Brooklyn Nets 2016-17 season Pick Watch Thread

London2Boston · Post #681 » by **London2Boston** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 2:58 am

Pacers smh.

DeRoma · Post #682 » by **DeRoma** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 4:08 am

Bar Fight wrote:
Curmudgeon wrote:We gave the Nets confidence in the opening game.

Doesn't matter how confident they are. They don't have the talent to not suck. Some dude named Kilpatrick balled out for them tonight. Once teams discover who their players are and start game planning for them, they're ****. What team in the league has less talent than them?

You know you could say the same thing with IT

Bar Fight · Post #683 » by **Bar Fight** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 4:22 am

DeRoma wrote:
Bar Fight wrote:
Curmudgeon wrote:We gave the Nets confidence in the opening game.

Doesn't matter how confident they are. They don't have the talent to not suck. Some dude named Kilpatrick balled out for them tonight. Once teams discover who their players are and start game planning for them, they're ****. What team in the league has less talent than them?

You know you could say the same thing with IT

No...no you can't.

DeRoma · Post #684 » by **DeRoma** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 4:27 am

Bar Fight wrote:
DeRoma wrote:
Bar Fight wrote:Doesn't matter how confident they are. They don't have the talent to not suck. Some dude named Kilpatrick balled out for them tonight. Once teams discover who their players are and start game planning for them, they're ****. What team in the league has less talent than them?

You know you could say the same thing with IT

No...no you can't.

Oh yeah you are right. IT was drafted and Kilpatrick went undrafted. Sorry won't make that mistake again.

Bar Fight · Post #685 » by **Bar Fight** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 4:33 am

DeRoma wrote:
Bar Fight wrote:
DeRoma wrote:You know you could say the same thing with IT

No...no you can't.

Oh yeah you are right. IT was drafted and Kilpatrick went undrafted. Sorry won't make that mistake again.

Kilpatrick is like the same age as IT. IT already averaged 20+ in the NBA like 3-4 years ago. If you think this Kilpatrick guy is gonna come out of nowhere and be a factor you're delusional.

hood30 · Post #686 » by **hood30** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 8:45 am

Lin is averaging 19.5ppg and 6 assist in 2 games...Lin and Lopez are very good player, so I don't agree that they have less talent than everybody...I'm sure Celtics fan are well aware of Lin, who seems to always play well against Boston.

traax · Post #687 » by **traax** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 10:49 am

hood30 wrote:Lin is averaging 19.5ppg and 6 assist in 2 games...Lin and Lopez are very good player, so I don't agree that they have less talent than everybody...I'm sure Celtics fan are well aware of Lin, who seems to always play well against Boston.

Im not sure if they are very good. At least they are not consistent. But I think Brooklyn will be much better than a lot of people on this board expect. Having zero reasons to lose games will let them play very hard. Sure, in terms of talent they are a bottom 5 team, but some of these teams want to lose games, they will benefit from losing. My guess is, these two picks will be in the 5-10 range and we wont get too much for them.

kc11 · Post #688 » by **kc11** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 10:56 am

Don't panic already, nba season is veeery long and two and a half players won't get it done for nets. They are in the same tier with philly and lakers + some other 2-3 teams that decide to suck along the way.

TinmanZBoy · Post #689 » by **TinmanZBoy** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 10:59 am

be careful with what you wish for... you may end up holding on to your pick

victorhe · Post #690 » by **victorhe** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 11:33 am

I believe boston should just be humble, it's good to have a lot potential good guys on this team. However it's still early in the season and anything could happen - NBA is a full of surprises and everyone needs to work hard to earn it. The team that would mock another team and judge by merely the cover of the book could end up losing. Knock on the wood, or you might even find nets to stay at a higher rank than celtics this season.

celtxman · Post #691 » by **celtxman** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 12:18 pm

Bar Fight wrote:
Curmudgeon wrote:We gave the Nets confidence in the opening game.

Doesn't matter how confident they are. They don't have the talent to not suck. Some dude named Kilpatrick balled out for them tonight. Once teams discover who their players are and start game planning for them, they're ****. What team in the league has less talent than them?

But it really does matter how confident they are. We understand they aren't winning 50 games, but how many teams do we need to see overachieve before we realize it's possible? Anyone think the Hawks were a 60 win team two seasons ago? How about our own Celtics when Brad Stevens came aboard up to and including our current roster with no top 10 players?
The turmoil and turnover on the Nets last year was enormous and you might as well say they didn't have a coach or GM for the last 1/2 season. Why couldn't Atkinson be the next Budenholzer?
In this very thread I predicted the Nets as the second worst team overall. Part of that was looking at the Nets talent, and frankly part of it has been letting the barrage of "Billy King for GM" giddyness and "this team will be lucky to win 20 games" stuff seep in. It made me forget NBA history. Historically how often do we pay attention to teams that should win 22 games, but wind up winning 35?
I am not eliminating the chance that these first couple of games were an aberration. This team will have it's share of 25 point losses. But it is hard to ignore the Nets blitzing two playoff teams in the 4th quarter, albeit teams that have a couple of injuries. It can become very concerning when teams start tanking and this team - a different team from last year - is scratching for every win.

