Official 2015-16 Brooklyn Nets Season Watch Thread (21-59, 3rd slot as of 4/12)

[86MaxwellSmart]

so, tomorrow---the Nets face the Cavs, who just lost by 34 to GS....what will happen--?

[mef730]

It will be LeBron and four mini-Ditkas against BKN. Final score: Lebron 172, BKN 12.

Mike

[Quetzalcoatl]

http://www.netsdaily.com/2016/1/16/10778774/is-joe-johnson-a-trade-asset-again-and-does-it-matter

It seems like there is little chance that Joe Johnson gets traded this year.  Prokhorov thinks that they can do a "soft reset" this off season and don't want to take on more salary this year.  It's really promising for our 2016 and most likely 2018 pick, but it could hurt our 2017 pick.  I say it's promising for our 2018 pick because I think they'll do something dumb like trade for Rudy Gay and Brandon Jennings, which will hurt them pretty quickly.

[guava_wrench]

It will be LeBron and four mini-Ditkas against BKN. Final score: Lebron 172, BKN 12.

Mike

Prokhorov could still sign Chuck Norris.

[mef730]

#134 on the list "1,000 ways that I know that I think about the BKN draft pick way too much": you are thinking about the best way to get the kids to bed early so that you can watch the TWolves-Pelicans game without interruption."

Mike

[rondofan1255]

Go Timberwolves! 

[tazzmaniac]

http://www.netsdaily.com/2016/1/16/10778774/is-joe-johnson-a-trade-asset-again-and-does-it-matter

It seems like there is little chance that Joe Johnson gets traded this year.  Prokhorov thinks that they can do a "soft reset" this off season and don't want to take on more salary this year.  It's really promising for our 2016 and most likely 2018 pick, but it could hurt our 2017 pick.  I say it's promising for our 2018 pick because I think they'll do something dumb like trade for Rudy Gay and Brandon Jennings, which will hurt them pretty quickly.

Jennings will be a free agent this offseason so there's little reason for the Nets to trade for him now.  Since he's coming off of ACL surgery, they can probably get him on a reasonable 2 or 3 year contract. 

[colincb]

#134 on the list "1,000 ways that I know that I think about the BKN draft pick way too much": you are thinking about the best way to get the kids to bed early so that you can watch the TWolves-Pelicans game without interruption."

Mike

TP for the laugh

[Quetzalcoatl]

#134 on the list "1,000 ways that I know that I think about the BKN draft pick way too much": you are thinking about the best way to get the kids to bed early so that you can watch the TWolves-Pelicans game without interruption."

Mike

That's actually kind of a great matchup from an entertainment standpoint. 

[mef730]

What's Important Tonight

Lots of games on the calendar for us tonight, although our biggest nemesis, Phoenix, gets a night off after almost shocking Cleveland.

Philly at Orlando: Am I the only person who thinks Philly has a chance tonight? They've actually looked pretty good recently. On a relative basis, of course. This team is the classic example of "the front office can tank but the team itself won't."

Cleveland at Brooklyn: Brooklyn by 4. You heard it here first. And probably last.

Minnesota at Dallas: After watching Minnesota fall apart last night, I'm never shopping at Target or buying General Mills cereal again. Dallas by 20.

Sacramento at LAL: Really, the Lakers are better than their record. They're gonna win this one.

Mike

[Eddie20]

Cleveland at Brooklyn: Brooklyn by 4. You heard it here first. And probably last.

No chance. This one is going to be really ugly for the Nets. When a really good team like the Cavs gets blown out the way they did their next opponent usually pays for it.

[mef730]

Cleveland at Brooklyn: Brooklyn by 4. You heard it here first. And probably last.

No chance. This one is going to be really ugly for the Nets. When a really good team like the Cavs gets blown out the way they did their next opponent usually pays for it.

Just having a little fun.

Cavs by about 25.

Mike

[Vox_Populi]

Cavs up 13 at the half. Should be an easy win for "us" boys.

Magic are down to Philly interestingly enough. Ish Smith has taken Philly from possibly being the worst team of all time, to just a bad team.

[Rondo9]

And the Nets lose.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

Did the cavs have a lot of injured or resting players? How did they only win by 13? Was it usually a big lead and a bunch of coasting or was it close most of the way?