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The Brooklyn Nets are atop the East ahead of their Christmas Day tilt against LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers. James Harden, Patty Mills and some role players will try to keep up the team’s road-warrior identity. But that has not stopped fans from wondering about every aspect of how Kyrie Irving’s return will […]

James Harden has returned from his bout with COVID-19, as he was cleared from protocols ahead of the Brooklyn Nets’ headline game versus LeBron James and the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas. Harden has played very well this season, but not up to his own lofty Hall-of-Fame standards. A combination of factors have slowed the […]

This is a pretty hairy time for the NBA, its players, and staff. The Brooklyn Nets are certainly not immune. No pun intended. On Friday, we got an update on the much-discussed star-studded team. But aside from headlines that Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving are in health and safety protocols and should be available to […]

The Brooklyn Nets have been throttled lately with COVID cases. Initially All-Star point guard James Harden and Bruce Brown were placed into the league’s COVID health and safety protocols. The team was running short on healthy bodies and there was concern they would not be able to put a full team on the court. That […]

The Brooklyn Nets got some good news on Thursday with James Harden, Paul Millsap and Jevon Carter exiting the NBA’s health and safety protocols. This puts them in line to play against the Los Angeles Lakers on Christmas Day. Unfortunately, Nets head coach Steve Nash doesn’t envision Kevin Durant making it out of protocols in […]

The Brooklyn Nets are in first place at 21-8, and they’re road warriors, having won 11 out of 14 games on the road. Things may be getting even easier for them with reports confirming that they’re going to let Kyrie Irving play in road games at some point in the future. Things now are a […]

Did you feel the earth just tremble? On Friday we got a monster update on the Brooklyn Nets. It has been reported by Shams Charania of The Athletic that Kyrie Irving is ramping up for a return to the basketball court. Just in: All-NBA star Kyrie Irving has started process to return to the Brooklyn […]

The Brooklyn Nets continue to eke out gutty, gritty wins. Still in first place at 21-8, the Nets knocked off the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday, their second win with about half of their roster on the shelf after being placed in COVID-19 protocols. James Harden is the biggest name they’re missing. LaMarcus Aldridge, Jevon Carter, […]

The Brooklyn Nets are not the only sports team to have some major challenges during the ongoing pandemic, now impacting its third NBA season. While fans of all sports get inundated with hourly updates about their favorite athletes, many of them double-vaccinated, entering health and safety protocols following positive COVID tests, these are truly unprecedented […]

The Brooklyn Nets are short on bodies. Kyrie Irving remains unavailable due to vaccination status. Joe Harris is still recovering from ankle surgery. Both of those players’ names have popped up in trade rumors recently as well. And that was before a COVID-19 surge hit the fully vaccinated members of the team. Just about one […]

The Brooklyn Nets came into Tuesday already shorthanded, but they had no idea how things would look by the end of the day. Without Kyrie Irving who is unvaccinated and unavailable, without Joe Harris (ankle) who is injured, the team experienced a slew of positive COVID-19 tests over the last 24 hours. LaMarcus Aldridge, DeAndre’ […]

Nearly 30 games into the NBA season and the 19-8 Brooklyn Nets are now dealing with a COVID-19 outbreak–this despite all of their active players being fully vaccinated. The lone member of the Nets who is not vaccinated, and not around the team is of course, seven-time All-Star Kyrie Irving. His absence has been the […]

When Sean Marks and the front office designed this Brooklyn Nets team, they knew it was going to be extremely top-heavy. With a major component of total cap space being allocated to Kevin Durant, James Harden and Kyrie Irving, that left precious few resources left for the rest of the squad. No one should be […]

The Brooklyn Nets have come up with a simple preventive measure to keep their stars productive for the entire season. Having the best record in the East comes with a lot of hard work and it certainly is the narrative of the Nets‘ impressive run thus far. To avoid any future uncertainties and injuries, the […]

Kevin Durant entered Sunday’s game against the Detroit Pistons as an MVP candidate and as the NBA’s scoring leader, dropping 28.4 points per game. But in a road game without the resting James Harden, KD erupted for the most points any player has scored this season with 51 markers. The Brooklyn Nets superstar was locked […]

The Brooklyn Nets, 10-3 away from the comfy confines of Barclays Center, are road warriors, with an identity centered around the defensive end of the court. You’d be forgiven for not having predicted that before 2021-22 tipped off,  but here we are 26 games into the regular season. When you think of James Harden, Kevin […]

Nets head coach Steve Nash assesses Kevin Durant’s recent MVP form, which can scare the rest of the league. After getting knocked out of the Eastern Conference semi-finals during an injury-riddled season last year, the Brooklyn Nets have been on a mission. Despite the continued absence of Kyrie Irving and James Harden’s recent inconsistencies, the […]

The NBA trade season is upon us as December 15th will mark a key date when many players signed in free agency are eligible to be traded. While Brooklyn Nets fans continue to wait for any updates at all regarding the status of Kyrie Irving, it doesn’t make sense to expect any imminent change there. […]

In the team’s second game of a back to back, the Brooklyn Nets came up short in Houston. Steve Nash’s group is now 17-8, having handled seven of their last ten. But during a game where both Kevin Durant and LaMarcus Aldridge got a much needed rest, the shorthanded Nets came up a bit well…short. […]

