So the Nets are serious contenders before the Celtics? How??

[Sportal]

When Durant was on Oak , they would be an A team while Nets are right now a B-

Nets supposedly can come out of the east over Miami, Bucks, Boston ???

I don't think so.

That's what everyone has been suggesting... I definitely don't think they beat Miami, Bucks could shit themselves, and Boston would be close. Raptors? I guess they beat them... Dunno how good 76ers will be. People put them right at the top and I just don't see it. The team Durant had in OKC was pretty good, better than this Nets team..

[k0kakw0rld]

When Durant was on Oak , they would be an A team while Nets are right now a B-

Nets supposedly can come out of the east over Miami, Bucks, Boston ???

I don't think so.

Toronto is still around.

[TheGoatest]

The Nets chances of coming out the east will depend on whether Kyrie is playing:

If Kyrie will be playing come playoff time, they don't stand a chance of going to the finals.
If Kyrie is not playing, they have a shot.

Either way, they will be demolished by the Lakers in the finals.

[light]

When Durant was on Oak , they would be an A team while Nets are right now a B-

Nets supposedly can come out of the east over Miami, Bucks, Boston ???

I don't think so.

KD/Kyrie > Butler/Adebayo
KD/Kyrie > Giannis/Middleton
KD/Kyrie > Tatum/Brown

[Kiddlovesnets]

The Nets chances of coming out the east will depend on whether Kyrie is playing:

If Kyrie will be playing come playoff time, they don't stand a chance of going to the finals.
If Kyrie is not playing, they have a shot.

Either way, they will be demolished by the Lakers in the finals.

Not really, the Nets match up the best against the Lakers, Durant is Lebron's kryptonite in the NBA Finals. The Nets will struggle in Eastern playoffs, but if we do make it out of the conference, the finals will be actually a lot easier against Lakers than other teams.

[Vino24]

I see no excuses for the nets

[TheGoatest]

Not really, the Nets match up the best against the Lakers, Durant is Lebron's kryptonite in the NBA Finals. The Nets will struggle in Eastern playoffs, but if we do make it out of the conference, the finals will be actually a lot easier against Lakers than other teams.

LeBron outplayed Durant individually in all 3 finals and did this to him before Durant joined a 73 win team, even though Durant still had a better supporting cast:



He just needed a supporting cast that was so good that it had a 73-9 record without him to beat LeBron with a supporting cast that went 19-63 without him.

Also, the Lakers are the champions. The Nets are a series of question marks, both when it comes to injuries as well as chemistry.

[Wally450]

KD/Kyrie > Butler/Adebayo
KD/Kyrie > Giannis/Middleton
KD/Kyrie > Tatum/Brown

And those two mental cases will cost them a deep playoff run.

[AirTupac]

And those two mental cases will cost them a deep playoff run.

Go throw money at your moms ass for max contract Danny Ainge style

[Manny98]

Toronto is still around.

Who?

[Bronbron23]

Boston fleeced them with that retard Nets gm at the time. Yet Nets are contenders before Celtics bahaha.

Maybe because they'll have the second best player in the world?

[Manny98]

Loston fans are so delusional, you realize you haven't improved whatsoever this off-seasonTristan Thompson & Jeff Teague, game changing signings right there

[AirTupac]

Loston fans are so delusional, you realize you haven't improved whatsoever this off-seasonTristan Thompson & Jeff Teague, game changing signings right there

Ainge picked a good franchise to just coast with. Their fans are literally retards and Ainge knows it. Always making lateral moves.

[Kiddlovesnets]

LeBron outplayed Durant individually in all 3 finals and did this to him before Durant joined a 73 win team, even though Durant still had a better supporting cast:



He just needed a supporting cast that was so good that it had a 73-9 record without him to beat LeBron with a supporting cast that went 19-63 without him.

Also, the Lakers are the champions. The Nets are a series of question marks, both when it comes to injuries as well as chemistry.

Lebron had better team during Durant's Thunder era, the matchup record before GSW is quite irrelevant.

[TheGoatest]

Lebron had better team during Durant's Thunder era, the matchup record before GSW is quite irrelevant.

LeBron's "better" team after LeBron left: Lottery, in the "weak east"
Durant's "inferior" team after Durant left: 6th seed in the west

And this was only Westbrook, not 6th man of the year Harden and all-defense 1st team/2nd in DPOY voting Ibaka.

Durant needed to stack himself on top of a team with the greatest record of all time to beat LeBron. He (the 2nd best player in the league) needed to join forces with Curry (the 3rd best player in the league) to beat LeBron (the best player in the league). And then there was Klay and Draymond.