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The New York Knicks bet the farm on Mikal Bridges being the missing piece to their championship hopes. That move looked like a losing proposition throughout the regular season. Bridges’ start to the playoffs hasn’t changed that sentiment. The forward, acquired from the Brooklyn Nets for five first-round picks last summer, was benched down the […]

The 2025 NBA draft will be among the most important in the Brooklyn Nets’ history. Following an active offseason, the rebuilding squad has an NBA-high five picks. Their draft position gained more clarity on Monday. The NBA broke five ties among teams with identical records through random drawings. Brooklyn’s first-round pick from the Milwaukee Bucks, […]

The Golden State Warriors will face a decision on Jonathan Kuminga’s future this summer. With the former No. 7 pick set to hit restricted free agency, they “are monitoring” the Brooklyn Nets as a potential suitor, according to Marc Stein and Jake Fischer. Golden State won’t be the only team monitoring Brooklyn as a threat […]

The Denver Nuggets have an opportunity to take a 2-0 lead over the Los Angeles Clippers on Monday. Aaron Gordon landed on the team’s injury report ahead of the Game 2 matchup. The star forward is probable due to right calf injury management. Gordon battled a calf injury late in the regular season. He carried […]

Travis Hunter excelled as a two-way superstar at Colorado. Whether he will play cornerback or wide receiver in the NFL is among the top questions of the 2025 draft. NFL coaches, executives and scouts have varying opinions of Hunter’s position at the next level. However, many think he would be best utilized as a shutdown […]

Shaquille O’Neal knows what it takes to compete with the best of the best in the NBA playoffs. The four-time NBA champion watched his former team, the Orlando Magic, suffer a blowout loss to the Boston Celtics in Game 1 of their first-round series on Sunday. O’Neal offered a bleak outlook on the Magic’s chances […]

Ziaire Williams welcomed a fresh start this season after the Memphis Grizzlies shipped him to the Brooklyn Nets in a salary dump. The former top-10 pick had a career-best year, inspiring hope that he can secure a spot in an NBA rotation long-term. Entering the first free agency of his career, he hopes he’ll have […]

Drew Timme is earning recognition following a breakout 2024-25 campaign. The former Gonzaga star was named All-NBA G League Second Team for his performance with the Long Island Nets. Timme averaged 23.9 points, 10.3 rebounds and 4.2 assists on 58/39/73 shooting splits over 29 appearances with Long Island. He joined the team from the Stockton […]

The Brooklyn Nets had high expectations for Nic Claxton this season after signing him to a four-year, $97 million contract. While the sixth-year center showed flashes of the two-way play that led to his life-changing payday, he struggled to live up to the billing. “It was a very humbling season. It was a lot of […]

Cam Thomas said he and the Brooklyn Nets were “a match made in heaven” when the team selected him in the first round of the 2021 draft. Despite a tumultuous first four seasons with the team, he doubled down on the statement ahead of his restricted free agency. “I never wavered from that. I always […]

The Brooklyn Nets had opportunities to cash in on Cam Johnson at the trade deadline. However, the rebuilding squad was content to hold onto the veteran wing during a career season. Will that change this summer? “There was no shortage of teams calling [about Cam]. He’s a good player, and teams value him, but so do […]

The Brooklyn Nets are in the early stages of a rebuild. However, with an NBA-best 13 tradable first-round picks and over $50 million in cap space, the team has the ammo to go star hunting as early as this summer. General manager Sean Marks said such an acquisition would need to turn the Nets into […]

The Brooklyn Nets ended their season with a whimper on Sunday, falling 113-105 to the New York Knicks at Barclays Center. While the game appeared to have little meaning, it had implications for Brooklyn’s draft positioning. The loss dropped the Nets’ first-round pick via the Knicks to 26th. Had Brooklyn won, New York would have […]

With the NBA playing its final regular-season games on Sunday, Mikal Bridges kept his Iron Man streak alive… technically. The New York Knicks forward played six seconds against the Brooklyn Nets, issuing a foul after the opening tip and exiting the game. Mikal Bridges committed a foul and checked out after just 6 seconds so […]

