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Nov 23, 2019
3 min

Brooklyn Nets: Five Thoughts One Month In

NBA.com We are a month into the season and the Nets are sitting in the seven spot in the East at 7-8. The injury riddled team is off to a rocky start, here’s five thoughts on the team’s first month. 1. The bench rotation needs to be figured out, ASAP Through the first 15 games of the season, the Nets have had 14 different players averaging over 10 minutes per game. I get that the two best players on the team have been injured, but the back end of the rotation is a mess. Kenny

Khaleel Abdullah/Matt Esposito/William Jackson

Aug 28, 2019
4 min

2017 NBA Re-Draft: Part 1

Complex Pick 30: Los Angeles Lakers - Frank Ntilikina (Original pick: Josh Hart) The last (first round) pick of the Phil Jackson era in New York has not been great. Defensively is where his game shines, but his career 5.9 PPG on 35% shooting is horrendous. To restart his NBA career, why not put him in L.A. to get some bench minutes while backing up Fox. Pick 29: San Antonio Spurs - Markelle Fultz (Original pick: Derrick White) Let’s have fun. Fultz has not lived up to the hyp

DeAndre Jordan Joins the Fun in Brooklyn

William Jackson

Jul 3, 2019
2 min

DeAndre Jordan Joins the Fun in Brooklyn

Yahoo Sports What’s the deal? According to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Brooklyn Nets and DeAndre Jordan have agreed to a 4 year, $40 million deal. What does DeAndre Jordan bring to the Nets? Jordan is the third big signing the Nets completed on Sunday afternoon, with Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant being the first two. This will be Jordan’s 12th season in the NBA and his fourth team. Throughout his career, Jordan has been an elite rebounder and has been effective at scoring at the

William Jackson

Jul 3, 2019
3 min

Kyrie Irving to the Brooklyn Nets

ClutchPoints What’s the deal? According to Adrian Wojnarowski, Kyrie Irving and the Brooklyn Nets agreed on a four year, $141* million deal. What does Kyrie Irving bring to Brooklyn? For the 2018-2019 season, the Nets had their young guard D’Angelo Russell put on a show, leading the team to their first playoff appearance since 2015. Now, the Nets put that aside and turn to Kyrie Irving to hopefully take the team to the next level. Irving is a six time All-Star, an NBA Champio

William Jackson

Jul 1, 2019
3 min

Kevin Durant to the Brooklyn Nets

USA Today What's the deal? According to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Brooklyn Nets and Kevin Durant have agreed on a four year, $164* million deal What Does Kevin Durant bring to Brooklyn? Kevin Durant, when healthy, is arguably the best player in the NBA. He is an above average defender, can score from anywhere on the court and consistently shoots 50% or above from the field. However, in the NBA Finals, Durant ruptured his Achilles, causing him to potentially miss the entire 2019

2019 NBA Free Agency News and Rumors: 6-29-19

Nick Fay

Jun 30, 2019
4 min

2019 NBA Free Agency News and Rumors: 6-29-19

Yahoo Sports Team Options Denver is picking up the option on Paul Millsap's $30M contract, league sources tell ESPN. - @wojespn Player Options Another quality big on the market: Houston center Nene is declining his $3.8M option and will become a free agent, league sources tell ESPN. - @wojespn Qualifying Offers The Nuggets are extending a qualifying offer to F Trey Lyles, who'll become a restricted free agent, league sources tell ESPN. - @wojespn Charlotte has declined to exe

2019 NBA Free Agency News and Rumors: 6-28-19

William Jackson

Jun 29, 2019
2 min

2019 NBA Free Agency News and Rumors: 6-28-19

New York Post Team Options N/A Player Options N/A Trades N/A Rumors Free agent Kevin Durant plans to have discussions with the Brooklyn Nets, Los Angeles Clippers, New York Knicks and Golden State Warriors when free agency opens on Sunday. - @wojespn It’s being reported that Kevin Durant may extend well into next week. - @wojespn The Golden State Warriors are planning to offer Klay Thompson a 5-year, $190M max contract offer on Sunday. - @wojespn The Orlando Magic are plannin

William Jackson

Jun 25, 2019
2 min

2019 NBA Free Agents: Brook Lopez

Houston Chronicle Overview: In his 11th season in the NBA, Lopez managed to transform his game, going from an interior presence on offense to one of the biggest deep threats in the NBA. Lopez proved to be a true scoring option on the NBA’s best team in the 2018-19 season, and still managed to average a career high in blocks. His rebounding has taken a hit with him expanding his game, but he’s still an average rebounder. Regular Season Stats: 12.5 PPG 61.3 2P% 36.5 3P% 84.2 FT

William Jackson

Jun 20, 2019
2 min

2019 NBA Free Agents: Al Horford

NBC Boston Overview: In his 12th year in the NBA, Horford and the Celtics found their way into the playoffs as a four seed. Averaging a career low in rebounds, yet a career high in 2P%, it was an up and down season for Horford. It was to everyone’s surprise that Horford declined his $30M option for the 2019-2020 season, as he is unlikely to find that type of money in free agency. Regular Season Stats: 13.6 PPG 60.4 2P% 36% 3P% 82% FT% 4.2 AST 6.7 REB 1.5 TOV 0.9 STL 1.3 BLK P

