Another season is in the books for the Brooklyn Nets. They had their promise — they had their injuries — and they had their breakout performances. Spencer Dinwiddie picked up an All-Star Skills Challenge trophy along the way to a potential Most Improved Player bid. The Nets even won eight more games than last season. The […]
TBG Roundtable: Thoughts as All-Star Break closes
The Brooklyn Nets go back to practice on Wednesday, thus ending their time off. With the players getting back to work, and Spencer Dinwiddie bringing an All-Star Skills Challenge trophy back to Brooklyn, The Brooklyn Game put together thoughts of the season thus far and adjustments that can be made in the final 23 games. What […]
D’Angelo Russell’s return probable for Friday against Miami
It is the moment everyone has been waiting for: The Brooklyn Nets announced Thursday that D’Angelo Russell’s status is probable for Friday’s game against the Miami Heat. Russell has sat out of action for the Nets since Nov. 11 when he injured his knee against the Utah Jazz and six days later underwent arthroscopic surgery to […]
Media Day takeaways: Bear hugs, leadership and new projects
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – Timofey Mozgov was fielding questions from media when he didn’t know what hit him. Someone ran into him from behind, nearly knocking the seven-foot, one-inch big man over, and the table in front of him. That person was D’Angelo Russell. “That’s my guy right here, make sure y’all take care of my […]
Nets sign free agent center Tyler Zeller to two-year deal
The Brooklyn Nets have signed free agent center Tyler Zeller to a two-year deal, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reports. The addition caps off Brooklyn’s roster of 15, not counting Brooklyn’s two-way contract signings of Yakuba Ouattara and Jacob Wiley. Free agent center Tyler Zeller is finalizing a two-year deal with the Brooklyn Nets, league sources tell ESPN. […]
Brooklyn Nets trade Andrew Nicholson to Portland for Allen Crabbe
The Brooklyn Nets have traded forward Andrew Nicholson to the Portland Trail Blazers for guard Allen Crabbe, ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported Tuesday. Portland has traded Allen Crabbe to Brooklyn for Andrew Nicholson, league sources tell ESPN. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) July 25, 2017 The trade comes one year after the Nets originally tendered an offer […]
Nets sign shooting guard Yakuba Ouattara to two-way contract
The Brooklyn Nets announced Friday the signing of 6-foot, 4-inch shooting guard Yakuba “Billy” Ouattara to a two-way contract. Ouattara, a 25-year-old player from Ghana, has spent the last four years playing for the French LNB Pro A league. The past season, playing for AS Monaco Basket, Ouattara averaged 11.8 points on 51.4 percent shooting and […]
Mikhail Prokhorov’s appearance on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
Wednesday night, Brooklyn Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov appeared on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert as a part of the show’s “Russia Week.” In the segment, Colbert visits Prokhorov at his house outside Moscow and talks being an oligarch, the Nets, Prokhorov’s lost yacht and fancy bologna. After a tour of the house, Prokhorov brings Colbert […]
TBG Roundtable: Brooklyn Nets free agency, and what’s up next
After acquiring DeMarre Carroll, and with Kentavious Caldwell-Pope talks abound, The Brooklyn Game staff went roundtable to discuss free agency so far, what the Nets should do with their cap space and dark horse free agents still in the mix. Did the Nets make the right call to wait for the market to settle before […]
Culture remains a priority on NBA Draft night for Brooklyn
Sean Marks and Kenny Atkinson don’t waste any time when it comes to introducing prospective players to the Brooklyn Nets’ system, and that was no exception to the team’s No. 22 pick of Thursday night’s NBA Draft in Jarrett Allen. The freshman coming out of the University of Texas did not work out for the […]
Brooklyn Nets select C Jarrett Allen with No. 22 pick at NBA Draft
BROOKLYN, N.Y. – With the No. 22 pick in the NBA Draft, the Brooklyn Nets selected center Jarrett Allen Thursday night at Barclays Center. The big man comes from the University of Texas following his freshman year, where he averaged 13.4 points, 8.4 rebounds and 1.6 blocks per game. Standing at 6 feet, 10 inches […]
What Brook Lopez meant to me
Being a lifelong Nets fan wasn’t really a choice for me. My dad was a Nets fan, so I watched Nets games growing up, and that’s how I learned the game. Basically, Ian Eagle taught me everything I know. That’s not so bad, right? As much as I watched New Jersey Nets games, my interest […]
