Player Profile: Randy Foye – The Instant Offense Nets Republic July 18, 2016 Brooklyn Nets, Brooklyn Nets Player Profiles On July 15, it was announced that the Nets signed Randy Foye on a veteran's minimum, one-year deal. This will be Foye's seventh NBA club in his twelve seasons in the league. For the Nets, this is another value ...
Player Profile: Greivis Vásquez – The Journeyman Nets Republic July 17, 2016 Brooklyn Nets, Brooklyn Nets Player Profiles After their offers sheets for Tyler Johnson and Allen Crabbe were matched by their original teams, the Nets needed a plan B. They executed it by signing Greivis Vásquez to a $5 million, one-year deal. Vásquez i...
Player Profile: Bojan Bogdanović – The Sharpshooter Nets Republic July 16, 2016 Brooklyn Nets, Brooklyn Nets Player Profiles As the NBA moves towards small-ball, guards who can hit three-pointers at a reasonable rate continue to grow in demand. That goes double for a distinctly average jump-shooting team like the Brooklyn Nets. Last season, Bojan Bogdanović was the only Nets player ...
“Linsanity” Is Gone! Long Live Jeremy Lin Nathan Gottlieb July 16, 2016 Brooklyn Nets The time referred to as Linsanity is, and will always be, a beloved memory for Lin fans. But it's time to let the term go. Why? Because it has become something of a negative tag on Lin. Writers toss the t...
Player Profile: Anthony Bennett – The Question Mark Nets Republic July 15, 2016 Brooklyn Nets, Brooklyn Nets Player Profiles It's fair to say that no number one overall pick in recent history has drawn more negative press than Anthony Bennett. He has been in the NBA for three years now, and we're still no closer to deciphering the my...
Player Profile: Brook Lopez – The Star Nets Republic July 15, 2016 Brooklyn Nets, Brooklyn Nets Player Profiles There is no player who exemplifies the current Nets roster more than Brook Lopez. Since he was drafted 10th overall in the 2008 NBA draft, Lopez witnessed the Nets moving from New Jersey to Brooklyn, firing an array of head coaches and slowly turning into the ...
NBA U: Lessons learned – An open letter from Mikhail Prokhorov Nets Republic July 15, 2016 Brooklyn Nets Soon I will be marking the sixth year of my ownership of the Brooklyn Nets basketball team. Just last month, I made the decision to give the club a fresh start with a new general manager and head coach. I wante...
Brooklyn Nets Look to the Future with Sean Marks Nets Republic July 13, 2016 Brooklyn Nets One would be hard pressed to find an NBA franchise that has suffered more setbacks in recent history than the Brooklyn Nets. The majority of the blame, of course, lies with the team's former general manager, Bi...
Why Kenny Atkinson is the Right Choice for The Brooklyn Nets Nets Republic July 12, 2016 Brooklyn Nets After seeing his beloved Brooklyn Nets turn into the league's cautionary tale under ex general manager Billy King, the ambitious Russian owner Mikhail Prokhorov finally realized one simple truth – there are no shortcuts to greatness. By appointing Sean Marks a...
Welcome to Brook-LIN Nets Republic July 8, 2016 Brooklyn Nets After the doomed era of "Billy Ball" that saw them crash to the bottom of the Eastern Conference, the Brooklyn Nets are officially ready to move on. The Nets' new general manager, Sean Marks, has already made s...
