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Kevin Durant doubled down on his assertion that no person pressured him into returning to the NBA Finals prior to suffering a season-ending Achilles tear that put an end to his stint with the Golden State Warriors. The now-Brooklyn Nets star went on ESPN’s First Take to clarify what transpired in June after coming back […]

Brooklyn Nets forward Kevin Durant was asked to name his top five players in the NBA during a visit to ESPN’s “First Take.” While the injured star didn’t technically commit to naming his top five, he did say the top five players he enjoys watching, starting with teammate Kyrie Irving, LeBron James, James Harden, Joel […]

Kevin Durant expressed his initial reaction to watching former Golden State Warriors teammate Stephen Curry break his left hand during Wednesday’s game against the Phoenix Suns. The now-Brooklyn Nets star admitted it was a tough blow to watch his former teammate exit the game with the injury. “Luckily, it wasn’t anything more serious than that, […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant joined the set of ESPN’s “First Take” on Thursday morning. Amid his wide-ranging interview, the former No. 2 overall pick admitted that his in-game argument with Draymond Green played at least a small role in his decision to leave the Warriors. A brief look back at the incident before we […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving is a talented but controversial guard. While Kyrie is known as one of the best dribblers and finishers in the association, he has been infamous for being someone that is difficult to deal with. In fact, a good number of fans think that he’s one of the reasons why the […]

Year one of the Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving era in Brooklyn will be devoid of Kevin Durant — as the 2013-14 NBA Most Valuable Player Award recipient is expected to miss the 2019-20 season due to an Achilles tendon injury. In the meantime, the Brooklyn Nets will look to build off their 2019 playoff appearance. […]

Brooklyn Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson isn’t going to talk with Kyrie Irving about the recent report from ESPN which claimed the Nets have an “unspoken concern” about Irving’s “infamous mood swings.” Kenny Atkinson hasn’t felt the need to sit down w/ Irving over the ESPN story: “I know all these elite players, not just […]

ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan, who wrote a story on Tuesday saying the Brooklyn Nets have an “unspoken concern” about point guard Kyrie Irving’s “infamous mood swings,” is now detailing how happy Irving is in Brooklyn. MacMullan covered Irving with the Boston Celtics last season, where Uncle Drew wasn’t that cheerful behind the scenes. Irving signed a […]

Kevin Durant teamed up this offseason with his good friend Kyrie Irving on the Brooklyn Nets, sending the Golden State Warriors scrambling for a back-up plan, which they found in the form of a sign-and-trade for D’Angelo Russell. However, recent news surrounding Irving makes him seem like a somewhat volatile character, though having “mood swings” […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant likely won’t play this season, but he’s keeping tabs on the entire league. One player KD has noticed early in the season is Detroit Pistons point guard Derrick Rose. Speaking at the Forbes Under 30 Summit in Detroit on Tuesday, Durant said Rose — the youngest MVP in NBA history […]

Kevin Durant may have just joined the Brooklyn Nets in the past offseason, but the 10-time All-Star is already dreaming about competing for a very different squad in the future. Durant, 31, revealed to former Oklahoma City Thunder teammate Serge Ibaka his desire to play for the Spanish club FC Barcelona. When word reached across […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie came to the defense of point guard Kyrie Irving and instead took a jab at Houston Rockets general manager Daryl Morey. After ESPN reported on Tuesday that some members of the Nets are worried about Irving’s mood swings and his actions during the team’s preseason trip to China, Dinwiddie told […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant told Toronto Raptors big man Serge Ibaka on his cooking show that he wants to finish out his career in Barcelona and experience EuroLeague basketball. Barcelona head coach Svetislav Pesic addressed Durant’s comments on Tuesday: “I’m not surprised,” Pesic said, per Mundo Deportivo. “He knows the basketball situation outside of […]

Former NBA big man and current ESPN analyst Kendrick Perkins has never shied away from ripping Brooklyn Nets star point guard Kyrie Irving. Perkins was very critical of Irving last season after Uncle Drew’s disappointing year with the Boston Celtics. Now on the Nets, Irving is putting up stellar numbers, but Brooklyn has gotten off […]

A story was released on Tuesday indicating that Brooklyn Nets All-Star Kyrie Irving suffers from occasional mood swings. Whether it’s true or not, his teammate, DeAndre Jordan, got a kick out of the report. “Kyrie’s a bad guy,” Jordan told James Herbert of CBS Sports with a heavy dose of sarcasm. “He’s terrible. He’s moody. […]

A recent story surfaced recent concerns about Kyrie Irving’s mood swings, one the Brooklyn Nets experienced during their trip to China. Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson refuted any sense of concern by team officials, noting those are totally false, according to SNY’s Ian Begley. "That is completely false" – Kenny Atkinson on the Kyrie Irving […]

Kevin Durant’s venture to join the Brooklyn Nets will give him the opportunity to once again form a team from the ground up after spending three seasons with a well-constructed Golden State Warriors roster. Yet the two-time Finals MVP doesn’t have any delusions of making the Nets a supernova of a team like the Warriors’ […]

This year was not supposed to be a great one for the Brooklyn Nets. Everyone knew that. Yes, the Nets landed both Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in free agency, but with Durant set to miss the entire 2019-20 campaign while recovering from a torn Achilles, no one thought of Brooklyn as much more than […]

Kyrie Irving had a disastrous final season in Boston, and the writing was on the wall that his tenure with the Celtics was coming to an end. Prior to free agency, fans already assumed he would leave the Green Gang, as talks about him joining the Brooklyn Nets became louder and louder. Irving, according to […]

