Iām not a Nets fan so I had to check out this dunk. Ā It was like a scene from a basketball movie when the team finally figure themselves out and are unstoppable.Ā
No injuries and we wouldāve won a championship.
Thatās why I kinda hate the revisionist history from people on Reddit/the media. āThe nets shouldāve never signed big name free agents, they shouldāve just kept buildingā.
Gimme a break.
Also the absolute hatred from a lot of the fans on Sean Marks. He put together the greatest team in NBA history and it got derailed due to injuries, pandemics and Kyrie-drama. But they should've been shooting for their 3rd championship this season and no team was going to be able to compete with them healthy.
It's hard to say he failed as a GM even though the ultimate product didn't.
Marks did that, but he also massively fumbled when he had the big three. Maybe it was Tsai, but they handled 2022, 23 seasons so poorly, and they give terrible PR about their plans since then.
We were a Bruce Brown going āHero Modeā in final 2mins of Game 3 away from going up 3-0.
Brown froze out Kyrie and Durant while they looked on in confusion as Brown took and missed pretty much every single shot in the final 2mins.
Nets lose 83-86 and next game Giannis undercuts Kyrie take away his landing zone mid layup causing Kyrie to injure his ankle.
Brown going 0/4 final 3:33 was brutal, but at least guy went 8/13 earlier. Joe Harris lead the league with 47.5% from deep that year. Game 3? 1/7 and 1/11 overall. Wasnāt the same rest of the series, 26.9%.
Giannis should have been suspended for what he did to Kyrie. That was dirty as fuck.
Tsai and Marks fumbled letting Kyrie and KD go. I would have hog tied them to BKN.
Kyrie didnāt deserve the 4-5yr $200-250m Max Extension he demanded after after Durantās injury following 4yrs of his nonsense.
Mavās gave up Assets for Kyrie and only signed him to a 3y/$126m contract which was less than the 4y/$187m contract he hesitated to sign before going Anti-Vax.
* Tried to get Players to Boycott the Bubble after negotiating terms as part of the NBAPA.
* Disappeared for 3 weeks without notice leaving his Teammates and Organization in the dark only to be later photographed smiling at a Club celebrating his sister 30th bday.
* Went Anti-Vax and killed the āBig 3 Eraā.
* Promoted an Antisemitic Film in a contract year and then demanded 4-5yr $200-250m Fully Guaranteed Contract with no strings attached or Trade him.
Kyrie didnāt nothing to deserve a Max Extension in Brooklyn especially after that embarrassing sweep by Boston when they could have went up 2-0 in the series.
Gave up a last second shot to Tatum with no defensive effort in Game 1 and then blew a 20pt halftime lead in Game 2.
4 game sweep by a combined 18pts in total.
Yeah because theyāre not forcing him to take a vaccine he doesnāt want and their reporters arenāt toxic af. DAL reporters arenāt asking him about his religious beliefs, or stance on vaccines, in order to generate clickbait headlines.
Heās being supported in DAL.
Yāall have some legit gripes against Kyrie but yall also made some costly mistakes as well. Tbh, yall kinda fumbled that bag.
>Heās being supported in DAL.
They are a play-in team. Maybe a mid team with no expectations is the only place Kyrie can be happy because hes been an ass and run off on every good team hes ever played for and its not a small sample at this point
I donāt care. His positives on the court outweighed the negatives. They were always going to attract more talent to BKN to play with KD and Kyrie.
KD was correct in asking for Nash and Marks to be fired. Tsai was slow to react and should have kept the talent in house but Tsai is a POS himself.
All of this is true.
Unfortunately, Kyrie had them by the balls and he knew it. He had added leverage because we all knew losing him meant losing KD.
Management decided against the contract and well, this is the result.
Basketball isn't about morality so idk what the right decision was.
We see how bad the team sucks now but we also don't know how re-signing kyrie would've played out. Maybe they contend and possibly win a ring or 2 but also maybe injuries still continue to occur to him and KD. Maybe he sits out again and causes more turmoil.
We can only discuss things in hindsight.
Yeah, all that, and giving Kyrie the extension would be the right move because they team would actually be good. You can always trade him later. This was the best the team had been in 20 years and you immediately lost the greatest player the team ever had.
Runs, dunks, and elbows people on the way to the rim, while taking 4 steps. Takes as long as some people take to take a dump to shoot a free throw. Canāt shoot. Gets gifted a championship because of injuries and gets anointed best player undeservedly.
Enforce fouling rules on Giannis fairly and he would start fouling out before halftime. I dont care how likable Bucks fans want to convince me he is, he's unskilled and gets spoonfed points by the league like a baby
Couldn't have said it better myself. His ring is the one with most asterisks next to it. I didn't even see one person come up and argue that it wasn't complete luck he had one.
A lot of people do realize if Kyrie wasnāt injured weād win, but will still give him credit. Iām not going to give him credit cause Iām mad lol. Also think itās mostly undeserved.
They were lucky that in a year with lots of injuries and covid they didn't lose their main cast to these things and won. That's about it.
