The Brooklyn Nets have severally struggled without superstar forward Kevin Durant (isolated MCL sprain). In his absence, Brooklyn failed to pick up valuable wins against the Oklahoma City Thunder and the San Antonio Spurs.
A video of third graders dominating on the hardwood, yet showing very poor sportsmanship, has gone viral among basketball fans this week. Among those who've watched the highlights has been Brooklyn Nets superstar Kevin Durant.
The string of losses didn't please Barkley as he took a dig at the Nets' inability to close out games. Charles Barkley's take on the Kevin Durant-less Brooklyn Nets isn't a pleasant one as he believes the team cannot win a single game without the veteran in their ranks.
The losing streak without Kevin Durant continues. Despite shooting 52.4% from the field and 42.3% from three as a team, the Nets lost their fourth consecutive game, this one to the Phoenix Suns, 117-112, who were without Chris Paul and Devin Booker, having lost three straight.
The NBA is hitting Paris today for the second global game of the season, and with the action tipping off at 3 p.m. ET, why wouldn't we dig in to get our day started right?
The status of Kyrie Irving might not be known until close to game time when the Brooklyn Nets visit the Phoenix Suns on Thursday night.
Former NBA coach Stan Van Gundy and former league MVP Kevin Durant are both active on Twitter, and an interaction between the two is making the rounds for a humorous reason.
Nic Claxton gets honest about the Brooklyn Nets' environment last season. Ever since the arrival of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, the Brooklyn Nets fans have been waiting for the duo to carry the team to the NBA Finals and win a title.
The Brooklyn Nets (27-16) were riding into the new year as the hottest team in the NBA. Just nine days later, the Nets learned they will be without their cornerstone for likely a month.
I wrote an article this morning in response to a New York Times piece on the lack of joy that comes from watching Brooklyn Nets basketball “How could that
Seth Curry gave his Brooklyn Nets teammates a reality check about relying too much on. Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving and being too focused on playing isolation basketball.
The Brooklyn Nets have lost two games in a row for the first time since November 15. While the team isn't in desperate need of a win, they definitely don't want to lose three games in a row, especially to the San Antonio Spurs.
Kevin Durant is out and the Nets are 0-2 without him. How long will he be out? According to Adrian Wojnarowski, the Nets expect him to be on the bench for a month, starting with the diagnosis of his sprained MCL on January 9.
The Brooklyn Nets will be out to prove they can win again without Kevin Durant when they travel to San Antonio to play the struggling Spurs on Tuesday night.
Kyrie Irving issues a strong message for the Brooklyn Nets amidst Kevin Durant's injury. The competition in the Eastern Conference this season has been at an all-time high.
Kyrie Irving seemed to throw shade at James Harden while discussing the difference between the Nets this season and last season. Kyrie Irving is hoping to lead the Nets and maintain their strong record in the absence of Kevin Durant, with whom the Nets were on an 18-2 run in their last 20 games.
In their first game without Kevin Durant for at least two weeks, the Brooklyn Nets struggled to find offense, especially down the stretch against the Boston Celtics.
The Nets fell to a Jaylen Brown-less Boston squad 109-98 on Thursday, their first game without superstar F Kevin Durant. A sprained MCL will keep Durant out for at least a month, and the standings and MVP race may undergo significant rearranging before he returns.
Nets Star forward Kevin Durant said the Nets were never allowed themselves to get distracted despite some summer drama and the Kyrie Irving situation earlier this season.
Sometime in the next few weeks, LeBron James of the Los Angeles Lakers will surpass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the all-time scoring champion in the NBA.
Tuesday was filled with both good and bad news for fans of the Brooklyn Nets. The bad news was that Kevin Durant did in fact injure himself with an MCL injury, just as people suspected on Sunday night.
The sprained right knee MCL suffered by Nets forward Kevin Durant is expected to cost him a month, per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN. The Nets announced Monday that Durant will be re-evaluated in two weeks.
Kevin Durant went down with a knee injury during the Brooklyn Nets' 102-101 win over the Miami Heat on Sunday night, but the team appears to have dodged a bullet.
Brooklyn Nets star forward Kevin Durant went down during Sunday’s game against the Miami Heat after Jimmy Butler rolled over on his right knee during a drive to the lane.
The Brooklyn Nets will be without superstar forward Kevin Durant for at least two weeks after he sustained a right MCL sprain in Sunday night's victory over the Miami Heat.
Fans of the Brooklyn Nets can breathe a big sigh of relief. When Kevin Durant went down with a knee injury on Sunday night, followers were terrified that they were about to lose their best player for the foreseeable future.
Brooklyn will play six games over the next two weeks, including Thursday’s showdown with the Celtics, so this will be a crucial stretch of the schedule until Kevin Durant can return.
Nets forward Kevin Durant has an MCL sprain in his right knee and will be re-evaluated in two weeks, the team announced in a press release. Per Adrian Wojnarowski of ESPN, there’s “optimism” that Durant will miss less than the six weeks he was out last season, creating a “significant sigh of relief” within the organization.
Durant left Sunday’s game late in the third quarter after twisting his right knee when Miami Heat forward Jimmy Butler landed on him.
Kevin Durant has a suggestion for “entitled” NBA fans who question players’ intensity level at times during the regular season: “Just shut up and watch the game.”
Kevin Durant wanted to go somewhere else last summer, issuing a trade request to the Nets because he had lost confidence in the front office, the coaching staff and the organization’s ability to put together a winning team. In a compilation of interviews with Nick Friedell of ESPN, Durant explains how decision changed during the offseason.
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