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CAMDEN, N.J. — As the Philadelphia 76ers prepare for the Brooklyn Nets in the first round of the 2023 NBA playoffs, there are two key players on Brooklyn’s side to keep an eye on: Mikal Bridges and Nic Claxton. Those two can give the Sixers a heap of trouble in the first round. Bridges has […]

Mikal Bridges didn’t exactly earn NBA Twitter’s respect with his recent appearance for the Brooklyn Nets. The Nets have secured their place as the No. 6 seed and with the playoffs fast approaching, decided to rest their key players for Sunday’s game against the Philadelphia 76ers. However, Bridges made sure to play to keep his […]

The Nets locked themselves into a first-round matchup with the 76ers with a win Friday. Brooklyn will face off with Philadelphia in Sunday’s regular-season finale but is expected to rest nearly the entire rotation. Cam Johnson, Dorian Finney-Smith, Royce O’Neale and Seth Curry have already been ruled out. Nic Claxton, Spencer Dinwiddie, Joe Harris and […]

The Brooklyn Nets are heading to the playoffs for the fifth consecutive season. With their 101-84 blowout of the Orlando Magic at Barclays Center Friday, Brooklyn clinched the Eastern Conference’s sixth seed and a first-round matchup with the Philadelphia 76ers. Expectations never shifted within the new-look Nets following the trades of Kevin Durant and Kyrie […]

As far as NBA awards go, none are less exact or more backhanded than Most Improved Player. While all NBA awards have an inexact set of criteria, the MIP is particularly confusing, its winners existing in some fuzzy halfspace between mediocrity and greatness. Here’s an award that’s been won by future Hall of Fame caliber […]

With their triumphant win over the Detroit Pistons Wednesday night, the Brooklyn Nets find themselves just one win away from officially advancing to the 2023 NBA postseason. However, stud forward Mikal Bridges doesn’t want the club to take their foot off the gas just because the playoffs are now soundly in their sight. Following the […]

The Nets are on the verge of clinching a playoff berth for the fifth consecutive season. Brooklyn defeated the Detroit Pistons 123-108 Wednesday at Little Caesars Arena, bringing their magic number to secure the Eastern Conference’s sixth seed down to one. A 47-34 first-quarter advantage propelled the Nets to victory in the Motor City. Brooklyn’s […]

Mikal Bridges stepped into a situation unlike any he had experienced during his NBA career when he was traded to the Brooklyn Nets. With two generational scorers in Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving out the door, the 26-year-old was tasked with shouldering a heavy offensive burden for a Brooklyn team that still held playoff aspirations. […]

The Brooklyn Nets are taking care of business at the right time. After defeating the Utah Jazz Sunday, the Nets have won four of their last five, bringing their magic number to clinch the Eastern Conference’s sixth seed down to two wins. Brooklyn ranks seventh in the NBA in net rating during that span, scoring […]

The Brooklyn Nets faced one major criticism after sending Kevin Durant to the Phoenix Suns: They traded an all-time great and didn’t receive a star in return. Just 22 games into his Nets tenure, Mikal Bridges has already silenced that narrative. The 26-year-old continued his breakout stretch in a win over the Atlanta Hawks on […]

The Nets turned in one of their best all-around performances of the new-look era Friday during a 124-107 win over the Atlanta Hawks. The win comes with Brooklyn battling to avoid falling into the play-in for the second consecutive season. 3 key takeaways from Nets’ blowout win over Hawks 3. Dorian Finney-Smith turns in best […]

Mikal Bridges went on another one of his tears on Friday night. This time around, it was Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks that fell victim to Bridges’ heroics as he led the Brooklyn Nets to a crucial 124-107 win at the Barclays Center. Bridges dropped another 40-piece on Friday, en route to setting an […]

If there’s one positive the Brooklyn Nets can take from their 119-106 loss in Orlando Sunday, it’s that Mikal Bridges has the look of a budding star. The breakout forward poured in 44 points, one shy of his career high, on 13-of-22 shooting from the field and 6-of-9 from three. Bridges set career high’s in […]

If there was ever a must-win game for the Brooklyn Nets this season, it was Saturday’s matchup in Miami. Brooklyn came into the game on a five-game losing streak that pushed them a half-game back of the Heat to seventh in the Eastern Conference. Miami entered winners of seven of their last 10. The Heat […]

The Brooklyn Nets might be having the strangest season of any team that is headed to the 2023 NBA playoffs. The Nets went from contending for a championship to rebuilding the roster by trading Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant at the trade deadline. Unlike most teams that become sellers midseason, Brooklyn’s record was so good […]

Basketball is a game of runs. The age-old adage rings true now more than ever before as the NBA shifts towards a fast-paced, 3-point-heavy style of play. The Denver Nuggets’ run came in the first quarter Sunday. Despite a late-game rally from their second unit, the Brooklyn Nets were unable to match it during a […]

Brooklyn Nets head coach Jacque Vaughn set a challenge for his team when speaking about their main focus coming out of the All-Star break: “We have to be the hardest-playing team in the league,” he said. “When you look at us on film, when you look at us live, when you look at the first […]

Even before the massive trade that sent him to the Brooklyn Nets, many in the hobby thought there is little room for Mikal Bridges’ stock to grow in the NBA card market. Turns out, the Eastern Conference team is the ideal situation for the young wing to thrive in. But as it turns out, he’s […]

The Brooklyn Nets had made a living in the third quarter on their road trip heading into Tuesday’s matchup with the Oklahoma City Thunder. Brooklyn dominated the period in three games against the Milwaukee Bucks, Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets, averaging 35.7 points while holding opponents to 20.3 on 34.9 percent shooting (22-of-63) with 4.3 […]

