunately for Brooklyn, there are still many questions about Irving and his playing status.
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2. Can James Harden continue playing the way he has the past month?
Perhaps the biggest question about this Nets team could be if James Harden can continue playing the way he has for the past month. He looks like the old Harden and has done everything that he can for this Nets team to pull out some victories due to how well he has been able to play.
Earlier in the season, he was not playing as well as he can but that could be due to some of the new foul rules implemented in the NBA. He is one of the best in the world at drawing fouls and has done so for most of his career. Many people like to use that against him but credit has to be given where credit is due and he knows exactly what he needs to do for the refs to call a foul. Most of the time that he is looking for a foul, he is actually being found and the refs are finally calling them once again.
If he does not play as he has in the past month and he goes back to how he was playing in the earlier part of the season, the Nets are not going to win an NBA title and they might not even win the Eastern Conference. If they aren't going to have Kyrie Irving for three to four games and Harden isn't going to be playing as well as he can be, they are not going to beat the Milwaukee Bucks in the Eastern Conference and could even have a tough time with some other teams.
1. Can Brooklyn win an NBA title?
There's an obvious answer to this and that answer is yes. The reason that they can win an NBA title is that they have Kevin Durant. If this Nets team did not have Durant, they are not a team that is going to even sniff the Eastern Conference and they definitely wouldn't make the finals.
What Kevin Durant has been able to do this year is simply mind-blowing. We have never seen another scorer like him and it's shocking that he is still able to put up some of the insane numbers that he actually does. He is currently averaging nearly 30 points per game which is first in all of the NBA and also is bringing in 7.5 rebounds and dishing out 5.9 assists per game. He does everything on the basketball court for this Nets team.
The reason why Brooklyn can win an NBA title is just because of how good Kevin Durant is. They don't have much depth and there are a few questions about Kyrie Irving and James Harden this season. If Brooklyn is going to want to win an NBA title, Durant needs to be the best player on the court for every playoff game that they play.
