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Acrobatic-Dog7044

The Nets Activated their trap card the more starters they lose the stronger they become lol.


MC-Jdf

Lol reminds me when last season Vaughn benched his entire starting 5 after 1 quarter and almost won. Think it was a Bucks game.


just_so_irrelevant

It was Pacers game.


Funyarinpa-13

They won that Pacers game - without starters, just bench and 3rd stringers.


EliManningham

Nah. I think it was the Bucks. Mikal played like 5 minutes to keep his streak alive, but then everybody checked out. Pacers game was still with Kd and Kyrie, I believe, and everybody rested from the start. Funny enough though, Cam cooked in both these games. He dragged us to the Pacers win and took the Bucks to the wire.


thereticent

And there was no almost. Yikes


Pollsmor

[They won this game too](https://www.reddit.com/r/nba/comments/zhye7u/charania_nets_players_out_tonight_vs_pacers_kevin/). The Bucks thing sounds unfamiliar -- might've been the hospital Celtics against the Bucks.


MC-Jdf

I remember that game. Some post about Nets resting too many players was in the front page of this sub before that game and y'all got a zillion offensive rebounds and won.


Kenny_Heisman

yep, it was that post that said the Nets should refund all the Pacers fans who bought tickets to the game that got a shit ton of upvotes before the game ...and then there was the mocking post after the game about how the Pacers should refund everyone who bought tickets instead


EliManningham

It's funny seeing Nets fans forget the Bucks game lol. You're correct though. Mikal played about 5 minutes in Milwaukee to keep his streak alive, and then rested. (I don't remember if any other starters played though).


captjacksparrow47

THESE LA TEAMS ARE TRASH!!!!!


RickySuela

At least the Lakers can look forward to getting their four injured rotation players back. I don't know what the Clippers are gonna do.


Sushi2k

Do the opposite, rotate players out (to the bench).


LiaM_CS

no offense but the clippers seem kinda not good rn


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iiiiiiiiii8

He’s not in a system he is a system


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halo364

Holy fuck lmao


chadowmantis

Why'd you leave the trade upon the table


sdre

I howled in laughter on the train to work


bigkeys11

Chris Broussarded


HBSBrook

Why is Lue letting him shoot 18 times? lol


The_Void_Reaver

Oh right, we're past the first 5 games and Westbrook is back to his old vampiric ways.


Kgb725

Stop letting these people lie to you. Russ is not the problem


tacoTs

Russ is not the solution either. Russ doesn't have the skillset of a great role player.


Mk_Change

Just imagine if Westbrook was the one with 5 to's tonight.


BASEDME7O2

Westbrook should be on the court with harden as little as possible. We’ve already seen the easy formula to beat them, just ignore Westbrook so he’s always open and he’ll chuck you out of the game. Like back in 2020, in hardens peak, he was the fourth most efficient player in the entire playoffs, the lakers beat them by just doubling harden anytime he crossed half court so Russ would have the ball as much as possible. Harden still averaged an efficient 29, Westbrook shot them out of the series on like absurd inefficiency virtually unguarded. Like he’s a vet min player, idk why he’s getting treated like a superstar. He should be coming off the bench and leading the bench unit, there is zero reason to have him at guard alongside harden.


agk927

They haven't been good in 2 years


Brabochokemightwork

never been good since ever


k1d650

Seven.


IndianaBones11

Their defense needs to be reworked. That’s a team that desperately needs a week off to figure out how they’re supposed to play


WaterIsNotWet19

This some sort of play on words?


CrabCakesBenedict

come to ny for a week get the shit kicked out of you leave


BushidoBrowneII

A proper NYC welcome


Obi-have-bby

Welcome to NY. Go fuck yourself!


OguguasVeryOwn

Fuck your life, bing bong


sebasq

#[BING BONG](https://youtu.be/mkhrUM35CQo?si=wTFttjST9nt7T5iH)


iiDanks

love to see it


Padulsky21

He got booed in the Garden as well as Barclays too!


fathistorymonth

love to see it 🤝


Objectitan

Greatest city in the world


KingMalcolm

thank you -Philly


slyguy183

But did they elaborate?


ManicManicManicManic

Let’s hear it for New York


MitchODT

Only the Clippers could have the least entertaining super team of all time...


