The Nets waived seven-time All-Star Joe Johnson Thursday, after nearly four seasons as the most consistent player in Brooklyn. Johnson leaves the team as their franchise leader (in the Brooklyn era) in points scored, games played, games started, and minutes played, both in the regular season and in the playoffs. Since the team acquired him […]
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Can the rookie clamp down the former MVP?
With the Nets offseason all but wrapped up, two core members of the organization will head to Africa this week for the first-ever NBA-sanctioned game on the continent. Nets coach Lionel Hollins will coach “Team World,” with Celtics coach Brad Stevens as his assistant, while Nets general manager Billy King will be a co-general manager […]
Barring the type of Grand & Unexpected Wild Offseason Move the team trademarked between 2011 and 2014, this year’s Brooklyn Nets roster is close to set. Thirteen players are on guaranteed contracts, with at least four more vying for the final two spots out of Nets training camp. The Nets don’t look primed to make […]
Fantasy Basketball is all about outsmarting your opponents, and much of that is done through grabbing the unfound star in free agency. Here’s our best way to do that in Week 22. Note: All OWN%’s come from ESPN Fantasy Leagues. Point Guard: PHI- Ish Smith (8.8%) Now heading Philly’s tank, the waiver wire addition has […]
Fantasy Basketball is all about outsmarting your opponents, and much of that is done through grabbing the unfound star in free agency. Here’s our best way to do that in Week 21. Note: All OWN%’s come from ESPN Fantasy Leagues. Point Guard: NYK- Alexey Shved (16.1%) It seems like every day a Knicks player is […]
Brook Lopez could’ve said “Thunder Up.”
A report from ESPN.com yesterday suggested that the Brooklyn Nets were willing to part with their “Big 3,” in the hopes that they’d be able to remain competitive in the Eastern Conference while adding to their flexibility. We asked you guys for some trade ideas, and we got a lot of them, from good to […]
Brook Lopez & Lionel Hollins have some clear differences. Near the end of the third quarter Friday night against the Oklahoma City Thunder, Brook Lopez didn’t help quickly on a driving Serge Ibaka for Nets coach Lionel Hollins. It wasn’t the first time Lopez had missed an assignment in help defense, and it led to […]
The Brooklyn Nets (4-7) enter Friday night’s game in Oklahoma City against the Thunder on a demoralizing five-game losing streak, which by now everyone knows has followed Joe Johnson’s notorious “selfish” comments. After an exhausting and emotional triple-overtime loss Wednesday night to Jason Kidd’s Milwaukee Bucks, the Nets must quickly regroup at a venue that […]
But just how ridiculous was Lopez’s production? Now thanks to the league’s optical tracking data provided by SportVU, we can take a closer look.
