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NBA Summer League isn’t just the event in Las Vegas. They keep hosting these miniature Summer Leagues in California and Salt Lake City the week before everyone goes to Nevada. I’ve never heard an explanation as to why they exist, but they keep on doing them. In any case, with Vegas Summer League starting today, […]
The Pistons have very little bench shot creation after trading away Caris LeVert.
Houston Rockets star forward Kevin Durant is no stranger to a trade request. Durant has made a few throughout his career, specifically in his last couple of years with the Brooklyn Nets and Phoenix Suns. While he said he hoped to finish his career with the Rockets after being traded last summer, Bleacher Report writer […]
The California Classic is officially over and that California love is being spread the Brooklyn way. The lottery picks showed out. Mikel Brown Jr. looked like the real deal in his one game, while Egor Dëmin continues to evolve. Hard to argue anyone at that tournament was better than him — as discussed. Furthermore, Pooch […]
After a one-year hiatus, the California Classic returned to the Golden One Center in Sacramento, CA. Over three days, July 4-6, the Sacramento Kings, Brooklyn Nets, Golden State Warriors, and Milwaukee Bucks each played their first NBA Summer League games. Kings fans were eager to see how their team’s new rookies would perform in their […] The post How Did the Kings’ Rookies Perform at the California Classic? appeared first on The Lead .
The Hornets‘ trades sending longtime starters LaMelo Ball to Minnesota and Miles Bridges to Phoenix aren’t yet official, so president of basketball operations Jeff Peterson didn’t specifically address those moves when he spoke to Rod Boone of The Charlotte Observer on Tuesday about the team’s offseason. However, asked in more general terms about the front […]
There was a moment — one of many — in the Nets-Kings game that showed just what the new and improved Egor Demin can do. Mikel Brown Jr. wasn’t playing and for many fans, the contest was disappointing. There would be no faceoff between Brown Jr. and Darius Acuff, taken just after him in the […]
Wizards Khris Middleton is headed back to Washington. According to ESPN’s Shams Charania, the veteran forward has agreed to a three-year, $17.6 million contract that will send him to the Wizards in a sign-and-trade with the Mavericks. The deal will be folded into a massive six-team transaction involving the Wizards, Mavericks, Grizzlies, Bucks, Clippers and […] The post NBA Notes: Wizards, Khris Middleton, Sixers, Anfernee Simons, Nets appeared first on Hoops Wire .
As expected, Isaiah Hartenstein‘s three-year, 75MM contract with the Thunder and Keon Ellis‘ two-year, $18MM deal with the Nets feature both player and team options on their respective final seasons, Hoops Rumors has confirmed. It has been 25 years since a mutual option (ie. both a player and team option) has been included in an NBA […]
Khris Middleton re-signs with the Wizards for three years and $17.6 million as part of six-team blockbuster trade.
Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Nets fans and fans across the country. Sign up here to participate in the weekly emailed surveys. Brooklyn made a splash in the 2025 NBA Draft by taking five first-round picks, the most […]
Former WFAN hosts John Jastremski and Sal Licata have teamed up to launch a New York sports podcast on the BetRivers Network. New York Sports Rush featuring Jastremski and Licata premiered this Monday. New episodes are expected to be released on the New York Sports Rush YouTube channel every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday around 11…
Donovan Mitchell signed a massive extension to stay with the Cleveland Cavaliers, making clear that he intends to be a part of what they are building.
Lakers It doesn’t sound like DeMar DeRozan will be heading home after all. Ryan Ward of SI.com relayed that the Lakers aren’t considered a landing spot for the veteran forward after he was waived by the Kings, citing ESPN’s Dave McMenamin. That ends years of speculation linking the Los Angeles native to the Lakers. Instead, […] The post NBA Notes: Lakers, DeMar DeRozan, Magic, Nikola Vucevic, Nets appeared first on Hoops Wire .
At noon Monday, the NBA’s annual race for proven talent — free agency — began but for Brooklyn Nets fans, it was a bit of non-starter. The Nets made some moves, all of them already agreed to and not surprising. However, the big move so far this Summer did not materialize: the multi-team trade that […]
The Brooklyn Nets played their third contest in July this evening, though in many ways, it felt like the true start of Summer. Mikel Brown Jr., Brooklyn’s sixth overall pick and highest drafted player since 2010, logged his first minutes in a Nets uniform tonight after sitting out the first two. What Brown Jr.’s Summer […]
Nets The Nets may not be finished making moves. Brian Lewis of the New York Post wrote that restricted free agent Peyton Watson remains a player Brooklyn has “been in their sights” as the offseason continues. Landing Watson won’t be easy. The Nuggets can match any offer sheet after extending the young forward a qualifying […] The post NBA Notes: Nets, Peyton Watson, Sixers, Adem Bona, Suns appeared first on Hoops Wire .
In a subscriber-only article discussing the positive and negative aspects of Nets‘ offseason moves thus far, Brian Lewis of The New York Post says restricted free agent forward Peyton Watson is a player who has “been in their sights.” Watson, who was vacationing in Europe with current Net and former teammate Michael Porter Jr. as of a […]
After waiting two games, Nets fans will finally get to see Mikel Brown Jr. in action — one day after the Nets steamrolled the Bucks. There hasn’t been much word about why he’s been out, but any concern is justified given his history with back injuries. One would have to assume that the front office […]
After going 1-1 through their first two games in Sacramento, the Brooklyn Nets will close out their California Classic three-game slate tonight, squaring off against the Golden State Warriors. And unlike yesterday, this is going to be a noteworthy game for fans to tune in to, as Miklel Brown Jr., Brooklyn’s No. 6 overall pick […]
In his two-year stint as an Illini, forward Ben Humrichous was particularly impressive at one thing above all: knocking down the triple. And after upping his physicality last season for Illinois, becoming a weapon on the boards and brick wall on defense, the Brooklyn Nets signed him to an Exhibit-10 contract to give him a […]
Suns Suns forward Dillon Brooks says he’d like to cut down on the technical fouls — at least a little. Speaking with NBAT2 in comments highlighted by Evan Desai of the Arizona Republic, Brooks joked that one of his goals for next season is “not to get 17 technical fouls,” though he quickly admitted that […] The post NBA Notes: Suns, Dillon Brooks, Rockets, Marcus Smart, Nets appeared first on Hoops Wire .
The Brooklyn Nets don’t have offensive or defensive coordinators, but it’s been widely known around HSS Training Center that he’s a guy whose forte is stopping the other team from scoring, whether in practices or at the end of games. As Brooklyn’s Summer League head coach in Sacramento and Las Vegas, that’s what to expect […]
Egor Demin has taken some serious strides since his freshman days with BYU basketball. Now. coming off an excellent rookie season and approaching his second year with the Brooklyn Nets, Demin looks like an entirely different player. Physically, he's added
The big news early out of July 4th in Sacramento, California, was that Mikel Brown Jr., the Brooklyn Nets highest draft pick in 16 years, would not play — and won’t play again till Monday, missing Sunday’s action as well as Saturday’s. Later though the big news was not what Brown didn’t do, but what […]