Brooklyn Nets Articles - Page 206

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 […]

The significant increase in player movement that has impacted the league in the past few years has been met by mixed reactions from people both within and outside the NBA. Brooklyn Nets head coach Kenny Atkinson appears to have seen the positive side of how players currently possess so much power in terms of their control […]

The Brooklyn Nets took a risk by acquiring Kevin Durant on a four-year, $164 million contract. There’s simply no telling how the two-time Finals MVP will recover from the ruptured Achilles tendon he suffered during his dramatic comeback in Game 5 of the NBA Finals, but the Nets are paying him like he’ll be in […]

An executive for the Brooklyn Nets says “there will be no pressure” for superstar small forward Kevin Durant to “return even one day before he is ready.” Durant is widely expected to miss the entire 2019-20 season recovering from his Achilles tear. The two-time Finals MVP signed a four-year deal with the Nets in free […]

In a radio interview on WEEI, Boston Celtics owner Wyc Grousbeck revealed he recently had a cordial back-and-forth text message exchange with Kyrie Irving. Irving, now 27 years of age, decided to join the Brooklyn Nets this offseason, signing a four-year, $141 million deal. And though the six-time All-Star will no longer be dressing in […]

An anonymous Eastern Conference guard says the Brooklyn Nets are going to be “really good” after the moves they made this summer. The Nets signed All-Stars Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan, as well as veteran small forwards Wilson Chandler and Garrett Temple in free agency. “They were already tough, now you’ve got to […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant is officially down to only one crutch after undergoing surgery to repair his torn Achilles tendon last month. Durant is expected to miss the entire 2019-20 season recovering from this major injury, but these are good signs of progress for a player who must overcome a number of hurdles before […]

Jared Dudley did plenty of recruiting this offseason, even if it wasn’t for his own team. The veteran forward spent a few weeks in limbo, questioning where he would land, and wound up doing most of his recruiting for the Brooklyn Nets, even if he didn’t re-sign with the team. The Boston College standout was […]

D’Angelo Russell’s former teammate Jared Dudley gave him a sound endorsement, despite having spent only a short time with him during his tenure with the Brooklyn Nets. The now-Los Angeles Lakers forward noted the new Golden State Warriors addition will be a sponge, hoping to soak up knowledge from the small core of veterans left […]

Despite the recent concern about teams tampering and NBA stars’ constant communication in hopes to team up somewhere new, former [New Jersey] Nets role player Kerry Kittles thinks there’s little the league can do but embrace this change and the series of new looks it will get from it. Kittles views this change as unavoidable, […]

The 2019-20 season will come with plenty of challenges for the Brooklyn Nets, as Kyrie Irving will have to navigate his first season with the team without Kevin Durant, who is out with an Achilles injury. Former Net Kerry Kittles believes the transition could wind up being beneficial for the star point guard, drawing a […]

Veteran small forward Wilson Chandler believes the Brooklyn Nets can “make a lot of noise” in 2019-20 even without superstar Kevin Durant. Durant is expected to miss the entire season recovering from his Achilles injury. However, Chandler is still confident the Nets are going to be an elite team with Kyrie Irving as the leader. […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie says his Twitter mentions are filled with “salty” New York Knicks fans after the Nets got Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant in free agency. All season long, Irving and Durant were rumored to be going to the Knicks. Dinwiddie, who hasn’t been shy to troll the Knicks on Twitter, says […]

Veteran small forward Garrett Temple says star point guard Kyrie Irving recruited him to the Brooklyn Nets. Irving put together a list of free agents that he wanted to play with and Temple was on the list. The swingman signed a one-year, $4.67 million contract with the Nets after speaking to Irving. “I talked to […]

Spencer Dinwiddie and Kyrie Irving got close with each other after they hung out at All-Star Weekend in 2018 in Los Angeles. The two are now teammates on the Brooklyn Nets. Irving and Dinwiddie started talking this past December about playing together in New York. Dinwiddie recruited Irving to the Nets. Kyrie was considering signing […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie says the franchise deserves credit for signing Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan in free agency without tearing up the roster. The Nets lost All-Star point guard D’Angelo Russell from last year’s team, but that’s it. Brooklyn was able to retain Jarrett Allen, Caris LeVert, Joe Harris, Rodions Kurucs […]

Brooklyn Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie says with Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant on the team, the Nets are now title contenders and not just a “sixth, seventh or eighth seed anymore.” Durant is expected to miss the entire 2019-20 season recovering from his Achilles tear, so the Nets will likely not compete for a championship […]

Kevin Durant’s departure from the Golden State Warriors in free agency was hardly a surprise. Rumors of his interest in leaving the Warriors this summer began surfacing after his debut season with Golden State, reaching a crescendo in February as the New York Knicks created double-max cap space and owner James Dolan publicly flapped about […]