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Brook Lopez's crunch time highlights woes of winless Nets
November 4, 2015 | 10:35pmATLANTA — As the Nets matched the Hawks shot-for-shot throughout the first three quarters of their game on Wednesday night, Brook Lopezও was at the heart of the action. Lopez... 🐟
꧂ NBA debt ceiling forces Prokhorov to rework Nets, Barclays deal
November 4, 2015 | 6:29pmMikhail Prokhorov has hit an obstacle to taking sole control of the Brooklyn Nets and Barclays Center: the NBA’s debt ceilinౠg. The Russian billionaire has been seeking to buy full... 𒁏
Robin Lopez nearly flaked on Brook Lopez's World Series invite
November 3, 2015 | 11:24pmATLANTA — Brook and Robin Lopez have a unique relationship. The twin brothers, despite both being starting centers in the NBA — and in the same city, with Brook playing for...🎀
Why the present -- and fu🍷ture -- looks bleak 🐻for Nets
November 3, 2015 | 10:43pmATLANTA — Even the most optimistic p𝔉eople aro🍨und the Nets weren’t counting on the team contending for a championship this season. After years of championship aspirations, reality had set in...
Hollins let Nets♉ lose with his best player on the bench
November 2, 2015 | 11:54pmAs Brook Lopez sat on the bench with five fouls with the final minutes oꦑf the fourth quarter ebbing away, the Nets’ offense ground to a halt. But Nets coach...
Jason Kidd's Bucks bolt looks more genius with each passing game
November 2, 2015 | 10:31pmJason Kidd had a clear history throughout his Ha📖ll of Fame career as a player positioning himself to land in a more promising place than the spot he was previously...
Why Holl⛎ins shook up Nets lineup after just 2 games
November 2, 2015 | 12:20amLionel Holli𝓡ns said last week he would need a 10-game sample size before he started to make changes to his rotation. But the Nets coach saw enough after watching season-opening...
How the NBA is ♛leaving the Nets behind from beyond the arc
November 2, 2015 | 12:07amThere is no shortage of problems the♈se days for the Nets, who hope to snap their season-opening three-game losing streak Monday when they reunite with old friend Jason Kidd and...
Nets' loss to Grizzlies begs question: 79 more games of this?
October 31, 2015 | 10:57pmMEMPHIS, Tenn. — Jarrett Jack tried to put a positive spin on the Nets’ third straight loss to o♐pen the season, a 101-91 defeat to the Grizzlies on Saturday night...
How Nets' Hollis-Jefferson was schooled by Kawhi Leonard
October 31, 2015 | 2:26am//www.youtube.com/watch?v=zuvQpPtOdOI SAN ANTONIO — Welcome to the NBA, Rondae Hollis-Jefferson. The Nets rookie had his pocket picked in the backcourt by Kawhi Leonard for an easy 𒁏dunk late in the...
Nets c൩atapult💯 back to earth in complete 2nd-half meltdown
October 30, 2015 | 11:03pmSAN ANTONIO — When the Nets trotted off the court at AT&T Center with a five-point halftime lead ౠover the Spurs Friday night, it looked as if they had a...
Why John Wall is the NBA's best long-shot MVP bet
October 30, 2015 | 4:12pmJohn Wall opened his 2015-16 season for🗹 the Wizards with a game-winning floater in Orlando Wednesday night. In the short term, the play doesn’t mean much –꧋ it’s one shot...
Nets' Jarrett Jack near return from assistant coach back to point guard
October 29, 2015 | 11:21pmSAN ANTONIO — Jarrett Jack could make his season debut for the Nets on Friday night against the Spursꦉ. Jack participated fully in Thursday’s practice at the team’s New Jersey...
Why it could b꧅e a lost season for the Nets after 16 games 𒁃
October 29, 2015 | 11:18pmSAN ANTONIO — The Nets opened their sꦰeason with a difficult test, getting the Bulls in Brooklyn on Wednesday night — one tꦿhey failed, as Chicago came away with a...
𝓡 Andrea B🉐argnani in a nutshell: scoring ability, hilarious blooper
October 29, 2015 | 12:36amAndrea Bargnani may have missed the entire preseason, but he was clearly available for Wednesday’s regular-season opening loss to the Bulls. Bargnani pl💫ayed 22 minutes in Brooklyn’s 115-100 defeat, finishing...
Nets' worst fears confirmed early in season-opening thud
October 28, 2015 | 10:20pmThe heavy rain may have kept many fans away from Barcla💛ys Center Wednesday🅷 night. The Nets were no-shows, too. They lost their season opener 115-100 to the Bulls in front...
Why this Nets' season is about more than making the playoffs
October 27, 2015 | 11:43pmNets general manager Billy King met the media Tuesday ahead of Wednesday’s regular-season⛄ opener against the Bulls in Broo⭕klyn and tried to sell his team’s positives. He didn’t have a...
🗹 Shane Larkin or Dona💝ld Sloan for opener, just like Nets drew it up
October 27, 2015 | 5:40pmJarrett Jack became the Nets’ starting point guard this summer when they jettisoned Deron Williams. But🎃 Jack won’t be starting for the Nets when they face the Bulls in Wednesday’s...
Donald Sloan, Willie Re💯ed survive final cuts to make Nets
October 26, 2015 | 11:00pmThey took almost all the time they could, but the Nets wound up making the expected moves to trim their roster to its regular-seas🐓on limit. The team announced Monday﷽ afternoon...
🍷 The Flip Saunders gesture Thaddeus Young will never forget ⛎
October 26, 2015 | 5:19pmThings weren’t going well for Thaddeus Young and the Timberwolves last season. They were mired in a season-൲long injury crisis that sapped the roster of its veteran talent, trying to...