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Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie is out indefinitely after suffering a partially torn right ACL. Dinwiddie injured his knee in the third quarter of Brooklyn’s loss on Sunday night against the Charlotte Hornets. He planted his leg awkwardly while driving at Hornets center Bismack Biyombo. The seven-year NBA guard was diagnosed with a partial tear […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant will not play in Monday night’s game against the Memphis Grizzles after the Nets fell to the Charlotte Hornets on Sunday. However, Durant indicated Sunday he will attempt to play back-to-backs throughout the season: “I definitely want to be able to play back-to-backs,” Durant said, via Brian Lewis of the […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie has suffered a partially torn ACL in his right knee, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. There’s reportedly no other damage, and Dinwiddie is expected to make a full recovery for the 2021-22 season. Dinwiddie suffered the injury early in the third quarter of the Nets’ loss […]

If Kevin Durant suddenly walked away from the NBA right now and called it a career, what would be his lasting legacy? What’s the first thing people would think of when his name gets mentioned? If you run a survey with those questions, chances are that it would yield a variety of answers. Some would […]

Charlotte Hornets guard Terry Rozier had himself a day on Sunday. Not only did he help the Hornets get their first win of the season and handed the Brooklyn Nets their first loss, but he also had one of the best dunks in the first week of the regular season. Rozier caught a body and […]

Brooklyn Nets center Jarrett Allen is apparently on double duty on Sunday evening against the Charlotte Hornets. Allen was called for an illegal screen, and rightfully so, though it might have been the Nets big man that ultimately made the call rather than the referee. How is that possible, you ask? As soon as Allen […]

Charlotte Hornets forward PJ Washington was somehow on the right side of an encounter with Brooklyn Nets superstar forward Kevin Durant — which isn’t often the case for anyone in today’s NBA. Not only did Washington get the better of Durant at the rim on Sunday evening, but he did so in impressive fashion. Perhaps […]

The Brooklyn Nets are shorthanded, at least for the time being. Spencer Dinwiddie went down while driving and clutched his knee early on in the third quarter of their game against the Charlotte Hornets. Spence goes down, but he is able to get up and limp to the bench. Scary. pic.twitter.com/xLjFNmH0aL — Talkin’ Nets (@TalkinNets) […]

Unsurprisingly, getting Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving together makes a team pretty hard to beat. However, their stellar play isn’t the only reason for the Brooklyn Nets’ blistering start to the 2020-21 season and why they suddenly look like title contenders. Despite a revamped coaching staff led by first-year head coach Steve Nash, Irving and […]

Brooklyn Nets head coach Steve Nash recently expressed his optimism on big man Jarrett Allen’s future in the league despite the short period of time that they have worked together thus far. The former Texas Longhorn is currently on the $3.9 million rookie deal he signed back in 2017 when he first came to the […]

The Christmas Day matchup between the Boston Celtics and the Brooklyn Nets was touted to be a contest between two of the top teams in the East. Unfortunately for the Celtics, they proved no match to the mighty Nets on the evening, with the game ending in a disappointing 123-95 blowout. Cs two-guard Jaylen Brown […]

It’s so far, so good for season one of the Kevin Durant & Kyrie Irving Show. The two superstars are off to a historically hot start in their first two games together with the Brooklyn Nets. They teamed up to earn an easy Christmas Day victory over the Boston Celtics, 123-95, with the high-scoring, sage-burning […]

Kevin Durant put on a show yet again on Christmas Day, as the Brooklyn Nets pummeled the Boston Celtics en route to a 123-95 against fellow Eastern Conference contenders in the Boston Celtics. After the win, new Nets head coach Steve Nash had nothing but high praise for his superstar. As a matter of fact, […]

The Brooklyn Nets logged their second consecutive win to open the season, as they made easy work of the Boston Celtics to come away with an impressive 123-95 win. After the victory, Kyrie Irving was graceful enough to meet the press and took it as an opportunity to talk up Brooklyn’s playoff hopes this season. […]

Since the Memphis Grizzlies had no scheduled games on Christmas Day, Ja Morant spent the holiday as a willing spectator during the marquee matchup between Eastern powerhouse teams Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics. Much like most fans, last year’s Rookie of The Year was left enamored by the latest dynamic duo in the league in […]

Kevin Durant did not hold back on Christmas Day.  With the Brooklyn Nets taking care of the Boston Celtics in grand fashion, the highlight of the game was KD’s monster of an offensive display. Scoring 29 points on the night along with four rebounds and three assists, his 16-point third quarter for the Nets caught […]

Despite Houston Rockets star James Harden voicing his desire to join the Brooklyn Nets, head coach Steve Nash has made it clear that he’s not aware of any negotiations between the two organizations, per the Athletic’s Alex Schiffer: Steve Nash said there hasn't been any conversations or alerts about the Nets involvement in the James […]

The Brooklyn Nets have arrived after a season’s time involving the many debates in reference to competing for an NBA championship in 2021. While it’s only a small sample size of playing time so far this season, anyone with knowledge of the game would have to admit that the superstar duo of Kevin Durant and […]

After two preseason games of playing together, the Brooklyn Nets All-Star duo of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving finally saw the court for the first time in the regular season. As expected, there was a lot of buzz surrounding the chemistry of the two notable stars and how they would compliment each other’s style of […]

It was just one game, but Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant looked like himself again. Himself meaning: arguably the best basketball player in the world, as he was before he ruptured his Achilles in the 2019 NBA Finals. A year and a half later, in his long-awaited debut with the Nets, Durant dropped 22 points […]

