Mark Herrmann

Former reporter at Newsday, from 1983 through 2019. Freelance writer

[BKN 85 @brooklynnets85]

Five Years Ago today the Nets and Bucks tipped off Round 2 at Barclays Center

Nets starting lineup

Healthy James Harden coming off a 28/10/8 on 50/47/90 series

Healthy KD

Healthy Kyrie

Blake Griffin

Joe Harris

That night was the beginning of the end, despite the win

[Roger @Roger774501171]

Note to the Mets and SNY, no disrespect to Steve Gelbs , but leave him in the studio ,and leave Michell Margaux on the sidelines ❤️ LGM

[Mark Herrmann @markpherrmann]

Benefit of watching Mets on MLB app: option to choose the radio audio. I do it for every home game to hear final season of @HowieRose. So interesting, amusing, informative. Guy is great. Plus, you can see how amazingly accurate he and @KeithRaad are.

[Phillykid @LloydCarroll]

@RaymondSultan @NetsDaily Absentee ownership, and a lazy corporate culture which would make civil servants blush, cannot be ignored in why the Nets are the way they are.

[Rolo Tomassi @thomasjamespe]

@BrooklynNetcast It isn't being talked about because Drake probably had the least impressive season out of the five rookies the Nets had.

DP has a ton of potential but he really didn't show very much in his rookie season.

Hoping he improves significantly next season and finds his niche: POA?

[Christine Brennan @cbrennansports]

The story of the Fever and Caitlin Clark is simple. She is more than a basketball player. She is an entertainer. People pay to see her like she’s the star of a Broadway show or it’s her concert. This means honesty and transparency are crucial, especially with attendance dropping.

[Mark Herrmann @markpherrmann]

@DalyDoseOfHoops Just followed Jason based on your endorsement, JD!

[Mike Vaccaro @MikeVacc]

This feels like a good time to remind you that Sean Marks made both Kenny Atkinson and Jarrett Allen disappear at the behest of Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. That was five years (and about four Marks extensions) ago.

[Society of Golf Historians @SHistorians]

@fried_egg_golf It’s great…but the Hamptons, Long Island and NY is still the king of the hill.

[Mark Herrmann @markpherrmann]

@AdamSchupak Looks great on the telecast, too.

[Rick Golfs @Top100Rick]

This is crazy. Garrick Higo gets a 2 shot penalty for being 1 minute late to the tee!

Is this too much of a penalty?

I say no. You got one job. You get there on time.

Now, maybe they dole out some penalties for slow play while they are at it!

[Mark Herrmann @markpherrmann]

@ehornick Love it!

[Nets Insider @notoriousbknets]

And not a single pregame tribute or acknowledgement of this team all season.

Kudos.

[Brooklyn Nets @BrooklynNets]

On this day 50 years ago: The Nets win the final ABA Championship 🏆

A thread down memory lane 🧵

[Mark Herrmann @markpherrmann]

As Nets fans, we thought merging into the NBA would be the promised land. Joke’s on us. Happy 50th anniversary to the great finale of the most fun league ever (John Sterling on the call on Nets radio)

[Andy Roth @arhooptalk]

May 13, 1976. Super John Williamson dousing The Doctor @JuliusErving as the Nets celebrate what what turned out to be the final ABA Championship. Williamson scored 24 of his 28 points in the second half to rally the Nets from a 22 point deficit against the Nuggets.

[Mark Herrmann @markpherrmann]

Happy Birthday, George! Thanks for @abathrowbacks. Long live the ABA.

[George Karl @CoachKarl22]

Thanks for the well wishes, positivity and connection today!! Not everyone gets to experience 75 years of life, especially those of us that have fought with cancer!!

Especially grateful to friends in Pittsburgh, Carolina, San Antonio, Madrid, Seattle, Milwaukee and Denver. 🙏👍

[Sam Quinn @SamQuinnCBS]

I have a controversial pivot for the Nets in the wake of these two back to back disappointing lotteries. My whole plan for now is maximizing future draft capital by any means necessary. To that end I’d do two things:

1. Trade Michael Porter Jr.
2. Take on Joel Embiid’s contract.

The Nets have nothing but time now. Waiting out Embiid’s contract is no problem for them, their whole team is cheap and they’re not contending next year anyway short of some Hail Mary we don’t currently see. If he happens to give you some fun stretches? Cool. Bonus. Really, he’s the matching salary in my star trade(s) in two years once he’s expiring, and a path to extracting picks out of Philly now.

I’m just trying to accumulate such a cartoonish amount of future draft capital that I can get outbid for whoever the guy is in 2028 or 2029 by absolutely nobody. I’m developing the young guys, seeing what I have, and trying to be semi-competitive. But the real play here is preparing to grab the next guy or guys who want to be in New York, and the best path to doing that is just shameless pick accumulation, even if it means taking on a contract that would destroy the books for most teams. I just find that a more productive use of my space than anything else immediately visible on the board.

[Maazi Nọ N'oyi 🧊♻️🆚🕰 @chimmyOtriumph]

@ScoopB They need to add more color and get back to their ABA look to change the narrative. (IF they dont fire the GM, they need a cosmetic upgrade from this boring black and white bs)

[Bob Sacamano @BobSacamano_5]

There is no way Sean Marks takes a guy like Acuff. He’s going to try and reinvent the wheel like he always does. Whether that’s Karim Lopez or somebody else.

[Stan @notsstann]

Can’t blame anyone in the org for today but we can blame them for this. It’s not even like these guys are raw prospects who need to be coached. They all physically have no way out. (The one who has physical capabilities is an absolute burger).

What a terrible day man