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The Brooklyn Nets aren’t in good shape right now, fighting tooth and nail to try and lock down a No. 7 or No. 8 seed for the play-in tournament. Currently, they’re in 10th, which means Steve Nash’s squad would need to win two games in order to book their ticket to the postseason. But if […]

Things aren’t going to plan for the Brooklyn Nets this season. In fact, they really haven’t since the early days of the Kevin Durant-Kyrie Irving-James Harden trio. Now, Harden is gone to Philly, while KD and Kyrie are trying to bring a title to the city. Between Durant’s knee injury that kept him sidelined for […]

Ben Simmons might make a return at some point this season. the Brooklyn Nets are certainly still hopeful. But they’re going to have to keep their season alive long enough to see that day. Because he won’t be available to them for the Play-In which begins on April 12. Simmons experienced a flare-up of an […]

On the most recent episode of ClutchPoints’ Nothing But Nets podcast, we got a very intriguing question from a listener. Martin from the Bensonhurst neighborhood of Brooklyn wanted to know this: “How relieved are Brooklyn Nets fans that the New York Knicks are blowing their draft position, conceding relevance to the Nets for the foreseeable future?” […]

The Brooklyn Nets find themselves in some uncharted waters. According to FanDuel, they’re still among the favorites to win the Eastern Conference. Yet if it weren’t for the NBA adding a play-in tournament, they wouldn’t even be playoff bound right now, which is crazy to think about. The Nets are tied for 10th place in […]

Kevin Durant turned a few heads with his latest take on his tenure with the Golden State Warriors. The Brooklyn Nets star was adamant that the Warriors should retire his jersey in the rafters, no questions asked. Via The Ringer: “Every one of these places I played is my home,” Durant said of his three […]

The Brooklyn Nets really wanted this one. They wanted it badly enough that Kevin Durant played through what he said was a sore ankle and dropped a career high 55 points. In the end it wasn’t enough and the Nets fell to Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks 122-115. The Hawks have now supplanted the […]

Trae Young and the Atlanta Hawks took down the Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night despite the fact that the great Kevin Durant exploded for a career-high 55 points in another epic performance. Young wasn’t too bad himself, dropping a team-high 36 points as he led the Hawks to a hard-fought 122-115 victory over Brooklyn. Young […]

The Atlanta Hawks defeated the Brooklyn Nets 122-115 in a Saturday night Western Conference showdown. Trae Young led the Hawks with an impressive 36 point, 10 assist double-double performance. However, it was Nets’ star Kevin Durant who stole the show despite the loss.  KD finished with 55 points in the contest, setting a new career […]

The COVID pandemic has eased up significantly over the past few months and at this point, it is clear that we are all moving towards the new normal. However, this does not mean that the coronavirus has miraculously disappeared. As a matter of fact, Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets could now be facing a […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant isn’t afraid to speak his mind. His most recent eye-opening comments involved his former teams, the Oklahoma City Thunder and Golden State Warriors. The superstar made it clear that he is expecting both teams to retire his jersey once he retires from the NBA. Neither team addressed Durant’s bold statement, […]

The Brooklyn Nets are one of biggest the disappointments of the 2021-22 NBA season. In what was expected to be the first full season of Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving, all three have either missed significant time or are already gone from the roster. Harden was dealt to the Philadelphia 76ers at the […]

Kevin Durant is pushing Boston Celtics forward Jayson Tatum to reach his full potential. While some might question that since they are competitors in the NBA, the Brooklyn Nets star reminded everyone else that they are also “brothers.” Durant said as much on Twitter as he responded to Tatum’s story on how the Nets scorer […]

After the most recent game against the Milwaukee Bucks, a 120-119 home loss for the Brooklyn Nets, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and co. had some harsh comments for the reigning champs’ “reckless” playing style. It seems as if this budding rivalry is just getting started. Following the showdown, Nick Wright of “First Things First” took […]

Kevin Durant wants Jayson Tatum to be great, and the Brooklyn Nets star made sure to let the Boston Celtics forward know that when they came together for Team USA heading to the Tokyo Olympics this past offseason. Speaking on The Draymond Green Show, Tatum recalled how Durant got mad at him when he passed […]

We’re nearing the end of the NBA’s regular season. Sometimes it has felt like fans of the Brooklyn Nets have lived nine lives. But as we hurdle toward the home stretch, we got one game that’s certainly starting to feel like a rivalry matchup. Giannis Antetokounmpo and the defending champs, the Milwaukee Bucks, came to […]

The season hasn’t exactly gone according to plan for the Brooklyn Nets. But Kevin Durant isn’t bothered one bit. In a recent piece from The Ringer’s Logan Murdock, the Nets star spoke candidly on his changing perspective ever since making the move to the East Coast. Via The Ringer: “Before, I used to worry about […]

Joel Embiid believes he’s done enough this season to be crowned MVP. Just because the Philadelphia 76ers superstar is of the opinion he deserves the league’s highest individual honor, though, hardly means he’s decrying other top-tier candidates for the award while making his case. Embiid, in fact, has long made a habit of showering his luminaries […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant is undoubtedly one of the best players in the NBA. Always one of the league’s best scorers, Durant has evolved as both a defender and a winner throughout his stops with the Oklahoma City Thunder and the Golden State Warriors. However, he has also been the target of harsh criticisms, […]

One of Kevin Durant’s most enduring basketball legacies is his unflinching confidence. He’s easily the most gifted seven-foot scorer of all time, with the defensive chops and overall feel to thrive in pretty much any role imaginable. But how he’s persevered through multiple career-threatening injuries and a pair of of the most infamous free-agent exits […]