The speculation surrounding the Brooklyn Nets’ draft lottery position has ended. Following the Philadelphia 76ers’ loss on Friday, the Nets are locked into sixth place in the lottery standings. Brooklyn’s odds will be as follows: 1st: 9.0% 2nd: 9.2% 3rd: 9.41% 4th: 9.62% 5th: 0% 6th: 8.62% 7th: 29.77% 8th: 20.55% 9th: 3.68% 10th: 0.15% […]

Jordi Fernandez has told the Brooklyn Nets to let it fly from three this season. His players have listened. The Nets’ first made three of Friday’s Minnesota Timberwolves matchup was their 1,090th of the season, a new single-season franchise record. Brooklyn has attempted 39.5 threes per game this season, the eighth-most in the NBA. Fernandez […]

The Minnesota Timberwolves will face a shorthanded Brooklyn Nets squad on Friday amid a tightly contested Western Conference playoff race. The Nets ruled out Cam Johnson, D’Angelo Russell, Nic Claxton, Day’Ron Sharpe and Ziaire Williams for the matchup. Brooklyn is virtually locked into the sixth-best draft lottery odds. The Nets have lost three of their last […]

The Denver Nuggets will host the Memphis Grizzlies on Friday night at Ball Arena. Jamal Murray is doubtful on the team’s injury report due to right hamstring inflammation. Here’s everything we know about Murray’s injury and playing status vs. the Grizzlies. *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (Get Access | Save $30)* Jamal Murray injury […]

The Los Angeles Clippers will visit the Sacramento Kings on Friday night at Golden 1 Center. Norman Powell and Ivica Zubac are questionable on the team’s injury report. Powell is dealing with right shoulder soreness, while Zubac has a right ankle sprain. Here’s everything we know about both players’ injuries and playing statuses vs. the […]

D’Angelo Russell will hit unrestricted free agency for the first time in his career this summer. He hopes it will end with him returning to the Brooklyn Nets. After rejoining the Nets in a midseason trade from the Los Angeles Lakers, the former All-Star sees a promising future in Brooklyn. “A lot of teams are […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo could be sidelined on Thursday as the Milwaukee Bucks attempt to move closer to securing the Eastern Conference’s fifth seed. The team downgraded the two-time MVP to questionable for their New Orleans Pelicans matchup due to an illness. They initially listed him as probable due to left shoulder tendinopathy. The Bucks are coming […]

With their draft lottery odds more of a concern than wins and losses, the Brooklyn Nets have auditioned several young prospects recently. While they clinched the sixth-best lottery odds on Wednesday, they will continue their youth movement to close the season. The Nets ruled out Cam Johnson, D’Angelo Russell and Day’Ron Sharpe for Thursday’s Atlanta […]

For many G League players, NBA call-ups end in disappointment as they struggle to produce at the highest level. For Dariq Whitehead, it’s been the opposite, at least in terms of outside shooting. The 2023 first-round pick has shot 44.8 percent from three over 17 appearances with the Brooklyn Nets this season, compared to 33.5 […]

The Houston Rockets will visit the Los Angeles Clippers on Wednesday night at Intuit Dome. Alperen Sengun is doubtful, and Fred VanVleet is questionable on the team’s injury report. Sengun is dealing with lower back soreness, while VanVleet has right ankle soreness. Here’s everything we know about both players’ injuries and playing statuses vs. the […]

The Denver Nuggets will likely be without their lead ball-handler in their first game after Michael Malone’s firing. Jamal Murray is doubtful for Wednesday’s road matchup with the Sacramento Kings due to right hamstring inflammation. Murray has missed five straight games due to his hamstring ailment. The Nuggets listed him as questionable for Sunday’s 125-120 […]

The Denver Nuggets stunned the NBA world on Tuesday by dismissing head coach Michael Malone. Brooklyn Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez, one of Malone’s top assistants from 2016-2022, reacted to the shocking news. “The timing, it’s tough with three games to go and the position they are [in] to play for everything. [He’s] a super […]

