I want you to put all your windows down. Zone out. Buckle up. Let’s go.
We’re finally here. It’s been a fascinating season for the Brooklyn Nets and they enter the postseason as the second seed.
The all-encompassing guide of predictions for your Brooklyn Nets playoff run
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After every imaginable bump in the road, we’re finally here. The postseason. The minute that Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant inked their respective four-year deals, the mountain top of a Finals appearance was always in sight, over a long horizon. Things only intensified when Sean Marks netted James Harden in January to shake the NBA standings like a magnitude 7 earthquake.
To prepare for what
could should be a long road ahead, I’ve prepared (and answered) some of the key questions for the Nets heading into this playoff run. Let’s do this.
A conversation, Part I: Two ND writers preview Nets-Celtics series
Matt Brooks and Alec Sturm take an in-depth look at the first-round series between the Boston Celtics and the Brooklyn Nets. It’s the first in a series.
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As we approach the eighth anniversary of the fateful trade between the Nets and Celtics, almost to the day, it’s only fitting we’ve been gifted a matchup between these two teams in the first round.
Though the standings don’t bear it out, the Boston Celtics and the Brooklyn Nets have had somewhat similar seasons, marked by COVID, untimely injuries, and a revolving door of starting lineups that caused the head to spin and not just for the fans, but for players too.
Back in November, the Nets worked a three-team deal that produced two rotation players, Landry Shamet and Bruce Brown. Matt Brooks looks at Brown; Alec Sturm at Shamet.
James Harden mural taking shape across Flatbush from Barclays Center
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When workmen showed up Wednesday across from Barclays Center, it didn’t take long for onlookers, including fans, to figure out what was going on. Giant murals of James Harden were being painted on the three sides of the former Triangle Sports building at Flatbush Avenue and Fourth Street.
Anthony Puccio was first to tweet about it.
James Harden mural currently being put up across the street from Barclays Center.
Kyle Diangkinay posted images as well . suggesting that the mural is probably an adidas promotion.
Not long after, Harden himself seemed to confirm, re posting Diangkinay’s images.