Kevin Durant’s dissatisfaction with members of the basketball media is nothing new. The Brooklyn Nets star is never afraid to fire back at someone’s opinion, whether it is shared online or during a press conference. During his time with the Golden State Warriors, Durant squared off with media members constantly. There were several testy moments […]

Kevin Durant has been doing his absolute best to carry the Brooklyn Nets this season but he did spend a substantial amount of time on the shelf with a knee injury. Nonetheless, KD is still playing at an extremely high level as the Nets try to get into the playoffs and hopefully make a title […]

The blockbuster trade between the Brooklyn Nets and the Philadelphia 76ers was arguably the biggest of the season. Ben Simmons wanted out of Philadelphia, and James Harden wanted out of New York. It was a win-win situation all around. However, Kevin Durant doesn’t think of it like that. He recently revealed to The Ringer that […]

Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving joined the Brooklyn Nets together to establish their basketball careers even further and bring a title to the franchise with minimal success. So far, they have only brought drama and injuries. They still have the talent to achieve basketball immortality together but have not been able to do so yet. […]

Jordan Poole isn’t messing around. The Golden State Warriors guard is on a bender like few others have been on in franchise history. On Wednesday night, Jordan Poole was the lone bright spot for the Warriors in a 107-103 loss to the Phoenix Suns. He poured in 38 points on 11-for-22 shooting to go along […]

The Brooklyn Nets were out of action on Wednesday night, but that didn’t mean Kevin Durant was taking a break from consuming some basketball. The former MVP was left a stunned spectator over one particular call as the Indiana Pacers took on the Denver Nuggets. With Nuggets guard Austin Rivers in a triple-threat position, he […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant is very online, so of course he took note of a tweet from the NBA Memes Twitter account poking fun at what allegedly was his old MySpace profile. The Nets star responded with a meme of his own: Me and my cousin Tia coding this in 03 https://t.co/3Psdd6yTBT pic.twitter.com/lD43UUjzCH — […]

The Brooklyn Nets don’t care too much if not every game they win is pretty. At times in this one, a 130-123 win over the bottom-dwelling Detroit Pistons, they struggled to get stops on defense. And that’s a theme here this year. As head coach Steve Nash said after the game, this team simply isn’t […]

Showdown at the Barclay Corral. The team that knocked the Brooklyn Nets out of the 2021 NBA playoffs, and then went on to win the championship are coming to town. Kevin Durant and yes, he’s eligible, Kyrie Irving will battle Giannis Antetokounmpo, Khris Middleton, and Jrue Holiday in a game that could even be a […]

Seth Curry has been in and out of the lineup for the Brooklyn Nets since joining the team as part of the Ben Simmons-James Harden trade. The 31-year-old started on Tuesday and he helped the Nets to a 130-123 win over the Detroit Pistons. After the game, Nets head coach Steve Nash opened up about […]

Brooklyn Nets star Kevin Durant doesn’t want to hear any form of disrespect to the Detroit Pistons. After securing a hard-fought 130-123 win over the Pistons on Tuesday, Durant was asked about his thoughts on allowing a “team like Detroit” to score 123 on them. It appeared the Nets star didn’t like the phrasing at […]

The Brooklyn Nets came up with a hard-fought victory on Tuesday after taking down a relentless Detroit Pistons side, 130-123. It was a high-scoring ballgame between two teams with quite the firepower but in the end, it was Kevin Durant who stood tall. KD dropped a game-high 41 points in another offensive explosion from the […]

The Brooklyn Nets have had championship aspirations ever since they brought together Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden. While the latter is now long gone, this team is still hungry to win an NBA title, but health has played a major issue. KD missed substantial time this season with a knee injury, while Kyrie […]

Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant must be feeling pretty relieved to have Kyrie Irving back on a full-time basis. But whatever joy or giddiness he felt seemed to evaporate in the aftermath of Sunday’s explosion form Charlotte Hornets point guard LaMelo Ball, who stole the show during Irving’s 2022 home debut to give the Hornets […]

He’s back. Kyrie Irving made his much, much, much-anticipated home return on Sunday and while the outcome isn’t what Kevin Durant and the Brooklyn Nets were hoping for, they’ll still take it. Coming into Sunday’s showdown the Charlotte Hornets, their squad led by second-year star LaMelo Ball, were just one game behind the Nets for […]

After missing the season’s first 35 games at home, Brooklyn Nets star Kyrie Irving finally made his season debut at Barclays Center in a 119-110 loss to LaMelo Ball and the Charlotte Hornets. But after the game, Kyrie opened up about how he wants the legacy of his stand (to remain unvaccinated from COVID-19) to […]

The Brooklyn Nets absolutely smacked the Miami Heat on Saturday night. The vaunted #HeatCulture everyone always talks about seems to be cooling off a bit. The top seed in the East (now in a tie with the Philadelphia 76ers, but percentage points behind) has lost six of their last eight games. Kevin Durant and Kyrie […]

It was fun times down in South Beach on Saturday. The Brooklyn Nets took on the Miami Heat and got a huge win and made another statement. The Nets have now demoralized the Milwaukee Bucks by beating Giannis and co. with just Kyrie Irving, who dropped 38 in a win there without the help of […]

The Brooklyn Nets came into Miami with some extra bounce. Fresh off learning that Kyrie Irving was now a full-time player again, Kevin Durant and co. honed in on defeating the Eastern Conference leading team, the Miami Heat. While Jimmy Butler’s squad has the best record (they’re now actually tied for first with the Philadelphia […]