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

[jpotter33]

I think they're actually very much improved with Lin in the lineup...

Sadly, you seem to be correct, even though the sample size is quite small. It looks like they're going to get quite the challenge from Sacramento next year.

Mike

But the difference is Sacramento might actually get two top-7 picks in this draft, which could really help them next year.

I'm seeing Tatum and Ntilikina going to them at 6 and 7 right now, so they could have a really nice young core of Ntilikina, Hield, Tatum, Skal, and WCS. That alone should have them as good as Brooklyn, let alone their other vets.

Lopez is almost certainly traded this summer, too, so I think Brooklyn will still be the clear worst team in the league next season.

[TheSundanceKid]

Lopez is the key, surely he goes in a draft night trade for a first round pick?

It's early to really debate their potential performance next year but given that this year is basically a done deal now... I wonder what they will do this summer? They will have the ability to throw money at RFAs this year again, which seems to be their best idea.

Perhaps they go for KO, he's a great big man for the new NBA and certainly fits their style of play. Mirotic is another guy in that vein. Jamychal Green or  Alex Len? Pickings are slim this year. This may also be a year when they absorb some contracts into cap space to get some extra picks, teams may look to create cap space to make a run at someone like Chris Paul or Blake Griffin if the Clippers go out in the first round again

[trickybilly]

Lopez is the key, surely he goes in a draft night trade for a first round pick?

It's early to really debate their potential performance next year but given that this year is basically a done deal now... I wonder what they will do this summer? They will have the ability to throw money at RFAs this year again, which seems to be their best idea.

Perhaps they go for KO, he's a great big man for the new NBA and certainly fits their style of play. Mirotic is another guy in that vein. Jamychal Green or  Alex Len? Pickings are slim this year. This may also be a year when they absorb some contracts into cap space to get some extra picks, teams may look to create cap space to make a run at someone like Chris Paul or Blake Griffin if the Clippers go out in the first round again

Agreed that is their best tactic..Who do you have in mind? Mozgov, Nick Young? Vucevic, Fournier?

[GreenShooter]

Yes, it is early to talk about next year but it's probably a given, especially with the list of FA's this year, that we will have another top 4/5 pick. No way the Nets sign a couple of top FA's and they don't have any other assets to make themselves "better" next year. We'll be tracking the top prospects next year just like we've done for the past 2 years.

[slightly biased bias fan]

I have a feeling Brooklyn is going to screw the whole league in restricted free agency by again offering huge deals to players undeserving of them, and a few teams are going to get burned...hopefully not Boston.

Also wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if Rose ended signing with Brooklyn this offseason on a short term deal, which could hurt our odds next season.

[A Future of Stevens]

As long as they are a bottom 7 team, we get to have hope. I mean as long as the NBA isn't rigged, and the whole Cleveland thing happened, then anything is possible! Except we have much better odds haha.

[BitterJim]

I have a feeling Brooklyn is going to screw the whole league in restricted free agency by again offering huge deals to players undeserving of them, and a few teams are going to get burned...hopefully not Boston.

Also wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if Rose ended signing with Brooklyn this offseason on a short term deal, which could hurt our odds next season.

I think they'll offer Otto Porter a max on the first day of FA and force the Wizards to match (unless the Wizards give a max qualifying offer).  After that, I can see them maybe going after Olynyk, but most of the RFAs that are good enough for the Nets to go after have already signed extensions (McCollum, Oladipo, Adams, Cody Zeller) or are definitely getting matched (Nerlens Noel, Mason Plumlee).

They could go after a guy like MCW or Burke, but I think they're better off going after guys like Jrue Holiday, Paul Millsap, and Danilo Gallinari (although I can't really see them getting any of them except maybe Holiday)

[mef730]

I have a feeling Brooklyn is going to screw the whole league in restricted free agency by again offering huge deals to players undeserving of them, and a few teams are going to get burned...hopefully not Boston.

Also wouldn't surprise me in the slightest if Rose ended signing with Brooklyn this offseason on a short term deal, which could hurt our odds next season.

Agreed, although it makes no sense from a long-term point of view. Sign a bunch of them and you are a lousy team for the next 4-5 years with minimal ability to build. The best move would be what someone else mentioned: Take on some bad contracts in exchange for future draft picks. They might as well be the Cleveland Browns of the NBA.

Mike

[Emmette Bryant]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/18848217/all-backfires-how-brooklyn-nets-rebuilding-nothing

[Boris Badenov]

How many could have predicted that this would be the least eventful thread on CB by February?

[mef730]

How many could have predicted that this would be the least eventful thread on CB by February?

Especially with a Brook Lopez injury, albeit a minor one (sprained ankle, out against Dallas tonight).

Mike

[mef730]

See now, this is where I'm gonna miss LarBrd33. A Brooklyn win just isn't the same without him. Hope you come back soon brother..

I'm at the point where I find it difficult to cheer a Brooklyn loss (at least publicly). It's just such a wreck at the moment, you kinda have to feel bad for them

I miss his subtle reminder that it isn't too late for BRK to go on a run and make the playoffs, regardless of how miniscule the odds

Come back Lar haha.

Too late now! In case there was any question, BKN has officially been eliminated from the playoffs.

Mike

[mef730]

A collective yawn from CB as Brooklyn beats New York. A new low for the Knicks.

BKN magic number down to ten.

Mike

[trickybilly]

64 days until the lottery. Let's get those voodoo dolls, worry beads, whatever, ready.

[hwangjini_1]

A collective yawn from CB as Brooklyn beats New York. A new low for the Knicks.

BKN magic number down to ten.

Mike

yes, a yawn. amazing isnt it? a few months ago such a win by the nets would have resulted in wide spread angst and agony throughout this blog. predictions about having a worthless pick would have blossomed like so many weeds.

yet here we sit, unfazed by such a victory. ours lives as celtic fans is indeed pretty good right now.