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Kyrie Irving might be only playing for the Brooklyn Nets on a part-time basis, but he’s increasingly confident the team made the correct moves at the NBA Trade Deadline. The guard hopped on Twitch on Monday night with rookie teammate Cam Thomas and sent a stern message to the haters who believe the Nets don’t […]

The Brooklyn Nets’ Big Three were just broken up following the James Harden trade, but they’ve now added some more backcourt depth. Goran Dragic, who was just bought out by the San Antonio Spurs, has decided to sign with the Nets. Via Shams Charania: Just in: Goran Dragic is signing with the Brooklyn Nets, sources […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant won’t be able to attend the NBA 75th Anniversary Team ceremony during the All-Star Game on Sunday due to a death in the family. According to Shams Charania of The Athletic, Durant’s grandmother passed away Sunday morning. KD’s mother Wanda Durant confirmed the sad news, and so the Nets forward […]

The main event of the 2022 NBA All-Star Weekend is set to tip-off on Sunday evening. After warming up with the Rising Stars Challenge, the 3-Point Contest, and the Slam Dunk Contest, the weekend of festivities will conclude with the 2022 NBA All-Star Game, as Team LeBron squares off against Team Durant. NBA All-Star Game […]

The 2022 NBA dunk contest was forgettable to say the least. Stars around the league were collectively deflated after what they witnessed in the finale of NBA All-Star Saturday night. A handful of them believed they could’ve possibly taken home the trophy this year – a list that includes Kevin Durant, Paul Pierce and De’Andre […]

To say that the main event of NBA All-Star Saturday was a disappointment would be an understatement, to say the least. It was one of the most forgettable Dunk Contests we’ve seen in a while and, as it turns out, even Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant had to chime in on the letdown. KD responded […]

Oklahoma City Thunder GM Sam Presti is well-known around the NBA for his ability to rack up the draft picks and build this franchise for the future. Aside from that, Presti has also drafted numerous talented players over the years who have turned into legitimate superstars including Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook. On Saturday at […]

James Harden hasn’t played a game for the Philadelphia 76ers just yet, but he has already been making a positive impression on his teammates. According to the latest report from Keith Pompey of The Philadelphia Inquirer, Harden has completely bought into the culture that the Sixers have built. This comes just a week after he was […]

No Kevin Durant, no Kyrie Irving, no Ben Simmons, no win for the Brooklyn Nets. The undermanned squad bowed down to the Washington Wizards on Thursday, 117-103. After an unbelievable come-from-behind win against the New York Knicks on Wednesday, the Nets couldn’t sustain their energy and fell to the Wizards for their 12th loss in […]

DeMar DeRozan is having a career resurgence with the Chicago Bulls and everyone is taking notice, including Kevin Durant. The Brooklyn Nets’ superstar was all praises for DeRozan after the Bulls forward broke Wilt Chamberlain’s record of consecutive games with at least 35 points on 50 percent shooting from the field or better with a […]

With the 27th pick in the 2021 NBA draft, the Brooklyn Nets select… Cam Thomas, guard, LSU. Apparently, Kevin Durant had something to do with that selection too. That same Bleacher Report article hints Kevin Durant, who is still out with a sprained MCL in his knee, also pushed his team not to trade Thomas […]

Well, well, well. Brooklyn Nets fans have gotten used to sharing their home floor with Knicks fans in the past. At times over the years it’s felt like there was a fairly even split at Barclays Center in terms of allegiance. It makes sense. The Knicks didn’t have to share this town for the better part […]

The Brooklyn Nets looked dead in the water against the New York Knicks on Wednesday night. But somehow, some way they pulled off an astonishing 28-point comeback against their cross borough rivals. There’s probably no spectator more satisfied about the result than Kevin Durant. The Nets star had a subtle dig ready after witnessing his […]

After just three years with the Golden State Warriors, Kevin Durant decided to leave Stephen Curry and Co. to take his talents to the Brooklyn Nets. By then, Durant had already won two championships with the Dubs and he knew it was time to move on. Throughout KD’s final season with the Warriors, there were […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant first sprained his knee back in mid January. There was some friendly fire when Bruce Brown was pushed while playing defense in a game vs. the New Orleans Pelicans. Brown went flying into Durant’s leg. The collision appeared to hyperextend KD’s knee a bit. Still, fans breathed a major sigh […]

Joe Harris injured his ankle back in mid-November and hasn’t played for the Brooklyn Nets ever since. There was initial optimism that the Virginia product could be back within 4-8 weeks, but things have not gone according to plan. We have even heard reports of a setback. Last month, Chris Haynes reported for TNT that […]

The Golden State Warriors of the late-2010’s will forever be considered as one of the greatest dynasties in NBA history. It’s not everyday that you have the greatest shooter of all time in Stephen Curry team up with one of the best scorers to have ever picked up a basketball in Kevin Durant. Add the […]

It’s still hard to fathom that Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving only played together for 16 games—SIXTEEN!—with the Brooklyn Nets. The experiment worked as well as James Corden in that movie about singing cats. Now, Harden is with the Philadelphia 76ers, forming another talented trio with Joel Embiid and Tobias Harris. On Tuesday, […]

James Harden is now officially a member of the Philadelphia 76ers. He hasn’t made his debut for the Sixers yet, but you can already sense from the things he’s been saying that he’s absolutely delighted to be with his new team. In the same light, Harden also decided to fire a bit of a shot […]

