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Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant is in the midst of recovering from the Achilles injury he suffered during the NBA Finals two months ago. While some people are optimistic that he can return as the same MVP-caliber player, one expert surgeon suggests otherwise. In an interview with Ian Begley of SNYTV, Dr. John Wilckens, chief […]

Brooklyn Nets fans have been optimistic about Kevin Durant’s impending return from a devastating right Achilles tendon injury. Unlike other right-handed players who have suffered the injury, Durant’s injury is not to the left Achilles, but the right — which brought speculation of a better chance for a successful return. The fan cited Dominique Wilkins, […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Kyrie Irving is already playing ball with some of his brand new teammates. Nets Daily writer Anthony Puccio reported that Irving and Caris LeVert, among other Nets, have been getting used to playing with each other already in California. Reportedly, Irving is the one who set up the hoop sessions. Kyrie Irving […]

New York Knicks guard Allonzo Trier and Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant are very close friends off the court. Trier and Durant have been good friends for close to a decade and attended the same high school. The Knicks guard visited Durant one day after finishing a workout in Los Angeles. Durant is recovering from […]

Kevin Durant says he still thinks about the night he tore his Achilles in Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors. The former Golden State Warriors superstar, who is now on the Brooklyn Nets, is expected to miss the entire 2019-20 season. “Yeah, I still think about that night,” Durant told Chris […]

Steve Kerr is far better suited than most NBA coaches to guide a team in pursuit of multiple championships. He spent five seasons of his 15-year career with the Chicago Bulls, winning three consecutive championships in the late 1990s. He won two more rings with the San Antonio Spurs, too, even becoming one of the […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar small forward Kevin Durant says he’ll be “back playing at a high level” once he returns from his Achilles injury. Durant knows it’s going to be a long process, but the two-time Finals MVP is ready to put in the work. “Man, life is good,” Durant told Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. […]

Rumors of Kevin Durant leaving the Golden State Warriors started to gain a ton of steam when he had that infamous dust off with Draymond Green earlier in the 2018-19 season. Obviously, those speculations turned into reality as KD signed a four-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets this offseason. However, even if he didn’t have […]

No one was shocked when Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving announced their plans to play together going forward. Rumors of their interest in forming one of the NBA’s most devastating scoring tandems in league history date back to last year, and reached a fever pitch after the pair was recorded sharing a hushed conversation at […]

Remember when Kevin Durant was bound for the New York Knicks? It was in early February, when the Knicks parted ways with Kristaps Porzingis, their long-awaited and ever-rare homegrown star, in a trade with the Dallas Mavericks that created enough cap space for them to sign two a pair of max-level free agents in free […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar small forward Kevin Durant admits he doesn’t know when he’ll be back from his Achilles injury. Durant tore his Achilles in Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors. “I don’t know,” Durant told Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports. “Just like I didn’t know I was going to get hurt. […]

Superstar small forward Kevin Durant says the Golden State Warriors didn’t mishandle his calf injury during the 2019 playoffs. Durant tore his Achilles in Game 5 of the NBA Finals against the Toronto Raptors. The two-time Finals MVP initially suffered a calf strain in the Warriors’ second-round matchup against the Houston Rockets. “Hell, no. How […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant is still recovering from an Achilles injury, but it seems his rehabilitation process is going well. In a series of photos posted on Instagram, Durant can be seen working through a workout routine with some of his friends and trainers. What’s interesting about this is the fact that he is […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie has stuck around long enough to see his team take a major turn in the right direction. Once a journeyman, Dinwiddie is now a key piece to a Nets team that will feature the tandem of point guard Kyrie Irving and forward Kevin Durant for years to come. As a […]

Brooklyn Nets forward Caris LeVert, entering his fourth year in the NBA—all with the Nets—is looking to reinvent his game and build off of his successful, albeit injury-shortened, 2018-19 season. Speaking about LeVert, point guard Spencer Dinwiddie’s trainer, Olin Simplis, mentioned working out with the Brooklyn teammates and how the former Michigan Wolverine standout is […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie will have the important role of backing up All-Star floor general Kyrie Irving next season, and he is gearing up for it. Dinwiddie’s trainer, Olin Simplis, confirmed to Ian Begley of SNY that the 26-year-old is working a lot on his offense this offseason. Besides shooting 3-pointers, Dinwiddie is apparently […]

Former Nets big man Kenyon Martin recently joined Alex Kennedy of HoopsHype for a wide-ranging interview. Amid their discussion, Martin was asked to provide his opinion on Brooklyn’s acquisitions of Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant this offseason. HoopsHype: You played four seasons with the New Jersey Nets and had a lot of success there. What […]

Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving didn’t take discounts from the max-level salaries they deserve for DeAndre Jordan to sit on the bench. Just because the Brooklyn Nets’ new superstars facilitated Jordan signing with their team in free agency, though, doesn’t mean he’s entitled to a starting spot. In fact, Nets coach Kenny Atkinson seemed to […]

CLUTCH Summary: Sixers big man Joel Embiid is one of the best players in the entire NBA. It has likely gotten lost in the shuffle thanks to the NBA Playoffs, but Embiid had himself a tremendous campaign. Joel Embiid is still only scratching the surface of his talents, leaving the Sixers in a great spot […]

Joe Harris of the Brooklyn Nets believes that head coach Kenny Atkinson saw tidbits of vaunted NBA shooter Kyle Korver in him. Per Anthony Puccio of SB Nation, Joe Harris recalled his journey to the NBA. Harris, the 33rd overall pick in 2014, believes that he was lucky when he joined the Nets in 2016 […]

