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It’s almost impossible to fathom that after a week in which multiple fans were banned from NBA arenas for acts of stupidity, that it would continue to happen. Yet, here we are after a Boston Celtics fan decided to launch a water bottle at Kyrie Irving after the Brooklyn Nets defeated the Celtics in Game […]

More talent, more buckets for the Brooklyn Nets, and Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden have provided many of them. In Game 4 of their first round series against the Boston Celtics on Sunday, the high-scoring three-headed monster combined for 104 points in their 141-126 victory to take a commanding 3-1 lead. That is […]

Boston Celtics star Jayson Tatum appreciates all the fans who supported them in their Game 4 showdown with the Brooklyn Nets in TD Garden; however, he can’t tolerate the latest dangerous behavior a Boston fan showed towards Kyrie Irving. In his press conference after the Celtics’ 141-126 loss to the Nets, Tatum addressed the incident […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant is tired of the recent spree of disrespectful acts made by some fans towards visiting NBA teams and players. His teammate Kyrie Irving is the latest victim of such a disgusting gesture, and he won’t let it slide. After leading the Nets to a 141-126 win over the Boston Celtics, […]

Kyrie Irving and his Brooklyn Nets just took a commanding 3-1 lead over his former team, the Boston Celtics. There’s been some lingering animosity that’s been speculated between Irving and the Celtics, and this latest clip won’t exactly dispel any of those rumors. Watch the clip of the Nets All-Star seemingly stomp and wipe his […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving isn’t exactly the most beloved figure in Boston. But one fan went way too far, hurling a filled up water bottle at the former Celtics guard. Check out the incident below involving the Nets All-Star, as reported by ESPN reporter Malika Andrews: Here is the video from @YESNetwork. The bottle […]

Days before Kyrie Irving returns to Boston and face the crowd that once supported him, the Brooklyn Nets star shared his hope that there won’t be any racism. Now, Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum is speaking out on the issue as well. Before the Nets-Celtics Game 3 on Friday, Tatum appeared on ESPN’s The Jump […]

Hall of Famer Bob Cousy is one of the most respected names in Boston Celtics franchise history. This is exactly why people often tend to listen whenever the six-time NBA champ has something to say. The 92-year-old recently sounded off on the Celtics’ decision to let Kyrie Irving walk away as a free agent back […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving made headlines when he recently pleaded to Boston Celtics fans to not display any “subtle racism,” among other things, when he returns to TD Garden for Game 3 on Friday night. Celtics president Danny Ainge responded to Irving’s remarks and effectively called BS, saying he has never heard anything like […]

The Brooklyn Nets franchise is one of the oldest NBA squads in history, tracing its roots as far back as 1967 in the ABA. Before relocating to the Barclays Center in Brooklyn in the 2012-13 season, the team was once called the New Jersey Americans in the ‘60s, before adopting the Nets monicker in 1977. […]

The Boston Celtics stood no chance against a full-force Brooklyn Nets in Game 2 of their first-round series matchup. The Nets came out the gates firing, and they never looked back. The demolition job ended with a final score of 130-108, which prompted a massive warning from Brooklyn star James Harden after the game. Harden […]

Kyrie Irving isn’t exactly the most beloved figure in Bean Town. The Brooklyn Nets star spent two rather underwhelming seasons as the headliner for the Boston Celtics. With his new squad now holding a commanding 2-0 lead over his former team, the Nets star was asked about his return trip to his forming stomping grounds. […]

There’s no doubt that Boston Celtics stud Jayson Tatum is currently one of the brightest young superstars in the NBA today. He’s done enough to earn this title in the four years he’s been in the league. For his part, however, Tatum still looks up to his peers as he draws inspiration from some of […]

The Boston Celtics looked solid in the first half of Game 1 against the Brooklyn Nets, but they lost total control in the second half and got blown out. Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving provided the energy the Nets needed to secure the win, combining for 82 points in a 104-93 win. While […]

The Boston Celtics came out swinging against the Brooklyn Nets. Jayson Tatum and Co. led a first-half charge that saw them take control from the start of the game. The Nets fell behind by double digits in the second quarter. But instead of being discouraged, Kevin Durant revealed that the adversity was exactly the wakeup […]

Kyrie Irving has some of the best handles in the NBA today. This is a fact that is no longer up for debate. On Saturday night, the Nets superstar reminded the entire basketball world about this as he literally put Boston Celtics defender Evan Fournier on his knees following a series of dizzying crossover dribbles. […]

Eight games. That’s how many times the Brooklyn Nets Big 3 of Kevin Durant, James Harden, and Kyrie Irving has played together this season. Brooklyn head coach Steve Nash has acknowledged the team’s lack of chemistry at this point and has come to the admission that right now, his team is going to be in […]

The Boston Celtics head over to New York to face off against the Brooklyn Nets in the first round of the NBA Playoffs. It’s time we continue our NBA odds series and make a Celtics-Nets prediction and pick. The Celtics had a roller coaster of a season but made the playoffs after securing a 36-36 […]

It’s go time for the Brooklyn Nets’ journey to an NBA championship. The team has been championship favorites throughout the season, and now it’s time to put the Nets’ status to the test in the NBA Playoffs against the Boston Celtics. As coach Steve Nash is having his first taste of the postseason on the […]

