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Charles Barkley sounds off on Deron Williams, Brooklyn Nets
Charles Barkley ripped the Nets and Deron Williams Brooklyn Nets point guard Deron Williams has had a rough tenure with the Nets franchise since being traded from the Utah Jazz. The 29-year-old point guard is having his worst year in the NBA since his rookie season and has admitted to losing his confidence. TNT analyst Charles Barkley is never afraid to speak his mind and confirmed...
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Exploring Paul Pierce as a trade piece
Paul Pierce has been less than satisfied this season with the Brooklyn Nets.To be fair, it's hard to blame him.He's been a starter, then a bench player, then a starter again. He's lined up at shooting guard, small forward and power forward. He complained in December about his inconsistent playing time. An recently, according to Tim Bontemps of the New York Post, he is...
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Garnett Has $91M More In Career Earnings Than Duncan
Kevin Garnett and Tim Duncan are the same age, but their career salary earnings are considerably different due to their decisions on when to enter the NBA.
Garnett entered the NBA directly from high school at the age of 19 and became the fifth overall pick in the 1995 NBA Draft.
Duncan, graduating from high school at 17, went to Wake Forest for four years and was the first overall...
Andrei Kirilenko to play on Thursday for Nets
Brooklyn Nets forward Andrei Kirilenko plans to play in Thursday’s game against the San Antonio Spurs
Kirilenko has been dealing with a calf injury but was able to practice on Wednesday without problems. He has missed the last three games but expects to play in Thursday’s home game against the Spurs.
Andrei Kirilenko says he's ready to play tomorrow. Nets are 12-5 with him...
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Jason Kidd Growing Comfortable as Nets' Head Coach
The start of Jason Kidd’s coaching career was rocky to say the least. He had his fair share of embarrassing moments (“CupGate”, the demotion of top assistant Lawrence Frank, players leaving the court early on New Years’ Eve) while getting acclimated to the head coaching position. The Nets were 10-21 going into 2014, and there were points where Kidd looked completely lost...
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Billy King: We've Found Our Personality With Smaller Lineups
The Brooklyn Nets have an 11-4 record since New Year's, finding success around smaller lineups.
"We’ve found our personality,” said Billy King.
“You have to have a sense of structure and an identity,” said Jason Kidd. “You have to know who you are, and how you’re going to play both ends. And now we do.”
The Nets are playing in a style that would have been difficult...
Pierce rips into Nets despite win over 76ers
Sometimes, simply winning isn’t good enough.
That was the case for Paul Pierce Monday night after the Nets managed to snap their three-game losing streak with a 108-102 victory over the 76ers at Barclays Center.
But a much-needed triumph wasn’t enough to satisfy Pierce, who wasn’t happy with the way the Nets played — and particularly with the way the team’s short-handed...
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Game 46 Recap: Brooklyn Nets 108, Philadelphia 76ers 102. ...
For the 3rd-straight game, Shaun Livingston was the best Net on the floor
It wasn't pretty, easy, or particularly inspiring, but tonight's Nets' 108-102 victory over the hapless (and tanking) Philadelphia 76ers finally snapped Brooklyn's three-game losing streak and helped right the ship of a team going through a tough part of its schedule with a lot...
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PHOTO: Russell Wilson hangs out with Jay-Z, Beyonce at Nets game
Russell Wilson is a smart dude. While in New York, the day after winning a Super Bowl, he knows that it’s a strategically great look to get some face time with Jay-Z and Bey at the Brooklyn Nets game. He looks a little stuffy in the khacki suit, but we’ll allow it since he’s got SB bling. Article found on: Next Impulse Sports
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Deron Williams admits his confidence level’s low
As the Nets milled around the visitor’s locker room inside Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis Saturday night, preparing to go home after losing 97-96 to the Pacers, Deron Williams sat at his locker with both his feet encased in ice and a sour look on his face.
After going 3-for-12 on his way to 13 points and six assists in his return to the starting lineup, Williams admitted...
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WATCH: Luis Scola makes smart play to end game
Louis Scola made a veteran play to win a one-point ballgame over the Brooklyn Nets.
Should the Brooklyn Nets be sellers at the trade deadline?
It's hard to deny the facts; the Nets are rolling. After exactly 43 games this team finally appears to be clicking. The Brooklyn Nets have won ten out of their last twelve games including impressive wins over the Golden State Warriors, the Miami Heat, the Oklahoma City Thunder and a win at Madison Square Garden against the rival New York Knicks. Since the fall of Brook Lopez...
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Paul Pierce, KG praise ‘first-class’ reception from Celtics fans
BOSTON — Kevin Garnett came close to breaking first, but only because his tribute was listed before Paul Pierce‘s in the program. Had the schedule been set up differently, it would have been the other way around Before the two longtime friends and teammates took the court for Sunday’s game, their first in Boston since the trade that sent them to the Brooklyn Nets last summer...
Nets to sport throwback Brooklyn Dodgers-themed uniforms
According to ESPN’s Darren Rovell the Brooklyn Nets will pay homage to the Brooklyn Dodgers by rocking some throwback uniforms (with sleeves) for five games this year. The first night will be on March 21st when the Nets take on the Celtics, and the other four games are still to be announced. The throwback nights will be aptly titled “Brooklyn Blue Nights.” [Darren Rovell...
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Mason Plumlee scratches wheel rim on teammate's Maserati (Video)
Brooklyn Nets rookie Mason Plumlee may have gotten himself in a bit of trouble when he scratched one of the rims of a Maserati he borrowed from one of his veteran teammates.Plumlee's Instagram account shows a video of him trying to repair the damage with what appears to be heavy-duty tape and spray paint.No word yet as to which one of Plumlee's teammates the Maserati belongs...
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