Brooklyn Nets shooting guard Joe Harris thinks Brooklyn’s “quality players” attracted stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving to the team. Along with Harris, who is one of the best 3-point shooters in the league, the Nets have Jarrett Allen, Caris LeVert, Spencer Dinwiddie and Rodions Kurucs. Harris says Brooklyn’s culture and young core pieces are […]

The Brooklyn Nets announced new additions to their coaching umbrella, hiring Ryan Foreham-Kelly as the team’s player development coordinator and naming Shaun Fein as the Long Island Nets head coach. Team USA's Jerry Colangelo on De'Aaron Fox's chance to go from the Select Team to the National Team: "It’s happened before and it’ll probably happen […]

Despite several Brooklyn Nets players claiming they had prior knowledge that Kevin Durant was signing with them, Joe Harris claims he was unaware of the impending free-agency decision of KD. Speaking on the “Pardon My Take” podcast (h/t Anthony Puccio of Nets Daily), Harris mentioned that they expected Kyrie Irving’s arrival. However, he pointed out […]

A Western Conference scout expressed his amazement on the stark improvement of the free-throw shooting of Brooklyn Nets center DeAndre Jordan. For most of his career, Jordan is known as one of the worst free-throw shooters in the league, as shown by his horrendous 46.6 percent clip from the charity stripe. Last year, however, things […]

DeAndre Jordan, now of the Brooklyn Nets, briefly reflected on the 2018-2019 NBA season — a year that tested his “mental patience.” The 2018-2019 season was the first time in Jordan’s career that he didn’t don an LA Clippers jersey. To recall, he inked a one year deal with the Dallas Mavericks in the summer […]

DeAndre Jordan, now of the Brooklyn Nets, has admitted that ignoring the crowd’s jeering helped him become a better free-throw shooter. Jordan, a career 46.6 percent free-throw line shooter, noted how the Hack-a-Shaq strategy affected his game. He recalled how he was a target of opposing teams who are looking to intentionally foul to stop […]

A lot of people have tried to play doctor regarding Kevin Durant’s injury during the 2019 playoffs. Washington Wizards point guard John Wall, in an interview with Michael Lee of The Athletic, stated that he believes Durant’s initial injury was already to the Achilles, instead of the reported calf strain: “I don’t like to talk […]

Wilson Chandler knows what it feels like to play under the microscopic bright lights of New York City. The newly-signed Brooklyn Nets forward, in fact, spent the first three and a half years of his career with the New York Knicks. In an interview with Tom Noie of the South Bend Tribune, the 11-year veteran […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant has been called a “snake” ever since he decided to leave the Oklahoma City Thunder to join the Golden State Warriors back in 2016. People saw this as a weak move and from then on, they’ve seen KD as nothing but a serpent who does everything for his own benefit. […]

Golden State Warriors All-Star shooting guard Klay Thompson says he’s “not worried” about Brooklyn Nets superstar small forward Kevin Durant as he recovers from a torn Achilles tendon. Durant, who left the Warriors this summer and signed a four-year deal with the Nets in free agency, will likely miss the entire 2019-20 season. Thompson, who […]

Brooklyn Nets All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving makes his first return to Boston on Nov. 27 to face the Celtics. Irving played the past two seasons with the Celtics. Kyrie signed a four-year deal with the Nets in free agency this summer. Sources: Notable superstar return games on 2019-20 NBA schedule: Clippers’ Kawhi Leonard at […]

Despite the additions of Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, Caris LeVert of the Brooklyn Nets says they’ll still consider themselves underdogs. Caris LeVert joined ESPN’s The Jump and shared his thoughts on the addition of KD and Kyrie. LeVert believes they’re still the underdogs — a tag not meant to undervalue Irving and Durant, but […]

Brooklyn Nets rising star Caris LeVert was at his home when he found out Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving were signing with the Nets. LeVert says he found out about Durant’s decision like everyone else did by checking KD’s Instagram page. Both Irving and Durant signed four-year deals with the Nets, something LeVert says he […]

Brooklyn Nets small forward Caris LeVert says All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving is “a great person to be around” and has been organizing team workouts in Los Angeles. LeVert says he didn’t pay attention to any of the rumors which claimed Irving is a bad teammate and leader. The Nets swingman wants to get to […]

Brooklyn Nets small forward Caris LeVert says his recovery from a dislocated right foot was “one of the toughest things I had to go through.” LeVert suffered the injury on Nov. 12, 2018 against the Minnesota Timberwolves. Fortunately, LeVert didn’t require surgery and returned to the Nets lineup in February. He finished the regular season […]

Boston Celtics small forward Jayson Tatum says he’s still very close with All-Star point guard Kyrie Irving. Irving signed a four-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets in free agency after playing the past two seasons with the Celtics. Tatum says Irving’s decision to leave Boston for Brooklyn “doesn’t change the dynamic of our friendship.” Via […]

The NBA world was shocked when Kevin Durant announced he would be leaving the Golden State Warriors and heading to the other side of the country to join the Brooklyn Nets. Nets fans celebrated, but at first, even head coach Kenny Atkinson couldn’t join them. Atkinson explained to Jackie MacMullan of ESPN that he didn’t […]

The Brooklyn Nets’ rebuilding phase is over. Once Kevin Durant is healthy, they will be ready to contend for the title for years to come thanks to this summer’s acquisitions of Durant and Kyrie Irving. Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson understands the pressure in front of him. Not only is he expected to lead the […]

It hasn’t even been two months since Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant tore his Achilles, but he’s already been seen walking without crutches in the streets of Los Angeles. Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant walking without any crutches just 52 days after rupturing his achilles. (via @TMZ_Sports) pic.twitter.com/49aLbmQ5Uf — Christopher Lavinio (@ChrisLavinio) August 1, 2019 […]