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NBA Rumors – Brooklyn Nets Trading Brook Lopez, Miami Heat Showing Interest
Of all the players the Brooklyn Nets are trying trade, Brook Lopez is probably the only one with a big contract that’s getting some interest, with the Miami Heat trying to work out how they can acquire him.
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Nets Over Knicks – The Bad and Worse of New York City
The first game in the so-so Big Apple rivalry between the Brooklyn Nets and the New York Knicks went to the Nets, winning 110-99 behind a very good game from Deron William and Brook Lopez, while Carmelo Anthony put on his worst performance of this short season.
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Nets Over Thunder – Injured Teams Make Easy Opponents
Losing 111-86 to the Brooklyn Nets, this is how bad the Oklahoma City Thunder were imagined they’d be without Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant. Reggie Jackson was back, but that only seemed to make things worse, while Brook Lopez made his return to lead his team on their home debut.
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Brooklyn Nets – This Season Will be More Depressing Than Before
The most expensive team in the history of the NBA when you count in luxury tax, and the Brooklyn Nets are slowly decaying. Maybe it’s just a phase, but it seems like more of a slippery slope to irrelevance, without putting on the kind of basketball shows that make people feel happy that they’re watching.
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Brooklyn Nets – The Window of Opportunity Just Closed
Like every other old team getting knocked out of the playoffs, there are plenty of questions regarding the future of the Brooklyn Nets. If the combination of Deron Williams, Joe Johnson and Paul Pierce wasn’t even close to enough now, it’s hard to believe that the near future considering their cap situation is going to be filled with more deep runs in the playoffs and contending for the NBA title.
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Brooklyn Nets – Train Wreck Season Continues With Brook Lopez Injury
The hits just keep coming for the Brooklyn Nets, who were feeling they were putting pieces together lately with players coming back from injuries. Brook Lopez broke his foot (not for the first time in his career), and will miss the rest of the season, making it even more difficult for the 9-17 team to think about making the playoffs.
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Celtics vs Nets – Not So Bad When Everyone Are Playing
Maybe it was the fact that they were facing the Boston Celtics, a team that like it or not will be forever connected to this edition of the Brooklyn Nets as long as Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce are on this team. Both of them weren’t very special in a rare win for the Nets, but the ability of Brook Lopez and Deron Williams, the two most important players on this team, was enough to have Jason Kidd and the rest of this weird team built with a huge and expensive payroll to smile for once.
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Brooklyn Nets – Paul Pierce With a Forgettable Debut
The first game of the preseason was a chance for new head coach Jason Kidd to get his first win, and for the Brooklyn Nets to show the depth they have on bench, which they’re going to need if Paul Pierce is going to play as badly as he did on his debut.
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NBA Rumors – Brooklyn Nets Need a Healthy Brook Lopez to be Great
It’s hard to determine how big is the potential of the Brooklyn Nets, but a lot of it has to do with Brook Lopez remaining as healthy, if not more, as he was last season, although he finds himself recovering from another foot surgery this summer.
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Brooklyn Nets – Kevin Garnett & Paul Pierce Don’t Make Them Contenders
The Brooklyn Nets aren’t necessarily a better team with the arrival of Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett, unless they can find a way to handle the issues of age and lack of depth. Without having a way to fix those glaring problems, their second summer of acquiring big contracts of veteran players will amount to not much more than a postseason appearance.