Nets Season Preview: Potential For Improvement Behind Bolstered Roster
When the Los Angeles Lakers wanted to unload D'Angelo Russell to make way for Lonzo Ball, the Brooklyn Nets pounced.
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When the Los Angeles Lakers wanted to unload D'Angelo Russell to make way for Lonzo Ball, the Brooklyn Nets pounced.
The Nets will attempt to finish off their four-game preseason slate undefeated when they face the 76ers on Wednesday night at the renovated Nassau Coliseum.
In the latest episode of the "City Game" podcast, Steve Lichtenstein discuss interviews Jarrett Allen, Spencer Dinwiddie, Quincy Acy and Sarah Kustok at Nets media day. And John Schmeelk breaks down Knicks media day.
When the Nets start practicing Tuesday at the U.S. Naval Academy, Atkinson will face the chore of evaluating a group heavy in the guard and wing categories.
The Brooklyn Nets may have plenty of new faces this season, but their goals haven't changed much.
After finishing with the NBA's worst record last season, the rebuilding Nets will have several new faces aside from Russell -- centers Timofey Mozgov and Jarrett Allen, shooting guard Allen Crabbe, small forward DeMarre Carroll.
The team announced Wednesday that it will play in Mexico City against the Oklahoma City Thunder on Dec. 7 and the Miami Heat on Dec. 9.
The Nets' acquisition of wing Allen Crabbe from Portland on Tuesday did not come at the cost of Andrew Nicholson, the relatively useless center who will reportedly be waived and stretched by the Blazers on the other end of the trade.
Last July, the Nets signed Crabbe, then a restricted free agent, to a four-year, $75 million offer sheet, but it was matched by Portland.
The clock hasn't officially run out on the NBA offseason, but all indications seem to suggest the Nets have called it a summer.
The Washington Wizards have matched the Brooklyn Nets' $106 million, four-year offer sheet to keep forward Otto Porter Jr.
On the latest episode of the "City Game" podcast, hosts John Schmeelk and Steve Lichtenstein talk about the impending Carmelo Anthony trade, as well as and the Knicks' and Nets' moves in free agency.
Nets coach Kenny Atkinson probably wouldn't have been happier with his Saturday evening in Las Vegas if he had won a slot machine jackpot.
The Nets are not one player away from contention, no matter how much the Eastern Conference has been decimated by All-Star flight this offseason.
The Brooklyn Nets are apparently hoping the restricted free agency game will be kinder to them this time around.