The Boston Celtics will visit the New York Knicks on Tuesday night at Madison Square Garden. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are questionable on the team’s injury report. Tatum is tending to a left ankle sprain, while Brown has a posterior impingement in his right knee. Here’s everything we know about both players’ injuries and […]

The Los Angeles Clippers will host the San Antonio Spurs on Tuesday night at Intuit Dome. Kawhi Leonard is questionable on the team’s injury report due to right knee injury management. Here’s everything we know about Leonard’s injury and playing status vs. the Spurs. *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (Get Access | Save $30)* […]

The Los Angeles Lakers will visit the Oklahoma City Thunder on Tuesday night at Paycom Center. LeBron James and Luka Doncic were initially questionable on the team’s injury report. James is dealing with a left groin strain, while Doncic has a right groin strain. But while some thought the Lakers might rest players in advance […]

The Brooklyn Nets will continue to hold several of their top players out with a chance to lock in their draft lottery odds. Cam Johnson, D’Angelo Russell, Day’Ron Sharpe and Keon Johnson will miss Tuesday’s New Orleans Pelicans matchup at Barclays Center. The game will mark Cam Johnson’s fourth consecutive absence due to a lower […]

The Brooklyn Nets had a chance to lock in the sixth spot in the draft lottery standings with a loss to the Toronto Raptors on Sunday. They did everything they could to ensure that outcome. With all their starters ruled out, the Nets put out a rotation of G League call-ups and backups during a […]

Giannis Antetokounmpo cemented his status as one of the NBA’s all-time greats with his championship in 2021. However, the Milwaukee Bucks nearly fell to a shorthanded Brooklyn Nets squad in the second round. Jeff Teague said his former teammate’s title has an asterisk next to it because of the Nets’ dominance before James Harden and Kyrie […]

Ziaire Williams was an afterthought among the Brooklyn Nets’ offseason transactions. After blockbuster trades with the New York Knicks and the Houston Rockets, the Nets acquired the 24-year-old and a second-round pick in a salary dump from the Memphis Grizzlies. Williams’ poor three-point shooting held him back after the Grizzlies selected him 10th overall in […]

The Boston Celtics will host the Washington Wizards on Sunday night at TD Garden. Jayson Tatum and Jaylen Brown are questionable on the team’s injury report. Tatum is tending to a left ankle sprain, while Brown has a posterior impingement in his right knee. Here’s everything we know about both players’ injuries and playing statuses […]

The Denver Nuggets will host the Indiana Pacers on Sunday night at Ball Arena. Jamal Murray is questionable on the team’s injury report due to right hamstring inflammation. Here’s everything we know about Murray’s injury and playing status vs. the Pacers. *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (Get Access | Save $30)* Jamal Murray injury […]

Sunday’s Brooklyn Nets-Toronto Raptors matchup will have significant draft lottery ramifications. As was the case for Thursday’s loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, the Nets are resting several starters as they aim to maximize their lottery odds. Brooklyn ruled out Cam Johnson, D’Angelo Russell and Nic Claxton vs. Toronto. Johnson is missing his third straight game […]

Brooklyn Nets fans calling for the team to embrace tanking lineups received their wish on Thursday. Many questioned why it didn’t come sooner. Following two straight wins that cost the Nets fifth place in the draft lottery standings, the team held out Cam Johnson, Ziaire Williams and Jalen Wilson during a 105-90 loss to the […]

The Detroit Pistons will visit the Toronto Raptors on Friday night at Scotiabank Arena. Cade Cunningham is questionable on the team’s injury report due to a left calf contusion. Here’s everything we know about Cunningham’s injury and playing status vs. the Raptors. *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (Get Access | Save $30)* Cade Cunningham […]

The Boston Celtics will host the Phoenix Suns on Friday night at TD Garden. Jaylen Brown is questionable on the team’s injury report due to a posterior impingement in his right knee. Here’s everything we know about Brown’s injury and playing status vs. the Suns. *Watch NBA games LIVE with fuboTV (Get Access | Save […]