Nets Rumors & News

Fadeaway World "You need an elite point guard on your team if you want to have a shot at contention. A guy that knows how to break down and pick apart defenses with his playmaking and that knows how to get everybody else involved. The league has seen some pretty talented playmakers since its dawn...." May 31

New York Daily News "The Brooklyn Nets, Long Island Nets, New York Liberty and Barclays Center issued a joint statement Sunday morning in the aftermath of the protests and riots taking place across the country in response to the death of George Floyd. Floyd, a 46-year-old Black man, died in Minnesota after a white..." May 31

Bleacher Report "Every NBA fan knows the feeling. You've jumped off the couch, maybe spilling a beverage in the process. Your hands are on your head. Your mouth is open—either stuck in disbelief or still bellowing out, "WHAT ARE YOU DOING?!" You've just seen a mental..." May 31

ESPN "The NBA is planning a Thursday vote of the league's board of governors -- with owners expected to approve commissioner Adam Silver's recommendation on a format to restart the season in Orlando, Florida, sources tell ESPN. The NBA has been examining several plans for a return..." May 30

Clutch Points "A bevy of NBA players have reacted to the aftermath of George Floyd’s murder and the consequent Twitter comments from President Donald Trump, which have drawn plenty of ire. Ayesha Curry, wife of Golden State Warriors star Stephen Curry, took major issue with..." May 29

Yardbarker "On Friday afternoon, The Athletic's Shams Charania reported the NBA was targeting July 31 as its return-to-play date amid the coronavirus pandemic, and also that it was unlikely all 30 teams would participate in the season's completion.  ESPN's Adrian..." May 29

Hoops Rumors "Appearing on ESPN’s SportsCenter on Friday (video link), Ramona Shelburne reported that NBA players she has spoken to are opposed to the idea of advancing directly to the postseason when the league resumes play. “The one thing that they really don’t want to do is go..." May 29

Bleacher Report "The NBA Board of Governors reportedly discussed four return-to-play scenarios during a conference call Friday amid the coronavirus pandemic. Shams Charania of Stadium and The Athletic reported details. NBA commissioner Adam Silver also informed owners the league is targeting..." May 29

USA Today "It may be a small world after all for the NBA if it is going to resume play this summer. The league is finalizing plans to play out the 2019-20 season at the ESPN Wide World of Sports Complex at the Disney World Resort in Lake Buena Vista, Florida in late..." May 29

Clutch Points "By now, you have probably heard the Brooklyn Nets are interested in Bradley Beal as they try and find and third star to put alongside of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. Of course, Beal is kind of a pie-in-the-sky kind of choice, because there is no indication that..." May 29

Fadeaway World "The NBA has come a long way since its inception in 1946. After decades of stars and teams doing their thing on the basketball court, the league has grown in popularity to the point where it has become one of the most successful and widely-followed sports on the globe. This success has..." May 29

The Score "In a conference call with the NBA's board of governors on Friday, commissioner Adam Silver informed teams that July 31 is a target date for a return to play, sources told The Athletic's Shams Charania. The NBA season has been on hiatus since March 11 due to the COVID-19..." May 29

Sportsnaut "The NBA Board of Governors is expected to meet at some point Friday. While a final determination on the resumption of the 2019-20 season is not expected until next week, this is a big first step. The season has been suspended since all the way back on March 11 after..." May 29

Pro Basketball Talk "The Knicks won one game – one game! – in all of March 2019. So, they certainly proved their losing bona fides entering an April Fool’s Day matchup with the Bulls. But Chicago had a perfect counter: A starting lineup of Walt Lemon, Wayne Selden, Timothe Luwawu-Cabarrot..." May 29

Bleacher Report "The vast majority of NBA general managers reportedly favor a "playoffs-plus" format featuring a play-in tournament by teams near the bottom of the postseason picture instead of a World Cup-style group stage. According to Kevin O'Connor of The Ringer,..." May 29

Clutch Points "As the NBA grapples with how best to resume the 2019-20 season, it is also concerned with how the coronavirus pandemic will impact next year. Keith Pompey of the Philadelphia Inquirer reported the draft is expected to be held sometime in September. Pompey also..." May 28

