Jeremy Lin (uh oh)

[The One]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8eZj5PSN8E

Is he the piece that can keep them out of the worst 5 records in the league?

We might have underestimated his impact on the Nets.

Lopez, Lin, and Bogdanovic...should we be getting nervous?

[tazzmaniac]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8eZj5PSN8E

Is he the piece that can keep them out of the worst 5 records in the league?

We might have underestimated his impact on the Nets.

Lopez, Lin, and Bogdanovic...should we be getting nervous?

You could add RHJ since he looked good before his injury last season.  Hard to see 5 teams worse than the Nets but I don't think they're a lock for the worst record like some people do. 

[Moranis]

The Nets have a lot of young players or guys that may be due for a breakout season, but they still lack depth and overall talent and will still be a bad team. 

[slamtheking]

no worries that they'll be bad.  can't see how they'd possibly finish out of the worst 5 and if any injuries happen to key players, they're as close to a lock on worst record as it gets -- particularly if it's Lopez. 

[Celtic Fan Forever]

Let's hope he keeps missing wide open layups

[Big333223]

I think Lin is going to have a real good year. I also think it won't mean anything because that team just isn't good. I'm not worried about it.

[alldaboston]

I've been worried for awhile now. Lin and Lopez should make for a good duo. They've also got a few reclamation projects around them too. Maybe some of those guys start clicking. Maybe not. Maybe they're still trash. I don't know. But i am a little more worried this year.

[Rondo9]

The Nets will still be bad this year.

[CelticGuardian]

I think Lopez is tad too slow to be good at the roll, he has great hands but he will get beat to spots by an elite defense. Also, Idk how long Jeremy Lin could keep that up. He definitely has some rejuvenated confidence, they will be bad but I only see at least 3 teams being worse than the Nets.

[LarBrd33]

They lost their starting PG early in the season and had no depth.  So Lin is automatically an upgrade, but it's not like he's a star.  As long as Anthony Bennett doesn't make an improbable late leap, it's hard to imagine them being too great this year.  I still have more respect for Brook Lopez ability to win games than a lot of folks here.  It's important to remember that prior to last year's disastrous injury-plagued season, the Nets had made the playoffs a couple years in a row.  Playing out of the bottom 5 seems unlikely, but it's not unthinkable.   Any team with no incentive to lose games is dangerous in this league.  Not "playoff" dangerous but "play out of the bottom 5" dangerous. 

[MJohnnyboy]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d8eZj5PSN8E

Is he the piece that can keep them out of the worst 5 records in the league?

We might have underestimated his impact on the Nets.

Lopez, Lin, and Bogdanovic...should we be getting nervous?

This clip should help comfort you.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jtLsccvHjKs

[kraidstar]

If Lin and Bogdanovic are your second and third-best players, then your team is terrible.

And keep in mind that even when Lin is putting up points he gives away a ton on the other end. There's a reason he's a journeyman in this league.

[SHAQATTACK]

They lost their starting PG early in the season and had no depth.  So Lin is automatically an upgrade, but it's not like he's a star.  As long as Anthony Bennett doesn't make an improbable late leap, it's hard to imagine them being too great this year.  I still have more respect for Brook Lopez ability to win games than a lot of folks here.  It's important to remember that prior to last year's disastrous injury-plagued season, the Nets had made the playoffs a couple years in a row.  Playing out of the bottom 5 seems unlikely, but it's not unthinkable.   Any team with no incentive to lose games is dangerous in this league.  Not "playoff" dangerous but "play out of the bottom 5" dangerous.

Agree with the Lopez comment.  Scoring machine.

[GratefulCs]

They lost their starting PG early in the season and had no depth.  So Lin is automatically an upgrade, but it's not like he's a star.  As long as Anthony Bennett doesn't make an improbable late leap, it's hard to imagine them being too great this year.  I still have more respect for Brook Lopez ability to win games than a lot of folks here.  It's important to remember that prior to last year's disastrous injury-plagued season, the Nets had made the playoffs a couple years in a row.  Playing out of the bottom 5 seems unlikely, but it's not unthinkable.   Any team with no incentive to lose games is dangerous in this league.  Not "playoff" dangerous but "play out of the bottom 5" dangerous.

this is what worries me every year with these nets picks

They might be terrible, but toward the end of the season, they have no reason to completely throw in the towel

[kraidstar]

They lost their starting PG early in the season and had no depth.  So Lin is automatically an upgrade, but it's not like he's a star.  As long as Anthony Bennett doesn't make an improbable late leap, it's hard to imagine them being too great this year.  I still have more respect for Brook Lopez ability to win games than a lot of folks here.  It's important to remember that prior to last year's disastrous injury-plagued season, the Nets had made the playoffs a couple years in a row.  Playing out of the bottom 5 seems unlikely, but it's not unthinkable.   Any team with no incentive to lose games is dangerous in this league.  Not "playoff" dangerous but "play out of the bottom 5" dangerous.

this is what worries me every year with these nets picks

They might be terrible, but toward the end of the season, they have no reason to completely throw in the towel

It's not as if the players on tanking teams are not trying. All players in this league are fighting for contracts and respect.

And the Nets have already assembled a very poor roster. I also think the front office is resigned that they will be bad, otherwise they wouldn't have dumped most of their vets over the last 14 months or so.

I think they are looking towards 2019, and trying to find some value, especially young value, from the dumpster along the way. The real concern IMO is either some of their young projects have breakout years, or Kenny Atkinson morphs into a genius to can turn water into wine.