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

[MattyIce]

Wow!

[jpotter33]

Lol. Only the Sixers could make it that close lol

There was never even a time last year where the Nets were tied or in sole possession of the worst record in the league, right?

This will be the second time it's happened now this season. Crazy!

[GratefulCs]

We shoulda lost to the heat


Just kidding!!


..

Kinda

[KGs Knee]

Philadelphia is a shameful team. How many years in a row is this team going to tank.

I don't even think they are tanking any more. They just have the ultimate losing culture.

Unbalanced and young roster.  It's to be expected.  Philly has made some small strides this year, though.

Embiid looks like a legit stud.  Simmons is supposed to be, but who knows.  Ilyasova is a legit 3rd big who can make a big impact in a three-point shooting centric league.  Sergio Rodriguez is a legit backup PG on a reasonable deal.  Saric has shown some potential.  Stauskas has improved.  But it's a slow build right now, it could still go wrong.

Philly really needs to get something for Noel and Okafor.  Stop sitting on the pot before you get stuck eating Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline..

It's better in Philly than it was, but they still have a long way to go.

[Ilikesports17]

Philadelphia is a shameful team. How many years in a row is this team going to tank.

I don't even think they are tanking any more. They just have the ultimate losing culture.

Unbalanced and young roster.  It's to be expected.  Philly has made some small strides this year, though.

Embiid looks like a legit stud.  Simmons is supposed to be, but who knows.  Ilyasova is a legit 3rd big who can make a big impact in a three-point shooting centric league.  Sergio Rodriguez is a legit backup PG on a reasonable deal.  Saric has shown some potential.  Stauskas has improved.  But it's a slow build right now, it could still go wrong.

Philly really needs to get something for Noel and Okafor.  Stop sitting on the pot before you get stuck eating ****.

It's better in Philly than it was, but they still have a long way to go.

I've always liked Illyasova. Seems to be a real pest and a clever defender.

[libermaniac]

Crazy finish to that Sixers win.  Philly up 4 with 5.5 seconds, no timeouts for Denver.  Denver inbounds it 3/4 of the court and Embiid almost steals it, but then idiotically fouls Nokic on a 3 with 3.0 seconds left.  Nokic makes the first 2 and then misses the next, and Denver gets the rebound ... the Nuggets SG has a clean look on a 5 foot bank shot, but shoots short ... meanwhile the scorekeepers stops the clock with 1.9 seconds left for at least 1.5 seconds, giving the Nuggets an extra tip attempt ... they miss two and Sixers win. 

I noticed by replaying the play in slow motion that the clock stuck on 1.9 seconds for about a second and a half.  Edited.  Profanity and masked profanity are against forum rules and may result in discipline. kind of BS is that by the hometown scorekeeper?  I have to believe had Denver tipped in the tying shot, they would have reviewed it. But, who knows.  I wonder how often this kind of BS goes on.

[Bostoncelticsforlife7]

I'm really excited to watch Harry Giles tomorrow at 12:00, I want him to break out sooooo bad.

[Denis998]

Crazy finish to that Sixers win.  Philly up 4 with 5.5 seconds, no timeouts for Denver.  Denver inbounds it 3/4 of the court and Embiid almost steals it, but then idiotically fouls Nokic on a 3 with 3.0 seconds left.  Nokic makes the first 2 and then misses the next, and Denver gets the rebound ... the Nuggets SG has a clean look on a 5 foot bank shot, but shoots short ... meanwhile the scorekeepers stops the clock with 1.9 seconds left for at least 1.5 seconds, giving the Nuggets an extra tip attempt ... they miss two and Sixers win. 

I noticed by replaying the play in slow motion that the clock stuck on 1.9 seconds for about a second and a half.  **** kind of BS is that by the hometown scorekeeper?  I have to believe had Denver tipped in the tying shot, they would have reviewed it. But, who knows.  I wonder how often this kind of BS goes on.

Even after replay, I still dont know where the foul was.

[libermaniac]

Crazy finish to that Sixers win.  Philly up 4 with 5.5 seconds, no timeouts for Denver.  Denver inbounds it 3/4 of the court and Embiid almost steals it, but then idiotically fouls Nokic on a 3 with 3.0 seconds left.  Nokic makes the first 2 and then misses the next, and Denver gets the rebound ... the Nuggets SG has a clean look on a 5 foot bank shot, but shoots short ... meanwhile the scorekeepers stops the clock with 1.9 seconds left for at least 1.5 seconds, giving the Nuggets an extra tip attempt ... they miss two and Sixers win. 

I noticed by replaying the play in slow motion that the clock stuck on 1.9 seconds for about a second and a half.  **** kind of BS is that by the hometown scorekeeper?  I have to believe had Denver tipped in the tying shot, they would have reviewed it. But, who knows.  I wonder how often this kind of BS goes on.

Even after replay, I still dont know where the foul was.

There was also an "inadvertent whistle" with 2:30 to go when Embiid had made a nice move and was headed towards a layup.  It was as if the fix was in against Philly.  Nice that they still pulled it out.

[Adelaide Celt]

No luck today with Minnesota and Miami both losing.

Only 2 games worth taking note of tomorrow with Utah playing in Brooklyn and the Suns are away against the Clippers.

The following day looks a lot more promising though. Minnesota @ Philadelphia, Washington @ Dallas and Miami @ Phoenix.

Guaranteed a couple of good wins there, the flip side of course is we are also guaranteed a couple of unfortunate losses. Especially hard to choose who to want to win out of the Heat and the Suns...

[libermaniac]

George Hill will be out tomorrow vs. Brooklyn with concussion symptoms.  Hope they can still take the Nets.

[libermaniac]

It's amazing how the Nets seem to be in every game. Roll over already ;-)

[Quetzalcoatl]

It's amazing how the Nets seem to be in every game. Roll over already ;-)

It was like this last year, too.  They were a Brook layup from beating Golden State.  Just take solace in the fact that they always roll over in the fact that they always roll over in the 4th quarter.

[saltlover]

It's amazing how the Nets seem to be in every game. Roll over already ;-)

It's fine.  The Jazz will win a close game that leaves them tired for us tomorrow.

[Phantom255x]

It's amazing how the Nets seem to be in every game. Roll over already ;-)

Worst case scenario, the Jazz lose and then hopefully we beat them tomorrow.

Jazz drop in the west standings a bit.

Actually.. that's not too bad. "Gordon Hayward" watch everybody.