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Following a recent Brooklyn Nets win in Canada against the Toronto Raptors, Nets superstar Kevin Durant was asked about returning to Scotiabank Arena, home of the Raptors, where he suffered his fateful torn Achilles during the 2019 NBA Finals. The NBA’s leading scorer was asked to compare the player he is now to the player […]

The Bulls’ victory over Brooklyn Monday snapped a five-game winning streak for the Nets. Sitting now at 7-4 overall, in a three-way tie for 5th place in the East (along with the Cavaliers and Knicks) it’s still early but we’re learning some things about this team. Nets Takeaways From Loss To Bulls 1) The Nets […]

The Brooklyn Nets fell to the Chicago Bulls, 118-95 on Monday. The final score makes it look a little less competitive than it really was. The big story in this one was the Nets’ abysmal fourth quarter where they were outscored, 42-17. It was the team’s second of a back-to-back, following Sunday’s big road victory […]

The Brooklyn Nets improved to 7-3 with a hard-fought 116-1103 road win over the Toronto Raptors on Sunday. They now sit in third place in the Eastern Conference. James Harden came in struggling but dropped 16 points in the fourth quarter, finishing with 28 points, 10 rebounds, and eight assists. Harden had that burst again […]

Remember way back before the Brooklyn Nets’ training camp in September? Fans might have reasonably expected Steve Nash and Co. to field the best Big 3 in the game. They also may have guessed the team would struggle defensively, but blow the doors off teams on offense. Things don’t always go according to plan, do […]

It wasn’t pretty. But the end result was what they came for. The Brooklyn Nets built up a 16 point lead in Detroit and appeared in control, then allowed a young Detroit Pistons squad to chisel the lead down to one with minutes remaining. But Kevin Durant continued his MVP campaign and landed the plane. […]

James Harden is used to having haters. But it seems like the hate-buzzards may be circling him a bit prematurely in the season’s early going. The NBA made some important adjustments to the rule book this offseason, and it turned The Beard into a bit of a “poster boy” for new rule changes, if you […]

After a six-game home stand the Nets will now be tested with a six-game road trip. The Pistons, Raptors, Bulls, Magic, Pelicans and Thunder don’t exactly represent murderer’s row. The Raptors (6-3) and Bulls (6-2) should be tough. But those other teams are just a combined 12-27. One guesses the Nets don’t exactly mind facing […]

Through eight games so far, the Brooklyn Nets sit at 5-3, just 1.5 games out of first place in the East. Kevin Durant has played like an MVP. James Harden struggled out of the gates, but he’s starting to regain that All-Star form. The team has spoken about the Kyrie Irving-sized void in their lineup. […]

The Brooklyn Nets improved to 5-3 with a third straight victory, this time over a fellow contender in the Atlanta Hawks. The Nets now hold the No. 5 spot in the Eastern Conference, though the Washington Wizards and New York Knicks share the same record. Still, it’s clear Brooklyn is starting to hit its stride, […]

The current situation for Nets’ superstar Kyrie Irving is that while he’s unvaccinated he isn’t currently available to play in Brooklyn. That’s not the Nets decision, that’s a New York decision. Because of that, the Nets Brass put their head’s together and decided Irving would not be allowed to appear in road games either; the […]

There have been several unpleasant surprises for the Brooklyn Nets (4-3) since training camp. Of course, it all started when we learned Kyrie Irving would not only miss home games due to vaccination status, but road games as well since the team wasn’t interested in part-time players. Then we learned that James Harden was missing […]

Kevin Durant, James Harden and the Nets (4-3) squad will look to make it three in a row when they host the Atlanta Hawks Wednesday. The Nets may have been a couple of inches away from hosting Atlanta in the Eastern Conference Finals last season. As it played out, the Dirty Birds made it one […]

The Brooklyn Nets (4-3) currently sit in 8th place in the East. They’ve won three of their last four games and two in a row. During the last two contests, wins over the Pacers and Pistons respectively, they played cohesively and the shots were really falling. But they have a bigger test coming on Wednesday […]

It may not have impacted the final box score much, but during the Nets’ (4-3) 117-91 win over the Detroit Pistons, Kevin Durant was ejected for throwing an elbow at forward Kelly Olynyk. KD still finished with 23 points, 5 assists, on a blistering hot 10-13 from the field. The Nets were in control pretty […]

At 3-3 to begin the regular season, we’ve already learned a few things about the Brooklyn Nets. But rather than react, it’s always more fun to overreact.  We brought you our 5 overreactions following the Nets home opener. Let’s see how much has changed after the subsequent five contests. An interesting element of the Nets’ […]

Just a few nights after Joe Harris broke the Brooklyn Nets’ franchise record for triples made, we had another milestone on Friday. This time, it’s courtesy of LaMarcus Aldridge. Aldridge has had quite the journey. The seven-time All-Star joined the Nets last season but only appeared in five games as he had to suddenly retire […]

The James Harden haters were getting a little too comfy recently. One of the biggest storylines during the early portion of the 2021-22 NBA season has been league officials cracking down on “non-basketball” moves.  The Brooklyn Nets superstar, who holds the reputation as a player with all of the tricks of the trade in his bag, became […]

The Brooklyn Nets (2-3) are getting set to take on the struggling (1-4) Indiana Pacers. Kevin Durant and James Harden will try to capture a bounce-back win after Wednesday’s 106-93 loss to the Heat. But no story looms as large as that of Kyrie Irving and his vaccination status. Steve Nash, speaking before the Pacers […]

