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Phil Jackson's first Knicks enemy is getting second chance
BOSTON – Point guard Shane Larkin is back in the NBA and ready to bury the hatchet with former Knicks president Phil Jackson. Larkin, who engaged in a war of...
Nets GM started to fine players because of rampant lateness
For a team to be as horrible as the Nets were, it’s often not just a lack of talent. They also admit they had a lack of accountability, with players...
Can the woeful Nets muster any effort for their season finale?
As the shorthanded Nets stumble to the finish of this painfully long season, interim coach Tony Brown has begged with them to show some grit. In Monday’s 120-111 loss at...
How Nets have come together to make future look brighter
The Nets tip off a four-game road swing Monday in Miami with momentum, coming off consecutive come-from-behind wins over playoff contenders. Brooklyn rallied past LeBron James and his Cavaliers on...
Nets don't have a draft pick, but they have this ace up their sleeve
If ever there were proof of the value of hunger, the power of desperation, Thursday night was it. A day after Nets interim coach Tony Brown ripped his team’s energy...
LeBron James plays low-energy card in Cavs' disturbing loss
If there ever were an example of Cleveland’s dysfunction, of proof that something just isn’t right about this Cavaliers team, this was it. Watching LeBron James spend three quarters dominating...
Nets coach: Play as hard as Sean Kilpatrick or you're benched
Nets interim coach Tony Brown knows the struggles of being a professional basketball player. His 12-year career brought him to nine different NBA teams, two semi-pro teams and a couple of...
Nets' bench responds on the court after coach's blowup
NEW ORLEANS — There are precious few positives to be taken from losing a 105-103 heartbreaker at the buzzer like the Nets did on Saturday. But the struggling bench finally...
Nets are finding new decision-makers -- and it's working
Despite getting the faster pace he wanted, Nets interim coach Tony Brown had begged for better ball movement. He had preached the ball can’t stick in the point guard’s hands...
Shane Larkin-friendly system has been disaster for Nets
Not much has changed in the six games since the Nets fired Lionel Hollins. Their record remains the third-worst in the league, the underwhelming nights no easier to distinguish from...
Joe Johnson's ho-hum response to poor shooting night
Joe Johnson’s hot shooting streak ended in Wednesday’s loss to Cleveland, when the Nets guard finished with just three points on 1-of-7 shooting. Johnson had averaged 15.4 points on 52.6...
What the Warriors' butt-kicking of Cavaliers means for the Nets
There’s a saying about leaving well enough alone: Don’t poke the bear. Golden State didn’t just poke the NBA’s biggest bear, the Warriors slapped it in the face and left...
Nets coach: Why it's gone so wrong for Shane Larkin
TORONTO — With his up-tempo pace putting stress on his starters and older players, Nets interim coach Tony Brown needs to see his bench break out of its funk. And...
Nets midseason report card: Pitiful grades, including two Fs
The Nets played their 41st game Saturday in Atlanta, officially turning the corner for the halfway point of the season. And frankly, it’s hard to imagine a season going much...
Nets take shots at Lionel Hollins in praising new coach
Just listening to the Nets talk about their more free-flowing offense on the court and more positive attitude on the end of the bench, it sounds like they’re throwing praise...
Lopez twins steamed at each other after 'crazy' court battle
Any matchup between 7-foot NBA centers is going to be physical, but Wednesday’s clash between the Lopez twins went next level as Brook’s Nets pulled off a 110-104 upset of...
New approach helps give Nets interim coach his first victory
Tony Brown has had just one practice to make changes since taking over as the Nets interim coach, but he has some pretty clear ideas on changes he wants to...
Without Carmelo Anthony, Knicks stunned by lowly Nets
No Carmelo Anthony. No life. And no winning record at the season’s midpoint. The Derrick Williams Aerial Show came to Brooklyn and it was thrilling to watch, but turned out...
The one bright spot in the Nets' latest ugly loss
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — There were precious few bright spots from Saturday’s blowout loss in Detroit. Actually, Donald Sloan might have been the only one. The Nets have struggled horribly...
Free-falling Nets ripped by Pistons
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. — The Nets didn’t have to worry about a fourth-quarter collapse, they weren’t good enough Saturday to have one. For the fourth straight game — all since...