The Official 2016-2017 Brooklyn Nets Season Watch Thread (20-62, #1)

[jpotter33]

Minny up big in the middle of the 4th, too, though as bad as they are down the stretch there's no telling if they'll win or not.

[mef730]

Minny up big in the middle of the 4th, too, though as bad as they are down the stretch there's no telling if they'll win or not.

Wow, where did they come from all of a sudden?

Mike

[SCeltic34]

Philly won too.  Don't look now, they're 5-5 in their last 10 games and on a franchise record 3 game win streak.

[LarBrd33]

Philly won too.  Don't look now, they're 5-5 in their last 10 games and on a franchise record 3 game win streak.

They are 8-7 since December 8th.   

[liam]

The team we have to worry about are the Heat. They are driving a full on tank at about 90 miles per hour, oh and the Suns just stink.

[saltlover]

Philly won too.  Don't look now, they're 5-5 in their last 10 games and on a franchise record 3 game win streak.

They are 8-7 since December 8th.

And they still have the 5th-worst record in the NBA.  Quality team.

Meanwhile, the Celtics are 12-3 in their last 15, but keep celebrating Philly's month of mediocrity after 3+ years of embarrassing basketball.

[Smokeeye123]

Philly won too.  Don't look now, they're 5-5 in their last 10 games and on a franchise record 3 game win streak.

They are 8-7 since December 8th.

And they still have the 5th-worst record in the NBA.  Quality team.

Meanwhile, the Celtics are 12-3 in their last 15, but keep celebrating Philly's month of mediocrity after 3+ years of embarrassing basketball.

This is the Nets pick watch thread. The entire point is to root for other bad teams to win. I don't think you get it.

[trickybilly]

Obviously LB33 is right that you can't win without a superstar. But if you suck too hard, you risk losing him to FA. If cousins extends then I'll eat my words but I don think he will. Guys ganging up on scrappy defense first teams with mid-career guys is the new norm..

[Smokeeye123]

The team we have to worry about are the Heat. They are driving a full on tank at about 90 miles per hour, oh and the Suns just stink.

Agreed. Two huge games against the heat later this month for the Nets. If they split those we will be in good shape for the pick.

Nets schedule is brutal the next 5 games

Rockets
Raptors
@Pelicans
@Hornets (2nd night of back to back)
Spurs

Only one I see them winning is the Pelicans game but if Davis is back he will obliterate them on the glass.

[Boris Badenov]

The team we have to worry about are the Heat. They are driving a full on tank at about 90 miles per hour, oh and the Suns just stink.

There is separation emerging between the bottom two (us and MIA) and the rest, who are currently 4 games or more behind us.

Writing that makes me realize I'm not going to say "Brooklyn" or "the Nets" any more when discussing the pick. I'm going to say "us" or "the C's," or similar.

Try it out. It feels good.

And by the way: if that really WERE us, if the Celts had done what some have been advocating all along and just thrown the team in the gutter in a blatant effort to tank...this season would STILL be a raging success just based on "our" record. "We" are tanking perfectly.

And we get that along with a team that's actually the 2nd-3rd best team in the East, and could acquire another star without touching that lottery pick. It's like Danny Ainge has somehow taken the "tank" and "contend" parallel universes and melded them.

[CelticGuardian]

I think the Hawks going for a tank too but pull the trigger too late. Dwight Howard just kills everything he touches.

[tazzmaniac]

Obviously LB33 is right that you can't win without a superstar. But if you suck too hard, you risk losing him to FA. If cousins extends then I'll eat my words but I don think he will. Guys ganging up on scrappy defense first teams with mid-career guys is the new norm..

So the Sixers will have 5 more seasons after this one to not suck too hard before Embiid becomes a UFA.  Don't think they have much to worry about other than Embiid's health.   

[LarBrd33]

Philly won too.  Don't look now, they're 5-5 in their last 10 games and on a franchise record 3 game win streak.

They are 8-7 since December 8th.

And they still have the 5th-worst record in the NBA.  Quality team.

Meanwhile, the Celtics are 12-3 in their last 15, but keep celebrating Philly's month of mediocrity after 3+ years of embarrassing basketball.

8-7 with Embiid limited to 28 minutes per game and Simmons yet to suit up.

[jpotter33]

Philly won too.  Don't look now, they're 5-5 in their last 10 games and on a franchise record 3 game win streak.

They are 8-7 since December 8th.

And they still have the 5th-worst record in the NBA.  Quality team.

Meanwhile, the Celtics are 12-3 in their last 15, but keep celebrating Philly's month of mediocrity after 3+ years of embarrassing basketball.

8-7 with Embiid limited to 28 minutes per game and Simmons yet to suit up.

8 wins over the 20/20 Hornets and 6 other non-playoff teams in the:

Knicks
Nets x 2
TWolves
Nuggets
Pistons
Pelicans

Truly "impressive." 

[liam]

Philly won too.  Don't look now, they're 5-5 in their last 10 games and on a franchise record 3 game win streak.

They are 8-7 since December 8th.

And they still have the 5th-worst record in the NBA.  Quality team.

Meanwhile, the Celtics are 12-3 in their last 15, but keep celebrating Philly's month of mediocrity after 3+ years of embarrassing basketball.

8-7 with Embiid limited to 28 minutes per game and Simmons yet to suit up.

8 wins over the 20/20 Hornets and 6 other non-playoff teams in the:

Knicks
Nets x 2
TWolves
Nuggets
Pistons
Pelicans

Truly "impressive." 

Impressive for what was basically the worst team in the NBA for what like 5 years, more?