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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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“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. […]
about 2 months ago | 4 reads
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 […]
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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 […]
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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. […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Draymond Green was lamenting how pundits and fans are attaching one descriptor or another to players who like Nikola Jokic are mutli-talented seven-footers or near seven-footers. It’s silly, he said. “We got the Jewish Joker, now. We got the Baby Joker [Alpern Sengun, Derik Queen]. Enough, man,” said Green oh his podcast last week. He […]
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Welcome back! It’s been a few days, but in case you forgot: Brooklyn is coming off a 45-point win (franchise-high) against the Bucks (without Giannis). Steve Hetzel got his first win ever as a head coach, while Jordi Fernandez stayed home with an illness. He should be back tonight. KEY INFO Injury Report Heat (Out): […]
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After a nice four-day rest, the Nets are returning to action after their 127-82 victory over the Milwaukee Bucks, tied for the biggest win in franchise history. What made the victory so great, besides four of the beloved Flatbush 5 getting some significant NBA minutes, was the fact that all but three players reached double […]
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The first two milestones of trade season have passed. Monday was the first day that the 82 players signed in the summer could be dealt, bringing to 90% the percentage of players in the league trade pool. Then Tuesday was the last day a team could trade for player knowing they could turn him around […]
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Everyone knew — or should have known — that when the Brooklyn Nets drafted five players in the first round — at Nos. 8, 19, 22, 26 or 27 — back in June that development was going to be different. For one thing, no team had ever tried it before. For another, all but one […]
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Sabrina Ionescu and her husband NFL offensive lineman Hroniss Grasu have become the latest pro athletes to be victimized by burglars. Their Los Angeles home was entered and more than $60,000 in handbags were stolen. According to NBC Los Angeles: Police responded to the professional athletes’ home at about 8 p.m. A security alarm was […]
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Welcome to Week 3 of The Long Forecast on NetsDaily. As each week goes by, more tape on these prospects for the 2026 NBA draft class continues to surface, and they could go down as one of the most talented classes over the past decade. Where do the Nets’ picks sit? Since last week’s column, […]
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The New York Liberty are entering a new era. Following a disappointing and at times frustrating 2025 season, the 2024 WNBA champions decided to shake things up by moving on from Sandy Brondello. It took a few months and a lot of research, but they finally found the candidate they were looking for. And on […]
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Even without Jordi Fernández, the Nets put up a high score in Big Buck Hunter tonight. Returning home for their second game of alternate programming to NBA Cup, Brooklyn secured their most dominant win of the season. Correction! Their most dominant win in franchise history! It was also the first career head coaching win for […]
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