Contrition and remorse are human qualities that can be either genuine or disingenuous. It remains to be seen whether Kyrie Irving was telling people what they wanted to hear, or whether he truly turned the corner as a human being.<\/p>\n
But judging from what he said and how he appeared in Brooklyn last night, the Nets may be getting somewhere.<\/p>\n
Brooklyn has been dysfunction junction throughout the early part of the 2022-23 season, and the Nets currently sit in ninth place in the Eastern Conference with an 8-9 record. That’s as they get ready for the Ben Simmons alumni game in Philadelphia to begin a three-game road trip that also takes them to Toronto and Indiana. Then they return home for their longest homestand of the season, seven games.<\/p>\n
So this will be a 10-game stretch in which they show whether they are championship worthy, or a train wreck that has been temporarily put back on the tracks. That was how they looked Sunday night against Memphis in a 127-115 victory. The Grizzlies did not have Ja Morant or Desmond Bane, so take this one with a grain of salt. But Brooklyn got 14 points from Irving and 22 on 11-for-13 shooting from Simmons, who had his best game as a Net.<\/p>\n
\nGood morning, #NetsWorld<\/a> <\/p>\n
Spreading good vibes to start the week pic.twitter.com\/B3Sk8v6icX<\/a><\/p>\n
— Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) November 21, 2022<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n