The Brooklyn Nets suffered their fourth defeat in their first six games of the season on Saturday, as they fell to a shorthanded Detroit Pistons side, 113-109.

Following another disappointing loss, Nets superstar point guard Kyrie Irving shared his two cents on his team's rather lackluster start to the new campaign:

“We were going to naturally come in with optimism. That’s part of being on a new team,” Irving said, via Brian Lewis of the New York Post. “[But] the realization is … we had certain factors that played a part of us having ups and downs throughout preseason, me not foreseeing my [facial] fracture. Things come into play. It’s the rhythm of the game. That’s going to be part of it.

“That’s going to take time. When you have the expectations from the outside and you get into the realization of the season that this is a different Brooklyn Nets team than we were last year. … It’s just different because of the players we have and the talent we have. Players are going to get up to play against us.”

Irving went on to explain how he believes the team should properly manage playing with a perpetual target on their back. The one-time NBA champ has been in this situation before and is certain everything will eventually fall into place:

“That’s something you’ve got to relish and be excited and know how to manage,” Irving said. “I’m used to it, guys having unbelievable games and tail off after they play us. I’ve been on great teams like that. It just takes time to get into that frame of thinking every time you’re playing.”

For his part, however, Irving has had a scorching start for his new team. In six games thus far, he is currently averaging 30.5 points (on 44.9 percent shooting), 6.5 rebounds, and 7.5 assists while also connecting on 3.5 3-pointers per game on a 38.9 percent clip.

As Kyrie Irving said, the Nets should fully expect to experience some growing pains along the way, and hopefully they are able to get things going sooner rather than later.