With the Big 3 all gone, now any hope of success — and the bar for that is clearly lowered — must come through competitiveness.
It’s a trait Jacque Vaughn is intent on instilling now that he’s finally got his first camp as Nets coach.
“Absolutely. That was maybe our No. 1 priority when we set out to do this,” general manager Sean Marks said. “We wanted to acquire guys — and keep guys — that have a chip on their shoulder, something to prove.“I think that’s what we’ve seen so far, just on their own, playing pickup games. It’s been loud, it’s competitive, and I think that exactly fits with J.V.’s model of what he’s wanting to achieve during training camp.
“I’m going to address it at the beginning of the year. I think it’s important to validate it, acknowledge it,” Vaughn said. “We’ll kind of enter the year as individuals and my goal is to finish the year as a team. That is the challenge.“I’ll be extremely honest and lay it out, ‘This guy is on a one-year deal. This guy wants a new contract. This guy, what he wants next.’ We’ll put it out there, open and honest, and then realize we have a common goal of getting the most out of this group.
Royce O’Neale — who is the same age and in the same situation — could vie for wing minutes, a competition that gets trickier if Dinwiddie gets pushed off the ball.
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