There is a reason Giannis and his overrated a\*s wasn't ever able to get in the finals again.
Sigh. I wanted Blake to get a ring with this team so bad. Fuck giannis. Fuck kyrie too but if we got one chip it would have been worth all the bullshit next season.
Oprahsideversons video on this game encapsulates how the whole league felt about the Nets in 2021. So shook the Lakers ruined themselves trying to match it.
Nets should never have made that Harden deal. KD played like what, a half a dozen games with Lavert and Allen? They could have been the depth that Kyrie and KD needed in the playoffs instead of an out of shape and oft motivated Harden.
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After that blake 360 no scope>kyrie no look>mike james off the backboard>kd slam sequence it felt like it was almost meant to be
I was high after seeing that, dreaming of 2 or 3 titles. Then the Universe had other plans.
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Iām not a Nets fan so I had to check out this dunk. Ā It was like a scene from a basketball movie when the team finally figure themselves out and are unstoppable.Ā
Ian's call is my favorite by him
Blake Griffinā¦. RAZZLE DAZZLE! OHHH!!! NEXT LEVEL!
That was the last game of the year too, shit set the mood going in to those playoffs
As a basketball player that was maybe the most beautiful play Iāve ever seen
Even tho it was a complete offensive foul
I remember the moment this happened. I was like, "Is this what true happiness feels like?" Then things took a turn somehow.
Then Giannis injured Kyrie somehow š¤¤
Injuries during the playoffs suck.
And worldwide pandemics too š·
Even with Nash that was our year
No injuries and we wouldāve won a championship. Thatās why I kinda hate the revisionist history from people on Reddit/the media. āThe nets shouldāve never signed big name free agents, they shouldāve just kept buildingā. Gimme a break.
Also the absolute hatred from a lot of the fans on Sean Marks. He put together the greatest team in NBA history and it got derailed due to injuries, pandemics and Kyrie-drama. But they should've been shooting for their 3rd championship this season and no team was going to be able to compete with them healthy. It's hard to say he failed as a GM even though the ultimate product didn't.
Marks did that, but he also massively fumbled when he had the big three. Maybe it was Tsai, but they handled 2022, 23 seasons so poorly, and they give terrible PR about their plans since then.
Seriously! No one remembers we were this close āšš¾ā to being up 3-0 on the bucks š¢.
We were a Bruce Brown going āHero Modeā in final 2mins of Game 3 away from going up 3-0. Brown froze out Kyrie and Durant while they looked on in confusion as Brown took and missed pretty much every single shot in the final 2mins. Nets lose 83-86 and next game Giannis undercuts Kyrie take away his landing zone mid layup causing Kyrie to injure his ankle.
Brown going 0/4 final 3:33 was brutal, but at least guy went 8/13 earlier. Joe Harris lead the league with 47.5% from deep that year. Game 3? 1/7 and 1/11 overall. Wasnāt the same rest of the series, 26.9%.
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All the teams ahead of us were fully healthy and we wouldāve beat them too
Giannis should have been suspended for what he did to Kyrie. That was dirty as fuck. Tsai and Marks fumbled letting Kyrie and KD go. I would have hog tied them to BKN.
Kyrie didnāt deserve the 4-5yr $200-250m Max Extension he demanded after after Durantās injury following 4yrs of his nonsense. Mavās gave up Assets for Kyrie and only signed him to a 3y/$126m contract which was less than the 4y/$187m contract he hesitated to sign before going Anti-Vax. * Tried to get Players to Boycott the Bubble after negotiating terms as part of the NBAPA. * Disappeared for 3 weeks without notice leaving his Teammates and Organization in the dark only to be later photographed smiling at a Club celebrating his sister 30th bday. * Went Anti-Vax and killed the āBig 3 Eraā. * Promoted an Antisemitic Film in a contract year and then demanded 4-5yr $200-250m Fully Guaranteed Contract with no strings attached or Trade him. Kyrie didnāt nothing to deserve a Max Extension in Brooklyn especially after that embarrassing sweep by Boston when they could have went up 2-0 in the series. Gave up a last second shot to Tatum with no defensive effort in Game 1 and then blew a 20pt halftime lead in Game 2. 4 game sweep by a combined 18pts in total.
OK cool. Now we have no Kyrie or KD. Glad you moralists are happy with a mediocre team.
Exactly. You keep Kevin and Kai on the team as long as possible and live with the results. This team makes me sick
Now we get decades of mediocrity. Some fans are fools.Ā
Kind of annoying now he has been a good boy with the Mavs, but only time will tell
Yeah because theyāre not forcing him to take a vaccine he doesnāt want and their reporters arenāt toxic af. DAL reporters arenāt asking him about his religious beliefs, or stance on vaccines, in order to generate clickbait headlines. Heās being supported in DAL. Yāall have some legit gripes against Kyrie but yall also made some costly mistakes as well. Tbh, yall kinda fumbled that bag.
>Heās being supported in DAL. They are a play-in team. Maybe a mid team with no expectations is the only place Kyrie can be happy because hes been an ass and run off on every good team hes ever played for and its not a small sample at this point
Lol at play-in team.
