Welcome to the official team thread of the Brooklyn Nets.

Edit: Video blocked worldwide  


This thread is a place for you to share an experience with fellow coaches and get an inside look into the ISBA Nets. The 29 game schedule is particularly exciting for me and the opportunity to coach KG and PP is a real honor as we finish our careers in style together. They will be retiring soon and I'll be heading to NBA Live etc.

I've talked about having unique substitution patterns with this team and that will be the plan as we start the season. Our starting five will play nearly the entire first quarter, then a new group will play the 2nd quarter. The 3rd quarter will likely be the same as the 1st quarter lineup and then whoever is playing the best will finish the final 5 minutes. The beauty of this is nobody except perhaps Deron Williams will have the opportunity to play more than 24-26 minutes so we'll keep things fair and balanced. We have enough talent to spread it around.

Opening Day starting 5:

Deron Williams
Joe Johnson
AK47
Kevin Garnett
Andray Blatche

2nd unit:

Tyshawn Taylor
Jet Terry
Paul Pierce
Mirza Teletovic
Brock Lopez

We're going to play fairly slow with the 1st unit and uptempo with the 2nd unit. Should make for an interesting dynamic. I see a lot of guys who can excel in this system.

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Alan Anderson better make the rotation.

Fuck Fox...

Nets Go 0-2 on Road Trip
Screenshots couldn't even upload ffs

The veteran Nets took to the road to start the season, first to Oklahoma City to take on the Thunder. This game featured many highs and lows with the Nets falling behind routinely by 7-9 points and then getting back into the game with a run. They couldn't get over the hump and eventually lost. Jeremy Lamb led the way with 20 points. KG and Lopez led the Brooklyn effort with 23 and 19 points respectively.

In the 2nd game the Nets took the floor in the Q to face the resurgent Andrew Bynum and his Cavs. Bynum was dominant from start to finish and proved to be too much for the Nets. Brooklyn had great balance but not enough to contain the 52 PIP from Cleveland.

Coach Bryan post game comments

It's fun to get ambushed by the cpu. We played OK in both games but its tough to accurately gauge things against NBA Street game play. The substitution patterns worked reasonably but tweaks need to be made. I look forward to seeing how we do in a human game. We have Vince, Leroy, and SPC first up.

Brooklyn is 0-2 but 10-7 after a rash of CPU sims from Coach Bryan. It appears Adam Silver will force his hand and reset most of them. Oh well etc

Brooklyn Picks Up Two Wins
CPU win over ATL, sim win over Blazers


Kevin Garnett refuses to go quietly into the night


News and Notes:

Brooklyn is 2-2 on the season after the sim win over Blazers and win over CPU Atlanta.
The Nets have yet to play a home game (Blazers sim was home but I didn't play it)
Leroy's pro tip failed but Bounce's defensive tip seemed to work well
KG is averaging 17 and 8 so far this season. Proving he's got plenty left in the tank.
DWill can't dribble
Crax dodged me today and basically lied to me. He feared me after my meltdown earlier imo

I hope you realize my pro tip needs to have you play offball a little lol. Just move players where they need to be

Nets bounce back after last nights low point. Didn't realize KG is wearing #2 in NJ.

Is there any hope we get that intro Dream Job video re-uploaded somewhere else. Or you could upload it on some file sharing site and I'll make it bypass all copyrights?

I'll try uploading it to DailyMotion.

ISBA: My Dream Job by nibbyfly

I can see why it was blocked the first time.  Impressive Justin Bieber hairstyle on the old dude.

Brooklyn Picks Up Two Wins on Friday
Human win over Philly, CPU win over Pacers


KG and Pierce came up big in both wins today

The day started with a heart-breaking OT defeat to the CPU Memphis Grizzlies. A loss that had Bryan questioning the purpose of life but things got better as the Nets defeated Philly and Indiana to close the day out. Balance was the word for Brooklyn against Philly, while KG dominated against the Pacers with 35 points, 12 rebounds, and 4 assists. Paul George was cheesing with 32 points but it wasn't enough.

Brooklyn is 4-4 on the season.

I feel you on that CPU OT loss... to fucking Memphis too...



Those garbage sob's can go to hell

Peter Gabriel + David Lynch = perfect

Nets Fall to Bucks Without DWill
PG broke his arm against Wizards, out 2 games


Deron Williams magically got hurt in the Wizards sim. Fuck 2k Sports

The Nets played without their franchise PG and fell to the Milwaukee Bucks by 11 points in Barclay's Center on Saturday morning. Tyshawn Taylor got the start at PG and played admirably with 12 pts, 8 asts, and 4 rebs but OJ Mayo and Luke Ridnour were too much for the Nets, who now stand 5-5 for the season. KG led the Nets with 20 points.

Deron Williams is expected to miss 1 more additional game and not fully be healthy for another 3-4 games. This is a key stretch for the Nets and not the time for an injury.

KG 4 MVP

Hard to win MVP on a sub .500 team :rayray2: 

Hopefully he can be on the all-star team. He deserves that.

Brooklyn to Shake Up Starting Line-Up
Reggie Evans in, Blatche out


The Nets are desperate for rebounding at this juncture

After getting beat on the boards AGAIN by the Bucks, Coach Bryan has decided to shake his starting 5 up for the first time all year with the addition of Reggie Evans and the subtraction of Andray Blatche. It's uncertain if Evans or KG will play center but it was determined that Blatche has been worthless in his minutes and a change was needed.

Nets Overcome Slow Start, Defeat Denver
Tyshawn Taylor recorded 11 assists in place of DWill


Reggie Evans played well in his first start

The Brooklyn Nets were down most of the first half but a strong 3rd quarter propelled the struggling Nets to a critical road win over Denver. Brooklyn played without Deron Williams for the 2nd straight game as he recovers from a broken arm. Reggie Evans made his first start of the year and contributed 2 pts, 5 rebs, and 2 asts in 13 minutes. KG and Lopez led the way in scoring and toughness.

Brooklyn is 6-5 on the season.

Brooklyn Mid-Season Update


Joe Johnson has been quite good for the Nets this season

After 14 games the Brooklyn Nets sit at .500 with a record of 7-7.

The Good:
-Tyshawn Taylor has stepped up with DWill missing time due to injury and has proven to be a legit NBA rotational player.
-Kevin Garnett has been one of the best players in the league this season averaging 19 and 7.
-Brock Lopez and Paul Pierce have accepted their bench roles and played very well.
-The Nets have been ultra competitive in user games.

The Bad:
-Deron Williams missed 2 games and has been limited in 2 additional ones.
-Andray Blatche hasn't found his groove this season on either end of the floor.
-Brooklyn has lost 4 CPU games already this season.

The Ugly:
-One of the worst rebounding teams in the league.
-Mirza Teletovic started strong but went through a horrible shooting slump.
-No financial freedom to make ANY moves.

I've offered Diante Garrett 2.21 mil + Team Option. That's the exact salary Livingston & Anderson make combined.

(the proposed time is maybe 30-60min too early for me)

He's stalling again and probably wants 3.5 mil. I tried to sign him a couple days ago and now again he doesn't accept. I'll just sign back Cook.

 

I need Reggie Evans

Reggie is only 1.6 mil. Diante doesn't even pick up his phone for under 2.5 mil.

I had to google the guy and it turns out he played for KK Zagreb a few years ago. Have no recollection of him