Kyrie or Russell: The Nets Have a Decision To Make

William Jackson

Jun 13, 2019
5 min

Kyrie or Russell: The Nets Have a Decision To Make

Bleacher Report On June 23rd, 2017 Sean Marks and the Nets traded franchise center Brook Lopez along with the 27th pick in the NBA Draft to the Los Angeles Lakers. The Nets had been trying to trade Lopez for a while, as the effects from the Kevin Garnett/Paul Pierce trade were being felt hard. Lopez was the last piece remaining from the failed 2013 super team, as Pierce found his way to Washington, Garnett was traded to Minnesota, Williams was bought out and Johnson left the

William Jackson

Jun 6, 2019
2 min

2019 NBA Free Agents: Kawhi Leonard

NBC News Overview: Sitting out the 2017-18 season panned out for Kawhi Leonard as he finds himself in the NBA Finals. He only played in 60 games this season due to load management, but as he did with the Spurs, he’s showing up in the postseason. This season, Kawhi managed to earn All-NBA and All-Defensive 2nd team honors. Regular Season Stats: 60 Games: 26.6PPG, 54.2 2P%, 37.1 3P%, 85.4% FT%, 3.9 AST, 7.3 REB, 1.8 STL, 0.4 BLK. Age: 27 Strengths: Usually, players are strong o

William Jackson

Jun 5, 2019
4 min

Brooklyn Nets Trade Targets

The Athletic Well Nets fans, it’s that time of year again. The time for Sean Marks to take on bad contracts in exchange for future draft picks. Just like DeMarre Carroll and Kenneth Farie- wait, we’re not doing that this year? Are the Nets actually in a spot to trade for good players who can help this team win a championship? Yes! Brooklyn is actually one of the most talked about teams in trade talks not only this offseason but going back to the beginning of the season. The N

William Jackson

Jun 2, 2019
7 min

Who Is The Best Player In The NBA?

ClutchPoints MVP, although most of the time it is. The problem with granting the title of best player to the MVP is that the award tends to take team record into account. Obviously there is a correlation between being a great player and your team winning, however that’s not always the case. For example, guys like Carmelo Anthony, Yao Ming, Jerry West, Isiah Thomas, Paul Pierce and Dwyane Wade have never won an MVP. That doesn’t mean they’ve never been in contention for the be

William Jackson

May 8, 2019
4 min

Smallest Playoff Contending Windows

NewsLocker The Spurs have made the playoffs 22 consecutive seasons (and counting) under coach Pop, winning 5 titles in that span. However, not every team in the NBA can be as fortunate as San Antonio. In fact, after the Spurs, the longest consecutive streak is 7, held by both the Warriors and Rockets. Oklahoma City Thunder Under coach Billy Donovan, the Thunder banked on Paul George, Russell Westbrook and Steven Adams bringing this team to the promised land. However, the team

William Jackson

Apr 30, 2019
4 min

2019 NBA Playoff Awards: Round 1

NBA.com Now that the games have real meaning, we take a look at who’s playing the biggest part in their team's success. These awards will disregard regular season stats and focus on players who might not have a chance to win a full season award. Best Rookie: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander Honorable Mentions: Rodions Kurucs, Landry Shamet NBA.com The Clippers (somehow) took two games from the Warriors in the first round, thanks in part to rookie Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. There wasn’t

William Jackson

Apr 17, 2019
2 min

How the Nets Win Game 3

NBA.com The Nets did what they needed to do. They split the first two games in Philadelphia to give themselves the opportunity to take a commanding series lead at home. After a rough Game 2, a game where the 76ers scored 51 points in the third quarter, the Nets need to make several adjustments in order to take Game 3. With Embiid needing to rest his injured knee, Boban Marjanovic found himself playing 18 minutes gathering up 16 points. The Nets were daring him to shoot the mi

William Jackson

Apr 11, 2019
3 min

2019 Playoff Preview: Brooklyn Nets

Nets Daily Season Recap Not even head coach Kenny Atkinson thought this team could get here already. The Brooklyn Nets found themselves 42-40 to end the season, locking into the 6th seed in the playoffs. The success in Brooklyn is driven by the surprising season from D’Angelo Russell, a strong candidate for Most Improved Player. Early on in the season, guard Caris LeVert was on his way to becoming an all star until a devastating knee injury kept him out for 42 games. Spencer

William Jackson

Apr 3, 2019
2 min

Brooklyn Nets Extend Kenny Atkinson

NBA.com Following Monday’s 131-121 loss to the Milwaukee Bucks, the Brooklyn Nets extended Kenny Atkinson and his coaching staff to new contracts. Currently, it’s unknown how long the extensions are for and exactly which coaches were extended, but this is a huge move for the Nets. Atkinson joined the Nets in 2016 with Sean Marks after spending time in Atlanta as an assistant coach. Him and Marks promised to create a new culture in Brooklyn, and create a “sustainable club that

William Jackson

Apr 3, 2019
4 min

OTG Team Awards: Brooklyn Nets

NBA.com What a season, Brooklyn! The Nets are in the playoff race for the first time in years, and have one of the best young cores in the league. Here, we take a look at some of the players who helped spark this season. 6th Man of the Year: Spencer Dinwiddie The Undefeated If he didn’t have midseason surgery, Dinwiddie would be in contention for the team’s MVP. The former G-League player turned skills competition winner has been a staple of this Nets team the past two years.

William Jackson

Mar 10, 2019
3 min

The Other Guys: DeMarre Carroll

New York Post In July of 2017, the Brooklyn Nets shipped Justin Hamilton to Toronto for DeMarre Carroll and a first and second round pick in 2018. This was the second deal of the summer where the Nets took on salary in exchange for assets, with the first being Brook Lopez for D’Angelo Russell and Timofey Mozgov. Carroll was owed around $30 million when the trade was completed, but he did have a solid reputation around the league as a solid role player. The expectations weren’