Lucas Kaplan
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My game recap of Liberty-Sky last night, which was really an excuse to talk about Jaylyn Sherrod, who I got to talk to 1-on-1 last week:
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A'ja Wilson was not happy with Kayla Thornton, and oh boy did her entire team, including Becky Hammon, jump on it:
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We're not acknowledging the fact that Nic Claxton posterized LeBron James for a game-winner on Christmas Day enough for my liking
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Something interesting at the end of Game 2, Jokic telling Aaron Gordon not to fully rotate off the dunker spot and force Okogie to take a floater...pays quick dividends:
Okogie hit Ayton on that dump-off for a dunk, then Jokic implored AG not to rotate off Ayton in the dunker. Next possession, AG played between two, Jokic recovered, and Okogie had no idea what to do
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This exchange is...interesting, given that Dennis Smith Jr. has seen his minutes cut under Kevin Ollie, and only played six or seven non-garbage-time minutes tonight:
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there’s no basketball reason to watch preseason NBA over Game 1 of the WNBA Finals, let’s get real
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Kevin Durant on his six turnovers:
"Every night I'm guarded by five players...get used to my turnovers."
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lol we didn't see this last night, Clax telling KD after his made three: "That's for you"
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we are down horrendous
Kyrie Irving liked Kevin Durant’s POTM post.
He’s still interacting with the team.
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Chelsea Gray: "They did it last time! They did that sh*t last time!"
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Pretty admirable of Bradley Beal to stand with Kyrie and also not show up for today's game at Barclays
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"Honestly...I don't think it was the Nets' front office organization who made that decision, because, what I've heard, they wanted me back."
Wow, Bruce Brown with some very interesting comments on the end of his Nets' tenure
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Ian Eagle with what "might have been my greatest call in NBA history." You just have to watch:
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if you’re out trick-or-treating in Brooklyn tonight and you see a 6’4” woman wearing a Donald Duck costume, it’s probably Breanna Stewart:
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KD is all of us watching LaMarcus Aldridge shoot the rock
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Mike James iso'ing Zach Lavine in the eyes of BallDontStop
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Giannis potentially gets away with (multiple?) travels, Dame hits a game-tying three:
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Mikal Bridges credits Manny Machado and the Padres as inspiration for his three-point celebration
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Russ went at Luka on four straight possessions, pointed and yelled "go at him!" after an and-one, lmao
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Day'Ron Sharpe is hilarious:
"I just didn't want them to win for real, like, I'm so serious. I didn't want them to get their first win on us. So when I'm the game, I'm playing 110%."
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Day’Ron Sharpe says he doesn’t really know Usher’s catalogue like that.
Lonnie Walker IV: “Because he’s like 12 years old. He knows baby shark.”
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THREAD: Cam Thomas scored his third-straight 30-ball to start the season last night. Let’s get into what makes him such an unstoppable scorer:
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Asked Cam Thomas if his fourth-quarter minutes feel performance-based or “random” based on the first three quarters.
“Random.”
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Before everybody goes too far, the locker room has spoken quite highly of DSJ the whole season. If this is indeed frustration, I don't think it's anything to worry about.
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“If [James Harden] was promised something, I think you need to come through with that promise”
- Danny Green on The Jump just now, summarizing how I think a lot of players will feel
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Bruce Brown on James Harden: "When he left, the locker room was kind of quiet. Nobody really did much together...James was a great teammate on and off the court, was definitely one of the best teammates I've ever had...he's just a different breed.
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Son they broke the WNBA attendance record today lmao
Mike Wilbon on the Liberty crowd:
"They are barely awake in Brooklyn. It is the worst home-court advantage, home-court situation in terms of spirit in the entire NBA, all 30 teams -- maybe Washington -- and the entire WNBA, all, whatever it is, 12 teams. It's the worst."
