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

[alldaboston]

Cavs want to play us ASAP in the playoffs lol. Trying to both ruin the pick and also fall to second seed and mess with our plans to avoid them until ECF.

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

if our team had a guy doing what lbj just did they would all be jumping up but the cavs guys mostly just sit, mybe 1-2 of the non-names stand and raise a hand but that's it. maybe they do it but just aren't tonight, they just look like a debbie-downer type of team. great talent but don't look like they like each other.

[alldaboston]

Also was reading this article from CBS sports, kinda pessimistic about our pick, which I found kinda unfair and short sighted.

http://www.cbssports.com/nba/eye-on-basketball/25529131/tank-wars-whats-at-stake-for-lottery-teams-in-upcoming-2016-nba-draft

Boston Celtics

Poor, poor, poor, poor, poor, poor Brooklyn. The Celtics have a 46.9 percent chance at a top-3 pick, thanks to the Kevin Garnett/Paul Pierce trade. Just under a coin flip and a 15.6 percent chance of landing No. 1.

Is it weird to say Boston's in a worse spot, draft wise, than the Lakers? Because they kind of are. They need a star, desperately, but they're already so good, drafting one won't really line up with their timeline, as young as they still are. They're young, but not puppy young. So even if Ben Simmons is LeBron-lite or Brandon Ingram is a top-level scoring threat, they won't be ready until this core of the Celtics has already transitioned out.

Which is what makes a trade so likely. The Celtics have proven this year that they can get a top-five playoff seed (at worst) and that they're actually a good team. If this pick was going to land in the eight spot or higher, they could just draft another talented player with upside, add him to the rest of the cadre of good players they have at multiple spots, clear out whoever they didn't think was as good as the rest and continue their search for a star.

But because it's going to yield a high-upside player like Simmons, Ingram, Bender, Brown, Dunn or Murray, this pick has different market value. It's their best opportunity to swing for the fences and try and add the star power to make this team an actual contender. However, it takes two to tango and between Danny Ainge's reticence toward bringing DeMarcus Cousins' attitude into the locker room and the dearth of available star power elsewhere, there's not a natural fit.

If they get Simmons or Ingram, it's not a bad thing -- those guys can help Boston win games. So can Dunn and Bender, or Ingram or Brown. It's just that they can't necessarily be the guy Boston really needs, which is a star who can join the team next season and have them primed to challenge for a Finals spot. It's not a bad spot to be in -- it's way better than where Brooklyn's at -- but Boston still has a pretty tough puzzle it needs to solve between now and July.

Best-case scenario: They can trade the pick on draft night in a blockbuster deal no one sees coming. This is vague, because I have no clue which pick or what deal that would be, hence no one seeing it coming.

Worst-case scenario: They fall to the five spot, and have to choose between Murray or Buddy Hield with all the talented guards they have, and Bender with all the good bigs they have. (Note: Any one of those guys could become the star they need, the draft is a crapshoot, but if we're talking likely outcomes, those guys aren't favorable in that department.)

I could see a young Simmons/Ingram/even Hield helping us to a championship, personally.

[Roy H.]

if our team had a guy doing what lbj just did they would all be jumping up but the cavs guys mostly just sit, mybe 1-2 of the non-names stand and raise a hand but that's it. maybe they do it but just aren't tonight, they just look like a debbie-downer type of team. great talent but don't look they like each other.

Yeah, I can't blame Lebron.  He's busting his hump out there, and his team just looks lethargic.  He's been trying to motivate the all year, trying to get them to care like Golden State.

He's 7-for-7 in the first half, and his team is down by 10 to the freakin' Nets.

[trickybilly]

Just GO DOWN LOPEZ.. jesus.

And Fratello saying stuff like "great decision-making from Karasev" just hurts..

[Quetzalcoatl]

Love with a big second/third chance bucket.  They finally are showing some hustle.  JR Smith just ran the whole court for a loose ball!

[trickybilly]

Maybe Kilpatrick is as good as Smart..

[Roy H.]

Lebron puts the Cavs ahead. 

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

Lebron puts the Cavs ahead. 

may the bball gods keep it going

[alldaboston]

Maybe Kilpatrick is as good as Smart..

Lol. Yet to hit a three. Just like smart.

[mctyson]

Blatt was the problem huh?

[SCeltic34]

The Cavs are getting outplayed by a D-League caliber lineup in the 4th so far.

Sloan/Kilpatrick/Brown/McCullough/Sims

I'd be pretty livid if I was a Cavs fan. 

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

they like dela though

[ImShakHeIsShaq]

thompson p---ed and yelling at love

[SCeltic34]

That was clearly an offensive foul by Bogdonovic.  That's the inconsistency of the NBA.  But it's ironic that it happened to James, who does that all the time and doesn't get penalized for it.  Fitting that he'd complain about the non-call.