Rumors: Brooklyn Nets Forward Thinks The Arrival Of "New Guys" Changed The Team Culture

When the news came out that the Brooklyn that they were able to bring arguably the two of the biggest stars in the league, the entire NBA world looked up to the Nets and they even turned out to be one of the favorites to win the championship. But there was a twist, though, since one of them will be out for the entire season due to an Achilles injury.

We’ve seen D’Angelo Russell carry the team along with other young guns around him – Caris LeVert, Spencer Dinwiddie, Joe Harris, Jarrett Allen – and they earned a playoff spot by finishing as the sixth seed. Their season ended early as they lost four straight games to the Philadelphia 76ers after winning the first game.

They lost D’Angelo Russell via trade for Kevin Durant and they signed Kyrie Irving in free agency and that made the team a potential threat to the throne, kudos to the foundation that the young players had set. The locker room, however, just feels different if you will ask one of the team’s mainstays.

Nets guard/forward Joe Harris confessed that the aura of the team was a bit different and, arguably not a good one, it isn’t something that the team had before their stars arrived. “Dealing with a young, up-and-coming team is much different than coaching superstar players,” said the 28-year old Harris per New York Post article. “It’s a much different dynamic,” he added.

The same article said that Durant spoke to Nets GM Sean Marks and declined to comment on the sudden change in the coaching staff. One of the team’s top players Spencer Dinwiddie was one of the players that were caught off-guard with the recent changes and admitted that the players on the team that was handled by Atkinson didn’t do anything to make the management change their minds.

“I never really (sensed that he’s leaving the team)” said LeVert. “But you know we had a lot of new guys this year so you never really know how that goes,” he added.

There is no definite reason other than a mutual agreement both parties to make the team better was laid on the table but if the culture changed after the arrival of the new guys, you know that something unknown is going on.