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With the Brooklyn Nets introduction of free agent signings and All-Stars Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and DeAndre Jordan on Tuesday, the question of who will start at center has developed in the forefront of every starting lineup question. The team had slotted rising big man Jarrett Allen in the middle, but the addition of Jordan, […]

Two-time Finals MVP Kevin Durant underwent a full evaluation with the Brooklyn Nets doctors and performance staff on Monday. Nets general manager Sean Marks, speaking to reporters at Summer League on Tuesday in Las Vegas, said he will not rule one way or another on whether Durant will play next season. Kevin Durant underwent a […]

Brooklyn Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson believes DeAndre Jordan will be motivated once again now that the high-flyer is on a playoff team. This past season with the Dallas Mavericks and New York Knicks, there were times where Jordan didn’t give maximum effort on defense. Atkinson wants Jordan to get back to his All-Star level […]

Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks says Kevin Durant committed to the Nets via Instagram before he even spoke or met with the team. Durant signed a four-year deal with the Nets. Brooklyn also got Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan. Durant, Irving and Jordan are really close friends: Sean Marks said that Kevin Durant committed […]

Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks says the franchise won’t be making any timelines available for Kevin Durant’s return from an Achilles tear. Durant is widely expected to miss the entire 2019-20 season: Sean Marks says the team won’t be making any timelines available for Kevin Durant’s return. Said Durant will be evaluated by the […]

The Brooklyn Nets are staying active in the offseason. According to a report from Michael Scotto of The Athletic, former University of North Carolina swingman Theo Pinson has agreed to the terms of a two-year deal with Brooklyn. The Brooklyn Nets and Theo Pinson have agreed to a two-year deal, a league source told @TheAthleticNBA. […]

Former Nets veteran Jared Dudley made waves this summer when he himself pitched on joining LeBron James and Anthony Davis on the new-look Los Angeles Lakers. Dudley, in fact, became one of the first pieces to fall into the Purple and Golds’ hands in free agency. The 33-year old leaves a similarly budding powerhouse team […]

A number of teams positioned themselves with a significant amount of cap room to sign two max-salary free agents this summer. However, only a select few were actually able to successfully fill in those slots with two legitimate superstars. One of them was the Brooklyn Nets, who signed both Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant. The […]

The Brooklyn Nets were one of the major winners in this year’s free agency. They landed two of the biggest names on the market in Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. In an interview with Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated, Nets GM Sean Marks admitted he had been eyeing this 2019 class for several years now: […]

The Brooklyn Nets explored the possibility of signing Kevin Durant well before the end of their season, yet a crushing Achilles injury in the NBA Finals could possibly have become a game-changer for the team, as the prospect of him sitting out a full year due to the injury could have been catastrophic for a […]

The Brooklyn Nets were much more than a last-minute change of heart for Kyrie Irving, but rather his preferred landing spot soon after his postseason ended with a disappointing four straight losses against the Milwaukee Bucks. According to Chris Mannix of Sports Illustrated, Irving had changed course from his commitment to the Boston Celtics by […]

In a whirlwind of an offseason, former Brooklyn Nets guard D’Angelo Russell was traded to the Golden State Warriors after making his first All-Star team and making significant career steps in Brooklyn. Instead of being bitter toward the team that decided to release him, Russell had nothing but positives to say about the Nets. In […]

The Brooklyn Nets continued to round out their roster on Monday night. They agreed to re-sign shooting guard Theo Pinson to a two-year deal. Michael Scotto of the Athletic broke the news via Twitter: The Brooklyn Nets and Theo Pinson have agreed to a two-year deal, a league source told @TheAthleticNBA. Pinson also reunited with […]

Brooklyn Nets shooting guard Joe Harris is way ahead of the game when it comes to welcoming former Cleveland Cavaliers and Boston Celtics point guard Kyrie Irving. Not only that but Harris is also already sticking up for Irving, who remained in the spotlight for the better part of this past season due to his […]

The Golden State Warriors sent a top-20 protected 2020 first-round pick to the Brooklyn Nets in the completed sign-and-trade for one-time All-Star guard D’Angelo Russell. Should the pick land in the protected range, it will convey into a 2025 second-round pick. The 2020 first-round pick the Warriors sent to the Nets in the D’Angelo Russell […]

With Kawhi Leonard officially making his monumental decision to sign with the Los Angeles Clippers, NBA free agency has effectively come to a close. It has certainly been a wild few weeks, a period which really began last month when the Los Angeles Lakers swung a deal to acquire Anthony Davis in a trade with […]

Now that the NBA’s moratorium period has wrapped up, the Brooklyn Nets tweeted out a thank you message for D’Angelo Russell, who was part of a sign-and-trade with the Golden State Warriors to acquire Kevin Durant. Thank you for creating unforgettable moments in Brooklyn. We will always be grateful 🙏 pic.twitter.com/FQHP8R2Cep — Brooklyn Nets (@BrooklynNets) […]

Brooklyn Nets general manager Sean Marks heaped praises for new franchise player Kevin Durant. The Nets confirmed in a statement that they officially acquired Durant in a sign-and-trade deal with the Golden State Warriors. Brooklyn sent D’Angelo Russell, Shabazz Napier, Treveon Graham to the Warriors in exchange for Durant and a future first-round pick. Marks, […]

For star guard Kyrie Irving, donning the Brooklyn Nets jersey has always been in his mind. Via Instagram, Irving posted a throwback photo of himself holding up a Nets ball captioned. “It’s always been in the cards!” https://www.instagram.com/p/Bzof5zqHAPV/ Irving posted the photo hours after he signed his four-year $141 million deal with Nets — making […]