Back in November, Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash talked about how fast he wanted his team to play. “Some of it is trying to push in a direction where we play early,” said Nash, evoking notes of his 7 Seconds or Less Phoenix Suns. “We attack and try to get into the paint and if it’s […]

The Ben Simmons-James Harden blockbuster sent shockwaves through the NBA. We still haven’t had a chance to process it all yet, but with newcomers Seth Curry and Andre Drummond helping the Brooklyn Nets finally snap an 11 game losing streak on Monday, that makes it a little more palatable for fans. But Ben Simmons is […]

Former Brooklyn Nets star James Harden infamously said it was going to be “scary hours” for the rest of the NBA when he, Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving became a fully functioning Big Three. Instead, that trio only played 16 games together between last season and this season before Harden was traded to the Philadelphia […]

Like a shooting star that only crossed the sky for a brief moment, the Brooklyn Nets supernova trio of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden has officially come and gone. But unlike those celestial bodies we merely observe from a distance, the destruction of this one was under the supervision of the Nets’ biggest […]

The Brooklyn Nets have officially entered a new era after pulling off a blockbuster trade for James Harden as he is now a member of the Philadelphia 76ers. It also appears an exit was going to happen sooner or later given Harden’s rocky relationship with Kevin Durant. The Beard and KD didn’t see eye to […]

The short-lived Brooklyn Nets Big Three of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden completely went up in flames when Harden was shipped to the Philadelphia 76ers. One is only left to wonder what could have been for the Nets had Irving only let himself get vaccinated against COVID-19 that would have ensured his full […]

Remember that really archaic period in the NBA when the Brooklyn Nets had Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving and they were expected to win 500 championships? Yeah, that one. Well, things didn’t exactly pan out. Now, the Nets are in the midst of another new era with the addition of Ben Simmons, Andre […]

It was a wire-to-wire victory for Bruce Brown, Seth Curry Andre Drummond and the Brooklyn Nets. The win is the team’s first since January 21, a W versus the San Antonio Spurs. It snaps a grueling and miserable 11-game losing streak, one that coincided with the breakup of The Big 3, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving […]

Philadelphia isn’t far from Brooklyn, but making the journey might feel like it took years in the making for new Brooklyn Nets star Ben Simmons. Remember when Kyrie Irving had his first game of the season? It felt like so long between the fateful 2021 Nets’ playoff game where Irving rolled an ankle landing on […]

It’s official. Ben Simmons is now part of the Brooklyn Nets and on Monday, the former Rookie of the Year made his first on-court appearance for his new team. The Nets’ official Twitter account shared a brief video of Simmons in full team gear in his first practice session with his new squad: In the […]

Now that the Brooklyn Nets have traded James Harden to the Philadelphia 76ers, more and more reports are coming out since the blockbuster deal about possible tension between Harden and Kyrie Irving. It’s been reported by numerous outlets now that among other things, Irving’s lack of availability this season because of his vaccination status was […]

The Brooklyn Nets entered Saturday night’s matchup against the Miami Heat on an appalling 10-game losing streak. Kevin Durant has been out of action for the Nets due to injury and there’s no denying that all these losses are already getting to the former league MVP. When asked about his team’s skid, KD got brutally […]

By now we’re still scrambling to unpack what the heck happened to the “scary hours” dream. James Harden was brought into the Nets’ camp to be the final superstar-caliber complementary piece to Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. But instead, by the time we learned Harden wasn’t very happy, the trade winds had accumulated into a […]

Both Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets have been suspiciously mum about KD’s current knee injury and as always, the team has been tight-lipped about any major update on their superstar’s MCL sprain. Durant has now spoken out about his injury for the first time and it sounds like there is a little bit of […]

The Brooklyn Nets have been in the spotlight the past couple of weeks due to trade rumors and finalizations. They recently completed the blockbuster transaction of James Harden and Paul Millsap for Philadelphia 76ers’ Ben Simmons, Seth Curry, Andre Drummond, and two first-round picks. Now, the Nets are working on building their updated team with […]

The Brooklyn Nets were at the center of the biggest shakeup during the NBA’s trade deadline as they shipped out James Harden for a package centered around Ben Simmons. While the on-court product could very well get better, one fan took a shot at Nets stars Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving for issues off the […]

Freshly acquired Philadelphia 76ers guard James Harden did not make his home debut in Philadelphia on Friday night. That said, his mere presence could be felt, and the Sixers faithful were sure to show their support for their new superstar. 76ers showed this Harden vid on the jumbotron and Philly fans were loving it 🔥 […]

Details have now emerged surrounding the blockbuster deal of the recently concluded trade deadline. The Brooklyn Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers have now reshaped the landscape of the entire league after agreeing to a deal centered around James Harden and Ben Simmons. In a joint report by Ramona Shelburne and Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, it is […]

The Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers pulled off one of the biggest trades in recent NBA history. The Nets shipped superstar James Harden to Philly for embattled star forward Ben Simmons. But well before the deal was finalized, Rich Paul reportedly had pitched the idea of that trade to Kevin Durant. The meeting between Durant, […]

The blockbuster trade was made official during the Brooklyn Nets’ 1oth consecutive loss on Thursday, just a few hours after the 2022 NBA trade deadline passed. James Harden and Paul Millsap are now Sixers, while Ben Simmons, Seth Curry and Andre Drummond are Nets. Brooklyn also gets a couple valuable draft picks to work with […]