The Las Vegas Summer League concluded July 17, with the Los Angeles Lakers emerging victorious. (SUMMER LEAGUE CHAMPS 2K17) Laker rookie Kyle Kuzma shined in the Championship game and Lonzo Ball dazzled throughout the week. Without any big-time rookies playing, the spotlight was not on the Brooklyn Nets in Sin City. (That lack of spotlight […]
Brooklyn Revolution Podcast: Brook Lopez Trade, 2017 NBA Draft
Brooklyn Revolution is a revolutionary podcast covering the Brooklyn Nets. On Episode 6, Sandy Mui, Nick LeTourneau and Charles Maniego discuss the Brook Lopez trade and 2017 NBA Draft. All in the same week, the Brooklyn Nets sent Brook Lopez to the Los Angeles Lakers and selected two players in the 2017 NBA Draft. Yes, Brook […]
Nets reportedly trade Brook Lopez, 2017 pick to Lakers for Mozgov, Russell
The Brooklyn Nets have traded Brook Lopez and the No. 27 pick to the Los Angeles Lakers for Timofey Mozgov and D’Angelo Russell, The Vertical‘s Adrian Wojnarowski reports. Lakers are trading Tim Mozgov and D'Angelo Russell to Nets for Brook Lopez and 27th pick Thursday, sources say. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@WojVerticalNBA) June 20, 2017 A player […]
Patience is Paramount: Revisiting Billy King’s first year with the Nets
Patience is Paramount: Revisiting Billy King’s first year with the Nets Sean Marks recently celebrated his one-year (and a day) anniversary of becoming the Brooklyn Nets’ general manager. In his first year, to say the least, the Nets have struggled mightily. Marks made bold offseason moves, some of which have panned out, and some that […]
Sustainably Sourced: Adding the Ingredients for an Efficient Nets Offense
Sustainably Sourced: Adding the Ingredients for an Efficient Nets Offense Constructing an NBA roster requires balance. The general manager needs to understand on-court schemes, but also must account for attitude and effort. Putting big-name talent that fails to gel usually results in disappointment (see Brooklyn Nets, 2013-2014). Assembling a high character team that lacks raw […]
Nets aim to stay afloat against the fluid Spurs
Opponent: San Antonio Spurs Time: 7:30 Location: Barclays Center TV: YES Network Radio: WFAN In the famous words of Admiral Ackbar, “It’s a Trap!” Coming off an overtime thriller against the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday night, and facing the Raptors tomorrow evening on the second-half of a back-to-back, tonight’s game against the Nets could be […]
Hopeless Nets look to stave off Hawks at home
Hopeless Nets look to stave off Hawks at home With each passing game, it becomes clearer and clearer that the Brooklyn Nets, as currently composed, are not long for this world. With teams now able to sign players to 10-day contracts, it appears as if the Nets will be giving plenty of waiver-wire players the […]
Nets-Sixers — what else is there to say?
Opponent: Philadelphia 76ers Time: 6:00pm EST Location: Wells Fargo Center Watch:YES Network Listen: WFAN 101.9 FM 660AM The Brooklyn Nets look to get their eighth win of the season, taking on a Philadelphia 76ers team that is one of two teams that has fewer wins than the Nets. (Yes, that other team happens to be […]
Nets, Magic face off in matchup between Eastern Conference cellar dwellers
Nets, Magic face off in matchup between Eastern Conference cellar dwellers The Brooklyn Nets picked up a big 107-97 win over the Los Angeles Lakers on Wednesday to improve their record to 7-17 for the year. Since the Nets have won just 3 of their last 15 contests, it is imperative that Brooklyn continues to build momentum […]
The Nets return to Staples Center to vanquish a 24-hour nightmare
The Nets return to Staples Center to vanquish a 24-hour nightmare Opponent: Los Angeles Lakers Time: 10:30pm EST Location: Staples Center Watch: YES Network Listen: WCBS 880 AM While back-to-backs are often chalked-up as “scheduling losses” well in advance of the actual games, it isn’t exactly as if the Brooklyn Nets really played a full […]
TBG Player Previews 2016-2017: Trevor Booker
Trevor Booker, power forward 2015-2016: 20.7 MPG, 5.9 PPG, .490 FG%, 5.7 RPG, 1.1 APG, 0.7 SPG, 0.5 BPG, 1.0 TOV, 79 G Who is Trevor Booker? Trevor Booker is a 6’8 power forward that functions as a more souped-up version of Reggie Evans and he immediately joins the Brooklyn Nets as one of the […]
TBG Player Previews 2016-2017: Jeremy Lin
Jeremy Lin, point guard 2015-2016: 26.3 MPG, 11.3 PPG, 3.0 APG, 2.8 RPG, 0.7 SPG, 0.5 BPG, .412 FG%, .336 3PT%, .815 FT%, 78 G Who is Jeremy Lin? Essentially, Jeremy Lin is the NBA’s version of the Rorschach test. To some, the 6’3 point guard is still the player who captivated the imagination of […]
