It’s May 30th, and the Brooklyn Nets have just won the draft lottery, securing the rights to this year’s draft prize, Kentucky’s whirling pterodactyl Anthony Davis. Amidst celebration, Billy King’s telephone rings. On the other side is Otis Smith, Orlando Magic general manager. He gives you one finite offer: Brook Lopez in a sign-and-trade, and [...]

The Oklahoma City Thunder made an improbable comeback in Saturday night’s game to complete a sweep of the Dallas Mavericks. Down 86-73 with 9:44 left in the fourth quarter, the Thunder rattled off two runs to reclaim control: a 15-2 run to tie the game at 88 with 6:05 remaining, then an 8-0 run to [...]

In a practice session early this season, Kris Humphries lauded the success of the Chicago Bulls’ defensive strategy. The Bulls are what he calls a “blue” team; “they pack the paint” with defenders, Humphries said, in the hopes of pushing offenses to the corners, funneling slashers away from the basket and forcing opponents to beat [...]

I’ve been pretty negative lately about the Nets, for a variety of reasons, Mostly because of the Nets. But there’s more than just the negativity, especially in the past fourteen games since the Gerald Wallace trade. So in honor of positivity, happiness, and all things not terrible, here are three Nets-related things I’ve enjoyed watching [...]

The New Jersey Nets announced this weekend that Brook Lopez, just five games played on the season as a result of various injuries, wouldn’t play another game this season. They were shutting him down, ensuring that he’d rest his ankle and foot injuries enough to return next season with 100% health. With the Nets far [...]

In anticipation of tonight’s Nets-Lakers battle royale of the century at the Staples Center, Andrew Kamenetzky of ESPN Los Angeles’ Land O’Lakers blog was kind enough to answer a few of my hottest Lakers questions. I also answered a few Nets questions for Andrew over at that blog, which you can read

Too good not to steal from BKNetsFan at NetsDaily. The Nets beat the Pacers on Wednesday. Wait, let me rephrase: the Nets tore the Pacers limb from limb, kicked the snot out of their carcasses, and laughed as their families mourned on Wednesday. The fourth quarter was unlike one I can recall seeing from the [...]

There’s not too much to get excited about in New Jersey, but after last night’s win, it’s not overly optimistic to think that the Deron Williams-Gerald Wallace tandem could reinvigorate the Nets’ sometimes-DOA offense. Though Wallace didn’t shoot particularly well (4/15 from the field, including many missed layups), he helped the rest of the team [...]

The Nets have little going for them these days. They’ve gone 3-8 in their past 11 games, with two of those wins against the Charlotte Bobcats, perhaps the worst team in the past decade. Deron Williams exhibits increasing frustration at each loss. They’ve been without Brook Lopez for nearly the entire season, have seen their [...]

The Nets, all things considered, aren’t very good. As of today, they rank 18th in the NBA in offensive efficiency, last in defensive efficiency, and just lost three consecutive games at home to teams with a combined 39-96 record. They’d need to go undefeated for the rest of the season just to hit .500. To [...]