The Boston Celtics were considered title favorites heading into the 2019-19 NBA season, but they failed to get into their rhythm because of an alleged tension within the team. Kyrie Irving is bearing the brunt of Boston’s disappointing season. Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie believes that it is not proper to blame one person for […]

Brooklyn Nets forward Taurean Prince has nothing but good words for his new superstar teammate Kyrie Irving. Prince was asked to give his thoughts on Irving, who was one of the two huge acquisitions of the Nets this offseason. The veteran forward said that he believes that Irving is a great thinker and is very […]

Kevin Durant is looking forward to a fresh start with the Brooklyn Nets, and the superstar forward will be wearing a new jersey number with his new team. Durant announced that he will be ditching the No. 35 he wore during his stints with the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Golden State Warriors. The 30-year-old […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Caris LeVert is excited to have two All-star teammates, but he is also sad that D’Angelo Russell had to go this summer. LeVert is excited for what is in store for the Nets after acquiring Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant. The 24-year-old feels that they are now a better team with the […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie was one of the guys that actively recruited Kyrie Irving to come to New York. Ever since All-Star weekend, Dinwiddie — one of the more humorous and transparent Twitter users in the NBA — has publicly and privately pleaded Irving to make the move to Brooklyn. With that said, it […]

The Brooklyn Nets may not be considered favorites to win an NBA title until Kevin Durant returns from his Achilles injury, but Taurean Prince is not waiting around for Durant in his quest to help the Nets win a title. Prince spoke to reporters on Sunday about having a sense of urgency and setting lofty […]

Rondae Hollis-Jefferson has agreed to a one-year deal with the defending champion Toronto Raptors, according to Shams Charania of The Athletic and Stadium. The Brooklyn Nets didn’t make the 24-year-old a qualifying offer in order to free up cap space, and they ultimately wound up with Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan. Hollis-Jefferson spent […]

New York Knicks fans weren’t especially happy that their team’s free-agency class was headlined by Julius Randle and Bobby Portis and not All-Stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, both of whom signed with their crosstown rival Brooklyn Nets. Portis, however, reportedly knew all the way back in February that the two NBA champions planned on […]

For years, the New York Knicks have been the team that has garnered all of the basketball headlines in New York City. After all, Madison Square Garden is hailed as “The Mecca of Basketball,” and the Knicks’ fan base is one of the most passionate in all of sports despite all of the recent losing. […]

Kyrie Irving is officially a Brooklyn Net. The 27-year-old point guard signed as an unrestricted free agent with the Brooklyn Nets this offseason after previously playing two seasons for the Boston Celtics. Irving plans on teaming up with one-time All-Star center DeAndre Jordan and four-time league scoring champion, but injured, forward Kevin Durant with the […]

Dallas Mavericks sophomore Kostas Antetokounmpo pulled off a Giannis-esque Euro step against shot-blocking specialist Jarrett Allen of the Brooklyn Nets during their Summer League game on Saturday. Big brother took notice: 👀 @Kostas_ante13 https://t.co/BeAYDogwWD — Giannis Antetokounmpo (@Giannis_An34) July 6, 2019 Perhaps a little revenge for Allen’s rejection of one of The Greek Freak’s dunks […]

New York Knicks guard Dennis Smith Jr. is pretty confident about his team’s chances next season, and he’s not really concerned about the Brooklyn Nets who recently acquired All-Stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. In an interview with Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News, the incoming third-year guard said that he’s not surprised […]

Kevin Durant’s mind was made up: He would team up with Kyrie Irving to join the Brooklyn Nets in free agency. Before his decision could officially be made public, though, the two-time Finals MVP apparently received a phone call that had him briefly reconsidering his plans. According to ESPN’s Ramona Shelburne, Kawhi Leonard called Durant […]

Jarrett Allen is still the Brooklyn Nets’ center of the future. Whether or not the third-year big man is his team’s center of the present, though, is suddenly a question mark in the wake of Brooklyn’s drastic offseason overhaul. One thing for sure? Allen has no intention of giving up his starting spot in 2019-20 […]

Spencer Dinwiddie is reportedly the lead recruiter of Kyrie Irving to the Brooklyn Nets. However, it’s a somewhat surprising move given that Irving is certain to take away Dinwiddie’s starting spot. When asked about recruiting Irving to the Nets, though, Dinwiddie gave a puzzling and rather vague answer. Nonetheless, he also mentioned that everything people […]

There has been a lot of talk regarding the big splash that the Brooklyn Nets made during the first day of free agency, landing Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and DeAndre Jordan to four-year deals that helped turn them from a rebuilding team to a championship contender. But what most people immediately forgot about the team […]

It’s starting to become a tradition unlike any other: Brooklyn Nets point guard Spencer Dinwiddie ripping the New York Knicks. At Summer League in Las Vegas on Friday, Dinwiddie met with local reporters to talk about Brooklyn’s big offseason moves and how the Nets are taking over New York city. The guard also made sure […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie said the obvious on Friday; the team is going to be a lot better moving forward with Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant in the mix. Irving and Durant agreed to four-year deals with the Nets on the first day of free agency. Dinwiddie reportedly recruited Irving to Brooklyn. https://twitter.com/GregLogan1/status/1147293348811530240 Spencer […]

Kevin Durant’s strength and conditioning coach at the University of Texas, Todd Wright, called KD “WTF” at college, a phrase Brooklyn Nets fans are going to be saying a lot in 2020-21 when KD plays. Wright called Durant’s stepfather, Wayne, and told him his son was going to be called “WTF” due to his insane […]

Kevin Durant’s concern about what he might be when he returns from his Achilles injury reportedly crystallized his desire to have a star by his side, according to Ric Bucher of Bleacher Report. Durant and Kyrie Irving agreed to four-year deals with the Brooklyn Nets instead of the New York Knicks. Durant was open to […]