This is, uh, not easy.
There hasn’t been much to say about the tanking Nets — but the line gets drawn somewhere tonight. The Knicks are in town for the first time this year, and it’s not that anybody is expecting a win, but there ought to be a level of pride the guys from Brooklyn.
It’s a nationally televised game and the opposing teams’ fans are going to take over. One is factual and one is a prediction from someone who has watched the Nets for three decades. Just compete. Don’t let this turn into a laughingstock.
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BATTLE OF THE B(O)ROS | NETS: 14-29
Time: 7:30 p.m. ET
Opponent: NY Knicks (28-16)
Tune In: TNT; WFAN Radio
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GAME PREVIEW | JORDAN GREENE
Injury Report: Bojan Bogdanovic, Cam Thomas, DeAnthony Melton, Maxwell Lewis, Ziaire Williams, and Trendon Watford are out. Dariq Whitehead is with the Long Island Nets. Ben Simmons is again questionable with an illness. Brian Lewis reports that Bogdanovic has resumed on-court activities but he’s a long way from escaping this list. For the Knicks, Mitchell Robinson (ankle) and Kevin McCullar Jr. (knee) are out.
The Game: With the all time lead in the rivalry now to the favor of the Knicks (114-112) after the Knicks two early season wins, the two teams have rarely had their fates as closely tied as they are now. Leon Bass thought so much of Mikal Bridges as his final championship piece that he traded away five first round picks, all but one unprotected the other lightly so; an unprotected first round pick swap; a second rounder and three players for Bridges and the now departed Keita Bates-Diop. The two teams’ first trade in 42 years will define things for years to come.
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