Tag: Brooklyn Nets

  • Jeremy Lin Can Turn Nets vs Knicks Into a Serious Rivalry

    Jeremy Lin Can Turn Nets vs Knicks Into a Serious Rivalry

    The Brooklyn Nets and New York Knicks will play each other four times in the regular season. That means Jeremy Lin being asked about Carmelo Anthony before every game, and the other way around. But in a league that’s starving for more rivalries, this isn’t necessarily a bad thing.

  • Brooklyn Nets, Jeremy Lin, Carmelo Anthony & a Preseason Reality Check

    Brooklyn Nets, Jeremy Lin, Carmelo Anthony & a Preseason Reality Check

    The Brooklyn Nets played their second preseason game with their best player, Jeremy Lin, sitting this one out. While it’s a good opportunity for Kenny Atkinson to check out other lineups and combinations, it looked bad for a lot of minutes.

  • Jeremy Lin Brooklyn Nets Preseason Debut Almost Perfect

    Jeremy Lin Brooklyn Nets Preseason Debut Almost Perfect

    The NBA preseason began for the Brooklyn Nets and Jeremy Lin, beating the Detroit Pistons 101-94. First impression? Positive, both for Lin and Kenny Atkinson, who probably liked what he saw from his team offensively.

  • Brooklyn Nets: Jeremy Lin & the Two-Position Player Concept

    Brooklyn Nets: Jeremy Lin & the Two-Position Player Concept

    In our second look at the Brooklyn Nets right before their first preseason game of the 2016-2017 NBA season, we focus on the team making up for some of their more glaring weaknesses by trying to use as many two-position players as possible (and maybe even three). Jeremy Lin is part of that stock, although it’s doubtful his role on offense will change very much: The Nets don’t have another playmaker like him, and their main hope of not being a doormat this season connects directly to him doing well as the team’s point guard.

  • Jeremy Lin: What to Expect From His Brooklyn Nets Preseason Debut

    Jeremy Lin: What to Expect From His Brooklyn Nets Preseason Debut

    With the Brooklyn Nets first preseason game coming up (facing the Detroit Pistons), it’s time to start and think what we would like to see from this team as it works its way towards the regular season, and specifically where Jeremy Lin fits into all of this.

  • Jeremy Lin Wants to Make the Brooklyn Nets Fun Again

    Jeremy Lin Wants to Make the Brooklyn Nets Fun Again

    At his best, Jeremy Lin is one of the more exciting players in the NBA. Yes, for those who haven’t been following us following Lin’s career, you may be surprised to read it. YOu may barely remember something about Lin starring for the New York Knicks in 2012 and making them easy on the eyes, something that’s rarely happened in quite a while. Even when they had their best season in over a decade (2012-2013), the basketball wasn’t that fun. The team was simply good, or good enough to make the conference semifinals.

  • Jeremy Lin Career Highs & Breaking Them

    Jeremy Lin Career Highs & Breaking Them

    Riding high on the wave of the NBA season finally approaching, the Brooklyn Nets starting training camp and Jeremy Lin statistics, I decided to take a look at some less analytical stuff: Career highs.

  • Jeremy Lin: Stats, Charts & Proof the Brooklyn Nets Have a Great Starting Point Guard

    Jeremy Lin: Stats, Charts & Proof the Brooklyn Nets Have a Great Starting Point Guard

    The Brooklyn Nets are expected to be one of the weaker teams in the NBA this season. Jeremy Lin will has been given the keys to the offense, finally presented with a starting point guard position and main playmaker role right off the bat. That’s not just a game changer in his career, but for the Nets as well.

  • Kevin Garnett: A Career in Photos

    Kevin Garnett: A Career in Photos

    A good way to summarize a hall of fame career like Kevin Garnett had is through moments caught through the camera, and saved forever. From his days playing high school in Chicago, to his rookie year and relative success on the Minnesota Timberwolves. To the highs and lows with the Boston Celtics, until the inevitable decline on the Brooklyn Nets, and emotional return to the team it all started with.

  • Brooklyn Nets to Lean on Jeremy Lin Leadership & Brook Lopez Improvement

    Brooklyn Nets to Lean on Jeremy Lin Leadership & Brook Lopez Improvement

    One of my favorite parts in an offseason is hearing coaches and general managers talk about their vision for the upcoming season. Naturally, the Brooklyn Nets, with Kenny Atkinson and Sean Marks addressing the media, see Jeremy Lin and Brook Lopez as the key cogs to the team’s success and development this season.