NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets have finished a disappointing season in which they did not meet their own expectations of making the play-in tournament, let alone the playoffs. One of Brooklyn’s best players, Mikal Bridges, saw his production drop from last season along with the positive mood that he always seemed to be in prior to the losing. “Any pro level, it’s rare where everybody comes back so I’m just cherishing that,” Bridges said during his exit interview on Monday. The Nets will have seven players that are free-agents this summer (three unrestricted and four restricted) including center ..read more

The Brooklyn Nets are heading into an important offseason for their franchise as they’re looking to improve enough to make it back to the playoffs next season. It’s a longer summer that most of the team is used to and some players, like guard Mikal Bridges, will get more time to rest some tired legs. Jeff Zillgitt of USA Today Sports reported on Tuesday that Los Angeles Clippers forward Kawhi Leonard will be taking the 12th and final spot on Team USA’s men’s basketball team, according to his sources. The relevance of this report is that Bridges was among the candidates for the spot if Leonard ..read more

The Brooklyn Nets are beginning their offseason with a bang as they are expected to hire Sacramento Kings assistant Jordi Fernandez to be their head coach going into next season. As Brooklyn goes through its summer hoping to improve the team as much as possible, one of their former players will be hanging up his sneakers for good. On Tuesday, former Nets forward Blake Griffin announced his retirement from the NBA after a 13-year career that saw him play for the Los Angeles Clippers, Detroit Pistons, Brooklyn, and the Boston Celtics. Griffin played for the Nets during half of the 2020-21 season ..read more

NEW YORK — Brooklyn Nets center Nic Claxton is heading into free-agency for the first time in his career now that Brooklyn’s season has come to an end. Before Claxton thought about his free-agency in its entirety, he took some time to think about how this season went awry. “Just trying to process everything. Obviously this season didn’t go the way we wanted it to, the way we had it planned,” Claxton said during his exit interview on Monday. In the midst of the Nets not meeting their own expectations of making the playoffs, Claxton had himself another solid season that will earn him a pretty pe ..read more

The Brooklyn Nets have been without a permanent head coach since Jacque Vaughn was fired during the All-Star break with a 21-33 record. After two months of the team being led by interim head coach Kevin Ollie, Brooklyn has found its coach to lead the team next season. Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN reported on Monday that the Nets are expected to hire Sacramento Kings assistant coach Jordi Fernandez as their head coach, per his sources. This is not too surprising given that Jake Fischer of Yahoo! Sports reported in recent weeks that Fernandez was expected to be one of the candidates for the job. M ..read more

NEW YORK — The Brooklyn Nets‘ 2023-24 season ended on Sunday after they lost to the Philadelphia 76ers, but one could argue that their postseason hopes ended before that. One of the few bright spots that came out of this disappointing season for Brooklyn was the emergence of Cam Thomas and how he burst onto the scene. “I thought we was in a good spot this year,” Thomas said during his exit interview on Monday. Over the course of this season, Thomas went from projected bench scorer to being the best offensive player on a Nets team that struggled to find another source of consistent production ..read more

PHILADELPHIA — Brooklyn Nets head coach Kevin Ollie has come a long way since taking over the team coming out of the All-Star break. While it’s still to be determined whether Ollie will be the head coach to lead the team next season, he hasn’t lost sight of his incredible opportunity. “It just meant everything. I mean I keep saying it, but it meant everything to me to have this opportunity,” Ollie said after Sunday’s 107-86 loss at the Philadelphia 76ers to end this season. While the Nets finished the 2023-24 campaign with a disappointing 32-50 record, the team showed signs of life after Ollie ..read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Brooklyn Nets are now in the offseason and as they look to recuperate from a disappointing season, several players will be finding their next home as well. For someone like Lonnie Walker IV, he’s back to potentially finding a new team to play for after having an uneven season for Brooklyn. “I’m just looking for a home, like I said during the season,” Walker said after Sunday’s 107-86 at the Philadelphia 76ers in the Nets’ season finale. Walker finished the game with 12 points, six rebounds, five assists, one steal, and two blocks in a well-rounded effort that showcased all o ..read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Brooklyn Nets‘ 2023-24 season came to a close on Sunday as they finish the season with an unfortunate 32-50 record. While Brooklyn was expected to finish with some kind of contention for the postseason, none of that happened and now, everybody within the organization has business to handle in this offseason. “I know how the league goes. I don’t even know if I’ll be back, but I know this team will be totally different next year,” Nets forward Trendon Watford said after Sunday’s 107-86 loss at the Philadelphia 76ers to end the season. Watford, like plenty of players on the Net ..read more

PHILADELPHIA — The Brooklyn Nets visited the Wells Fargo Center on Sunday for their season finale at the Philadelphia 76ers and lost 107-86. For the Nets, Cam Thomas had 18 points and three rebounds while Noah Clowney had 16 points and four rebounds. Trendon Watford had 14 points and Lonnie Walker IV had 12 points. For the 76ers, Tyrese Maxey had 26 points and three assists while Tobias Harris had 21 points and eight rebounds. Buddy Hield had 19 points off the bench and Paul Reed had 13 points off the pine. In the first half, the Nets impressively played the 76ers to a standstill in the first ..read more