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Re: Brooklyn Nets 2017-2018 season watch thread
« Reply #435 on: April 07, 2018, 11:24:46 PM »

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Final: Nets 124, Bulls 96

Nets tied with Bulls now at 27-53...rematch Monday @ BKN!!

And a game behind the Knicks!

Kyrie for Kevin Knox and filler. Wow.
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Re: Brooklyn Nets 2017-2018 season watch thread
« Reply #436 on: April 07, 2018, 11:36:31 PM »

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Before the season started but after the trade went down, I read somewhere that the celtics analytics team projected the pick to be 9th. Looks like they may have been right

Re: Brooklyn Nets 2017-2018 season watch thread
« Reply #437 on: April 07, 2018, 11:37:55 PM »

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Nets made as many 3's as the Rockets and the Thunder combined tonight.

Re: Brooklyn Nets 2017-2018 season watch thread
« Reply #438 on: April 08, 2018, 01:44:22 AM »

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 could be 9th

Re: Brooklyn Nets 2017-2018 season watch thread
« Reply #439 on: April 08, 2018, 09:00:52 AM »

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could be 9th

9th is not a top 3 pick that many thought it would bring .

Re: Brooklyn Nets 2017-2018 season watch thread
« Reply #440 on: April 08, 2018, 09:49:05 AM »

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Nets made as many 3's as the Rockets and the Thunder combined tonight.

I went to this game while visiting here in Chicago (our annual spring guys' trip) and it was putrid.  Coolio at halftime was the best part lol.  The Bulls were tanking as blatantly as you could with everyone sitting, and whenever Bobby Portis would make a few shots he'd get pulled. 

In the 3rd quarter the Nets couldn't miss, and took an insane amount of 3's the whole game.  It's the first live game I've been to in about 4-years and really can't stand what it's become, though that's a conversation for a different thread.  I expect the Nets to win a few more games this season as they're definitely trying to and have some talent.  Allen in particular looked like a decent prospect.


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« Reply #441 on: April 08, 2018, 10:01:34 AM »

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Before the season started but after the trade went down, I read somewhere that the celtics analytics team projected the pick to be 9th. Looks like they may have been right

i hope we help them out with that by losing to them last game of season

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« Reply #442 on: April 08, 2018, 10:08:53 AM »

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could be 9th

9th is not a top 3 pick that many thought it would bring .
I think most people thought the Nets wouldn't finish worst 3 considering there would be several tanking teams.  I think a few even said the Nets could make the playoffs.  However the pick can still end up top 3 after the lottery and the Cavs have gotten the #1 pick twice this decade from the #8 and #9 spots.   

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« Reply #443 on: April 08, 2018, 10:32:08 AM »

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Just need to hope the Cavs don't get hit by lightning again by the lottery gods at this point.


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Re: Brooklyn Nets 2017-2018 season watch thread
« Reply #444 on: April 08, 2018, 11:25:23 AM »

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Just need to hope the Cavs don't get hit by lightning again by the lottery gods at this point.
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« Reply #445 on: April 08, 2018, 02:44:41 PM »

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The Nets are still going to be bad, but for the sake of looking at this positively:

Look around the bottom of the Eastern conference this season. The Bulls, Hawks, Magic, and Pacers are going to be awful. Really bad. The Nets didn't really have any tanking competition in the East last season but they will this year. Even if the Nets are terrible and win 25 games, could there be 3 or 4 more teams win 24 games or less, just in the East?

I think it's possible.

Throw in bad years from the Lakers, Suns, and Kings and there is a universe in which the Nets are just as bad as we thought but they wind up with the 7th pick in a 5 player draft.

Here's hoping.


The Nets are going to be bad but that's not going to stop me from rooting for them to exceed expectations.

I think the Bulls and Hawks are going to be worse. After that, there's a bunch of teams that are going to be bad. The Kings, Suns, and Lakers will be bad and have superior competition in the West driving their win totals down. In the East, the Pacers, Magic, and Knicks have some more talent but could still be really bad.

As bad as the Nets will be, it's still conceivable to me that they could wind up with the 9th pick.

I think they will be in the upper 20's in wins, but wouldn't be surprised if they won in the teens and were the worst record again.

I expect Brooklyn to finish in that 25-30ish wins range and yield a pick right around the middle of the lottery.

Maybe the Nets pick will end up top 5 as you say it will, but the Celtics front office believes it won't, based on analytical data.

ding ding ding! two games to go (vs. CHI and @ BOS) but these looking good

Re: Brooklyn Nets 2017-2018 season watch thread
« Reply #446 on: April 08, 2018, 08:42:23 PM »

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Just need to hope the Cavs don't get hit by lightning again by the lottery gods at this point.

Interestingly enough, they picked Irving, Bennett, and Wiggins #1. You would think that CLE would have gotten a bigger yield from 3 #1 picks.

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« Reply #447 on: April 08, 2018, 09:00:12 PM »

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could be 9th

9th is not a top 3 pick that many thought it would bring .

Having a top-10 pick is pretty good when you are the favorites to win the Eastern Conference.

Re: Brooklyn Nets 2017-2018 season watch thread
« Reply #448 on: April 08, 2018, 09:02:11 PM »

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Just need to hope the Cavs don't get hit by lightning again by the lottery gods at this point.

Interestingly enough, they picked Irving, Bennett, and Wiggins #1. You would think that CLE would have gotten a bigger yield from 3 #1 picks.

They did pretty well in hitting 2/3, all thing considered.  Draft picks bust sometimes, even #1s.

Kyrie won them a championship, and Love (Wiggins) helped along the way.

Re: Brooklyn Nets 2017-2018 season watch thread
« Reply #449 on: April 08, 2018, 09:40:20 PM »

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The upcoming draft is an 8 player draft. After 8, the talent drops pretty steeply

At the 8 slot, they could still get Young/Carter/Bamba/porter  depending on who slides.

But at 9 they're stuck getting one of the Bridges