Kevin Love is a perfect fit in Brooklyn if bought out by Cavs

A lot is being made of Kevin Durant and Kevin Love rooming up in Team USA's quest for the Gold in this summer's Tokyo Olympics. The veteran power forward is a likely buyout candidate in Cleveland and rumors are linking him to the Nets as a viable target for GM Sean Marks. The soon to be 33 year...

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Posted in Featured, NETS, Podcast on July 05, 2021 by Rick Laughland | Leave a comment 

With Bucks in NBA Finals, Nets can't help but play the 'what if' game

If you asked the oddsmakers what team to put your money on entering the NBA playoffs, the answer was unequivocally the Brooklyn Nets. With the most efficient offense in NBA history, and three legitimate MVP caliber players, the stars looked aligned for Brooklyn to win it all. A clean bill of health...

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on July 04, 2021 by Rick Laughland | Leave a comment 

Spencer Dinwiddie proclaims to be top PG in loaded free agent class, but is he?

 In a class that includes Chris Paul, Kyle Lowry, Mike Conley, Dennis Schroder, and Goran Dragic, according to his Instagram post, Spencer Dinwiddie is adamant that he's the best of the bunch.Outside of Dinwiddie and Conley, all the players listed have either been to an NBA finals or won the title...

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Brook Lopez, Nets franchise leading scorer, leads Bucks to brink of NBA Finals Berth

 By all accounts, Brook Lopez is the most talented true center to ever play for the Nets franchise.The former first round pick out of Stanford in the 2008 NBA draft is still atop the Nets history books in the scoring department.Giannis Antetokounmpo missed Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Finals...

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Nets Insider Podcast: Season Recap, No Sleep in Brooklyn

AboutJoin Randy Zellea of Back Sports Page and Rick Laughland of Nets Insider as they cover every era of Nets basketball from Teaneck, New Jersey to Brooklyn, New York.Zellea worked within the Nets pubic relations department during the Nets back to back NBA finals run with Jason Kidd leading the...

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With Mavs on verge of hiring Jason Kidd, Nets fans left wondering what went wrong for him in Brooklyn

If the Dallas Mavericks do indeed hire Jason Kidd to succeed Rick Carlisle as the team's head coach, the former Nets legend and head coach will be taking over the franchise that originally drafted him. Kidd coached Brooklyn during it's failed Big three era of Paul Pierce, Kevin Garnett and Jason Terry...

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Sign and trade most likely scenario for Spencer Dinwiddie, Nets

Spencer Dinwiddie deserves the lucrative deal coming his way this off-season, but the long-term contract and salary level he'll command during free agency probably won't come from Brooklyn's front office. Nets' GM Sean Marks understands this reality and as crafty and shrewd as there is across the...

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