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Following their two-game split in the NBA G League Showcase, the Long Island Nets returned to their normal schedule Sunday afternoon traveling to Atlanta to face the College Park Skyhawks in suburban Atlanta. Before the game, Ben Saraf was assigned to Long Island to give him some more reps in the G League in a […]
There have been some big days in the history of the Nets. On June 27, 2001, the New Jersey Nets sent Eddie Griffin, the seventh overall pick in that night’s Draft to the Houston Rockets for a package of Richard Jefferson, Jason Collins and Brandon Armstrong. The same day, the two principals, Rod Thorn and […]
Fresh off a thrilling overtime loss to the Denver Nuggets, the finale of a five-game Christmas Day slate, the Minnesota Timberwolves traveled home to face the well-rested Brooklyn Nets on Saturday night. To call it a trap game would be disrespectful to Minnesota, actually — the West’s 5-seed certainly has a focused coaching staff aware […]
The Brooklyn Nets are back after another mini break. Cam Thomas is set to return tonight — he’s been out since Nov. 5. The Nets were 0-7 when he went down; 9-12 since he’s been out. We’ll see how things go. 🏀 KEY INFO 🐺 Brooklyn Nets (9–19) @ Minnesota Timberwolves (20–11)📍 Target Center — […]
I hope you all had a great Christmas and a wonderful time with your families, friends, loved ones. After a restful holiday break, the Nets will be back in action Saturday against the Minnesota Timberwolves, who will look to avenge their thrilling 142-139 loss to the Denver Nuggets Friday night, ending a three-game winning streak. […]
Chaney Johnson, a 6’7” 3-and-D prospect who went from the Auburn Tigers Final Four team to the Cleveland Cavaliers G League team, has been signed to the Nets final two-way contract, both the Brooklyn and Long Island Nets announced via tweet … Johnson, 23, played this season for the Cleveland Charge, the Cavaliers G League […]
After a month and a half, the Brooklyn Nets will get their shooting guard back. On Friday, Brian Lewis of the New York Post reported that Cam Thomas had been cleared and returned to full practice for the Nets after a month away due to a left hamstring injury. Shortly afterwards, Jordi Fernandez and the […]
The Brooklyn Nets were awful. Head Coach Jordi Fernández groveled before his team and the media, simply asking for effort… The day after those comments, Brooklyn fell to 0-7, losing to the Anthony Edwards-less Minnesota Timberwolves 125-109. Per Cleaning the Glass, the Wolves posted a 137 offensive rating in that one, grabbing 47% of their […]
Back before the NBA Draft in June, Jordi Fernandez made it known in scouting meetings that he liked the Israeli point guard Ben Saraf. The Nets head coach, an admirer of European basketball and knowledgeable about FIBA talent — having been the head coach of Team Canada, was a strong advocate of the 6’7” (in […]
The holidays are always a special time. It’s a time to reflect on the year, take stock of where you find yourself, and begin preparing for the new year ahead. It’s also a time to build community and create new relationships that will guide your future. In early December, we got to see that in […]
Joe Tsai is not reluctant to talk about his ambitions for the Brooklyn Nets in China. At a little-noticed seminar during the NBA China Games in October, the Nets owner made that clear. As the Macao News reported at the time, Tsai always wanted to make Brooklyn “China’s team.” So far so good. the Nets […]
Even without the win totals, talent, or even fan pull in their own home city, the Brooklyn Nets pride themselves on their ability to show up for work every single day. The hard hats, plastic lunch pails, and steel-toed boots thing may be long gone from the NBA, with Blake Griffin now in the broadcast […]
Sunday night was a reminder that for the Nets: Anything is possible when they’re locked in collectively on the defensive side of the ball. No matter who’s on the floor. In other related news, Ben Saraf went off for 40 points in the G-League showcase, so that’s good news. Let’s see if these guys can […]
The “T” word is a no-no in most NBA front offices. It conjures up teams willfully losing games to get better draft position or avoid having to give up a protected pick. GMs and others would prefer to call their long-term strategy “flexibility for sustained success” explain the difference between tanking and rebuilding. Tanking is […]
Welcome to Week 4 of The Long Forecast on NetsDaily. With the New Year right around the corner and the college basketball season in full swing, the focus continues to sharpen on the NBA draft. Each week brings new names and a clearer picture of which prospects are starting to separate themselves ahead of June. […]
Do not get me wrong, I want Brooklyn to get a top three draft pick as much as the next person. But instinctively, as a fan, you have to be happy for what the Nets have been doing lately. After many complaints from Jordi Fernandez about how the team gave very little effort on the […]
This one may very well become known as the “Ben Saraf Coming Out” game. Saraf exploded for a career-high game in a number of aspects Monday afternoon leading his Long Island Nets to a big win in the G League Showcase with a 40-point, six 3-pointer extravaganza in Brooklyn’s 116-97 win over the Oklahoma City […]
MIchael Porter Jr. is having the time of his life and that success is driving yet another debate in Nets World fan base between the tankers who want nothing less than one of the three franchise-changers at the top of the 2026 Draft and those tanking skeptics who want to let things play out, let […]
“Defense wins championships” is a cliché as old as you’ll find in sports. That might stem from older fans, nostalgic for low scores and clinging to what they grew up on. People might just say it at the sake of sounding different since average viewers are often more engaged by offense, regardless of the sport. […]
The Nets are back again after another short break, looking for a bounce-back performance tonight against a Raptors team that has struggled to maintain consistency lately. This is the third meeting this season between the teams, with Toronto winning the previous two. KEY INFO INJURY REPORT Toronto Raptors Brooklyn Nets Please be respectful with your […]
Nolan Traore had a decent game all around in the high altitude of Mexico City Saturday, but his five turnovers proved to be costly as Long Island fell to Mexico City, 111-102, at the G League Winter Showcase in Orlando. He even flirted with a triple double running the point but the 6’5” French man […]
Jordi had said it best after Brooklyn’s 106-95 loss to the Miami Heat. “Little mistakes that you can correct, and shots going in or not — I’m happy with the looks that we had that didn’t go in. So sometimes, a little bit of that is the difference, right?” Thank you for the quote Collin. […]
NBA All-Star voting has changed over time, but this season’s process looks quite similar to last year’s. How All-Star Starters Are Picked The starters for the NBA All-Star Game are chosen through a hybrid voting system designed to mix public opinion with inside perspectives: Each group submits ballots, and the votes are combined to determine […]
Sports fandom is increasingly an exercise in mock GM’ing. The rise of fantasy sports certainly played a role as well as the shift from analysis in mainstream sports media to trade/free agency rumors and clips of “debate shows” on YouTube Shorts, or maybe it’s just the technocratic optimization of pro sports … along with every […]
It’s become old news: The Brooklyn Nets of today are not nearly as helpless as the black-and-white outfit that both began the season 0-7 and were somehow less competitive than their record suggested. Since then, they are 7-11 with a -1.2 net rating, not to mention 6-3 against below .500 opponents. Since the beginning of […]