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FILM STUDY: Royce O’Neale and Dorian Finney-Smith and doing the job for Brooklyn
The pair of feisty wings is doing both the glamorous and the dirty work for Brooklyn during this hot streak → Read More
Nets take down Nuggets in Denver, 122-120
For the second straight game, the Brooklyn Nets held a one-possession lead with less than two seconds left in the fourth quarter, needing just one stop to secure an impressive win over a Western... → Read More
Nets continue road trip with visit to Denver
Things are looking up (just don’t squint too hard) in the borough. The Brooklyn Nets, following a four-game tumble out of the post-All Star Break gates, are 4-1 in their last five games, taking... → Read More
FILM STUDY: Final All-Star Break thoughts on the Brooklyn Nets
Some final thoughts on what to focus on for the Brooklyn Nets, as they come out of the All-Star Break → Read More
FILM STUDY: What do the Nets’ trade acquisitions bring to the table?
A detailed look at each of the four players Brooklyn added to their roster during the trade deadline. → Read More
FILM STUDY: Where are we at with Ben Simmons?
The Brooklyn Nets have completed exactly two-thirds of the regular season. It’s time to take a progress report on Ben Simmons. → Read More
FILM STUDY: The Totality of the Cam Thomas Experience
Cam Thomas may be the most unique player in the NBA. Here’s why. → Read More
ANALYSIS: Brooklyn Nets are suddenly facing a minutes crunch. How do they fix it?
Is there such a thing as having too many rotation players? → Read More
Nets lose excruciating thriller against Philadelphia 76ers, 101-98
The Nets came out of the trade deadline with cautious optimism about the future. Guess what happened next. → Read More
Newest Nets, Cam Johnson and Mikal Bridges, shine in introduction
The Nets add two valuable wings, and a great pair of friends → Read More
IT’S PERSONAL: This is worse, but only sometimes
It feels disingenuous to use the phrase “new-look Nets” yet again, to describe, like, the tenth look for Brooklyn over the past three-or-so years. The only new look for this franchise would be a consistent one. In any case, I skipped out on watching this almost-whole version of the Brooklyn Nets notch their first win in their first game, a 116-105 victory over the Chicago Bulls on Thursday… → Read More
It’s personal: A farewell to Kyrie Irving, the Brooklyn Net
This was not the inevitable. It only feels that way because it was so appropriate, fitting to the point where, if professional sports leagues really do write season-long scripts ahead of time, you could chide the NBA for lacking creativity. They phoned it in when it came to Kyrie Irving’s departure from the Brooklyn Nets. The entirety of Irving’s final chapter in Brooklyn took place within the… → Read More
Nets fall to Suns, 116-112, as Cam Thomas breaks 40-mark for third consecutive game
Tonight, Nets fans knew what was in store: a whole lot of Cam Thomas. If his 91 points over the past two games caught you off guard, as they did much of the general NBA fanbase, OK. But you had no... → Read More
New Nets offer optimism, gratitude following trade
"Hey, there’s more of you than there used to be." That’s what Spencer Dinwiddie observed as he walked into a room full of reporters for he and Dorian Finney-Smith’s introductory press conference as... → Read More
Nets mount huge comeback to defeat Wizards, 125-123, in off-beat classic
Life is what happens to you when you’re busy making other plans. You can buy a ticket weeks in advance to watch Bradley Beal and Kristaps Porzingis face off with Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant at... → Read More
Jacque Vaughn stays mum on Kyrie Irving’s reported trade request
After all, this still is, technically, just a rumor: Breaking: Brooklyn Nets All-Star Kyrie Irving has requested a trade, league sources tell @TheAthletic @Stadium. The franchise has been... → Read More
Nets put up eight-minute fight, then bleed out for two more hours before dying, 139-96
You win some, you lose some. And sometimes, I guess, a third option happens that makes fans question why they plan their time around watching their favorite sports teams. I imagine that mix of... → Read More
Nets pull away from star-less Lakers, win 121-104
There must have been a strange mix of disappointment and relief among the Nets on Monday afternoon. Like a job interview getting rescheduled. The best players in the world want to play against the... → Read More
Nets, stop me if you’ve heard this one before, beat Knicks again, 122-115
Death, taxes, the Nets owning the Knicks in the Clean Sweep era. We entered Saturday evening with the Nets record vs. their Manhattan counterpart at 13-3 since the start of the 2018 season,... → Read More
Nets drop second game in as many days to Detroit Pistons, 130-122
Can a game in which the two teams combine for 252 points also be considered a "slog"? Because that’s what the Brooklyn Nets’ 130-122 loss to the Detroit Pistons felt like on Thursday night. In his... → Read More