TSN "The NBA should have its hands full in the coming days. As the league progresses towards a plan to resume the 2019-20 season – likely at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, beginning late July or early August – they’ve got the unenviable task of trying to..." May 28

The Score "NBA commissioner Adam Silver has informed teams that there will not be a formal vote on any plan to resume the 2019-20 season during Friday's scheduled conference call with the league's board of governors, sources told ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski. There appears to be..." May 28

New York Daily News "Spencer Dinwiddie understands that expectations are raised to championship if Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving return for the Orlando playoffs. But the Nets guard is unsure what his star teammates will decide. “That’s the billion dollar question. But that’s not..." May 28

CNBC "The National Basketball Association could reach a decision about resuming its suspended season by next week, Milwaukee Bucks co-owner Marc Lasry told CNBC on Thursday. The billionaire co-founder of Avenue Capital said on CNBC’s “Halftime” that NBA commissioner Adam..." May 28

ESPN "DAMIAN LILLARD HAS never entered the Portland Trail Blazers' training center through the media entrance, but there's nothing natural about May 8, the first time he walks into the facility since the NBA shuttered it March 20 because of the coronavirus..." May 28

SI "The NBA is coming back, with league and union officials in constant contact these days, furiously making plans to move ahead during the current pandemic. Union boss Michele Roberts has been briefing teams via conference call, per ESPN, as players decide what to fight for in this new..." May 28

Hoops Hype "The NBA’s biggest priority at the moment is figuring out whether they can resume their season and crown a 2020 champion. However, the NBA’s shifting schedule has a wide-ranging impact that creates some unintended consequences.  For example, when the NBA schedule is..." May 28

Bleacher Report "It takes a perfect blend of circumstances to score a bargain with an NBA superstar. Some players fly under the radar because of perceptions tied to size, injury history or draft status. Others sign deals that may appear lucrative only to dissolve as the years soldier..." May 28

Larry Brown Sports "Sports fans were able to satisfy their desperate hunger for competition while the NBA remains on hiatus by watching ESPN’s 10-part documentary, “The Last Dance.” Iconic NBA documentaries can function almost as a time machine, guiding the viewer through a notable part of the..." May 28

Yardbarker "Walt Disney World announced its plans to reopen in July with the resorts Magic Kingdom and Animal Kingdom set to open on July 11 and Epcot and Hollywood Studios opening on July 15. While some were concerned about how the NBA would be impacted by this news, Yahoo's Keith Smith..." May 28

MSN.com "The 2019-20 NBA season is likely going to resume at some point in July after it was suspended back on March 11 due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. This means that the offseason likely won’t get going until some time in October with a targeted Christmas opening..." May 28

Pro Basketball Talk "The initial report on the NBA resuming with a group stage presented a 20-team scenario. There’d be four groups with five teams each – one from each tier of the current standings: Tier 1: Bucks, Lakers, Raptors, Clippers Tier 2: Celtics, Nuggets, Jazz,..." May 28

New York Post "NBA commissioner Adam Silver is in agony trying to figure out the season restart without a road map and without a way to satisfy everyone. All roads lead to Orlando, but Silver will have a conference call Thursday with GMs, then another one Friday with NBA owners, to possibly finalize..." May 28

ESPN "Count the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame as the latest institution to have its best-laid plans felled by the coronavirus. Jerry Colangelo, the chairman of the board of the governors for the Hall, told ESPN on Wednesday that enshrinement ceremonies for the Class of 2020, one..." May 27

Yahoo! Sports "Making rent during the COVID-19 is a real concern for people around the world. And the NBA, apparently. The owners of the New York City building that houses the NBA Store on Fifth Avenue filed a lawsuit against NBA Media Ventures on Wednesday seeking more than..." May 27

12 Up "As the NBA continues to work on a plan to resume the 2019-20 season at Disney World in Orlando, the question of just which teams will be permitted to compete has come to the forefront. The league is reportedly considering a multitude of options, from heading straight to the..." May 27

NBA.com "This week on NBA.com, we're taking a closer look at each decade in NBA history. Today's focus? The 1990s. While we will spend the day looking at the best players, teams and biggest storylines from the decade, we also wanted to shine a light on the players from the..." May 27