The Golden State Warriors kicked off their season on Tuesday with a disappointing blowout loss to the Brooklyn Nets. After the defeat, Warriors head coach Steve Kerr provided an assessment of his team, and unsurprisingly, the three-time NBA champion coach wasn’t very happy with how his side came out in their season opener. Kerr is […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant recently made his way back on the floor against his former team in the Golden State Warriors after 18 months of absence due to a ruptured Achilles tendon injury. The 2014 NBA MVP didn’t want to make a big fuss about his comeback and had his focus on producing night […]

The Brooklyn Nets made quick work of the Golden State Warriors on opening night, as they blew out the Dubs, 125-99. Kevin Durant finally made his debut for Brooklyn, but aside from his impressive performance, it was also his post-game interview with Charles Barkley that made headlines. Sir Charles threw a question to Durant about […]

If the Brooklyn Nets’ 26-point drubbing of the Golden State Warriors on opening night is any indication, they truly are up for big things in the 2020-21 season. Apart from giving Steve Nash the first W of his coaching career, the Nets accomplished five amazing feats in their 125-99 victory at Barclays Center. Tuesday’s game […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kyrie Irving let his game talk for him once again on Tuesday night as he led his team to a lopsided 125-99 win over the Golden State Warriors. Irving, who scored a team-high of 26 points, controlled the game from the get-go and made sure his 2020-21 NBA season debut didn’t go […]

There were a lot of firsts on Tuesday night’s opener between the Brooklyn Nets and the Golden State Warriors. It was the first time where Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant finally stepped on the same court together as their duo ultimately handed the Nets their first win of the 2020-21 season. And, there was another […]

Former teammates Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry dabbed it up right before the Golden State Warriors-Brooklyn Nets tip-off on opening night. The two NBA stars exchanged some words but unfortunately, they weren’t mic’d up. Luckily for fans, Chris Webber shared what he thought the two said to one another. Since Durant touched Curry’s new braids, […]

Tuesday’s opening night game between the Golden State Warriors and the Brooklyn Nets was a reunion of some sort between former teammates Stephen Curry, Draymond Green and Kevin Durant. It was the first time that Durant actually stepped on the court to play his first NBA game since June 2019, when he ruptured his Achilles […]

The Brooklyn Nets are getting their first taste of Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant on the floor together, with Irving off to a hot start. While putting together an impressive first half, Irving shot from Stephen Curry range to extend Brooklyn’s lead before the end of the second quarter. Kyrie Irving from WAY downtown! He's […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant has gotten off to a hot start in his first official NBA game since June 2019. In the first five minutes of Tuesday’s game against the Golden State Warriors, Durant’s scored 10 points on 66.7 percent shooting for the Nets, which is tied for the most he’s scored in the […]

Fans of the Golden State Warriors were awaiting the return of Stephen Curry and he didn’t take long to show off his 3-point prowess again. Late in the fourth quarter, Curry shook Jarrett Allen of the Brooklyn Nets to make his first 3-pointer of the new season. Steph mixed Jarrett Allen 🤭 pic.twitter.com/nt5GDCXlAe — Bleacher […]

The Brooklyn Nets have looked quite impressive early on against the hobbled Golden State Warriors on Tuesday evening, though the Western Conference franchise did show some flashes of excellence to kick-off the 2020-21 NBA regular season. In the absence of both shooting guard Klay Thompson and power forward Draymond Green, it was Warriors newcomer and […]

It’s official, ladies and gentlemen. Golden State Warriors rookie center James Wiseman is on the board as a NBA big man. With Wiseman slamming it home to score his first regulation NBA points on Tuesday evening, the first-year center did so against the upstart Brooklyn Nets in the first game of the 2020-21 regular season. […]

Golden State Warriors All-Star shooting guard Klay Thompson will miss Tuesday night’s 2020-21 NBA season tip-off game against the Brooklyn Nets, continuing his stretch of sidelined games first stemming from an ACL tear in the 2019 Finals and a recent Achilles tendon tear. Thompson, 30, shared a photo on Instagram along with a lengthy caption […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant will take on some of his old teammates as the Nets prepare to face the Golden State Warriors on NBA Opening Night. While Durant has said he does not get extra fired up playing against his old teams, he did admit to Keith Burke of NBC Sports Bay Area’s Dubs […]

Golden State Warriors rookie James Wiseman appeared in just three games — totaling 69 minutes — in his lone season with the Memphis Tigers. Because of the pandemic-shortened offseason and his own COVID-19 diagnosis, the 19-year-old had no Summer League nor preseason action. Yet, despite his lack of on-court hooping since high school, the No. […]

Get ready bettors, NBA odds are back for regular season games. In the much anticipated opener to the 2020-’21 campaign, a revamped Brooklyn Nets squad takes on an injury ravaged Golden State Warriors group. Here’s how sportsbooks have set the opening lines. NBA Odds: Warriors vs. Nets Golden State Warriors +7.5 (-110) Brooklyn Nets -7.5 […]

The Golden State Warriors will square off against the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday night to tip off the NBA season, with Kevin Durant facing his former team. Ahead of his matchup with the Nets, Stephen Curry reflected on his time playing with Durant in Golden State. “You’d always kind of find yourself in awe of […]

The Golden State Warriors will face the Brooklyn Nets on opening night, and  head coach Steve Kerr is aware that he’ll be facing a super team led by Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. For what it’s worth, Kerr is also conscious that once upon a time, he benefitted from having a bunch of superstars at […]