Recent Nets addition Blake Griffin has found himself impressed by the club’s depth, according to Peter Botte of the New York Post.
“When you look at this team you see the big three there, but I think something that kind of goes overlooked is how solid the supporting cast is to our three main guys,” Griffin said of his Brooklyn comrades. “Joe Harris, DeAndre Jordan, Jeff Green, Bruce [Brown], Tyler [Johnson], all these guys are solid, solid basketball players.”
There’s more out of the Atlantic Division:
- Veteran Sixers reserve center Dwight Howard said on Monday that he feels like he is being “targeted” by league officials, per Marc Narducci of The Philadelphia Inquirer. Narducci notes that the former Defensive Player of the Year will get a one-game suspension with his next technical foul. He currently has 15 technical fouls.
- Bench Knicks players Derrick Rose and Taj Gibson are looking forward to helping New York in the playoffs, writes Steve Popper of Newsday. “They’re great guys, they’re team-first guys,” said head coach Tom Thibodeau, who also served as both players’ head coach in Chicago and Minnesota. “So if you want team-first guys, you want hard-playing guys, you go out and find them. They both have proven that.”
- Standout Raptors power forward Freddie Gillespie has inspired Blake Murphy of The Athletic to assess all 31 players the Raptors have signed to 10-day contracts in team history to determine where Gillespie ranks. A hint: Gillespie does crack the top five.
“Recent Nets addition Blake Griffin has found himself impressed by the club’s death, according to Peter Botte of the New York Post.”
Might want to edit that first paragraph there haha. Had me looking twice.
Lol, that comment has me dead
RIP Brooklyn Nets
RIP in peace, shocked the Brooklyn Nets passed away, anyone know if it was covid?
Rest in peace, in peace?
Isn’t it a little early to call the Nets done?
Or are all the Brooklyn clubs dying?… they need Kyrie and Lemon Pepper Lou!
Slip of the tongue maybe ?? All riding on Health.
Nets healthy the bench looks much better. You can add Claxton, Shamet, Luwawu to that list.
Knicks have a tough May coming. After Bulls and Rockets. They have 8 gms against playoff teams. All looking for seeding. So we gotta beat Bulls @ home and the worst team in NBA. It will take a team effort to finish top 5 in East.
Could be worse, the Rockets final 10 opponents have a combined .603 winning percentage, the worst of them at .500 are the Warriors.
Yeah …. but that works in Rockets favor. Knicks if not careful could fall to play in game. Rather not have that. Especially after solid yr so far.
RIP
Toronto Raptor writers are so analytical. There used to be a DEARTH of interest in the NBA in Canada but now, the Raptors may have the largest EARNEST following in the league.
(“Earnest” meaning roughly what “adult” used to mean. Now adult seems to mean: “I’m 18! Call me!”… at least in the adult industry.)
Nets death take: So EARLY, when they could be the best on EARTH finally.
Post’s headline,
“Blake Griffin didn’t realize how deep Nets were until he arrived.”
Does that mean 6 feet deep?
Depth*
Ha! “Death”. You guys are all over that one! I get Hoops Rumors RSS and cracked up this early AM when I read it. Alex posted this last night at 10:14 CST and apparently isn’t up yet. :)
In fairness, I’d be impressed too….
Wow what a mix up of words. Funny stuff!!!
Depth?
Pleased to announce the typo has been fixed.
Not a moment too soon. You were about to be deluged with fifty more comments of people pointing it out to you.