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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 […]

Ahead of the Brooklyn Nets’ season opener against the Golden State Warriors on Tuesday, star forward Kevin Durant shared a loving message to the fans of his former team. Durant will face off with the Warriors for the first time since signing with the Nets in the summer of 2019. He noted that he still […]

It has been more than four years since Kyrie Irving hit that clutch 3-pointer over Stephen Curry in the 2016 NBA Finals. It was the shot that broke the hearts of the Golden State Warriors, and understandably, Curry doesn’t want to be reminded of that. In a Zoom media session, Curry was asked about what […]

Preseason or not, Golden State Warriors coach Steve Kerr is taking the Brooklyn Nets for real. After watching the Nets’ impressive performance in their warm-up contest against the Boston Celtics on Friday, the Warriors tactician expressed his belief that the league better watch out for Brooklyn, especially with his former player Kevin Durant looking healthy. […]

Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving has spoken numerous times about the impact of the late Kobe Bryant on his life after his tragic passing in January. Ahead of a new season, the six-time All Star continues to pay tribute to Bryant, who he has said was one of his idols and a mentor to […]

Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant will make his return to the floor against his old Golden State Warriors teammates in Tuesday night’s opener, though he said there is no extra motivation. Durant explained “every game is important to me” during his Monday media session, per Mark Medina of USA TODAY, saying playing against his former […]

The 2020-21 NBA season is set to get started under very unique circumstances amid the COVID-19 pandemic. The start of a new season always brings new predictions for awards, and they often wind up looking very similar. Here, we’re going to make some outside-the-box choices for the major NBA awards. While there’s a good chance […]

NBA Commissioner Adam Silver published an op-ed in USA Today on Monday addressing why the 2020-21 regular season will begin this week, as COVID-19 continues to surge throughout the United States. While Silver praised everybody who participated in the successful bubble in Orlando, he explained why a campus-like environment was unfeasible for the upcoming season. […]

The offensive end of the floor won’t likely be a problem for Brooklyn Nets head coach Steve Nash, given that he has two of the most potent scorers in the league in Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. This on top of the fact that he and his former coach Mike D’Antoni are both offensive maestros […]

Slowly but surely, Kevin Durant of the Nets is recapturing the form that made him one of the best players in the NBA before going down with an injury more than a year ago. But the Brooklyn Nets forward said that even though he has played well in his return, he can still get better. […]

The Golden State Warriors will be squaring off with a familiar face on Tuesday night to open the 2020-21 season; however, they could be without one of their key contributors. According to Connor Letourneau of the San Francisco Chronicle, Green is doubtful to play in Kevin Durant’s debut with the Brooklyn Nets on Dec. 22. […]

Caris LeVert made his preseason debut for the Brooklyn Nets on Friday, and it was an impressive showing for the 26-year-old. After the Nets’ 113-89 blowout win against the Boston Celtics, superstar teammate Kevin Durant had nothing but praise for LeVert. For his part, Durant expressed exactly what he and the rest of the Nets […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving couldn’t have chosen a better time to pull off his sage-burning pregame ritual. Now, he wants to do it the whole season. On Friday before taking on the Boston Celtics, Irving burned sage at the fan-less TD Garden. Of course, as everyone knows, the veteran point guard had an ugly […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kyrie Irving downplayed the significance of his first game back at the TD Garden Arena against the Boston Celtics on Friday. Shortly after Irving helped the Nets dismantle his former team, 113-89, in their second NBA preseason match, he discussed what went through his mind. He opened up about the situation on […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant also found it quite amusing that his teammate Kyrie Irving burned some sage before facing his former team Boston Celtics on Friday. KD had no qualms about Uncle Drew’s quirkiness and even blurted out a hilarious retort about the whole ordeal. Kevin Durant on Kyrie Irving saging the arena before […]

Ja Morant came up with a huge performance for the Memphis Grizzlies as they took on the Atlanta Hawks on Thursday. The second-year guard led his team to a 128-106 victory over the Hawks, which left more than a few folks impressed — including none other than Brooklyn Nets superstar Kyrie Irving. Irving was so […]