Edug27 · Post #692 » by **Edug27** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 12:57 pm

victorhe wrote:I believe boston should just be humble, it's good to have a lot potential good guys on this team. However it's still early in the season and anything could happen - NBA is a full of surprises and everyone needs to work hard to earn it. The team that would mock another team and judge by merely the cover of the book could end up losing. Knock on the wood, or you might even find nets to stay at a higher rank than celtics this season.

Whoa.

VeryMuchWoke · Post #693 » by **VeryMuchWoke** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 2:40 pm

I watched most of the second half of the Indy game and Indiana looked horrendous. Jeff Teague was airballing layups, and Big Al was missing everything. Either Indiana is terrible or they just didn't show up.

The Nets don't look as bad as we hoped, but I think they still end up in the bottom 10.

sam_I_am · Post #694 » by **sam_I_am** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 2:47 pm

Nets are terrible in big picture. But they have enough of a veteran roster that they will outperform more talented teams like Lakers, Sixers, Orlando and maybe even Pelicans and Heat.

shawn unkempt · Post #695 » by **shawn unkempt** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 3:50 pm

victorhe wrote:I believe boston should just be humble, it's good to have a lot potential good guys on this team. However it's still early in the season and anything could happen - NBA is a full of surprises and everyone needs to work hard to earn it. The team that would mock another team and judge by merely the cover of the book could end up losing. Knock on the wood, or you might even find nets to stay at a higher rank than celtics this season.

Good joke. Nets are still trash.

Gurton Buster · Post #696 » by **Gurton Buster** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:42 pm

victorhe wrote:I believe boston should just be humble, it's good to have a lot potential good guys on this team. However it's still early in the season and anything could happen - NBA is a full of surprises and everyone needs to work hard to earn it. The team that would mock another team and judge by merely the cover of the book could end up losing. Knock on the wood, or you might even find nets to stay at a higher rank than celtics this season.

TinmanZBoy wrote:be careful with what you wish for... you may end up holding on to your pick

LMFAOOOOOOOOO

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Gil · Post #697 » by **Gil** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:43 pm

The Nets are absolutely horrendous. It's embarrassing people are panicking 2 games in. Lin is inconsistent as hell & Lopez will inevitably break down.

The only team worse in the NBA than Brookyn are the Sixers. People are giving far too much weight to a team playing high on energy now. When fatigue kicks in & teams are relying on individual talent to win games they'll be exposed.

Coolwhip · Post #698 » by **Coolwhip** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 5:47 pm

Brook Lopez already getting rested, they have to be doing this to keep him healthy for a trade

Bar Fight · Post #699 » by **Bar Fight** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 7:36 pm

celtxman wrote:
Bar Fight wrote:
Curmudgeon wrote:We gave the Nets confidence in the opening game.

Doesn't matter how confident they are. They don't have the talent to not suck. Some dude named Kilpatrick balled out for them tonight. Once teams discover who their players are and start game planning for them, they're ****. What team in the league has less talent than them?
But it really does matter how confident they are. We understand they aren't winning 50 games, but how many teams do we need to see overachieve before we realize it's possible? Anyone think the Hawks were a 60 win team two seasons ago? How about our own Celtics when Brad Stevens came aboard up to and including our current roster with no top 10 players?
The turmoil and turnover on the Nets last year was enormous and you might as well say they didn't have a coach or GM for the last 1/2 season. Why couldn't Atkinson be the next Budenholzer?
In this very thread I predicted the Nets as the second worst team overall. Part of that was looking at the Nets talent, and frankly part of it has been letting the barrage of "Billy King for GM" giddyness and "this team will be lucky to win 20 games" stuff seep in. It made me forget NBA history. Historically how often do we pay attention to teams that should win 22 games, but wind up winning 35?
I am not eliminating the chance that these first couple of games were an aberration. This team will have it's share of 25 point losses. But it is hard to ignore the Nets blitzing two playoff teams in the 4th quarter, albeit teams that have a couple of injuries. It can become very concerning when teams start tanking and this team - a different team from last year - is scratching for every win.

The Hawks had SIGNIFICANTLY more talent than these Nets. The Celtics still only won like 25 games in Brad's first year. And we had a better roster than they do now. The Nets are playing in a tougher conference than either of those teams were and they have a much thinner, less talented roster. Confidence doesn't make up for talent. Especially when they start getting smashed in games while playing their hearts out. That'll bring them back down to earth real quick.

The Celtics didn't play defense all game against the Nets and still were in no danger of losing until they put a trash line-up out there for extended time. Outside of that one stretch, we controlled the game the entire time while playing mediocre basketball.

CeltsfanSinceBirth · Post #700 » by **CeltsfanSinceBirth** » Sat Oct 29, 2016 7:43 pm

Don't get mad at Nets fans trolling. Next month, they won't be anywhere close to these boards. Let them have fun over these next few days, because it'll all be downhill afterwards.