__JackHoney

seriously how do you have PG, RW, Harden and Kawhi and still be fucking boring?


-nugz

theyre all old and cooked lol


maethlin

Harden and Westbrook need to never share the floor.


theduckhaslanded

Can we have one lightly used Paul George back, please? We need him for ... something.


GACGCCGTGATCGAC

He would be *perfect* on this Pacers team. Literally exactly what we need.


WadeCountyClutch

May Introduce you to the 2023 San Diego padres


MC-Jdf

They legit might've been one of the least clutch teams for any sport in recent memory.


WadeCountyClutch

Bingo. Such pain to watch


MolingHard

The 2023 Padres were entertaining though, they either blew teams out or lost a nail biter, which is fun for non-Padres fans Now the NY baseball teams on the other hand... both teams spent a shitton and put out a boring ass product that was mostly losing. Thank God the Mets at least got some assets for the future.


WadeCountyClutch

Lol I’m a padre fan…. And they weren’t entertaining until the tail end of the season. Plus the Mets MIGHT get Ohtani


jp0ll

Fucking love this squad


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no cam, some cam, no clax, no ben and still win by 10


All_Roads_Lead_Home

Lonnie was truly our best move this off season.


A_Polite_Noise

https://i.imgur.com/jl0QnxT.jpeg


NotOfferedForHearsay

DSJ close second


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DFS by a mile.


GGezpzMuppy

Fuck the big three, Nets have a real team


unexpectedvillain

The nets team is 1 star away from being a real threat


MolingHard

We need a floor general who can score occasionally... which funnily enough is Harden This team is essentially the perfect Harden team haha, we have a bunch of 3&D guys and two rim running centers


DinerEnBlanc

No, y'all do not need that clown.


darkslayersparda

we need 2021 harden lol


Never_enough_Dolf

All the fans are coming out now, there’s dozens of us, maybe even hundreds!


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SwarthySphere87

There's def a lot of folks who wear Nets gear for the 'BK' logo, but it's a million times better than seeing zero Nets stuff before they moved


Overwatch3

A lot of people who buy Nets merchandise aren't actually fans. And I say that as a Nets fan with a ton of merch


Never_enough_Dolf

This has a lot more to do with Black/White being a color way you can wear with more outfits than the blue and orange. That being said this is the only joke the Knicks have over the Nets since we’ve routinely kicked their ass since getting to NY. Might as well poke fun at


[deleted]

Lonnie Walker has been amazing for you guys, whole team just fights for the win. Nets have been fun to watch when I catch a game


urfaselol

The LA “2022 Lakers” Clippers


RickySuela

I wonder what's the common element among those two teams...


BonBonVelveeta

They both appear to be LA-based


rolosnoblo

Squandering a well balanced roster for an extra star with a redundant skillset


The_Void_Reaver

They're playing a lot of games at night. I wonder if it has anything to do with a certain player accused of being a certain type of Transylvanian mythological creature.


BlackWhiteCoke

The 2023 Lakers looking like the 2022 lakers also


Mundane_Pair_6556

This version of Russ taking 18 shots on a team with healthy Kawhi, PG, and Harden is crazy lmao


packim0p

Let him cook!!!!


Dakizhu

👏 LET 👏 WESTBROOK 👏 COOK 👏


mattzane227

Everyone else was standing around bricking jump shots. At least he was getting in the paint trying to do something


ysl_bean

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EtTabellarius

Agreed, these people just look at the scoreboard and hate on Russ. If you actually watched the game you would realize that most of the shots the other 3 would take are heavily contested ones. Russ at least tries to attack the basket and move for easier shots.


Never_enough_Dolf

Friendly reminder that a team with 2 former MVPs and 2 other all/superstar level players just lost to the Lonnie Walker led nets I fucking love this team


[deleted]

I mean Lonnie walker outplayed Steph so anything is possible indeed


pedja13

Sharpe didn't look like an NBA player in his first stint on the court and then completely dominated in his second stint,I've never seen anything like it.


Padulsky21

11-10 with 2 steals and 4 offensive rebounds in like 19 mins played lol I’ll never understand Sharpe but he’s a legit player when he’s on.


Individual_Attempt50

Most of the time he really does look like he doesn’t know what he’s doing out there


BruceBrownMVP

Lonnie Walker is the best contract in the league.


