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NBA Commissioner reveals his choice for basketball GOAT



 Adam Silver is a man of a few words. He's a players commissioner and has done everything in his power to appease superstar players in the league. 

So when he was pressed by reporters to give his thoughts on who the greatest basketball player of all time is, it was a bit surprising that he was so forthright in his opinion.

 


Silver revealed that Michael Jordan is indeed the GOAT of the NBA. 

This is not a shocking revelation by any stretch despite LeBron James building a very strong case. 

Usually the commissioner is political in his answers, but this admission will certainly stir up conversation and debate among NBA fans and within NBA circles.


Nets salvage win on three-game road trip with last second win over Pelicans

 


The Brooklyn Nets just keep on surprising and they did so again on Monday night. 

The Nets outlasted the Pelicans in a down to the wire affair to improve their record to 5-6 on the season. 


Nets fans are frustrated that the wins keep piling up and the NBA draft lottery odds keep going down. 

At the end of the day, building a winning culture should supersede any type of tanking scenario just for a ping pong ball's lucky chance to take the top overall pick.

It's early on in the NBA season, but this Nets team looks to be more playoff ready than draft lottery ready. 


NBA pundit thinks 'Nets best option' for Bucks, Giannis



 Bill Simmons has made a career of predicting NBA basketball moves. 

He's had some hits and plenty of misses. 

In his latest podcast on The Ringer, Simmons insists that Giannis Antetokounmpo to Brooklyn is a home run for both sides.




 The Nets plethora of draft picks, valuable veterans, and Ben Simmons' expiring deal might be enticing enough for Milwaukee to pull the plug on a disastrous 2-8 campaign. Giannis and Dame Lillard are clearly not working together.

Sean Marks would have to think long and hard as to whether Giannis fits Brooklyn's timeline and if his injury history and penchant for getting coaches fired is a great fit for the Nets franchise. 

Nets playoff odds alarmingly high for those rooting for a tank job



 The good news is, according to the latest playoff odds: the Brooklyn Nets are extremely likely to make the playoffs. 

The bad news for the Nets tankers based on the latest playoff odds: the Brooklyn Nets are extremely likely to make the playoffs.

 



According to basketball reference, the Nets have an 80% chance at making the 2025 NBA playoffs. 

This comes on the heels of back-to-back, competitive road losses to two of the premier teams in the Eastern Conference in the Boston Celtics and the Cleveland Cavaliers .

While the sample size is minuscule at just 10 games, the Nets have shown signs under Jordi Fernandez. They are a true superstar away from being competitive in the Eastern Conference field. 

After getting burned during a superstar chasing era, it appears that Sean Marks and the Nets brass is going to take a more patient approach and build through the draft and use existing valuable vets to create more cap space and increase the draft stock. 

So while the fan base is split 50-50 on whether the Nets should truly tank and go for a top NBA draft lottery pick, as presently constituted through ten games, it appears the Nets will not be lying down for any team in the league and be competitive throughout this season. 

Nets can't make the same mistake with Fernandez that they made with Atkinson



 The Brooklyn Nets have a great coach in Jordi Fernandez. They had a terrific coach from 2016 to 2019 in Kenny Atkinson. 

Due to a mass influx of superstars, including Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant, they parted ways with their head coach back in 2019 to acquiesce to the stars' demands. 

Both of those stars, along with James Harden, left the Nets at the altar and it's clear five years after the Nets made a coaching change, that it was the wrong decision.

Jacque Vaughn took over for Atkinson at the end of 2019 and through the NBA bubble season during COVID-19.

Then, Sean Marks had the bright idea of hiring his former teammate with no head coaching experience whatsoever in Steve Nash. 

That, along with a bunch of internal dysfunction and lack of commitment from supposed leaders, led to a talented Nets roster failing to win a single Atlantic Division crown, Eastern Conference crown or NBA title. 

Now, the Nets are in an early similar position to where they were with Atkinson in 2016. Brooklyn is a gritty, never say die team that is making the most out of its talent with a competent and tough-nosed head coach.

Sound familiar?

Brooklyn's rebuild looks to be more of a retooling as Fernandez is fast tracking success at an overachieving 4-5 record. Many NBA pundits and even Nets fans were anticipating or even rooting for a tank season where the Nets would at worst land a top five NBA Draft Lottery pick.  

That scenario is very much on the table since Brooklyn started 13-10 last year with Jacque Vaughn in his second stint as head coach before being fired at the end of last year. 

The lesson learned here is when an organization hands over the keys to a star player, that player does not have the long-term interest of the team or the franchise at hand. 

The Nets bent over backwards to please Irving, Durant and Harden and have nothing to show for it. 

Now that another coach killer in Giannis Antetokounmpo is disenfranchised with the direction of the Bucks under Doc Rivers, the Nets need to tread lightly.

The Nets have been listed among the top landing spots for the Greek Freak, but the soon to be 30 year-old with an injury history, certainly presents some risks. 

Marks and company cannot derail what looks to be a promising retooling of the franchise just to please another superstar player. 

So while adding Antetokounmpo to the current mix in Brooklyn would be enticing, the front office and ownership brass needs to ensure that the plan is clear for Fernandez to have as much runway as possible to build a winner in the borough. 



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