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Brooklyn Nets analyst Rick Laughland joins host Josh Woolever on The Brooklyn Boys Show to break down the keys to success for the 2025–26 NBA season.  From Michael Porter Jr's role to the team’s new rookie core, they analyze what Brooklyn must do to return to playoff contention.  Tune in for insight, bold predictions, and everything Nets fans need to...more

  Kevin Durant is notoriously good at trash talking. Whether it's directed at opposing fans, players, coaches or former players, he holds no punches.  But when it comes to sentimental moments, those are usually few and far between. Maybe his 2014 NBA MVP award acceptance speech when he famously said about his mom, Wanda, "You the real MVP." So in the second season of Netflix's docuseries Starting 5, Durant had another tear jerking moment with Bruce Reznick, aka Nets super fan, Mr. Whammy.  These are the moments that transcend sports and a side of Durant that he rarely shows. 

Nets Insider joins Spenny and the Nets show.   Spen & Rick react to Joe Tsai’s recent comments, breakdown #Nets preseason games in China & talk about what’s trending on Nets Twitter. 

  The Nets knocked off the Suns in the second game of the China Games in Macao, 111-109. Cam Thomas led all scorers with 16 points in 26 minutes, but that was hardly the story of the contest.  Brooklyn may have selected five rookies in the first round of the 2025 NBA draft, but an unlikely candidate has emerged as potentially the most impactful of them all.  This 19-year-old has a wealth of experience playing professionally in the Israeli league. He also dons Luka Doncic's No. 77 as he aims to emulate the Slovenian-born great.  Ben Saraf, who was a polarizing pick among the Nets fan base, is showing major signs of emulating another European-born great, Manu Ginobili.  The left-handed combo guard plays with great pace, and court vision. His 11 assists led all players on Sunday.   At 6-foot-6, his length is a major advantage in the paint against smaller guards. While Saraf finished with just four points on 2-of-5 shooting, his selfishness in finding the ...

 Any organization needs full alignment and a shared vision starting at the top of the organization on down to the players.  It should comes as no surprise that a rudderless organization for the better part of its existence is having trouble getting on the same page.  Speaking with Brian Lewis of the New York Post, Nets owner Joe Tsai shared a few concise, but direct thoughts on the upcoming season.  Joe Tsai: “We have one pick in 2026, and we hope to get a good pick. So you can predict what kind of strategy we will use for this season. But we have a very young team.” #nets #nba 👇🏾 https://t.co/tx6pV4GVmY — Brian Lewis (@NYPost_Lewis) October 10, 2025  After a 2024-25 campaign where the Nets did not truly tank and drew the eight spot in the NBA Draft Lottery, it seems that the plan is clear.  Well, maybe to everyone but head coach, Jordi Fernandez.  Jordi on Joe Tsai saying #Nets want a good draft pick: "He says he wants a good draft pick because...

  Cam Thomas bet on himself this off-season  and early returns are promising.  The Nets young shooting guard, who was in a contract standoff with the Nets front office , made a major statement during the NBA 's China games in Macao .  Thomas started the game 6-6 with 14 points in the first quarter. He finished with 22 points on 7-12 from the field and led the team in assists with six in just 24 minutes.  Jordi Fernandez wanted to see more playmaking and sharing the ball from the pure scorer and his preseason debut far exceeded those expectations.   If Thomas keeps this type of performance up throughout the season, he'll likely go to the highest bidder. Beyond improving his passing and defense, Thomas will need to prove that he can stay healthy and on the court night in and night out. If Thomas can check all those boxes, it might really be his Last Dance here in Brooklyn.  The Nets were defeated by the Suns in OT, 132-127. 

  The Knicks and the Nets are seldom trade partners. When both sides of the East River agree to a deal, it is newsworthy.  So when Brooklyn's rising playmaker Mikal Bridges was sent in a blockbuster move that brought five future first round picks to the Nets last summer, it raised a lot of eyebrows.  Leon Rose pushed all his chips to the middle of the table to bring in fellow Villanova product Bridges to play alongside Jalen Brunson and Josh Hart.  What the Knicks executive didn't think about at the time was that the move precluded him from acquiring a true superstar down the road. Bridges was extended this summer and the future core of the Knicks is intact. Shams Charania of ESPN reported that Giannis Antentekoumpo was linked the the Knicks with ongoing trade talks taking place over the last couple of months.  New York emerged as the only team Giannis Antetokounmpo desired outside of Milwaukee in the offseason, sources told ESPN, and the Knicks and Bucks enga...

 The Brooklyn Nets are in a full rebuild. Taking five first round draft picks was unprecedented by Sean Marks and company.  So while Terance Mann at the ripe old age of 27 is the oldest player on the roster,  hope for the young nucleus of players developing remains high.  Sixteen players 25 years or younger, including five rookies spells a developmental year for Brooklyn.  Expectations from fans are at an all-time low.  The national pundits are also tabbing the Nets as a bottom feeder team.  ESPN's Power Index has the Nets among the cellar dwellers.  For those hopeful the team can draft in the top 3 position in a front-loaded 2026 NBA draft, ESPN's Power Index doubles down on the fact the Nets will struggle to find wins this upcoming season.  Some fans will be rejoicing at the fact the franchise won't be in NBA purgatory like last year where they're not bad enough to land a top draft pick, but not competitive enough to clinch a playoff berth...

  2K26 Originally posted at GauntletofGaming.com Nothing about 2K26 is ground moving or earth shattering. Perhaps it's more like a few aftershocks or minor tremors for a franchise largely in need of a major shake-up. In that regard, it delivers.  With gameplay nuances absent from season's past, 2K26 presents the most realistic and rewarding simulation since its 2K22 installment.  2K26 Animations are less clunky, buckets are more realistic and in rhythm, while defending the 91'x49' hardwood is as challenging as ever.  Taking a charge is a thing of yesteryear and finishing through contact is more painstaking than ever.  2K26 Defending the rim with even the most feared shot blocker is no easy task, and forget closing out at a 3-point sniper starting from the paint.  2K26 MyGM mode has negligible improvements, while a revamped and a bit more intriguing MYCAREER mode will capture your attention with a compelling storyline.  2K26  Tutorials and mini ga...