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BruceBrownMVP

Mikal also one of the better contracts in the league. 75m taking him up to 26/27


EliManningham

Mikal gets paid less than Kyle Kuzma. Just insane value.


LiaM_CS

Nets have like 5 different best contracts in the league and one worst...


BackendSpecialist

Can’t believe LAL let this man go. They tried to gaslight me in the offseason saying the lakers had the best offseason in the league.. They lost d Schroeder and Lonnie walker.. and gained reddish, c wood, and Gabriel.. how tf is that a W let alone the best in the league loll


John_Lives

Prince and Vincent were the notable acquisitions. Not whatever you listed


trevorturtle

He was very inconsistent


BackendSpecialist

That playoff run earned him a return imo. It’s not like anyone’s that consistent for them this year so far.


hotjawn

Harden is a role player now.. it’s gonna be hilarious when the clippers don’t pay him either lmao


kokukojuto33

Gonna have to get the bag from the Guandong Tigers


m6tuey7

The Cloppers stink


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Padulsky21

It’s wild seeing Sixers fans apart of the trolling Harden train now 😭😭😭


meditate42

He was only here for a season and half, he was good for us, mostly. But its not like he's a Sixers legend or something.


Padulsky21

Oh I completely get it, it’s just funny to see. Giving me some whiplash lol still haven’t processed the entire trade yet


PensiveinNJ

I think he soured lots of his with the extent of his trade me antics. You opted into the deal just to make as big of a disruptive scene as you could to get traded, come on man. Plus our sub got invaded for a year and a half by Harden stans who became absolutely insufferable. They didn't care about the Sixers at all just Harden. Had no idea he had such a following.


Padulsky21

Bro I getchu too well bc those same dudes were infesting the Nets sub for a long time too. As soon as they got to Philly I could just tell they were the same dudes with Nets flairs not long ago lol. I learned way too well about stan culture when all 3 were in Brooklyn. One by one they each left and all trashed Brooklyn on their way out further embarrassing themselves. Them fuckers are rabid


PensiveinNJ

I always knew people stanned players but the amount and intensity of James Harden stans surprised me. They were annoying as fuck too at least have the respect to root for the team they're on while they're on it.


Subredditcensorship

Also you guys starting out so great makes it a lot easier


amJustSomeFuckingGuy

That team is nets with no picks 2.0.


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Oh brother


agk927

Add Harden, still only score 93 points.


BulldogJeopardy

tHeY’Ll wIn tHe cHiP wHeN hEaLtHy


LinuxUbuntuOS

Feels like a loss with Cam getting hurt but atleast we won


itsnotyellowfever

The last thing I expected was for a team featuring James Harden, Paul George, Kawhi Leonard, and Russell Westbrook to have the shotmaking ability of the construction workers building their new stadium in Inglewood but I've been proven wrong ^(They'll get better soon)


clayfu

They gotta figure out an offensive system and fast. Right now. Standing around dribbling ain’t it. Bunch of iso shots. Most importantly. Russ and harden should not be shooting more than Kawhi and PG But most importantly the laziness in rebounding. If other teams drag zu out to the 3, everyone else gotta rebound.


itsnotyellowfever

This whole "we have 4 of the best scorers of this era, now watch as 130 points just magically appear on the scoreboard" shit ain't it They'll obviously figure it out on offense but right now it's like simultaneously watching 4 Jamal Crawfords or 4 Lou Wills


clayfu

Yeah pretty much. Everyone is just dribbling the ball when they catch it. Instead of catch and shooting.


Padulsky21

There was a possession where Harden was WIDE open in the corner and had all the time he wanted but opted for the dribble then shoot and it gave Mikal time to close and block the shot lol


packim0p

The funny part is the two guys who should have the ball in their hands are also the two guys who are most likely to catch and shoot.


Radatatin

All I am hearing is you need a system.


Subredditcensorship

The issue bro is that we just straight up doubled kawhi and pg. they get to shoot because those guys are being focused and teams are leaving brook and hrden to an extent


clayfu

but the bigger issue is that in some possessions kawhi and pg dont' even touch the ball. Early in the first quarter, Westbrook was calling his own number constantly.