In their most recent game, the Brooklyn Nets got demolished on the glass 62-42, falling to the Miami Heat 106-93 in their fifth game of the year. Brooklyn (2-3) is trying to scrape by as they adjust to the training camp bombshell of losing Kyrie Irving due to the superstar’s vaccination status. Irving, at 6-2, […]

The Nets dropped to 2-3 after they got spanked by Jimmy Butler, Bam Adebayo, Kyle Lowry and the rest of the Miami Heat on Wednesday. One of the key storylines early on this season for Brooklyn has been James Harden and his apparent struggles. We’ve grown accustomed to The Beard pretty much dominating games at […]

Steve Nash has made no secret that this is an experimental time for his team. The Brooklyn Nets fell to the Miami Heat on Wednesday, 106-93. Brooklyn is now 2-3, having lost twice at The Clays. Steve Nash, Kevin Durant, and Co are looking for any spark rotational standpoint. “We lost a big piece. It’s […]

Some history was made in Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Nets hosted the Miami Heat with one of their key starters on the precipice of team history. Joe Harris entered the game just two triples shy from tying Jason Kidd’s franchise leading record for 3s made. The eight-year veteran out of Virginia was three makes shy of […]

If you drafted Kevin Durant on your fantasy squad this season, or you happen to have tickets to a Brooklyn Nets game on the second night of a back-to-back, there’s some potentially exciting news. It sounds like the team is more comfortable this season playing KD on consecutive nights, something it was hesitant to do […]

We’re only four games into the 2021-22 season, but Brooklyn Nets star James Harden is not playing up to the lofty standards the perennial MVP candidate has set for himself over the years. Maybe we should not be surprised. While many of us (understandably) focused on the Kyrie Irving vaccination situation, or the potential max […]

Kyrie Irving has said he does not want to become a distraction for the Brooklyn Nets this season. Well, whatever your point of view on the matter of vaccines and vaccine mandates in New York City, the Nets star has ultimately presented a distraction for his team. The team’s decision not to allow Irving to […]

On Sunday the Nets dropped their second game of the season to the upstart Charlotte Hornets. They lost 111-95 in the home opener and were only able to muster 47 second half points, with just 17 in the 4th. They now sit at just 1-2. Kevin Durant was not the problem. KD had a game […]

The Brooklyn Nets and Kevin Durant hosted the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday in the team’s home opener without Kyrie Irving. The stars were out as Jay-Z sat alongside team co-owner Clara Tsai. The Charlotte Hornets came into town undefeated so the Nets knew not to take the upstart young team led by LaMelo Ball lightly. […]

The NBA’s two biggest dramas came together on Friday as the Nets visited the Sixers. The Nets, of course, are without Kyrie Irving who has no return-to-play timeline. Irving is not eligible to play in Brooklyn because he isn’t vaccinated. The team is not allowing Irving to play on the road either since accommodating a […]

The Brooklyn Nets executed a major comeback in a hostile environment on Friday night. Led by Kevin Durant’s triple-double (29 points, 15 boards, 12 assists) the Nets closed the game on a 16-1 run to put the Sixers away late. The final score was 114-109. Their defensive execution really picked up as the game unfolded. […]

In commemoration of its 75th season, the NBA has released a list comprised of the 75 greatest players of all time. The Nets, to no one’s surprise, were heavily represented. The 75th-anniversary team was selected by a  “blue-ribbon panel of media, current and former players, coaches, general managers and team executives.” Kevin Durant, James Harden […]

It’s easy to overreact to the first game of the season. The Milwaukee Bucks torched the Brooklyn Nets, with Steve Nash’s team looking like it’s going to have lots of problems in the season’s early going. Of course, all of the narratives might get flipped on their heads in a few hours after the Nets […]

The Brooklyn Nets have been mired in controversy for weeks. Kyrie Irving is not vaccinated and the team isn’t interested in allowing him to be a “part-time” player. Coach Steve Nash has been preparing for life without one of the NBA’s 20 best players. Yet, they’re not the only one in the conference with problems. […]

The Brooklyn Nets have a chance to earn a bounce-back victory in Philadelphia against the 76ers on Friday. After dealing with a whirlwind training camp and preseason dominated by the Kyrie Irving situation, the Nets got back to hoops on Tuesday. But the defending champs, the Milwaukee Bucks, had little trouble securing a win. Giannis […]

The Brooklyn Nets’ season continues on the road Friday night. Brooklyn fell at the hands of the champs, the Milwaukee Bucks on Tuesday. They’ll take on another top Eastern contender from 2021 when they visit Philadelphia. But this is no ordinary matchup. Brooklyn and Philadelphia each have their own ongoing dramas to contend with. They’ll […]

Brooklyn Nets head coach Steve Nash and his staff only recently learned they would be without the services of one of the 20 best players in the NBA. No team, no matter how stacked, brushes off a bombshell news story like that without so much as a hiccup. Yet the absence of Kyrie Irving is […]

The 2021-22 season has started and Kyrie Irving’s absence looms over the entire Brooklyn Nets organization. There does not appear to be any resolution in sight, other than the current one, where Irving is essentially forbidden from joining his teammates. The team’s position is clear and could basically be summarized as such: you are free […]

The regular season finally arrived and the Brooklyn Nets were trounced by the defending champion Milwaukee Bucks, on the road, 127-104. Following the game, we got an update on the second biggest story in Brooklyn over the last few weeks, James Harden and his plans for his future. Harden had formerly been eligible to tack […]

Nets head coach Steve Nash probably had a sense of how his early-season rotation might have looked one month ago. It’s probably a lot different today. The team is slight favorites in the season opener against the Bucks, despite playing on the road. They’re still finals favorites despite the latest news on Kyrie Irving not […]