Lichtenstein: Despite Question Marks, Nets Are Still A Playoff Team
I say 45-37 sounds about right to me--good enough for fifth place in the East. And I'll set it even without an injury caveat.
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I say 45-37 sounds about right to me--good enough for fifth place in the East. And I'll set it even without an injury caveat.
A season after some middling results with the NBA's most expensive roster, the Nets are starting fresh this season with a new coach, a thinned-down payroll and - they hope - a stronger start.
Craig did his best to make things as uncomfortable as possible for Mr. Hill, but all in all I think it went pretty well.
Rookie Marcus Smart scored 16 points and Jared Sullinger had 15 with 17 rebounds to lead the Boston Celtics to a 100-86 victory over the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday night.
The Brooklyn Nets were one of the biggest stories in basketball at this time last year, a team that had spent like never before and believed it had built a title contender. They didn't get close.
Continuing with our weekly rankings of the best local athletes by jersey/uniform number, here are numbers 29-20.
How about 10-minute quarters -- can we compromise there? Forty minutes of basketball would replicate the college game, where NBA players were groomed.
Mason Plumlee had 20 points and 17 rebounds to help the Brooklyn Nets beat the Philadelphia 76ers 99-88 on Monday night.
The league seems content to take as much of the fans' money as fast as they can, even if it means more performances by understudies in lieu of marquee attractions like Brook Lopez.
Jared Sullinger had 21 points and 19 rebounds to help the Boston Celtics beat the Brookyln Nets 95-90 on Sunday in an experimental 44-minute game.
The Nets said Thursday that X-rays and a CT scan revealed no fractures or bone injuries. Brook Lopez missed most of last season after breaking the foot Dec. 21.
At least Deron Williams isn't returning to the U.S. in a walking boot. He survived the trip, which is all the Nets want from him out of this preseason.
Mirza Teletovic scored 22 points to lead the Brooklyn Nets to a 129-117 overtime preseason victory over the Sacramento Kings in the second of their two NBA exhibition games in China.
Moving on with our weekly rankings of the best local athletes of all time by uniform/jersey number, here are numbers 39-30.
The NBA announced Tuesday that it would shorten each quarter by one minute during Sunday's preseason game at Brooklyn's Barclays Center.