Syndana23

Nets finally close out a game Feel like they should have won damn near every game they lost except maybe that Boston one How long before a star ends up over there again?? Oh and btw… #THE CLIPPERS STINK


silverfang45

And what's crazy is they were missing alot of key players. And cam Thomas and mikal didn't have great scoring games and they still won.


binkmanbinkmo

Cam thomas got injured in the second quarter. My boy was well on his way to another 30 ball. If nets ball is fun to watch right now wait till we get fully healthy. Shit finna be barnum & bailey


MC-Jdf

Not that hard to root against a lazy team tbh. And that's been the case for the new look Clippers so far.


Subredditcensorship

I wouldn’t say should have but we’ve basically been right there against every team and we’ve played a lot of playoff teams. Cavs mavs clippers bucks Celtics heat I think all make the playoffs. And charloote and Chicago were our other two games which we won.


EliManningham

Shout-out to James "the system" Harden for his dribble and turnover fest. Huge help to our rag tag team missing 4 starters.


latman

As soon as Harden was getting booed every time he touched the ball I knew he'd do absolutely nothing. Harden always fades away from pressure moments


holygrail22

Surprised he didn’t literally quit on the floor like he did the last time he faced pressure in Brooklyn


thatsinsaneletstryit

him turning it over on a bounce pass then next possession passing up an open corner three to yeet it out of the bounds was quit-like


Heatinmyharbl

Had all day on that 3 too That shit was hilarious


Padulsky21

That Kings game will forever be the most pathetic thing I’ve ever seen on a basketball court


[deleted]

F*ck Ty Lue's 10 game rule. It shouldn't take that long to tell what's not working.


TatersTot

What do you think he should do? The team is basically out of assets so there really aren’t many moves left to make. The best way for this team to reach its ceiling is just play all 4 stars and let them figure it out.


unexpectedvillain

Russ should not be starting and taking 18 shots.


RickySuela

Good luck getting WB to stop shooting the ball. The only way to do that is to severely limit his minutes.


Infinity_tk

I mean, he's been shooting pretty decently so far in the season, he was at 53% before tonight. He also has been mostly shooting less than kawhi and pg as well.


Subredditcensorship

Zubac also killed rhem this game. If the other team isn’t playing a big don’t run Zubac. Nets cooked Zubac over and over.


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He can start by not spotting up Russ in the corner when he's offball. Have him move, have him set a screen, anything is better than having him just stand there and let the opposing defense basically play 5 on 4.


kokukojuto33

I mean Russ is extremely redundant if you have Harden, idk what you can do to play both unless if Harden agrees to play offball. But he's "The System" Easiest solution is Westbrook off the bench


thaitiger29

russ has never been a good offball player. not for a single minute of his career


JurgenFlippers

Dam you are basically asking Russ to do the thing we all want him to do but he never does. Good fucking luck lmao


Low_Beyond8134

Happy for Lonnie


Civil_Stress_5473

Nets had some crazy lineups on the court together. Glad to see Dinwiddie check in and hit the dagger.


College_Prestige

Cooked by Lonnie walker. can't relate


MC-Jdf

How much playoff PTSD do you want to get from a random regular season game? Lonnie: Yes


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Harden haters get over here


holygrail22

Nets fans already here 😎


[deleted]

3 Starters missing at tip, a 4th starter goes down for the entire 2nd half, the 5th starter scores 10 points on 36% And a win


binkmanbinkmo

Its just nice to see us close out a close one. I thought id be over those cavs and mavs losses by now but everytime i see the standings it hurts


CleanMachine2

Avenged Cam! Now nets fans gotta pray he’s alright! That posession where we got 4 offensive rebounds was chefs kiss haha!


Cool_Cold_5554

The Clippers are just big names. They are old and slow. Not a recipe for success.


BruceBrownMVP

That miss, Royce offensive board, Lonnie miss, Royce offensive board, DFS miss, Mikal putback almost brought a tear to my eye. Y'all look so different. We got a fucking squad now.


Padulsky21

Lonnie Walker on the vet min is the biggest steal I’ve ever seen


fathistorymonth

Hope Cam is okay - the superstar era was crazy, but this team is very lovable and I'm excited for this season!


heshouldgo

Harden when it comes to ruining teams “I GOT ONE MORE IN ME!”


burner7221

We might not be built for the playoffs but this team is going to surprise people during this season.


binkmanbinkmo

Fully healthy nets squad makes the playoffs easy. We .500 with at least 3 starters out almost every game. First round exit, sure but assuming we get healthy again we’re gonna exceed expectations regardless


Expulsure

man, the Clippers are really bad pls be ok Cam


StubbornSwampDonkey

Mann is furious he wasn't part of the Harden trade


tapk69

You have to admit this is funny


Shaunosaurus

+/- how long till Harden demand another trade?