The Brooklyn Nets came into Oklahoma City Tuesday after two grueling wins over the Minnesota Timberwolves and Denver Nuggets. Brooklyn failed to end a five-game road trip on a high note as they squandered an early lead in a 121-107 loss to the Thunder. After the Nets led by 10 at the break, a third-quarter collapse […]

The Brooklyn Nets had an opportunity to close their five-game road trip on a high note in Oklahoma City Tuesday night. They appeared on their way to accomplishing that goal when they entered the half with a 10-point lead. However, a second-half collapse would leave the Nets with a sour taste in their mouths as […]

One question outweighed all the rest for the Brooklyn Nets after trading Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving: Where will the offense come from? The idea of replacing two of the greatest isolation scorers in the history of the game, as well as the team’s top two playmakers, was daunting for the new-look Nets. Mikal Bridges […]

The sun sets in the East, and fifth-year forward Mikal Bridges has made a star turn since being sent to the Brooklyn Nets. A Villanova product that’s improved yearly, it’s somewhat surprising that he’s rarely been discussed as a potential go-to scorer. Instead, flying under-the-radar under the guise of high-end role player. Regardless, everything happens […]

The Nets clawed out a thriller 124-123 overtime win over the Timberwolves Friday night. After trailing by eight at the half, Brooklyn outscored the Wolves by 17 points in the third to take control of the game. The Nets led by three with 1.3 seconds remaining, but Minnesota would not go away with Naz Reid […]

After dropping six of their first seven games with a revamped roster, the Brooklyn Nets looked left for dead this season. However, the last three games have given the new-look team life. Brooklyn fought back from 28 points down in Boston Friday, the largest comeback in the NBA this season and the largest in franchise […]

Mikal Bridges has been one of the best 3-and-D players in the NBA for the last few seasons now, but it was easy for him to get a bit overshadowed on the Phoenix Suns when sharing the court with stars like Devin Booker and Chris Paul. He has been able to shine on the Brooklyn […]

Nets center Nerlens Noel will make his Brooklyn debut Tuesday at Houston after the team signed him to a 10-day contract Saturday. The 28-year-old struggled to carve out a role in Detroit early this year, playing just 12 games before eventually agreeing to a buyout. Noel, the 6th overall pick in the 2013 draft, ranked […]

Mikal Bridges has turned heads across the league following a blockbuster trade to the Brooklyn Nets. The 26-year-old is emerging as the Nets’ leading scorer after the team acquired him as part of a package for Kevin Durant at the deadline. Bridges briefly impressed in an expanded scoring role for the Phoenix Suns with Devin […]

The new-look Brooklyn Nets opened up their first win streak of the post-Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving era with a 102-86 victory over the Hornets Sunday. The win comes after the Nets rallied from 28 points down Friday in Boston, matching the largest comeback in franchise history. Brooklyn led by as many as 37 points during […]

The Brooklyn Nets thought they had a championship foundation in place when they paired Kevin Durant with Kyrie Irving in free agency during the 2019 offseason. Flash forward to the present day and neither Durant nor Irving is still on the roster, both having been shipped off at this season’s trade deadline with no postseason […]

Friday’s Nets-Celtics matchup at TD Garden looked like a continuation of Brooklyn’s post-Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving nightmare early in the second quarter. The Nets trailed Boston by 28 points and appeared more disinterested with each point the seemingly insurmountable deficit grew. Then something changed. The high-level defense the Nets pictured when they brought in Mikal […]

Mikal Bridges’ departure from Phoenix was bittersweet. The 26-year-old had emerged as one of the league’s top two-way wings and a fan favorite during the Suns’ emergence to contender status. However, Bridges’ arrival in Brooklyn offered an opportunity he had not yet seen during his four-year NBA career: The chance to lead an offense as […]

Brooklyn Nets fans became accustomed to offensive brilliance throughout Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving’s time with the franchise. Regardless of the ups and downs (there were plenty of them), fans could expect to see a show when turning on the television any given night. With Durant and Irving out the door, those fans were smacked […]

It has been the strangest of times for Mikal Bridges of the Brooklyn Nets. While still trying to get his head around the move that sent him as part of the package put together by the Phoenix Suns for superstar Kevin Durant, he came up with a huge 45-point effort in his third game in […]

Mikal Bridges understood the caliber of player he was replacing when the Phoenix Suns traded him to the Brooklyn Nets for Kevin Durant. “I get it. You’re getting Kevin Durant. Maybe I’d make that trade, too,” Bridges said of his former team’s decision. It’s true, Bridges is not a perennial MVP candidate or generational scorer. […]

The Brooklyn Nets took care of the Miami Heat Wednesday night, 116-105 in front of their home crowd. Newly acquired Mikal Bridges had a monster game, dropping a career high 45 points in the win. Despite the stellar performance from the 26-year-old forward, he was still highly critical of himself after the game. “Defense always […]

Phoenix Suns fans certainly didn’t appreciate the fact that Kendrick Perkins tried to smear the team just to praise new Brooklyn Nets star Mikal Bridges. Bridges exploded for a career-high 45 points on Wednesday against the Miami Heat. He was ultra-efficient and highly impactful in the game, making 17 of his 24 shots while making […]

No Kevin Durant, no problem. At least this was the case on Wednesday night for the Brooklyn Nets as they took down the Miami Heat, 116-105. This came behind the heroics of new Nets recruit Mikal Bridges, who absolutely went off for a career-high 45 points in just his third game for his new team. […]

New Brooklyn Nets star Mikal Bridges paid the ultimate tribute to his mom after he exploded for a career-high against the Miami Heat. Bridges caught fire on Wednesday as he helped the Nets cool off the Jimmy Butler-led Heat and take the win, 116-105. The 26-year-old, who arrived in Brooklyn as part of the Phoenix […]