On Sunday, the Brooklyn Nets dropped to 0-3 on the young 2025-26 NBA season with a narrow home loss against Victor Wembanyama and the San Antonio Spurs.
It's hard to fathom this conclusion based on their record, but the Brooklyn Nets are having a season that most fans could actually be happy about. That isn't to say that losing the first three games of the year is fun, but the Nets' season is going how many would expect, and it's a good thing.
Sundays are often spent lounging around or relaxing in some capacity. The Brooklyn Nets took a different approach this afternoon. In their matinee contest against the San Antonio Spurs, Brooklyn came ready to run, pressure, and give the home fans anything but the easy win they likely expected.
The Brooklyn Nets hit the road on Sunday afternoon, looking for their first win of the season against a tough San Antonio Spurs squad. The Nets showed a lot of heart once again, staging a big second-half comeback that ultimately came up a little short as the Spurs picked up a 118-107 win.
The Spurs are back and Victor Wembenyama is quickly becoming the new face of the NBA. The 0-2 Nets are hoping for the same fortunes as San Antonio. Until that day, the two meet in a lopsided matinee — the first of a Texas back-to-back — with KD and the Rockets awaiting in Houston.
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 will be back on the road on Sunday for a matchup against one of the league’s most intimidating players. The Nets are in San Antonio for an afternoon showdown with the Spurs in their first matchup against a Western Conference team this season.
The buzz around Barclays Center before tipoff wasn’t about a win or a loss, it was about the future. A sellout crowd of 17,548 fans packed into Barclays Center on Friday night as the Brooklyn Nets hosted their first home game of the season, and even before tip-off, the vibe was all about optimism.
Through his first two NBA games, Brooklyn Nets rookie Egor Demin has done a solid job of remaining consistent. There were so many concerns about his shooting and offensive impact coming into the 2025 NBA Draft, but through two tests, he has passed.
Brooklyn didn’t win either of its first two games, but it showed some encouraging signs from beyond the arc. On Friday night, the Nets dropped to 0-2 with a loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers at home.
The Brooklyn Nets fell short of a miraculous comeback during Friday’s 131-124 loss to the Cleveland Cavaliers at Barclays Center. After falling behind by 25 points, Jordi Fernandez’s squad clawed within one in the final minutes before failing to get over the hump.
Kenny Atkinson praised the Brooklyn Nets for how much trouble they gave his team last year before tipoff this evening. With Cleveland eyeing a Larry O’Brien and the Nets eyeing ping pong balls, they gave Cleveland more than any game preview expected, especially in November, when Brooklyn nearly ended their perfect start to the season.
Following a disappointing road loss to the Charlotte Hornets, the Brooklyn Nets returned home to take on the Cleveland Cavaliers on Friday night, hoping for better results than their season opener.
Hey pro-tankers: rejoice. The first game of the 2025-26 season would’ve been one of the ugliest – if not the ugliest – out of all the games last season.
Noah Clowney has a little more job security and seemingly a lot more confidence. The Nets exercised the fourth-year option on his rookie deal this week, locking in his $5.41 million salary for the 2026-27 season.
After falling to the Charlotte Hornets in the season opener, it's clear this Brooklyn Nets team has a lot of growing pains to work through. In a game wear a pair of rookie guards stole the show, it was Nic Claxton who impressed the most.
Throughout the draft process, and even after the Brooklyn Nets made him the eighth overall pick back in June, there was plenty of doubt surrounding Egor Demin's stroke from beyond the arc.
Brooklyn Nets rookie Drake Powell made his NBA debut in his home state on Wednesday. The former North Carolina wing played seven minutes during a 136-117 loss to the Charlotte Hornets, posting two points and two rebounds while converting his only shot attempt.
Brandon Miller's 25 points and LaMelo Ball's 20 points helped carry the Charlotte Hornets to a 136-117 victory against the visiting Brooklyn Nets in the teams' season opener Wednesday night.
The Nets have exercised their fourth-year team option on big man Noah Clowney for the 2026/27 season, the team announced today (Twitter link via Adam Zagoria of NJ.com).
With offseason talking points in the background, the repairing of reputations for the Brooklyn Nets and Charlotte Hornets finally can begin. The teams will meet in a season opener Wednesday night in Charlotte.
Nets forward Haywood Highsmith recently experienced a setback in his attempted return from a torn meniscus, the team announced via X. He will be re-evaluated in eight weeks.
The future of the Nets depends on nailing the picks they have coming to them in upcoming drafts. Unfortunately, GM Sean Marks and the Nets front office haven't inspired confidence that they can do it.