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The Brooklyn Nets Missed Their Chance, and Other Takeaways From Day 3 of the NBA Playoffs

August 20, 2020

So Close... The Brooklyn Nets played really well on Wednesday afternoon vs. Toronto. They must have been inspired by watching the Houston Rockets demolish OKC on their day off, because the intensity Brookly...

How the Nets Fixed Their Pick and Roll, and Hung 129 on the Clippers

Lucas Kaplan

August 14, 2020

Many of the Brooklyn Nets' worst fears were realized on July 31st, after dropping their first game of the NBA Restart to the Orlando Magic. The contest wasn't close after the first quarter. It was, in part, du...

Brooklyn Nets Can’t Keep up With Orlando, Drop First Game of NBA Restart

Lucas Kaplan

August 1, 2020

The Good: The glaring question facing the Brooklyn Nets was if they had enough offensive firepower to make their experience at the NBA Restart competitive. Through one quarter against the Magic, the answer...

Brooklyn Nets Fan Guide to NBA Restart Exhibition Games Graphic

Brooklyn Nets Mini-Roundtable: What To Expect In The Bubble For The Brooklyn Nets?

Lucas Kaplan

July 31, 2020

Some of our writers got together to give their responses on what we should expect from the Brooklyn Nets during the NBA restart. Lucas Kaplan: The 2016 Yankees were treading water at .500, often on the verg...

And Now, Hyper-Tanking

Lucas Kaplan

July 11, 2020

The Brooklyn Nets' most important game of the year will come against the Washington Wizards. Obviously, it will not be a playoff contest. Even for a franchise who willingly parked itself in purgatory, that's a...

The Five Best Nets in (Brooklyn) Franchise History

Lucas Kaplan

July 1, 2020

Black lives mattering is not just a fad. Consider addressing the ever-present issue of racism by donating to worthy causes, many of which can be found here. NBA writers only selected a New Jersey Net seven ...

The Case For (And Against) Teams on the Bubble of the NBA Bubble Playoffs

Lucas Kaplan

June 9, 2020

With how inconsequential professional sports leagues ultimately are to the fabric of our society, I'd be remiss to just jump right into NBA talk. Especially as the league is far from the foremost thing on anyo...

The Neatest Nets Numbers: DeAndre Jordan, Immovable Object

Lucas Kaplan

May 27, 2020

Welcome to the second edition of The Neatest Nets Numbers, where I rant about the most entertaining numbers attributed to this year’s Brooklyn Nets squad. Brooklyn’s extravagant mediocrity resulted in some num...

The Neatest Nets Numbers: Theo Pinson’s Electric Boogaloo

Lucas Kaplan

May 5, 2020

Welcome to the inaugural edition of The Neatest Nets Numbers, where I rant about the most entertaining numbers attributed to this year's Brooklyn Nets squad. Some of these stats are pretty inconsequential to ...

An Ode to David Nwaba

Lucas Kaplan

April 2, 2020

Immediately, it was obvious what happened. It was just the late third quarter of a December game in San Antonio, but that was the scene for the most gut-wrenching moment of the Nets season. David Nwaba, about...

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