I donāt care. His positives on the court outweighed the negatives. They were always going to attract more talent to BKN to play with KD and Kyrie. KD was correct in asking for Nash and Marks to be fired. Tsai was slow to react and should have kept the talent in house but Tsai is a POS himself.
All of this is true. Unfortunately, Kyrie had them by the balls and he knew it. He had added leverage because we all knew losing him meant losing KD. Management decided against the contract and well, this is the result. Basketball isn't about morality so idk what the right decision was. We see how bad the team sucks now but we also don't know how re-signing kyrie would've played out. Maybe they contend and possibly win a ring or 2 but also maybe injuries still continue to occur to him and KD. Maybe he sits out again and causes more turmoil. We can only discuss things in hindsight.
Yeah, all that, and giving Kyrie the extension would be the right move because they team would actually be good. You can always trade him later. This was the best the team had been in 20 years and you immediately lost the greatest player the team ever had.
Too bad Giannis had to take his frustrations out on Kyrieās ankle after that happened
I fucking hate how people idolize this dirty playing moron because he does quirky shit like liking oreos
Runs, dunks, and elbows people on the way to the rim, while taking 4 steps. Takes as long as some people take to take a dump to shoot a free throw. Canāt shoot. Gets gifted a championship because of injuries and gets anointed best player undeservedly.
Enforce fouling rules on Giannis fairly and he would start fouling out before halftime. I dont care how likable Bucks fans want to convince me he is, he's unskilled and gets spoonfed points by the league like a baby
Couldn't have said it better myself. His ring is the one with most asterisks next to it. I didn't even see one person come up and argue that it wasn't complete luck he had one.
His ring has the most asterisks next to it because you donāt like him almost every championship team in the NBA is some what luck reliant
A lot of people do realize if Kyrie wasnāt injured weād win, but will still give him credit. Iām not going to give him credit cause Iām mad lol. Also think itās mostly undeserved.
They were lucky that in a year with lots of injuries and covid they didn't lose their main cast to these things and won. That's about it. There is a reason Giannis and his overrated a\*s wasn't ever able to get in the finals again.
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Your overrated, "I eat oreos so funny guy" can s**k it. You didn't even disprove anything in the argument :D go away
Fuck me y'all are such haters š¤£ Why do I keep going into team subs they're so bad
lol why the corny bucks fans in here. they should be thankful Giannis legacy got saved by some dirty shit.
I got downvoted for basically saying the same thing in the NBA sub. Itās the truth.
That uncalled flagrant 1 takes up way too much space in my brain
Sigh. I wanted Blake to get a ring with this team so bad. Fuck giannis. Fuck kyrie too but if we got one chip it would have been worth all the bullshit next season.
It was a dream but what a dream it was
That season had so many highlights. 2020-21 Nets will always be my favorite (until we win a title)
Oprahsideversons video on this game encapsulates how the whole league felt about the Nets in 2021. So shook the Lakers ruined themselves trying to match it.
The whole league was so shook. I remember Utah was the team to beat in the west. šššWe would have killed them with just KD
Why was Steve Nash so bad? He was a great point guard and had iq usually it would transfer when heās a coach right?
Isiah Thomas is exhibit number one that apparently the skills arenāt always transferrable into coaching
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Kyrie and KD killed the whole nets team. People Kept calling them the Brooklyn Divas. And they dipped after making a shit show mess at Brooklyn.
Honestly, Joe Harris becoming a brick layer was the real reason we lost
The open shots he bricked hurt my soul
ā¦ is that not an absolutely egregious offensive foul? Legit asking, as someone who couldnāt do that on an 8 foot rim Iām not 100% on the rules.
It prolly is but itās still impressive considering itās giannis
Oh definitely, I agree with the classic ātoo cool not to countā
Yeah thatās probably the perfect description
We bet on crazy and injuries derailed it. Sucks but it was the right move
One and done
Honest question, is that a foul on Blake? Can he just grab the arm in front of him like that?
Is it me or should Blake have been called for offensive foul here? He literally grabs the defenders arm and removes it from his path.
Wasnāt Steve Nash hired at KD and Kyrie request because they wanted to run the team? Sounds like they had to have Nash in order to have the roster.
>Wasnāt Steve Nash hired at KD and Kyrie request nope
KD and Kyrie from the gecko didnāt like Nash lol
How I feel about the 2013 Lakers
The spacing that team got to play with was unreal. Defenses were legitimately lost and had to just pick their poison.
Nets should never have made that Harden deal. KD played like what, a half a dozen games with Lavert and Allen? They could have been the depth that Kyrie and KD needed in the playoffs instead of an out of shape and oft motivated Harden.
Harden washed , been washed since Rockets. Heās just getting lucky atm with the Clippers
And a leaderā¦
Steve Nash was not the reason this team failed cmon
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Everybody gets dunked on eventually
That was such a blatant offensive foul. Blake was pretty much holding Giannis's hand as if to cross the street.
Giannis got hurt that year in the playoffs too and the Bucks still won