NETS RUMORS & GOSSIP

Neither Caris LeVert nor Isaiah Whitehead will be playing in this year’s Rising Stars Challenge —nor did sophomore Rondae Hollis-Jefferson— but NBA.com’s weekly Rookie Ladder has both Isaiah Whitehead (no. 9) and Caris LeVert (No. 10) in their top 10. Whitehead, taken with the 42nd pick in the Draft, has been in the top 10 for five weeks. This is the first time LeVert has...

The announcement was straightforward.  Jeremy Lin would miss another three to five weeks of play after re-aggravating his left hamstring while going through basketball drills. It was the third such injury and insured that Lin's first year in Brooklyn would be a bust. He will miss more than half the season when all the games are totaled up. In the days since, Lin seems increasingly...

Because Brook Lopez entered the NBA for the 2008-09 season, the Nets have played 684 games — and lost 431 of them, 63 percent. And to an extent, that concerns Nets coach Kenny Atkinson. Lopez has known just two winning seasons, two playoff series for a total of 13 games. Yet he remains intent on...

The Nets’ season has been a tractor pull through waist-deep mud. Blueprints were torn up long ago because a key piece to the plan, point guard Jeremy Lin, has barely played this season due to a left hamstring injury. And there is the losing, relentless in its consistency. Players and coaches are dealing with the...

Back when the Nets were considering Sean Marks for the GM job, the organization liked what they heard from Marks in his job interview. But they needed to do their due diligence, go to the source, ask the questions. So, of course, one of the first people they called was Gregg Popovich, who had been Marks coach, had hired him as an assistant coach, worked with him as an assistant...

With New England back in yet another Super Bowl, Nets guard Spencer Dinwiddie called the Spurs the Patriots of the NBA, and Brooklyn general manager Sean Marks — who cut his teeth in San Antonio — called his old team a well-oiled machine. That machine rolled through the Nets like a combine through wheat. The...

Jeremy Lin’s first season with the Brooklyn Nets hasn’t gone as planned, and it continues to get worse for the journeyman point guard.Lin has been sidelined for most of the season with a strained left hamstring, which he first injured Nov. 2 and then again on Dec. 26. Lin apparently suffered another setback and will be out even longer, according to a statement released by Nets...

NEW YORK (AP) The Brooklyn Nets say Jeremy Lin will miss at least three more weeks because of a hamstring injury that has sidelined him most of the season. General manager Sean Marks said Monday that Lin aggravated his left hamstring during his rehab and that the point guard could miss approximately three to five weeks. Lin was first injured Nov. 2, just five games into the season...

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) Michael Kidd-Gilchrist had 17 points and 14 rebounds, Nic Batum made two clutch 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and the Charlotte Hornets defeated the Brooklyn Nets 112-105 on Saturday night for their third straight win. Ramon Sessions added 17 points off the bench for the Hornets, who have won nine of their last 10 at home. The win helped the Hornets avenge...

Brook Lopez on the Nets 143-114 win over the Pelicans.

Kenny Atkinson on the Nets 143 114 win over the Pelicans.

Caris LeVert on the Nets 143 point win over the Pelicans.

Last night the Nets (8-32) hosted the Houston Rockets (32-11) at Barclays Center. The Rockets came into last night’s game on their first losing streak of the season. Houston would quickly end that losing streak with a 137-112 win.    The Brooklyn Nets were able to hang with the Rockets in the first half despite allowing the Rockets to score 74 points. The 74 points for the Rockets...

The Brooklyn Nets and Philadelphia 76ers recently met in a matinee matchup that gave rise and context to their divergent paths as both try to rebuild. The game itself was almost a microcosm of the philosophy each side has employed to get back to the contender status. Brooklyn led early, but Philadelphia's young talent rose to the occasion and took home a largely meaningless win,...

I think it is safe to say that the Nets have officially hit rock bottom. The Nets don’t control the rights to their first round pick this year and are currently the worst team in the NBA. Thursday night the Nets (8-30) hosted the New Orleans Pelicans (16-24) at the Barclays Center. The Pelicans won 104-95 and handed the struggling Nets their eighth straight loss. The New Orleans...

At 23 years old, Anthony Bennett is already trying to rebuild his basketball career. After the former No. 1 pick was released by the Brooklyn Nets earlier this week, he has landed with Fenerbahce Istanbul in Turkey, according to overseas hoops reporter David Pick. Former No. 1 draft pick Anthony Bennett has signed with Euroleague power-club Fenerbahce, according to source. â...

On Monday, the Brooklyn Nets waived Anthony Bennett, reportedly signing Quincy Acy to a 10-day contract to replace him. The Nets just released former No. 1 overall pick Anthony Bennett and will sign Quincy Acy to a 10-day deal to replace him, ESPN sources say — Marc Stein (@ESPNSteinLine) January 9, 2017 Less than four years ago, Bennett was the No. 1 overall pick in the...

The Brooklyn Nets have fallen off the rails and currently sit alone as the worst team in the NBA. Expectations were not high going into the season, but those have not even been met. With no chance of making the playoffs, Kenny Atkinson should put the focus on developing young talent on the roster. Caris LeVert has seen more minutes recently and Isaiah Whitehead has gotten steady...

The Brooklyn Nets are putting a high price tag on star center Brook Lopez to say the least. ESPN’s Marc Stein reports that the Nets’ current asking price for the one-time All-Star is two first-round picks. You read that right: two first-round picks for a player with one more year left on his contract after this season. Not only that but Lopez is commanding a $21.2 million salary...