ESPN "The NBA's cleanest method of resuming its season is to bring the 16 current playoff teams to its designated "campus," seed them as they are now -- eight East, eight West -- and play the NBA's normal postseason. Sticking to 16 limits the number of bodies, which cuts..." May 27

Yardbarker "For a piece that hit airwaves on Tuesday, National Basketball Players Association executive director Michele Roberts, Major League Baseball Players Association executive director Tony Clark and National Football League Players Association executive director DeMaurice Smith spoke about the..." May 27

ESPN "The NBA and National Basketball Players Association are progressing on a plan that would allow for a limited number of family members to join the players for the season's resumption inside an Orlando bubble environment, sources told ESPN on Wednesday. Conversations have centered..." May 27

Hoops Rumors "The NBA’s current projection has games resuming in late July or early August, sources tell Shams Charania of The Athletic (Twitter link). The league is working on multi-phase protocols involving medical and safety concerns, Charania adds. Teams are expected to hold training..." May 27

Bleacher Report "The trade machine's presence has grown exponentially in the modern era of social media discourse, almost to a satirical degree. But with the uncertainty surrounding the 2020-21 salary cap amid the coronavirus pandemic, the trading block will be many teams' most valuable tool for..." May 27

Fadeaway World "NBA trade rumors are still going strong even if the season is currently suspended. After all, teams are always on the lookout for improving their roster and eventually creating a championship team. Even top contenders for the NBA championship are looking for ways to improve their..." May 27

Larry Brown Sports "NBA fans who are hoping for a plan to be finalized this week for the resumption of the 2019-20 season may wind up disappointed. NBA commissioner Adam Silver is scheduled to meet with the league’s Board of Governors on Friday, and there has been talk that the goal is to have a..." May 27

Bleacher Report "The NBA will surely play games without fans when and if it returns to finish the 2019-20 season following a hiatus because of the COVID-19 pandemic, and referee Scott Foster opened up about how "unique" officiating games in such a scenario will be for those in his..." May 27

New York Post "Life as Charles Claxton knew it was about to change when his son, Nic, was born in April 1999. Charles was nearing the end of his first season with the British Basketball League’s Brighton Bears and closing out his sixth year overseas. For so long, he had dedicated himself to..." May 26

Pro Basketball Talk "A week ago, the NBA was looking to resume games in July at Disney World. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN: In fact, there’s a possibility the first games played in Orlando could be in August, not July, sources said. " May 26

The Big Lead "Today, the NHL announced its plan to resume play should circumstances dictate it is safe to do so. The regular season is now over, and the league will launch right into a 24-team playoff from the get-go when it resumes play. Seeds five through 12 in each conference will play a..." May 26

USA Today "The words not only captured the brutal honesty from an NBA superstar. They also reflected what other players might feel about resuming the NBA season. “If we come back and they're just like, 'We're adding a few games to finish the regular season,' and..." May 26

New York Post "Nets center Jarrett Allen returned to the team’s recently reopened practice facility in Brooklyn on Tuesday wearing a face mask. The team opened its facility for voluntary workouts followingGov. Andrew Cuomo’s Sunday announcement that said New York sports..." May 26

Hoops Rumors "As ESPN’s Adrian Wojnarowski detailed earlier today, the format for the NBA’s potential return to play this summer is a topic of much debate within the league right now. Teams at the top of the standings will have different motivations than bottom-feeding clubs or those on..." May 26

The Ringer "Adam Silver isn’t shy about trying new things. Late Friday night, the league office sent a survey to all 30 general managers asking for their feedback on several different formats to restart the season. One proposal is to replace the first round of the playoffs with a “group..." May 26

The Big Lead "The NBA is considering using a World Cup-style group stage in place of the traditional first round of the playoffs. That idea has some people very excited. While I have to admit the idea is fun, it also carries with it some serious flaws, including the erosion..." May 26

Bleacher Report "As the NBA calendar remains in a state of flux because of the coronavirus pandemic, the 2020 draft and free agency reportedly could be moved back. Per Marc Stein of the New York Times, some teams are expecting the draft will be held in September and free..." May 26