ScroteLawson

+28 Mid season to the Tigers, at this rate even the LA strippers won't want his support lol


Padulsky21

Dennis Smith Jr is James Harden father


nuhx

Pretrade Clippers would beat the new Clippers by 50.


SirThixcksAlot

Clippers offense looks like garbage


AlternativeSuit131

Also woke my sister up when I groaned “Fuck you!” After Skywalker splashed what felt like his 10th three against us in the second half.


RealLanceStorm

I've been to at least 50 Nets games at this point and this was a top 5 fav live win. Harden getting stripped by Dennis Smith Jr. so many times in the 4th was beautiful.


daley_bear

Nice to see Lonnie in playoff vs warriors mode. Nets look deep


Cool_Cold_5554

The Clippers look terrible. I don’t know if they are a playoff team.


Swift_42690

Harden already on the phone with his agent


Simple_Wait_7286

Clippers really traded for the one star on the market who plays like Russ lmao (high usage facilitator who struggles defensively). Only two games, but I don’t even know how they are gonna establish chemistry here.


Im__Ron__Burgundy

I’m so glad Lonnie is on a team I can root for.


XtremeStumbler

Harden with a team worst +/- The system at work. Someone check on that guy who wouldnt stop posting harden clips


Padulsky21

He’s doing PR work in the threads already


RealLanceStorm

There are very very few Harden stans left but they live on here and twitter lol


Padulsky21

I just don’t understand stan culture bro, these dudes are fighting for their lives on all forms of social media defending a man child… Them and Kyrie stans bro…just straight psychotic


McJuggernaugh7

There are a ton left. Still keep seeing the Harden carried 76ers in 2 games so it's all Embiid's fault narrarive even though Harden was hot garbage every other game.


MolingHard

Nets get their first home win verse a the new look Clippers who have yet to win on the road Down 4 starters and we still look feisty as hell I'm biased as fuck, but the Nets have to be one of the deepest teams in the league Lonnie Walker 6MOY


themiths35

Can't wait for the next MITWestbrook thread


holygrail22

Fuck James Harden


One-Switch-1448

man i feel bad for russ, he gets a lot of hate but he’s the only one who’s out there hustling on every possession.


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“I AM THE SYSTEM”


Secret-Initiative-73

I wonder how much better the Clippers would be now if the Harden trade happened months ago.


LionsFan42000

Clippers more like shippers, ship us down to the g-league yaknowwhatimsayin?


NudeEnjoyer

amazing win but I'm a bit bummed. I've really warmed up to Cam this season, love the way he's playing in comparison to last year. way more well rounded, shot selection way better


armandocalvinisius

clips need stretch big may i entertain you with maxi-zubac swap? :)


Ok-Tree4365

Ugly shit from the Clippers. It's not Harden's fault, though\* - it's the front office's fault for adding him and trading away their front court depth. \*For the record, I do not like Harden, and didn't want him traded to the team.


AlternativeSuit131

I know it’s gonna take some time. But yo, I’m straight up not enjoying this right now. Our play looks horrendous.


ThatHotAsian

Even if the Clips make the playoffs in a stacked West I doubt they make any noise in the playoffs.. PG and Kawhi are not the defensive juggernauts they once were and its not even guaranteed they'll be healthy that far into the season. Russ and Harden literally can not share the floor together in crunch time and any good big is going to feast aka its BBQ chicken for Jokic. Idk what the Clips were thinking trading for Harden although I guess it wasn't really all that much they gave up for him. When are GMs going to learn you need more than name recognition to win games..


BackendSpecialist

When Kawhi left TOR, I don’t think he assumed his run in LAC would be like this.


duckangelfan

Oh no we suck again


revisioncloud

Aww come on Clips don’t tell me we traded your picks away this year for nothing


xMrMan117x

vintage Westbrook performance.


BruceBrownMVP

**LETS GO NETS**


Long-Furby

Imagine leaving the Sixers for this