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

[max215]

Go Utah Celtics!!!

Up 8 at half.

Nets blew an early lead too.

[Kane3387]

Jazz up 25 lol

[Rondo9]

90-59 Jazz lead.

[Vox_Populi]

90-59 Jazz lead.

Honestly thought this was a typo. Wow...

[mef730]

This is just horrible.

In a good way.

Mike

[JSD]

Great night

[rondofan1255]

Brilliant loss. Sublime.

[mef730]

I think it's pretty likely that the bottom 5 will be the Sixers, Lakers, Nets, Suns, and Wolves in some order.  Outside of major injuries, the only team with the potential to crack that group in my opinion is Denver.

Within that group, the only things I'm confident on is that the Sixers will be close to the bottom of that bottom 5 and the Wolves close to the top (and the most likely to break out of the group).  It's conceivable Brooklyn could wind up worst or 5th worst, but more likely between 2-4 and very likely not any better than bottom 5.  Which is pretty good for us, all things considered.

I'm not too worried about Denver. They have more talent than the other bottom feeders, aren't far out of the playoffs, and have legitimately been playing pretty well recently. They struggle to close games, but they're more of a 30-32 win team than a 20-25 win team.

They're also off my danger list. I wouldn't even expect them to be big sellers at the deadline.

I agree with the above that we shouldn't rule out Philly. The league is watching them too closely for them to tank. They're simply going to lose because they suck. But they suck less than they used to.

I can't figure out LAL. On paper, they look a lot better than they do on the court. Players don't tank, the front office does. If they stay healthy, they could win a few.

 I was way wrong on Minnesota. I thought they were a sleeper playoff team. They're bad, but I don't think they will challenge for the bottom.

We're halfway through the season and it looks like there will be a battle for the bottom four.

Mike

[rondofan1255]

Teams that worry me are Minny, Phoenix, Philly and LAL.

Minny worries me the least of those. Phoenix looks terrible and is dealing with multiple injuries.

[SHAQATTACK]

Half season to go.   I think Philly is getting better ...players are developing , bit of renewed interest in the concept of playing the game to win.

Nets play fearless every night , but I don't see any improvement .  I think they are what they are at this point .  IF allowed Fakers and Philly could catch Nets in wins

I'm still hoping the Celtics win against them tho

[Redz]

Teams in lottery slots 2 through 5 are all 1-9 in their last 10 games.  That's some impressive futility.

[fairweatherfan]

I think it's pretty likely that the bottom 5 will be the Sixers, Lakers, Nets, Suns, and Wolves in some order.  Outside of major injuries, the only team with the potential to crack that group in my opinion is Denver.

Within that group, the only things I'm confident on is that the Sixers will be close to the bottom of that bottom 5 and the Wolves close to the top (and the most likely to break out of the group).  It's conceivable Brooklyn could wind up worst or 5th worst, but more likely between 2-4 and very likely not any better than bottom 5.  Which is pretty good for us, all things considered.

I'm not too worried about Denver. They have more talent than the other bottom feeders, aren't far out of the playoffs, and have legitimately been playing pretty well recently. They struggle to close games, but they're more of a 30-32 win team than a 20-25 win team.

With Denver it's the possibility of trading off their better players, plus thinking about who Minny is likely to overtake if they start playing better.

[rondofan1255]

Way to go Wolves!

[Rondo9]

Pelicans win their game.

[Yenohb]

NO beats Bucks
Wolves beats Grizz
Go Suns you can do it!!!