Photo by Chris Gardner/Getty Images The mock drafts will start to come more frequently with the turn of the calendar and the approach of the deadline, lottery and June Draft The Brooklyn Nets currently have two All-Star point guards, three-timer Ben Simmons and one-timer D’Angelo Russell, but both are lost a lot of luster and their twinkle has faded. Indeed, it seems … [Read more...] about DRAFT WATCH #6 – Draftniks see need for Brooklyn Nets to pick a point guard
3 Takeaways from Brooklyn Nets shorthanded loss to Detroit Pistons
Photo by Catalina Fragoso/NBAE via Getty Images The Nets keep falling; the Pistons keep rising. Is there hope in that? In how things can change and change again? The Brooklyn Nets were tagged as underdogs heading into this season, during their upset run vs the West a few weeks into it, and especially after they kicked down doors as sellers a few weeks ago. This week, … [Read more...] about 3 Takeaways from Brooklyn Nets shorthanded loss to Detroit Pistons
ANALYSIS: Six years in, Nic Claxton is at toughest point in his Brooklyn journey. He wants to be better.
Photo by Luke Hales/Getty Images Nic Claxton’s rollercoaster career as a Brooklyn Net has taken him and us to a bewildering place. It is has not been easy to watch Nic Claxton play basketball for the Brooklyn Nets this season. Now nearing the halfway point of his sixth NBA season, such a sentence was previously unthinkable for the #31 pick in 2019. Claxton was not the … [Read more...] about ANALYSIS: Six years in, Nic Claxton is at toughest point in his Brooklyn journey. He wants to be better.
Brooklyn Nets helpless as Detroit Pistons run away in second half, lose 113-98
Photo by Brandon Todd/NBAE via Getty Images Rinse, repeat: An admirable effort from the Brooklyn Nets fell short at Barclays Center, as the home team was outmatched by a better opponent. Once again, the Brooklyn Nets try. But when the Detroit Pistons — who at this time last year were wrapping up a losing-streak of epic proportions — hit four straight triples to extend … [Read more...] about Brooklyn Nets helpless as Detroit Pistons run away in second half, lose 113-98
ESSAY: Two years after Kevin Durant’s last game as a Net, times are tough, uncertain
Photo by Jesse D. Garrabrant/NBAE via Getty Images As Brian Lewis points out, it was two years ago tonight KD walked off the floor at Barclays Center, never to suit up in black-and-white again Tonight is, as Brian Lewis notes in an astute observation, the anniversary of a tipping point in the NBA and the history of the Brooklyn Nets. Read it and weep. Exactly two … [Read more...] about ESSAY: Two years after Kevin Durant’s last game as a Net, times are tough, uncertain