eLone

Brooklyn Nets babbler. Bourbon collector. Father. 2006 Time Magazine's Person of the Year

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[eLone @eLonePB]

Knicks are on such a lucky heater that even a knee injury to Brunson is just a shake it off and get back out there.

If that was the Nets, he'd be done for the year although it would've been in the first round.

[eLone @eLonePB]

Somehow the Knicks are going to avoid all of the best teams in the league. Unreal luck, no way they don't win a championship now.

[eLone @eLonePB]

I mean tank away if Nets don't own the pick. No worries about being bad, that's HOU problem.

[Billy Reinhardt @BillyReinhardt]

If these changes make the Thunder draft stock way more valuable then they do the same for Brooklyn. OKC and BKN are the leaders in the clubhouse in terms of draft capital.

Brooklyn will not be tanking moving forward — that was the case before these lottery changes and certainly the case now.

The Nets benefit from these changes with all their future draft capital.

[eLone @eLonePB]

@KnicksCentral @MikeGarafolo @Topbunksports @RapSheet

[eLone @eLonePB]

The NBA becomes more unwatchable every day. Silver has really put his mark on this sport.

[Shams Charania @ShamsCharania]

Breaking: The NBA's Board of Governors has passed new anti-tanking rules that include expanding the draft lottery from 14 to 16 teams, a relegation zone where the bottom 3 teams get penalized with lessened chances for the No. 1 pick, and flattened odds, sources tell ESPN.

[eLone @eLonePB]

@SirGingaa @SleeperNets @espn They didn't even blow up their future for them, it was Harden they decided to use all the chips for.

[Underdog @Underdog]

Unethical Hoops, coming soon…

[NetsDaily @NetsDaily]

Totally agree. It’s great for New York and I❤️NY

[eLone @eLonePB]

Absolute insanity. What an embarrassment.

[Kevin O'Connor @KevinOConnor]

The Cavaliers called a grand total of one timeout during that 30-8 run by the Knicks.

[NBA Cobwebs @NBACobwebs]

May 15, 2002: Jason Kidd's alley oop to Kenyon Martin puts the finishing touches on New Jersey's 103-95 win over the Charlotte Hornets in Game 5 of the ECSF.

Kidd had 23 PTS/13 AST/7 REB/5 STL and Martin had 14 PTS/8 REB as the Nets advanced to the Eastern Conference Finals.

[eLone @eLonePB]

If he's there, that's the swagger the franchise desperately needs

[Brian Lewis @NYPost_Lewis]

Darius Acuff Jr. met with the #Nets. Asked what does he see his role in the #NBA, he said “Definitely a superstar point guard for sure.”

[Brett Siegel @BrettSiegelNBA]

I was watching the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery again and I discovered that the No. 1 pick was almost in the hands of the Brooklyn Nets.

The 4-2 first two digit combination for the No. 1 pick essentially made it a 50-50 chance for BKN and WAS.

#1 was next, but #12 right behind. If the number had been #12 instead of #1 for that third ball being selected, the Nets would’ve had a 91% chance at the No. 1 pick with 10 of the 11 remaining combinations, compared to the Wizards having just one combination at 9%.

Once #1 became the third number, the Wizards instantly won the lottery, regardless of what the final number (13) was.

A split second took the Nets from being in the driver’s seat for the No. 1 pick to being out of the top four and selecting No. 6 overall.

Brutal.

[eLone @eLonePB]

@nolimit__EV @UnderdogMLB No and he's probably just opening for an inning or two.

[eLone @eLonePB]

@nolimit__EV @UnderdogMLB Jakob

[eLone @eLonePB]

@netsvibes I'm done. If they ever get good again I'll check back in but I'm out.

[eLone @eLonePB]

@A_Mastromauro Same man. I just can't do it anymore, there's no future in sight and the NBA product is already becoming terrible to watch.

[eLone @eLonePB]

I'm done.

[eLone @eLonePB]

With the new proposed rules it's absolutely all downhill from here.

[Brooklyn Nets @BrooklynNets]

We’ll pick 6th in the 2026 NBA Draft.

[eLone @eLonePB]

Instead of addressing this massive league-ending level problem, they are focusing on making sure that bad teams stay bad forever through lottery reform.

[Aidan LaPorta @AidanLaPorta69]

Genuinely, what is this??? 😭😭💀

[eLone @eLonePB]

I'm out if we aren't top 4. NBA already becoming unwatchable, can't take another decade praying for our first franchise-changing draft pick.

[NetsDaily @NetsDaily]

People act like the 5th or 6th or 7th pick in a generational draft is some tragedy. I’d prefer 1st, 2nd or 3rd but there’s a lot of potential.