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NEW YORK — It would be giving the Nets disorganization too much credit for timing the firing of Steve Nash to coincide with, and take the heat off, the latest Kyrie Irving controversy. Things got so bad for Brooklyn, Jay Williams, self-proclaimed Nets fan, oft Irving supporter and confidant, said on ESPN (one of the league’s national TV partners): “They are now the most unlikable team in the NBA.” This dubious title will stick. For the controversy isn’t going away. “With Kyrie Irving there is always going to be something,” ESPN’s Stephen A. Smith said. This became apparent Tuesday evening, hou…