Kevin Durant’s adjustment to a new franchise can’t be understated. While he chose to trade a potential run at more championships for a chance to build something new with the Brooklyn Nets, adjusting to the culture will take some compromise. Not only will Durant have to listen, but also be willing to change some of […]

Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, and DeAndre Jordan all came together this past summer and joined the Brooklyn Nets. The Kyrie-KD-DJ team-up idea apparently first was broached when Irving suggested they do so during the 2016 Olympics. ESPN’s Jackie MacMullan detailed how Irving planted the seeds over three years ago in Rio de Janeiro: One of […]

The Brooklyn Nets have grown concerned about the mood swings of star Kyrie Irving, ones he’s been known to have through the course of his career. According to former teammates he’s had with the Cleveland Cavaliers and the Boston Celtics, these come and go in lapses throughout the season. “When Irving lapses into these funks, […]

Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving got the best of New York Knicks rookie RJ Barrett on Friday, hitting a pull-up 3-pointer from his sweet spot in the fourth quarter to call game in the spirited battle of the boroughs. Despite the two being in rival teams, Irving wanted Barrett to know he can seek […]

After a lackluster start in his first two games as an NBA player, Ja Morant finally showed why he was picked second overall by the Memphis Grizzlies. The 20-year-old guard form Murray State was instrumental in the Grizzlies’ stunning 134-133 overtime win over the Brooklyn Nets on Sunday. Going head-to-head with six-time All-Star Kyrie Irving, […]

The Memphis Grizzlies scored its first victory in dramatic fashion on Sunday, beating the Brooklyn Nets by a hair in overtime, 134-133, after a buzzer-beating three-pointer by Jae Crowder. Down by two with just 3.7 ticks left in the extra period, Grizzlies rookie Ja Morant raced down the court and was met by two defenders […]

Kyrie Irving has done nothing but impress in his first few games as the Brooklyn Nets’ new point guard. First he scored 50 points in his Nets debut, then he finished off crosstown rival New York Knicks with a clutch fourth-quarter shot. Teammate and backup point guard Spencer Dinwiddie believes Irving could be the 2019-20 […]

Brooklyn Nets center Jarrett Allen is excited to see how far the team will go over the next couple of years after they have acquired All-Stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. And he gave a lot of credit to former teammate D’Angelo Russell for helping the Nets be where they are now. I spoke with […]

Kyrie Irving had another remarkable performance on Friday night for the Brooklyn Nets as he led his team to its second consecutive victory to the start the new season in a 113-109 victory against the New York Knicks. Following the game, Irving described the type of atmosphere he experienced during his first taste of the […]

Kyrie Irving is already setting record just two games into his Brooklyn Nets career. After stellar back-to-back performances to begin the 2019-20 NBA season, the 31-year-old six-time All-Star has scored the most points through the first two games of a season by any Nets player in franchise history. His total of 76 points has eclipsed […]

The Brooklyn Nets had to rely on Kyrie Irving once again to get them over the New York Knicks. This time, Uncle Drew delivered. Thanks to his heroic stat line of 26 points, two rebounds and five assists, Kyrie and the Nets managed to hold off a young and fiery Knicks team from giving them […]

Kyrie Irving proved that “Uncle Drew” still has the clutch gene after delivering in crunch time for the Brooklyn Nets on Friday, giving his team its first triumph of the season with a 113-109 victory over the New York Knicks. Down by one with under 30 ticks left in regulation, Irving calmly sank a step-back […]

New York Knicks power forward Bobby Portis and Brooklyn Nets star point guard Kyrie Irving got into it over a loose ball on Friday at the Barclays Center. Nets swingman Taurean Prince came to Irving’s defense after he saw Portis trying to pick up Irving while the star guard was on the floor, looking to […]

After starting the season on the road in San Antonio, the New York Knicks returned “home” on Friday for a matchup with crosstown rivals Brooklyn Nets. With battling fans of both teams in attendance for the battle of the boroughs, opposing chants were heard. Knicks fans rained down boos at the Barclays Center for Kyrie […]

New York Knicks fans are still salty that Kyrie Irving signed with the Brooklyn Nets. Irving got booed at the Barclays Center by Knicks fans while he was at the free-throw line during the Nets-Knicks game: Kyrie Irving getting boo'd on his own court! Lol pic.twitter.com/aFDwoee2Zz — Iceburg 🥶 (@Iceburg_music) October 25, 2019 Knicks fans […]

Kenny Atkinson is hoping to the turn Brooklyn Nets-New York Knicks matchups “into a real exciting rivalry in the future.” The Nets take on the Knicks on Friday at the Barclays Center: Nets coach Kenny Atkinson on the first Knicks/Nets match up of the season: “We hope we can turn this into a real exciting […]

Marcus Morris seemed confident that the New York Knicks wouldn’t have any tumult in the locker room after coming from a 2018-19 season plagued with it during his run with the Boston Celtics. The new Knick was asked if he thought his previous teammate Kyrie Irving failed in his leadership role with the Celtics, but […]

Kyrie Irving is expected to make waves with the Brooklyn Nets once his new partner in crime Kevin Durant can rejoin him next season, but the new Brooklyn Nets guard sent a warning shot as loud as any after a near-opening-season win against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Irving scored 50 points in defeat, securing the record […]

The Brooklyn Nets have been New York’s most competitive team in recent history, but even after netting a star duo of Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, the latter doesn’t think their recent success will be enough to convert loyal New York Knicks fans. Unlike Irving’s opinion that the Nets have become New York’s team now, […]

Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James was impressed that Brooklyn Nets point guard Kyrie Irving was able to get a shot off against the Minnesota Timberwolves at the buzzer on Wednesday despite falling. James, who played with Irving for three seasons on the Cleveland Cavaliers, says he’s seen the Nets star lose his footing and […]