Sitting at dead last in the NBA for defensive rebounds per game is the Brooklyn Nets. Their 26.6 team average is the worst in Brooklyn history. It's not because of a lack of size, it's more related to poor instincts and a lack of effort on the defensive glass.
The Brooklyn Nets are stumbling out of the gates, dropping all but one of their first dozen games of the season. The theme of this season has been developing young talent, but Nets center Nic Claxton is playing arguably the best basketball of his career.
On the scale of pure team performance, the Brooklyn Nets are easily at the bottom of the NBA, and perhaps even last. At 1-11, the goals are clear: sacrifice games for a high 2026 draft pick and develop the current core.
Out of 540 available roster spots in the NBA, 539 are currently filled. That lone open spot belongs to the Brooklyn Nets, the only team yet to fill all three of their two-way slots.
The all-time list of NBA All-Stars is obviously long, and notably distinguished. However, there are some players — for various reasons — who the casual, or even most-dedicated, NBA fans can't recall having earned All-Star nods.
The Brooklyn Nets suffered a narrow defeat against the Orlando Magic with a final score of 105-98. This was also an NBA Cup win, giving the Nets an 0-2 record in the group stage.
The Long Island Nets returned to the court on Friday night as they took on the 0-3 Maine Celtics in Portland, ME. The game started evenly but took an ugly turn which saw a monumental collapse by the Brooklyn Nets G Leaguers.
Rookie development is the top storyline of the Brooklyn Nets’ 2025-26 campaign. Yet, the team’s draft picks have frequently taken a backseat early in a tanking season.
Michael Porter Jr. entered Friday night’s NBA Cup contest against the Orlando Magic with a career-high of six assists, done just once. In less than one quarter of play, he tied that mark.
The Nets entered Friday night sitting near the bottom of the Eastern Conference standings at 1-10, only ahead of the Washington Wizards and Indiana Pacers, who were both 1-11.
The Brooklyn Nets gave the Toronto Raptors a good fight, but it wasn’t enough. They’re now 1-10 on the season, and a loss vs. the Wizards on Sunday would give them the worst record in the NBA.
Brooklyn Nets rookie Egor Demin is still adjusting to life in the Big Apple. During a recent appearance on From The Logo with Jimmer Fredette, Demin revealed that his first rent payment was one of the most difficult parts of the transition from BYU to the NBA.
The Brooklyn Nets selected an NBA-record five players in the first round of the 2025 draft, but that hasn't helped them win right away. They're 1-10 ahead of Friday night's road matchup with the 6-6 Orlando Magic.
It's hard to fathom considering they were in the NBA Finals less than two years ago, but the Dallas Mavericks are getting closer to where the Brooklyn Nets are in terms of the state of the team.
Embarrassing would be too generous a descriptor for the Brooklyn Nets’ defensive performance to open the season. The tanking squad posted a 126.3 defensive rating during a 1-10 start, seven points worse than last year’s league-worst Utah Jazz.
The Brooklyn Nets are set for more NBA Cup action, and they’ll be facing a team that they should be trying to copy. Over the past few years, the Nets have been one of the league’s worst teams.
When the Brooklyn Nets finally decided to trade veteran Cam Johnson in a deal that felt long overdue, many fans were scratching their heads. Instead of getting young players for the 29-year-old forward, the team went in a bit of a different direction.
The Brooklyn Nets helped facilitate a three-team trade that sent Kristaps Porzingis from the Boston Celtics to the Atlanta Hawks during the offseason. In the deal, the Nets took on Terance Mann and the $47 million salary he's due over the next three seasons and the No.
Brooklyn Nets center Day’Ron Sharpe is nearing a return from an injury amid the team’s 1-10 start. After missing Tuesday’s 119-109 loss to the Toronto Raptors, the Nets upgraded Sharpe to probable for Friday’s road matchup with the Orlando Magic.
While the Brooklyn Nets are in a massive rebuilding project and many losses are anticipated, coach Jordi Fernandez would like to see some better defensive showings.
Back in January 2023, Brooklyn Nets center Nic Claxton boasted to reporters that he'd never lost to the New York Knicks. Since that statement, Claxton and the Nets haven't beaten them.
In the first quarter of Wednesday’s game against Indiana, Nets guard Cam Thomas re-injured the same left hamstring that limited him to just 25 games last season, per Brian Lewis of The New York Post.