The Nets schedule release video is COMEDY 🤣 (via @BrooklynNets)pic.twitter.com/NSi93NU9HD — Bleacher Report (@BleacherReport) August 17, 2023Read More
By Harvey Hoffman Nets coach Jacque Vaughn said after last night’s loss to the Knicks that Ben Simmons (left knee soreness) will not be available for Friday’s game against the Celtics. Simmons has missed Brooklyn’s last four games, and Friday will make five. Brooklyn does play four games in Week 20, but that includes a […]Read More
By Harvey Hoffman It seems in the NBA there’s a sucker born every minute. Or at least a sucker GM! ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski is reporting that the Brooklyn Nets are trading Kyrie Irving to the Dallas Mavericks. The Mavericks are sending Dorian Finney-Smith, Spencer Dinwiddie, a 2029 first-round pick and two second-round picks to the Nets in exchange for Irving, sources […]Read More
By Harvey Hoffman According to ESPN analyst Jalen Rose: “Ben Simmons is stealing money [from the Nets], ski mask and gloves.” Rose agreed with Stephen A. Smith on his Simmons take and also mentioned that Simmons has 119 fouls as opposed to his 113 baskets. Read More
This is the first time since 1976-77 — Nets’ first season in NBA — that both the Knicks and Nets have active win streaks of six-plus games at the same time, per ESPN’s @StatsWilliams. — Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) December 19, 2022Read More
By Jerry Wein The Brooklyn Nets suspended Kyrie Irving for at least five games without pay because of his repeated failure to “unequivocally say he has no antisemitic beliefs,” with Irving later issuing an apology for his social media post last week about a book and movie that feature antisemitic tropes. Irving had refused to […]Read More
By Jerry Wein Ben Simmons made his Brooklyn Nets debut Monday night against his former team, the Sixers, at the Barclays Center. He didn’t receive a warm welcome. Fans, likely including some 76ers supporters, booed Simmons as he attempted free throws during the first quarter. He missed both foul shots. Surprise surprise! You can see the hard […]Read More
By Jerry Wein Nov. 22 is when the Nets come to Philly to play Joel Embiid and the Sixers. Since Ben Simmons can’t and won’t shoot, the Nets are now considering playing him at center position in certain circumstances. “There have been rumblings of Simmons playing center this season and Durant has done so before […]Read More
By Jerry Wein Kyrie Irving has been “working out with teammates and holding constructive dialogue with the [Nets] organization this offseason,” according to Shams Charania. Shams adds that the Nets have “made clear to interested teams that they plan to keep the seven-time All-Star.” They have little leverage here, since Kyrie is on an expiring […]Read More
By Jerry Wein Ben Simmons (back surgery – microdiscectomy) will reportedly be ready for training camp in late September. ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski reported last week that Simmons should be good to go for camp, which echoes what sources told the New York Post last month. The former Sixer hasn’t played an NBA game since June […]Read More
By Jerry Wein Are the Sixers still in the Kevin Durant sweepstakes? Per Marc Stein via his substack, Durant will do everything in his power to get out of Brooklyn with four teams in his sight: “If Durant hasn’t been traded by then, there is a growing expectation in league circles that he will continue trying to […]Read More
Who's going to win most improved this year? 🏀 Zion Williamson +1400 Ben Simmons +4000 Kawhi Leonard +10000 Jamal Murray +10000 John Wall +10000 Field -5000@BetUS_Official đź’° — Odds Shark (@OddsShark) July 28, 2022Read More