With Stephen Curry closing in on a major milestone of being the NBA’s all-time leader in three-pointers made, Brooklyn Nets coach Steve Nash was asked about the pending accomplishment. Nash, also a two-time NBA MVP, not only got to play against Curry, he worked with him in the past as a consultant for the Golden […]

The Brooklyn Nets set off to Texas for a back-to-back set against the Dallas Mavericks and Houston Rockets. In the first bout Kevin Durant and the crew were trailing by as many as 17 points. But Steve Nash and the coaching staff asked the team not to get discouraged at the half. They listened, storming […]

Brooklyn Nets head coach Steve Nash said that he spent time on Monday and Tuesday with his close friend and former Mavs teammate Dirk Nowitzki. When asked what he thinks about Dirk’s jersey retirement coming up, Nash responded, “I’m kind of tired of all the accolades, to be honest” This is clearly just a joke […]

Earlier reports have suggested that Kyrie Irving could be somewhat softening his stance against the COVID-19 vaccine. The assumption is that if he gets vaccinated, the All-Star point guard will be allowed to rejoin his team. For Brooklyn head coach Steve Nash, however, he would much rather keep his expectations in check. It was also reported […]

Here we are through 23 games, now over a quarter of the way through the regular season and the Brooklyn Nets are far from perfect. But they are in first place in the East despite playing without the services of a Top 20 NBA superstar in Kyrie Irving. It’s a credit to their top-end talent […]

Brooklyn Nets head coach Steve Nash is pleased to have a veteran in Paul Millsap this season. Paul Millsap is playing his 16th NBA season and his first with the Nets. He hasn’t been one of the most active players in the team but in the absence of James Johnson against the Chicago Bulls, the […]

The Brooklyn Nets led for a significant portion of their game against the Chicago Bulls Saturday, but they didn’t make enough shots when it mattered most. The Nets drop to 16-7 and are now just a half game up on the Bulls, who emerged victorious in the second meeting between the two Eastern Conference powerhouses. […]

Kevin Durant has been locked and loaded since the season jumped off. Some mere mortals might have felt more pressure, but he has a certain way about him where he really doesn’t seem to feel much of it. Durant came in ranked the best player in the NBA by ESPN and Sports Illustrated. That was […]

Kevin Durant and James Harden are usually on the same page. Harden is 2nd in the entire NBA, behind only Phoenix Suns point guard Chris Paul, in assists per game with 9.3. Many of those land in Durant’s hands. But while Harden may have a sixth sense for where many of his teammates are on […]

When the season began, Brooklyn Nets fans had unusually high hopes for Nic Claxton, the former second-round pick in 2019. When the action first kicked off, it was Claxton who Nets head coach Steve Nash tapped to start in place of Kyrie Irving. The 6’11” big out of Georgia drew starts in the first three […]

We’re now into December, and there has been no progress on the Kyrie Irving front. It was back in late September around Brooklyn Nets training camp when we first began to hear rumors he was not vaccinated. That was an especially big deal since New York City has local vaccination mandates which apply to venues […]

The New York Knicks hopped a subway to visit the Brooklyn Nets in a battle of the boroughs, with both teams convening to provide an exhilarating reminder that New York City is absolutely obsessed with roundball. The energy at Barclays Center reached a fever pitch as a record 18,081 packed into the arena. The Nets […]

Many were fired up when the New York Knicks acquired Kemba Walker in the offseason. The All-Star guard was expected to help rejuvenate the team further while playing in front of his hometown fans. But in an unexpected turn of events, Walker has suddenly found himself on the team’s back burner after a sluggish start […]

The Brooklyn Nets are a bit shorthanded these days. But still, at 14-6, they find themselves in first place of the Eastern Conference ahead of a divisional showdown with the New York Knicks. They won’t be at full strength ahead of this battle of the boroughs, though. Steve Nash’s squad is down a few players […]

In the battle for borough bragging rights, the first-place Brooklyn Nets (14-6) will host the seventh-place New York Knicks (11-9) on Tuesday. A couple of years now removed from the fateful 2019 decision made by Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant to sign with the Nets and not the Knicks in free agency, the big-market teams […]

Kevin Durant and Stephen Curry are in a duel for the 2022 MVP award. According to the latest odds, Curry is the odds on favorite and KD is right behind his former teammate. Even if neither superstar is too focused on regular season accolades, even if both would say they’re simply doing what it takes […]

The Brooklyn Nets hosted the flaming-hot Western Conference champions from last season in the Phoenix Suns on Saturday night. The Nets trailed the whole way, sometimes by more than 20 points. They climbed back because of a late-game barrage, but ultimately fell 113-107 as the Suns picked up their 16th straight win. The Nets are […]

The Brooklyn Nets were defeated by the Golden State Warriors at home earlier this month. On Saturday, with a record 18,071 turnout at Barclays Center, Kevin Durant, James Harden and Co. lost to another Western Conference powerhouse in the Phoenix Suns, 113-107. The Nets are now 14-6 while the reigning Western Conference Champions are now 16-3, […]

The first-place Brooklyn Nets are winning, but they may not have a lot to say to each other about it. Head coach Steve Nash has been trying to get his team (14-5) to communicate more on the floor. He often preaches “communication and connectivity,” especially on the defensive end of the court. But it sounds […]

Blake Griffin started every game for the Brooklyn Nets with the exception of one contest to rest during a back-to-back set. But after only logging nine total minutes in Cleveland during the team’s 117-112 win, coach Steve Nash made the switch to LaMarcus Aldridge in the starting lineup. The seven-time All-Star got the start against […]