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Showing posts with label Ben Simmons. Show all posts

Major health update on Ben Simmons revealed ahead of Tuesday's game

 Ben Simmons, just three games into the 2024-25 NBA season, will miss Tuesday night's contest against the Denver Nuggets due to lower back management. Simmons underwent back surgery in the off-season, the second such procedure in two years. Everyone from Simmons' agent, to unrealistic...

Video: Ben Simmons has ugly verbal exchange with fan in Orlando

 Sports fans can do and say outrageous things. Most professional athletes handle this type of jeering or obnoxious behavior by either ignoring them or raising their game to silence critics and haters.In the case of Ben Simmons, he decided to reply to an obnoxious, but non-personal fan insult by...

Nets' new coach has absurd goal for Ben Simmons

 The big bad wolf wouldn't mess with Ben Simmons. He'd huff and puff but couldn't blow down the house of bricks the Nets' PG built with outside jumpers.So why, dear lord why, would Brooklyn's new head coach Jordi Fernandez include Simmons with a list of bigs he wants shooting at least three long...

Knicks player trolls Haliburton with meme about maligned Net

 Donte DiVincenzo didn't pull any punches in Game 5 and he is not pulling any punches in his meme game. Following the 121-91 win in Game 5 over Indiana at MSG, DiVincenzo took to Instagram to caught a stray via Instagram.  Donte DiVincenzo taking shots at Haliburton 👀😳(Via @Divincenzo...

One move the Nets have to make this offseason

 The Brooklyn Nets are in NBA purgatory. They're not in a full rebuild, but they're not that far outside the playoff chase, either.A few roster tweaks and additions, and there's no reason to think the Nets can't be in competition for a play –in spot next season. With former Kings highly regarded...

Trading for a Knick killer could swing pendulum back in Nets' favor

The New York Knicks are playing like superheroes in the 2024 playoffs. After knocking off the 76ers in the opening round, New York will rest upb and prepare to take on Indiana at Madison Square Garden in Game 1 of the semi-finals.While one New York basketball team prepares for a deep playoff run, the...

Why Nets fans should root for the Knicks

 On May 3rd, starting at 6:00 p.m., the author of: A History of the Nets- from Teaneck to Brooklyn, Rick Laughland, will be signing copies of his book at the Paramus, NJ Barnes and Noble. Sometimes you have to root for the lesser of two evils. In this case, Brooklyn Nets fans have to choose...

Brooklyn races by Sixers squad without Embiid, Maxey

 The Nets bounced back in a big way from a miserable loss to the Grizzlies on Monday night with an impressive win over a shorthanded Sixers squad.Without Joel Embiid and Tyrese Maxey, Brooklyn still found itself down by double digits. The Nets did not quit and kept fighting back when they could...

Nets get mauled by undermanned Grizzlies

 The Brooklyn Nets may have just suffered their worst loss than the season. Against a Memphis Grizzlies squad that was missing five of its best players, the Nets found a way to squander a chance for a third consecutive victory. Only Nick Claxton topped the 20 point plateau with 21 points,...

Nets beat Hawks again to inch closer to final play-in spot

 Behind Mikal Bridges' 38 points and a scorching hot 15 or 32 from downtown, the Nets won their second consecutive game. Brooklyn is now two games behind Atlanta for the number 10 seed and the final play-in spot. Cam Johnson went for 23 while Nick Claxton scored 12 points and ripped down...

Short-handed Nets romp Hawks by 27

 Brooklyn sent a message to the team its chasing for the final play-in spot on Thursday night by handing Atlanta a 27-point defeat. The Nets played arguably the most complete game of the season. Cam Johnson went for a game high 29, while Dennis Schroeder chipped in 23. Brooklyn shot a...

Nets look like a Mickey Mouse organization in Orlando

 The Brooklyn Nets are not only a bad basketball team, they're just flat out gutless. Trailing by 29 points after three quarters to Orlando is just inexcusable. Kevin Ollie was supposed to tap into the inner hunter within each of his players. Ollie insisted that only those that had a...

Nets beat down decimated Grizzlies for Ollie's first win

 The Brooklyn Nets snapped a four game skid with a 111-86 win over Memphis on Monday night. The Nets fixed many of their defensive issues and kept the Grizzlies at bay as seven players reached double figures in scoring.Even on a night the Nets came out on top, Cam Thomas turned his ankle and...

Brooklyn goes out with a wimper against top flight Wolves

 The Nets battled, but in the end lost a fourth consecutive game-the latest setback to a dominant Minnesota squad.Brooklyn shot a measley 33.7 percent from the field and 17.1 from 3-point range in the loss.The Nets were tied with the TWolves at 78 with just under 10 minutes left. Minnesota finished...

Nets less than Dino-mite in Raptor land

 New coach, same problems. The Nets fell behind by double digits in the first quarter and were never able to climb back into contention.The starting five of Ben Simmons, Cam Thomas, Mikal Bridges, Dorian Finney-Smith and Nic Claxton was less than stellar.Claxton only had six points, Simmons two...

Dream scenario for Brooklyn Nets revealed

 The Brooklyn Nets made a major move on Monday following the All-Star break, relieving head coach Jacque Vaughn of his duties. The Nets( 21-33) were underachieving in the first half of the year and closed out the first 54 games with a 50-point drubbing at the hands of the Boston Celtics at...

Mikal Bridges fails to defend Nets fans on Knicks podcast

 Mikal Bridges is a good guy. Always smiling and with an upbeat attitude. He's low-key, but knocking on the door of All-Star status. But when the Nets best player went on a podcast this week with former Villanova teammates and now New York Knicks, Josh Hart and Jalen Brunson, it became difficult...

Nets late comeback falls short against Celtics

 In the front end of a home and home, Brooklyn came up on the short end of the stick.Ben Simmons jump shots were as ugly as the muddy, melted streets throughout the Northeast.Nic Claxton followed up one of his best performances against the Spurs on Saturday with a terrible outing on Tuesday against...

Claxton outplays Wembanyama as Nets cruise past Spurs

 Nic Claxton had a chip on his shoulder on Saturday night against the likely Rookie of the Year award winner, Victor Wembanyama. The Nets center went for 20 points, 11 rebounds and 2 blocks on 10 of 15 from the field.  Wembanyama went for 21 points, but managed just 4 rebounds, 1...

Nets make two trades on deadline day

 The Brooklyn Nets completed a trade with the Toronto Raptors acquiring point guard Dennis Schröder and forward Thaddeus Young in exchange for guard Spencer DinwiddieThe Raptors subsequently bought out Dinwiddie and he is expected to be a coveted piece on the buyout market by several contenders,...
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