The Cleveland Cavaliers first joined the NBA as an expansion team in 1970, along with the Portland Trail Blazers and the Buffalo Braves. As a franchise, the Cavs haven’t found much success and only have one championship to show for throughout its 50-year tenure in the league. The current crop in Cleveland hasn’t fared better […]

The Brooklyn Nets enter the playoffs as the favorites to go all the way and win the championship this year. For his part, however, Kevin Durant is taking on a meticulously cautious approach heading into the postseason as he revealed just what it will take for other teams to beat Brooklyn in a seven-game series. […]

Kevin Love has been to battle with Kyrie Irving many times in the past during their time together with the Cavs. Love knows his buddy well, and at this point, he is confident that Kyrie will be able to get the job done for the Brooklyn Nets despite the bigger-than-basketball controversy he’s currently in the […]

On Tuesday night the Boston Celtics were able to secure the seventh seed in the Eastern Conference after defeating the Washington Wizards 118-100. Jayson Tatum put on a spectacular performance to lead his team to victory. Now, the Celtics move on to play the Brooklyn Nets in a seven-game series. Brooklyn is the heavy favorite […]

The Brooklyn Nets are possibly the biggest villains in the NBA right now. The fact that they formed a superteam featuring the Big 3 of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden definitely put them in the running for the most disliked group in the league. For his part, however, Irving could not care less […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kyrie Irving isn’t exactly the most well-loved personality in the NBA right now. This might be of his own doing too, considering how his bigger-than-basketball attitude has been heavily criticized by more than a few folks. It looks like Kyrie has come to a point that he’s become disenchanted with playing the […]

Los Angeles Lakers guard Dennis Schroder never forgets. Tell that to Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving. After their highly publicized on-court spat last April, Schroder is now saying he will never wear Kyrie shoes ever again. Apparently, the Lakers’ explosive point guard has around 30-40 Kyries, but he wants to give them all away. He […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kyrie Irving once again made headlines when he came out with controversial comments in a recent press conference. ESPN analyst Stephen A. Smith has spoken out about Irving’s bigger-than-basketball attitude, and unsurprisingly, the outspoken TV personality was not happy about it. Smith acknowledged the validity of Kyrie Irving’s message pertaining to the […]

Focused or not, Brooklyn Nets Kyrie Irving successfully barged into a pretty exclusive statistical club in the NBA after finishing the season with neat shooting splits. But we shouldn’t be acting here as though Irving, Kyrie Irving, and Kevin Durant were the only ones who shot the lights out in the regular season. Joe Harris […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving officially became a member of the exclusive 50/40/90 club thanks to an efficient performance to close out the season against the Cleveland Cavaliers. Irving scored 17 points on 7-of-11 shooting overall and 3-of-3 on 3-pointers, giving him final shooting percentages of 50.6% from the field, 40.2% from 3-point land and […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant made sure the effort of Blake Griffin would not be wasted in what could be said as the top entry for the 2020-21 play of the year. In the closing seconds of the half, Mike James was able to disrupt an errant pass from the Cleveland Cavaliers. Griffin surprisingly caught […]

The Brooklyn Nets long ago safely secured their spot in the 2021 NBA Playoffs. But for Kyrie Irving, there’s at least one more bit of unfinished business for him in the regular season, and that’s securing an extra bag of cash. I now give you Bobby Marks of ESPN to break it down for us: […]

Basketball is not the most important thing for Kyrie Irving right now. This is exactly what the Brooklyn Nets star admitted in a recent interview, with the playoffs just less than a week away. When asked how he feels about the Nets getting back to full strength right in time for the postseason, Kyrie completely […]

The Brooklyn Nets might be getting their talented Big 3 back on the court for the weekend. As an earlier report surfaced, Steve Nash said he ‘expects’ the trio to suit up for Saturday’s game against the Chicago Bulls. Then a bit later, James Harden sent NBA teams and fans in a frenzy by posting […]

The Brooklyn Nets have only seen their trio of Kyrie Irving, Kevin Durant, and James Harden play seven games together on the year. However, Nets head coach Steve Nash said that he expects the trio to all play on Saturday against the Chicago Bulls, according to Marc Stein of the New York Times.  Nets coach […]

The main ingredient for any team in the NBA to win it big is a superstar. Take a look around the league, and you’ll find every team does have one. The Los Angeles Lakers have LeBron James, the Golden State Warriors employ Stephen Curry, and there’s Jayson Tatum with the Boston Celtics. Of course, these […]

It’s no secret that the Boston Celtics have not been the best team in the NBA this season. As a matter of fact, some might even say that despite all that they have achieved in the past few years, this team has still failed to live up to the lofty expectations many had/have on them. […]

The Brooklyn Nets were dealt another tough blow on Tuesday night. For All-Star Kyrie Irving, that blow was quite literal. The Nets guard took a massive blow from the elbow of Chicago Bulls big man Nikola Vucevic. Irving went down in a heap for several minutes after taking the inadvertent contact. Kyrie Irving was down […]

James Harden has established himself as one of the best players in NBA history. He had a pretty pedestrian start to his career coming off the bench for the Oklahoma City Thunder. But while Harden did win a Sixth Man of the Year Award, no one saw him becoming the elite stud he is today […]

The Brooklyn Nets experience has been a straight tease so far this season. But with the latest news on James Harden’s injury progress, we might get a taste right before the NBA playoffs begin. Based on a report from ESPN’s Malika Andrews, the return of the Nets star looms large. Harden could return as early […]