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

[MJohnnyboy]

The only reason why the Nets look good is because their roster is full of unknowns which means no game film which means no one knows how to game plan for them. Once teams know how to cover the likes of Justin Hamilton and Sean Kilpatrick, the Nets will fall back to earth.

[Surferdad]

Just read that B Lopez is out tonight to "rest".  Looks like he will be sitting out on the back end of back to back games this year (think that's 14 games). 

Good news for us.

That's not how I read it.  Apparently he has occassionally sat out back end of back-to-back games in the past.  There's been no new injury or anything that I'm aware of so it's probably not going to be anything different this year than in the past.

Tonight was probably more a reaction to 3 games in 4 nights.  He played yesterday (Friday) and also two days before that (Wednesday).   They are also scheduled to play on Monday.   Rest tonight makes some sense.

Resting a healthy player on the 3rd game of the season is practically unheard of, even if it's a back to back. 

He played in back to backs last season, until he was shut down towards the end.

I heard Pops rested Parker and Ginobilli on their home opener.   

[mef730]

That may all be true, but this is not the bottom 3 bkn team that so many of us, myself included, believed they would be. They shouldn't have lost to Indy and Milwaukee should have beaten them easily tonight.

Mike

[MJohnnyboy]

That may all be true, but this is not the bottom 3 bkn team that so many of us, myself included, believed they would be. They shouldn't have lost to Indy and Milwaukee should have beaten them easily tonight.

Mike

It's also possible Indiana and Milwaukee aren't that good.

[SCeltic34]

Just read that B Lopez is out tonight to "rest".  Looks like he will be sitting out on the back end of back to back games this year (think that's 14 games). 

Good news for us.

That's not how I read it.  Apparently he has occassionally sat out back end of back-to-back games in the past.  There's been no new injury or anything that I'm aware of so it's probably not going to be anything different this year than in the past.

Tonight was probably more a reaction to 3 games in 4 nights.  He played yesterday (Friday) and also two days before that (Wednesday).   They are also scheduled to play on Monday.   Rest tonight makes some sense.

Resting a healthy player on the 3rd game of the season is practically unheard of, even if it's a back to back. 

He played in back to backs last season, until he was shut down towards the end.

I heard Pops rested Parker and Ginobilli on their home opener.

Was that last year?  They both played against the Kings on their home opener this year.

Still extremely uncommon.

[LarBrd33]

phew

[SHAQATTACK]

Suck n Bucks can t put away Nets ...Parker has layup blocked ...smh

Wow ...that was close ....ugh

Bucks at home struggling

[mef730]

Whew. BKN comes all the way back and Milwaukee wins on a last-second tip.

Mike

[SCeltic34]

The Nets have outplayed all 3 of their opponents handily in the 4th quarter.  They deserve credit.

But the Bucks looked really bad on defense.  There were so many defensive breakdowns that really reflects poorly on their coaching.  Should never have been a close game with Brook Lopez out.  They have a lot of tape to watch.

[Phantom255x]

Good lord are the Nets actually going to be a good team this season?

Good thing this draft is DEEP even between picks 5-10... But man it would have been so much better to get a pick between 1-3. Might have to hope the Sixers, Lakers, Pelicans and Suns exceed some expectations and play better than last season. Otherwise Nets pick might end up outside top-5...

[SHAQATTACK]

I'm giving most of the credit to the coach ....he has them  playing ball the right way . That Hamilton is a decent center ...

We got Zeller ...gag

[SHAQATTACK]

Good lord are the Nets actually going to be a good team this season?

Good thing this draft is DEEP even between picks 5-10... But man it would have been so much better to get a pick between 1-3. Might have to hope the Sixers, Lakers, Pelicans and Suns exceed some expectations and play better than last season. Otherwise Nets pick might end up outside top-5...

Suns are just bad.

Philly can t play worth crap without Simmons .

I think Lakers move up in wins , maybe just outside playoffs.

[LarBrd33]

Just read that B Lopez is out tonight to "rest".  Looks like he will be sitting out on the back end of back to back games this year (think that's 14 games). 

Good news for us.

That's not how I read it.  Apparently he has occassionally sat out back end of back-to-back games in the past.  There's been no new injury or anything that I'm aware of so it's probably not going to be anything different this year than in the past.

Tonight was probably more a reaction to 3 games in 4 nights.  He played yesterday (Friday) and also two days before that (Wednesday).   They are also scheduled to play on Monday.   Rest tonight makes some sense.

Resting a healthy player on the 3rd game of the season is practically unheard of, even if it's a back to back. 

He played in back to backs last season, until he was shut down towards the end.

He sat a random back-to-back with rest last season in early March as well.   My point is that this isn't some new approach where they are holding him out of all back-to-backs.  This is a guy who had significant injury history, but was able to play 73 games last year and 72 games the year before.  Over teh past couple years, he's been less injury prone than Marcus Smart.

Here's the explanation for him missing the game tonight (that they nearly won without him):

"What we're trying to do with Brook is take the long-term approach, just build him up as the season goes on and increase his minutes. We have a plan in place," Atkinson said. "It's learning the system, it's looking at a long-term approach to how we're going to build him up in terms of minutes as the season goes on. He's got some miles on him."

All I'm saying is don't suggest that Lopez is now sitting out of all back-to-backs based on one game.

Brooklyn is still scary.  As long as Lopez is healthy and they are getting some additional contributions from guys like Lin (something they didn't have last year as their entire team was decimated with injuries), they can play themselves out of the bottom 5.

[Celtic_Pride777]

At the rate they're playing, Nets might play themselves out of the Bottom 5 teams.

Not sure how much the Brooklyn pick will worth by then....though it might have some trade value nonetheless

[Denis998]

I think their bench is underestimated by other teams. Thats the group that seems to keep the games close in the 4th quarter.