Nets

The Brooklyn Nets are interested Carmelo Anthony, and stars Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant are “pushing” the club to sign the free-agent this summer. Anthony, who is a Brooklyn native, is participating in the Knicks informal scrimmages but both the Nets GM and head coach have watched Melo train this summer and are expressing interest [...]

As the Jimmy Butler saga continues, plenty of, if not most, potential suitors remain skeptical about the Timberwolves’ stated desire to actually move him. Consider this note from The Athletic’s Jon Krawczynski: There has been widespread skepticism throughout the league that Tom Thibodeau truly does want to pull the trigger and send out one of [...]

The Boston Celtics should be considered odds-on favorites to re-sign Kyrie Irving next summer after he declines his player option. But the New York Knicks and Brooklyn Nets are apparently hoping that changes. From The New York Times‘ Marc Stein: Kyrie Irving’s intentions are not at all clear at this point. There have been no firm [...]

Did you try going to bed at a reasonable hour on Thursday night? Well, shame on you. Because the NBA got weird. A ton of things happened—two trades and one Isaiah Thomas signing, to be exact. One of those deals included Jeremy Lin being shipped from the Brooklyn Nets to the Atlanta Hawks. The news was, [...]

If you want to poach Rondae Hollis-Jefferson from the Brooklyn Nets, the going rate is a first-round pick. Just ask the New York Knicks. They know. From the New York Post‘s Marc Berman: Hornacek’s team still has a pulse as the trade deadline looms Feb. 8. If the Knicks don’t gain ground, they will look to [...]

It has been a rough few years for Jahlil Okafor after an impressive rookie season for the 76ers in which he averaged 17 points and seven rebounds per game. The No. 3 pick of the 2015 NBA Draft was left in basketball purgatory in Philadelphia for a few seasons before finally being given a fresh [...]

Jahlil Okafor has a new home, and he couldn’t be happier about it. As reported by ESPN.com’s Zach Lowe, the Philadelphia 76ers agreed to send the 22-year-old big man, who was drafted third overall in 2015, along with Nik Stauskas to the Brooklyn Nets in exchange for Trevor Booker: [tweet https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/938879083320102912] [tweet https://twitter.com/ZachLowe_NBA/status/938879271967297539] The trade [...]

D’Angelo Russell hasn’t played since Nov. 11 while dealing with knee problems that eventually required arthroscopic surgery. And while he is traveling with the Brooklyn Nets on their latest road trip, he doesn’t know when he’ll actually be returning to the rotation. From the New York Post‘s Brian Lewis: D’Angelo Russell doesn’t have any idea when [...]

Healthy point guards and the Brooklyn Nets just don’t go together. Jeremy Lin is already done for the season and dealt with hamstring injuries for most of last year. Now D’Angelo Russell is set to join him on the extended shelf. The Nets announced on Friday, just before their win over the Utah Jazz, that [...]

LeBron James agrees with Tyronn Lue. On the heels of a 112-107 loss to the Brooklyn Nets on Wednesday, Lue joked that New York’s best basketball team wouldn’t want their pick back from the Cleveland Cavaliers, which they acquired from the Boston Celtics as part of the Kyrie Irving trade. By Thursday, James made it [...]