With the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament well behind us, there's time to decompress before the Sweet 16. The NBA is still going on with the regular season winding down, but for the Brooklyn Nets, the real work is starting.
I was born and raised in Manhattan, just a couple years before the New Jersey Nets leapt directly from the basement to consecutive NBA Finals appearances.
Those of you who stayed up to watch our 17-win Nets play into the wee hours of the morning were rewarded with an entertaining bout, a touch of history, and somehow still, a lottery-friendly game result.
The Brooklyn Nets (17-56) stayed on the West Coast for a late-night showdown with the Golden State Warriors (35-38) on Wednesday. Similar to Monday's game in Portland, the Nets would be facing a team desperate for a win to stay alive in the Western Conference playoff race.
Late night Nets in Golden State! They have 17 wins to their name and most fans are really just holding out hope for May. Until then it’s just an excruciating wait game.
Heroes run the NBA, but every story also needs a villain. For some franchises, it's a particularly hated opponent, but every now and then, it's one of their own.
The Brooklyn Nets have re-signed Malachi Smith to a second 10-day contract, the team announced Wednesday. Smith appeared in six games during his first 10-day contract after spending most of the season with Brooklyn’s G League affiliate, the Long Island Nets.
The Brooklyn Nets announced today that they are signing guard Malachi Smith to another 10-day contract. After six games with the team, the rookie will return and play through early April.
The Long Island Nets returned to their home court on Tuesday night for their second-to-last home game of the season. They faced off with their crosstown rivals in a close game that turned very chippy at the end.
The Nets have agreed to re-sign guard Malachi Smith to a second 10-day contract following the expiration of his initial 10-day deal on Monday night, league sources tell Michael Scotto of HoopsHype (Twitter link).
Toumani Camara exploded for a career night, scoring 35 points on 10-of-12 shooting and sinking a career-high nine three-pointers, as the Portland Trail Blazers rolled past the Brooklyn Nets 134-99 on Monday night — Portland’s largest margin of victory this season.
Basketball has changed so, so much since it was first played in the late 1800s. The NBA has a lot to do with this, and there are even a handful of players who can be credited with influencing significant shifts on their own.
The Brooklyn Nets were put through the wringer in a 134-99 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers on Monday. Rookie guards Nolan Traoré and Ben Saraf struggled mightily from efficiency standpoints.
Brooklyn Nets fans may have seen the last of rookie big man Danny Wolf this season. Wolf exited during the second quarter of Sunday’s 126-122 loss to the Sacramento Kings with what appeared to be a significant left ankle sprain.
The Brooklyn Nets (17-55) continued their West Coast swing on Monday night with a matchup against the Portland Trail Blazers (36-37). The Nets were coming off a tight loss to the Kings on Sunday and were looking to rebound against a Portland team chasing a playoff spot in the Western Conference.
The Brooklyn Nets could be making big moves this offseason. The franchise could look to acquire a star this offseason to accelerate its rebuild, especially because it doesn't own its first-round pick next season.
Jordi Fernández was a big fan of the Brooklyn Nets’ performance against the Sacramento Kings on Sunday evening, a hard-fought game that resulted in a 126-122 Kings victory.
The Nets lost (or won) depending on how you look at it against the Kings. We’re in the final stretch and guys are going down. Egor Demin is done for the year, Michael Porter Jr.
When the Nets traded Cam J0hnson for Michael Porter Jr. and the Denver Nuggets unprotected first rounder in 2032, there was much weeping and gnashing of teeth.
As tumultuous as rebuilds can be in the NBA, it seems that fans have embraced losing in the modern era. On social media, whether it be through memes or actual analysis, fanbases of bottom feeders know that dropping games now will improve the odds of getting a top pick in the NBA Draft.
The Brooklyn Nets’ rookies are receiving extended minutes during the final stretch of the season following the team’s elimination from postseason contention.
The Sacramento Kings leaned on a late-game surge from Malik Monk to outlast the Brooklyn Nets 126–122 on Sunday night. Monk delivered a clutch performance, scoring 10 of his game-high 32 points in the final five minutes.
Nets top scorer Porter Jr. had already been sidelined for three games with a sprained right ankle when a hamstring issue surfaced. An MRI confirmed the strain, and the team announced he would be re-evaluated in two to three weeks.
Nets forward Michael Porter Jr. underwent an MRI on Wednesday which revealed a left hamstring strain. He will be reevaluated in two-to-three weeks, the team announced (Twitter link).
No stranger to winning, the Oklahoma City Thunder accomplished something for the second time that's rare for most teams to put together even once throughout a season.
The Brooklyn Nets gave a new meaning to futility with their pitiful showing on Wednesday. Brooklyn faced off at home on Wednesday against the defending champion Oklahoma City Thunder at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, N.Y.
It is no secret that the Brooklyn Nets have had a terrible season and were staring down a huge mismatch against the NBA-leading Oklahoma City Thunder on Wednesday night.