From the moment the Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving trades were finalized, Jacque Vaughn has stuck with the same Nets starting lineup, not penciled in but written in ink.
But whenever Vaughn wants to throw a changeup at opponents, he’s been just as consistent about that twist being a smallball unit that’s meant to harry and harass.
Just call them the disruptors.
“It allows us to fly around,” Vaughn said. “If you don’t cover for each other, we’ll get punished: We’ll get punished on the glass, we’ll get punished just by overall strength and the size of dudes that you have to guard. So [you’ve seen] us fly around, cover for each other, really have a tight shell and be in the right spots.
