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

[trickybilly]

Bennett looks like he might actually make contributions this year.  He always had the tools.  He just hadn't put it together.

http://www.masslive.com/celtics/index.ssf/2016/10/anthony_bennett_a_brooklyn_net.html

[alldaboston]

Bennett looks like he might actually make contributions this year.  He always had the tools.  He just hadn't put it together.

http://www.masslive.com/celtics/index.ssf/2016/10/anthony_bennett_a_brooklyn_net.html

to be fair, it didnt look accidental at all. you can tell it's staged for Shaqtin specifically. just look at his face once he "realizes": "oh, what did i say...." like, im sure it was just a prank

[trickybilly]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/17873365/nba-power-rankings-preseason-edition

This trade deadline promises to be exciting if Marc Stein is right here..

[jpotter33]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/17873365/nba-power-rankings-preseason-edition

This trade deadline promises to be exciting if Marc Stein is right here..

What specifically are you pointing to with this comment? I didn't really see anything with this link other than a fairly uncontroversial power rankings list.

[trickybilly]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/17873365/nba-power-rankings-preseason-edition

This trade deadline promises to be exciting if Marc Stein is right here..

What specifically are you pointing to with this comment? I didn't really see anything with this link other than a fairly uncontroversial power rankings list.

Brooklyn anchored to the bottom. Value of pick skyrockets if accurate at deadline.

[libermaniac]

http://www.espn.com/nba/story/_/id/17873365/nba-power-rankings-preseason-edition

This trade deadline promises to be exciting if Marc Stein is right here..

What specifically are you pointing to with this comment? I didn't really see anything with this link other than a fairly uncontroversial power rankings list.

Brooklyn anchored to the bottom. Value of pick skyrockets if accurate at deadline.

There is no sense trading the pick until the lottery is done.  In a trade it will likely be valued as the 3rd or 4th pick in the draft.  But, if we trade it away as such and then win the lotto, that would be a huge mistake. 

[mef730]

NY Post on relaunching the Nets. High hopes for Lin...

http://nypost.com/2016/10/24/relaunching-nets-hold-breath-and-hope-they-already-hit-bottom/

Mike

[LarBrd33]

There's still a chance that team might play itself out of the bottom 5.   

[GratefulCs]

There's still a chance that team might play itself out of the bottom 5.

i'm worried about this too

They definitely look a little better this year

Plus they won't tank


I'm hoping they trade Lopez while his value is high, but I'm not counting on it

Part of me hopes we trade the picks while the value is high

[tankcity!]

There's still a chance that team might play itself out of the bottom 5.

Yup, they have no incentive to lose. The coach will do everything he can to win so that has to mean something. I'm going to be happy with a top ten pick tbh. Hard to complain if that is what ends up happening.

[GratefulCs]

There's still a chance that team might play itself out of the bottom 5.

Yup, they have no incentive to lose. The coach will do everything he can to win so that has to mean something. I'm going to be happy with a top ten pick tbh. Hard to complain if that is what ends up happening.

it's like the movie major league

The nets are the Indians, and we're that owner who wants them to lose

Except they already moved the team

[MBunge]

The paradox with the Nets is they have no incentive to tank but they have every incentive to trade existing assets.  Brook Lopez is going to be 30 and asking for a max contract before have their own first round pick back and I think they've only got two second round picks through the year 2020.

They need picks and young players with upside and can only get them by trading their veterans.  If you are the Nets, do you tough it out for two more seasons just to deny Boston a better pick or do you take the best deal you can get for Lopez?

Mike

[hwangjini_1]

The paradox with the Nets is they have no incentive to tank but they have every incentive to trade existing assets.  Brook Lopez is going to be 30 and asking for a max contract before have their own first round pick back and I think they've only got two second round picks through the year 2020.

They need picks and young players with upside and can only get them by trading their veterans.  If you are the Nets, do you tough it out for two more seasons just to deny Boston a better pick or do you take the best deal you can get for Lopez?

Mike

the answer to your question is simple and clear. why punish your own team just to spite another team?

since the draft will not help your team, you ignore it as an option and instead rebuild through trades and free agents.

so they should trade whom you can for what they can to start the rebuild.

[Ilikesports17]

The paradox with the Nets is they have no incentive to tank but they have every incentive to trade existing assets.  Brook Lopez is going to be 30 and asking for a max contract before have their own first round pick back and I think they've only got two second round picks through the year 2020.

They need picks and young players with upside and can only get them by trading their veterans.  If you are the Nets, do you tough it out for two more seasons just to deny Boston a better pick or do you take the best deal you can get for Lopez?

Mike

the answer to your question is simple and clear. why punish your own team just to spite another team?

since the draft will not help your team, you ignore it as an option and instead rebuild through trades and free agents.

so they should trade whom you can for what they can to start the rebuild.

How much can you get for Brook Lopez?

I doubt they get a top 10 pick for the guy (or equivalent value in a young player) so I think Lopez as a leader and someone who can keep them resembling an NBA team could be more valuable to them long term than the late Lotto pick he might return.

[celticsclay]

Do people really forget they benched their best 2 players for the last 7 games of last year? Why do we keep saying "remember they wont tank." They may have not been tanking but they did the same thing as every other bad team last year.