Brooklyn Nets

04 December 2023

• Five years later, did Kevin Durant’s free agency mean anything?

  Kevin Durant was not on the court for his Phoenix Suns’ 119-116 win over the Knicks on Sunday. Rather, the Suns’ star scorer sat out with a foot injury and was a simple spectator from the bench when Devin Booker hit the dagger three with 1.7 seconds remaining. Phoenix acquired Durant from the Brooklyn Nets […]

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• Nets’ Ben Simmons is fully healthy, ready to be ‘unleashed’ this season

  The Nets will be starting training camp soon for the 2023-24 NBA season. When that happens, they’ll have a fully healthy Ben Simmons on the court. Brooklyn will also be ready to unleash the former top overall pick in hopes he can rebound after a back injury cut last season short for him. During a […]

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• Nets’ Ben Simmons would welcome reunion with 76ers

  The 2022-23 NBA regular season didn’t go how Ben Simmons was hoping it would. But, he’s been putting in work to make the upcoming year a better one with the Nets despite trade rumors continuing to swirl around him. If he had a say in it all, though, he has a preferred destination: returning to […]

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• Nets’ Ben Simmons says he will ‘dominate people’ this season

  Ben Simmons is back. And this time, it is for real. Honestly. The Nets’ point guard/lightning rod/fashion icon tells ESPN Andscape he is healthy and ready to roll. “I’m excited because I know I can do it,” Simmons said during an interview in Miami, where he is training. “Regardless of what people say, I’m a […]

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• Ben Simmons grinding in lab as Philadelphia remains obsessively angry

  Ben Simmons is working on himself. But can the city of Philadelphia let the Nets employee be? Hell no. “Minding my business and working my ass off”. But not before I tell my 7 million followers. pic.twitter.com/VHswZgVS4Z — Kyle (@kylepaganCB) June 21, 2023 From Crossing Broad compadre Kyle Pagan: Nothing screams minding your business like […]

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• Lakers GM LeBron James will make another run at Kyrie Irving

  The Lakers, down three games to none to the Nuggets in the Western Conference finals, have reportedly stepped back, surveyed the situation and come to a clear conclusion. You know what this needs? Kyrie Irving! From The Post: Irving was tied to the Purple and Gold last summer, around this past trade deadline before being […]

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• Stephen A. Smith not done bashing ‘sorry trifling ass’ Ben Simmons

  Stephen A. Smith is not done. “The only thing worse than James Harden was that sorry trifling ass Ben Simmons,” the ESPN star declared on his “Know Mercy” podcast, trashing the Nets’ mercurial guard yet again for his Instagram Live shade during the 76ers’ disastrous Game 7 playoff loss to the Celtics. Simmons posted a […]

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• Ben Simmons treats basketball like he’s going to war in Ukraine, Stephen A. Smith says

  The 76ers got humiliated by the Celtics in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference semifinals on Sunday. And during the destruction, the Nets’ Ben Simmons decided to throw some Instagram Story shade toward his old team. Stephen A. Smith was not amused. “Shameful,” he opined on Monday’s edition of “ESPN First Take” when asked about Simmons’ […]

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• What’s stopping Nets from beating Sixers? The (should-be) NBA MVP

  It’s tough to hate the state of the Brooklyn Nets. You might not love where the franchise is at, but it’s tough to hate this position after nearly four years of melodrama. Forget about the Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving era, ignore the ongoing Ben Simmons saga for a moment, and appreciate the fact that […]

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• The latest sign Nets’ Ben Simmons will not play again this season

  A few weeks back, Nets coach Jacques Vaughn denied the team had engaged in “talks” about shutting down Ben Simmons for the rest of the season. But as we said then: Do you really need to talk about something that will just naturally happen? From The Post: Injured Nets point forward Ben Simmons has been […]

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