Lucas Kaplan

Nets were down by 23 in Detroit, and then it got NUTS and somehow, this is how it ended. Both teams deserved to lose, but probably more so the team that blew the 23-point lead.

if I know one thing it's this team

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can't handle this many sports

CHAMP WEEK IS HERE!

So is The Ringer’s inaugural Championship Week Bingo Contest. Read the description below to play and listen to today’s podcast for more details and a tournament preview:

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think Betts processes/finish well enough to be a real problem on empty-side actions in the W

The Nets are almost ready to turn the page. Jordi Fernández wants you to know that too:
www.netsdaily.com/nets-feature...

Nelson: "I've always thought I moved well for my size, and that was a big point of emphasis when I came to Brooklyn, was to be able to guard 1-5. When I was here in the summer, that was the main thing, being able to stay in front ... of quicker ball-handlers, but I still got a lot to work on."

That was a *seriously* impressive first half from Grant Nelson, the defensive activity more than anything.

Sinking down form the wing to block a cutter on the other side of the basket (last play) is something else:

Quite interested by -- but not sold on -- Janiah Barker's WNBA prospects.

Assist:turnover on the Y, stock:foul on the X, sample includes about 40 players that could conceivably be described as wings.

Any guesses as to the 4x All-Star and other '26 prospect?

make that four* misses

Recall Jordi Fernández in January: "I need him to use his superpowers and touch the paint. It felt like he got caught shooting the unders ... I’m okay with a pull-up three; I don’t love it because he hasn’t shown that he can make it consistently.”

Nolan rejects, then uses the screen, then uses the re-screen and engages the big.

Nolan is 3-of-8 from two tonight, but three of his misses have been tipped in, in this exact manner vs. drop. More positive plays:

mostly comes in rigid PnR structure, but Drake consistently flashes more playmaking/processing ability than his box-scores would indicate:

putting some stock into Serah Williams, no longer seeing her mocked near the round 1/2 turn.

but definitely size/athleticism/feel blend

low usage/mins at UCONN has killed her box-scores, but career-high boards/blocks/efficiency/A:TO, as you'd hope

have to. other fruit is simply too good

dates

the broadcast seemed to think it got tipped toward Wolf but either way Drake saw it

red alert:

Drake Powell really getting busy:

Drake Powell rejects, live-dribble lefty kick

Nolan Traore shows out in Brooklyn Nets Rookie Report — No. 8 Now two-thirds of the wya through the season, it’s time to check in once more on Brooklyn’s polarizing rookie class.

Rookie Report no. 8 -- do I feel any better about the Brookyn Nets' draft class now two-thirds of the way through their rookie season?

Can Danny Wolf fix his biggest issue? Is Nolan Traore good now? Is Egor the new baby-faced assassin?
www.netsdaily.com/nets-analysi...

to nobody's surprise, it took Jordi 20 seconds in postgame to bring up Nolan Traore's vertical contests.

It helps that Chicago is the smallest team in the league, but in addition to his 13-and-13...Nolan had a fantastic defensive game:

idk man tanking is just too funny

Brooklyn Nets throttle tanking Washington Wizards, win 127-113 The Brooklyn Nets gracefully bowed out of the race to the bottom — at least for a day — and destroyed the Wizards.

It’s a dark, confusing world out there.

But at least it’s funny. Few sporting events capture this like a true NBA Tank-Off, so shameless and so absurd, with its participants forbidden from acknowledging it as such.

Sadly, the Nets didn't partake today:
www.netsdaily.com/nets-scores-...

Te-Hina Paopao was a one-of-a-kind prospect What lessons can we apply to future prospects, including those in the 2026 WNBA Draft class?

Te-Hina Paopao was a one-of-a-kind prospect, but that doesn't mean she didn't teach us a lot of lessons along the way.

How can we find the next batch of off-ball WNBA guards?

I don't even understand why they're all down on it

why would the Nets be getting by far the best player in the trade and draft pick comp?

re: Nets

I just don't get how you fade athleticism in this league, to this extent

that's a good trade for all parties involved