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Mikal Bridges gave a long answer about Harry Giles staying ready, and it speaks to why Giles is beloved by his teammates:
"I mean, that's just the mentality. Most guys would sulk if they know they're not playing and stuff like that. And he's just, you know -- his attitude is…
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i mean what Mike James said makes sense. Not that Kyrie is better than Steph, but just in terms of his 1 dribble pullup, his 2 dribble pullup, his pump fakes, how he gets guys up in the air, his touch around the basket, his turnaround over both shoulders, his left hand, his abili
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The Brooklyn Nets gave up a 22-0 run to the Los Angeles Clippers to end yesterday's loss. It is inarguably one of the worst finishes to a game in NBA history.
How did it happen? How did a game they dominated for three-and-a-half quarters go so wrong? Here's a thread:
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I think people forget the lunacy that Vince Carter did to the Raptors after becoming a Net. "Oh, No!"
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Cam Thomas was atypically short with the media at shoot-around today. Clearly unhappy with BKN's last couple of losses
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Cam Thomas and Kevin Durant have enjoyed competing tonight, have talked and smiled a bunch:
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With 7 minutes to go, the Nets were down 106-93. Here's a thread of how they pulled off a sweet comeback for a big road W, starting with this Kyrie 3.
Royce initially wants to slip but realizes the opportunity for a re-screen, but Poole has to be better:
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This Barclays Center usher had enough of this fan showing love to KD.
"Can't have too much love-bombing," says Sarah Kustok:
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"I love my guys to death and I told them 'I'm sorry I couldn't come through.'"
- Mikal Bridges
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Whew, from Kevin Ollie himself:
"It's not all on JV. We all have a part in this. And I know he took a lot of bullets up here for a lot of people, and the respect I have for him is always overflowing, but it definitely has an effect with the players. At the end of the day,…
Kevin Ollie just had a quote that made me wanna lace up right now, ended with “I’m built for this.”
Could release a spoken word album if the coaching thing doesn’t work out.
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More Bruce Brown: "Front office-wise, they're great, they're amazing. I love Sean Marks, [Jeff Peterson]. But I think, locker-room wise, it was cool, but we didn't do much together off the court. But when James [Harden] was there, obviously it was more fun."
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Of all arenas, visiting teams shot the worst FT% in Barclays Center this season, fwiw
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Spencer Dinwiddie was asked if it bothers him to sit on the bench in crunch-time. His response is pretty, pretty telling.
"Oh, no. I mean, we have phenomenal players on this roster. We have guys who we're entrusting the team to going forward, phenomenal human beings, phenomenal…
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the Nets are in this weird limbo of feeling like a complete clusterfuck while being a signature and some proper rehab away from overwhelming title favorites. I just don't know how to feel about the season right now
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Okogie hit Ayton on that dump-off for a dunk, then Jokic implored AG not to rotate off Ayton in the dunker. Next possession, AG played between two, Jokic recovered, and Okogie had no idea what to do
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Interesting moment on the bench between DiJonai Carrington and DeWanna Bonner:
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Is Damian Lillard the best contested, off the bounce 3-point shooter in the league?
“I think I am,” says Cam Thomas with a smile. Adds that you can’t get discouraged when Dame makes those shots:
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how many 30 MPG guys have been worse defenders than Harden this year?
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Let it be remembered that Cam Thomas hit 30 points with this game-tying iso bucket with under a minute left:
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As much as I'd like to see the Big 3 wearing these, I like that the Nets haven't gone back to the Black Coogis since 2019. Those jerseys will always be attached to that team, which makes me smile. Fairly insignificant, but fitting.
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VIDEO THREAD: You couldn't have scripted Ben Simmons' return any better for the Brooklyn Nets, a dominant 147-114 win in which Simmons recorded a near-triple-double off the bench.
So let's get into some film and break down Ben10's impact.
