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

[max215]

Ok, so who are we rooting for tonight?  Boston or Minny?

I thought I'd never have to root against Boston again, and just root for the Nets to lose, but Minny is making things too close for comfort for the 4th slot.  My thinking is Boston can afford the loss tonight and still play strong down the stretch and get the 3rd seed.  I'm not feeling very good about Minny lately and Brooklyn has a few easy games coming up - albeit on the road.

People reading this thread all highly value the draft positioning, so I thought this would be a fair question in this thread.

Haha. I posted this in the game thread and got some flak for it. I'm rooting for the Celtics but won't be upset with a loss.

Yep, me too.  I'm shocked Minny can't play any better.  They have the talent.

They have elite talent, but it doesn't fit that well together yet and their coach is a dunce.

[nickagneta]

Minny has some nice pieces, but expecting extreme youth to win in this league is just a naive concept generated by young people playing too much NBA2K. Follow NBA history. Teams led by 19 and 20 year old kids do not win. They might in video games but not in real life.

[libermaniac]

Minny has some nice pieces, but expecting extreme youth to win in this league is just a naive concept generated by young people playing too much NBA2K. Follow NBA history. Teams led by 19 and 20 year old kids do not win. They might in video games but not in real life.

Yep.  But, I'm not asking them to win a title ... 25 games this year would suffice 

[rondofan1255]

Mixed feelings but Minny won tonight although they were shaky at the end. 

[max215]

Big win for the pick tonight lol.

[Kane3387]

Minny has some nice pieces, but expecting extreme youth to win in this league is just a naive concept generated by young people playing too much NBA2K. Follow NBA history. Teams led by 19 and 20 year old kids do not win. They might in video games but not in real life.

OKC is an exception. They made the playoffs in Durants third year, Westbrooks second, and hardens rookie year.

[alldaboston]

Minny has some nice pieces, but expecting extreme youth to win in this league is just a naive concept generated by young people playing too much NBA2K. Follow NBA history. Teams led by 19 and 20 year old kids do not win. They might in video games but not in real life.

OKC is an exception. They made the playoffs in Durants third year, Westbrooks second, and hardens rookie year.

Where are you getting that from? Durant was in his 5th year, Westbrook in his 4th, Harden in his 3rd year

[rondofan1255]

Durant lost to the Lakers 4-2 in the 2009-2010 season, his 3rd year.

http://www.nba.com/playoffs2010/westseries1/

[Kane3387]

Minny has some nice pieces, but expecting extreme youth to win in this league is just a naive concept generated by young people playing too much NBA2K. Follow NBA history. Teams led by 19 and 20 year old kids do not win. They might in video games but not in real life.

OKC is an exception. They made the playoffs in Durants third year, Westbrooks second, and hardens rookie year.

Where are you getting that from? Durant was in his 5th year, Westbrook in his 4th, Harden in his 3rd year

The 2010 first Round of the playoffs. Lol I was there.

[crimson_stallion]

Minny has some nice pieces, but expecting extreme youth to win in this league is just a naive concept generated by young people playing too much NBA2K. Follow NBA history. Teams led by 19 and 20 year old kids do not win. They might in video games but not in real life.

Minny isn't going to win anything now, and honestly they probably won't look like a playoff team until 2017-18 season.  But they have a crazy amount of upside, and 2-3 years from now they could be a real force.

[alldaboston]

Minny has some nice pieces, but expecting extreme youth to win in this league is just a naive concept generated by young people playing too much NBA2K. Follow NBA history. Teams led by 19 and 20 year old kids do not win. They might in video games but not in real life.

OKC is an exception. They made the playoffs in Durants third year, Westbrooks second, and hardens rookie year.

Where are you getting that from? Durant was in his 5th year, Westbrook in his 4th, Harden in his 3rd year

The 2010 first Round of the playoffs. Lol I was there.

Oh my bad. You wrote play offs, but I thought finals.

[PhoSita]

Minny has some nice pieces, but expecting extreme youth to win in this league is just a naive concept generated by young people playing too much NBA2K. Follow NBA history. Teams led by 19 and 20 year old kids do not win. They might in video games but not in real life.

It's a good thing for them, then,  that they've got a surplus of young assets to make trades, and having a young exciting core is a great way to overcome your location when it comes to attracting useful free agent role players who can help take the team to the next level.


It's true you can't expect to win a title with a team of twenty year olds, but the notion that the T Wolves aren't in a fantastic position from which to build a really good team is something that I can only regard as get-off-my-lawn-ishness.

[jdz101]

Brooklyn have portland, phoenix, lakers, denver, min, philly x 2 between now and the first two weeks of March...that stretch will decide where boston picks.

Get your brooklyn loser hats on for these next 3 weeks.

[jdz101]

NETS - Current Record: 15-41

Tue, Feb 23   @Portland    Loss

Thu, Feb 25   @Phoenix     Win

Sat, Feb 27   @Utah          Loss

Mon, Feb 29     @Clippers     Loss

Tue, Mar 1   @Lakers       Loss

Fri, Mar 4      @Denver      Loss

Sat, Mar 5        @Minnesota Loss

Tue, Mar 8   @Toronto     Loss

Fri, Mar 11        @Philadelphia Win

Sun, Mar 13   vsMilwaukee  Loss

Tue, Mar 15   vsPhiladelphia Win

Thu, Mar 17   @Chicago  Loss

Sat, Mar 19   @Detroit  Loss

Tue, Mar 22   vsCharlotte  Loss

Thu, Mar 24   Cleveland  Loss

Sat, Mar 26       vs Indiana  Loss

Mon, Mar 28   @Miami  Loss

Tue, Mar 29   @Orlando  Loss

Thu, Mar 31   @Cleveland  Loss

Fri, Apr 1           @NY Knicks  Win

Sun, Apr 3   vsNew Orleans  Loss

Wed, Apr 6   @Washington  Loss

Fri, Apr 8      @Charlotte  Loss

Sun, Apr 10   @Indiana  Loss

Mon, Apr 11   vsWashington  Loss

Wed, Apr 13   vsNew Orleans  Loss

According to my predictions - Final Record: 19-63

Allowing for unexpected wins/upsets of 2-3 games: 22-60

Current Worst Teams
30th Philly
29th Lakers
28th Phoenix
27th Brooklyn
26th Minnesota

At this point I dont believe they can catch the nuggets, new orleans, sacto, or the knicks for wins.

Current Scenario: 27th - 11.9% chance at 1st pick - 37.8% chance at top 3 pick
Best Case Scenario: 29th - 19.9% chance at 1st pick - 55.8% chance at top 3 pick
Worst Case Scenario: 26th - 8.8% chance at 1st pick - 29.1% chance at top 3 pick

[fairweatherfan]

At this point I dont believe they can catch the nuggets, new orleans, sacto, or the knicks for wins.
According to my predictions - Final Record: 19-63

Allowing for unexpected wins/upsets of 2-3 games: 22-60

Current Worst Teams
30th Philly
29th Lakers
28th Phoenix
27th Brooklyn
26th Minnesota

Current Scenario: 27th - 11.9% chance at 1st pick - 37.8% chance at top 3 pick
Best Case Scenario: 29th - 19.9% chance at 1st pick - 55.8% chance at top 3 pick
Worst Case Scenario: 26th - 8.8% chance at 1st pick - 29.1% chance at top 3 pick

TP, though I think they'll be closer to 21-24 wins than 19-22.  But what gets missed as we worry about Phoenix and Minnesota is that everyone else has stepped it up enough that a top 5 spot (pre-lotto) is pretty much guaranteed. 

That's a darn good return with a swap and a pick to go, even though we're dreaming of better.