If there were any doubts surrounding Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant’s recovery from his Achilles injury, they can finally be silenced. In a preseason matchup against the Celtics, Kevin Durant showed his explosiveness with a couple of dunks attacking the basket. Joe ➡️➡️➡️ K pic.twitter.com/rwVk2J18kB — Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) December 19, 2020 Kevin Durant's ferocious […]

Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets are taking on the Boston Celtics in a preseason matchup at TD Garden. With Irving returning to TD Garden for the first time since he left the team, Paul Pierce believes Irving will have to deal with heckling from Boston fans until the end of his career. “We hold […]

Kyrie Irving is making his return to the TD Garden on Friday night as the Brooklyn Nets face the Boston Celtics in the preseason. Before the game on Friday, Irving was seen burning sage at TD Garden, causing fans of the Celtics to express their disdain for the All-Star point guard. Kyrie with what looks […]

Hall of Fame forward and TNT analyst Charles Barkley became the latest in the NBA ranks to criticize Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving for past comments regarding the media. Irving had initially refused to speak with reporters at the start of camp. The NBA subsequently fined Kyrie and the Nets, resulting in Irving calling […]

As of Friday morning, here’s where the Houston Rockets are on the James Harden trade front. On Thursday evening, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski and Ramona Shelburne reported that the Rockets were expanding discussions with possible trade partners beyond Harden’s preferred destinations of the Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers. Woj and Shelburne indicated that multiple teams from […]

With the Brooklyn Nets identified as one of James Harden’s preferred destinations, a potential Big 3 of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and Harden has sent shivers down the collective spine of the rest of the league. For Hall of Famer Charles Barkley, however, he hopes that the Houston Rockets do end up trading Harden to […]

Brooklyn Nets’ star Kevin Durant invited NBA dad and professional provocateur, LaVar Ball, onto his podcast–“The ETCS“–where, unsurprisingly, the two sparred over Ball’s insistence that he’s actually a strategic savant. Claiming that the secret recipe to success is actually implementing a”full-court press defense”, Ball himself was pressed by Durant time and again over the impracticability […]

As it turns out, Brooklyn Nets superstar Kyrie Irving is a huge Michael Jordan fan. Nope, not the Chicago Bulls GOAT, but Michael B. Jordan the Hollywood actor. Irving recently caught wind of Jordan’s latest hoops project, the Hoop Dreams Classic, and the Nets point guard shared his excitement about it via Instagram:   Jordan’s […]

Much has been made about how Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving—two ball-dominant superstars—will be able to co-exist with the Brooklyn Nets. NBA legend Reggie Miller, however, isn’t overly concerned about it. In an interview with Mollie Walker of the New York Post, Miller said Durant and Irving’s union shouldn’t be the Nets’ biggest concern. In […]

Brooklyn Nets head coach Steve Nash has expressed his desire to give Caris LeVert a Manu Ginobili-type role by coming off the bench. While most players aren’t fond of being part of the second unit, LeVert has expressed his belief that he has the tools to play any type of role. LeVert tagged his versatility […]

The Brooklyn Nets pulled off a move that few teams have ever done, they acquired two superstars without trading away every asset and rotation player they had. In doing so they’re now able to field a really deep team that will become a nightmare for any team to matchup with this season. On the daily […]

Kevin Durant made his much-awaited debut for the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday following a full season on the sidelines recovering from a gruesome Achilled injury he suffered during the 2019 NBA Finals. Golden State Warriors head coach Steve Kerr was an avid spectator of KD’s comeback game, and according to the three-time NBA champion shot-caller, […]

Memphis Grizzlies guard Ja Morant has emerged as one of the most promising young players in the game today. Recently, the 21-year-old opened up about one particular area of his game that he wants to continue to improve on, and as it turns out, Morant is turning to Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving for some […]

Caris LeVert missed their first preseason game against the Washington Wizards on Sunday which understandably concerned Brooklyn Nets fans. Fortunately, according to head coach Steve Nash, the swingman is doing great and will participate in the team’s scrimmage on Tuesday. Nash, already aware of LeVert’s injury history, shared his optimism on the 26-year-old’s knee. To […]

Brooklyn Nets head coach Steve Nash has nothing but praise for his starting point guard Kyrie Irving. During a conference call with reporters on Monday, Nash said he was surprised by how much explosiveness Irving has in him–even surpassing his initial expectations. “I always knew Ky was a great athlete, incredibly mobile, and such a […]