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Dominick Barlow, a 2022 UDFA, was the best player on the court last night in the Spurs v. Hornets game, and showed why I think he's going to be a real NBA player. First, the movement skills at 6'10" really pop on switches:
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Harry Giles played six minutes tonight, his first NBA action in over two years. He scored seven points:
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Think we're far enough into the season for me to say it:
I'm very sad about what the ankle injury has done to Joe Harris
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Ben Simmons takes it right at LeBron James for a bucket. SOUND THE ALARMS:
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It took Jalen Green one dribble to get from screenshot A to screenshot B
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Mikal Bridges smiling as he hears "M-V-P" chants at the free-throw line, lmao
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Jacque Vaughn says he pulled Cam Thomas aside during the game and said: "'This is great. this is growing for you also. Can you imagine this, that a team is double teaming you and you have to adjust to it?'...And he realizes that."
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Cam just hit this 35-footer right over Dame LOL:
Is Damian Lillard the best contested, off the bounce 3-point shooter in the league?
“I think I am,” says Cam Thomas with a smile. Adds that you can’t get discouraged when Dame makes those shots:
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Ryan Ruocco is the man, the shoutout is very much appreciated from him and Sarah
@RyanRuocco
just gave
@LucasKaplan_
a shoutout on the YES Network for the great work he's doing. Props to Lucas!
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Wish Kyrie was around to be able to wear anything that honors the NJ Nets, though
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Joe Harris' Return to the Barclays Center is only bittersweet. It should have been so much more.
I watched Game 7 of the infamous Brooklyn Nets-Milwaukee Bucks 2021 Eastern Conference Semi-Finals series from a cabin just outside of Nowhere, Vermont. It was the day before the…
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We simply did not see this type of aggression from Ben Simmons last season. He does indeed look different:
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lol it's really criminal he's not gonna retire as a Net
Kevin Durant talks about trash talking with Nets fans:
"It gets me hyped too in the game as well - if I hit a shot I can talk a little s--t on the way back. I feel like this crowd in Brooklyn understands me more than probably any crowd in the league"
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"Don't try me" - Claxton, appalled that DeRozan even thought about it
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Another great example of legislating defense out of the rulebook. This is a very easy foul call, as Şengün clearly jumps from point A to point B.
But more practically, he beats Lillard to the spot, doesn't hack him, and isn't rewarded for it.
This was called a foul on Sengun and upheld on review after the Rockets challenged the ruling.
Agree with the call?
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Kevin Durant: "I've been through [someone falling on my legs} three times and pretty much every time I was in no man's land, not guarding my man or not even in help position. I attribute all of that to basically me not locked in at that moment."
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I can't imagine what that feels like for LaMarcus Aldridge. Game winning, and-1 dunk in an electric Philly environment, four months after thinking he was done with basketball due to uncontrollable circumstances. So happy for him.
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Cam Thomas' ability to adjust in mid-air is still so ridiculous. What is this?
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Here's Nic Claxton's defensive highlight reel from this season, set to some smooth jazz:
Who make defensive highlight tapes? Tap in i got a couple people i wanna see, including myself.
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"The Lakers came out flat in the second half and we took advantage of that. They were complaining about calls, so we just did what we had to do."
- Nic Claxton
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I asked Jacque Vaughn about it, and he gave an in-depth answer that I think is worth your time:
The Nets have given up the 3rd-most above-the-break 3-pointers in the league (like the below), largely as a result of early gap help on middle drives:
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Harry Giles III decides not to shoot on BKN's last possession. Lonnie likes it, Mikal...doesn't
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Kyrie Irving splitting a screen is still one of the league's national treasures:
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Does Cam Thomas criticize his own shot selection?
"Honestly, yeah. Yeah, but I feel like I can make it." lmao
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“As far as Jarrett Allen, I don’t think anybody in the Brooklyn Nets organization thinks he’s a good rebounder, or is scared of him at all.”
- Spencer Dinwiddie
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nets twitter is an insane place and honestly Logan is one of my favorite follows
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