2016-17 Brooklyn Nets: It's A New Day, Yes It Is!

[ProfessaPackMan]

Gonna be a ****ty year record wise, but this might be the most entertaining TEAM to watch since we been in Brooklyn.

Very excited to watch this team grow and each player improve over the year.

Got our 1st game tonight against Detroit so hopefully we see something resembling an actual Offense other than, "ISO ISO ISO" for 60 mins.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Not much to take from last night without stating the obvious: It's going to be a long season but in a positive way though.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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-Rondae looks more confident this year on the Offensive end.

-BrookLin might end up being a better PG-C combo than Deron/Brook ever was. Those 2 have amazing chemistry together and it's amazing how fast it's developed.

-Love Booker's hustle on both ends of the floor. He's like an upgraded Reggie Evans for us except without the boneheaded plays/moments.

Like it's been mentioned, it's going to be a long year, but this might be the most entertaining and likable Nets team we've had since the NJ/Kidd Days.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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What ya'll think about Bojan coming off the bench leading the 2nd unit?

[ProfessaPackMan]

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^Nah, he needs to be starting.

Was impressed with what I saw the other night. Last year's team would've lost by 50 so I was glad to see them fight back and almost force OT.

Got another tough one vs Indiana so hopefully we can show the same effort and get the W as well.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Great win last night. Was glad to see Atkinson and the team make the right adjustments throughout the game. My man is so anti-Hollins from a coaching standpoint, it's not even funny.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Early thoughts so far in the 1st 4 games?

[Vast]

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LOL! At first I thought there were multiple posters in here. You conversate with yourself really well.
I'm glad the Nets are rebuilding. As a Knicks fan i didn't realize how important draft picks are since we never had any. Good luck this season except when you play the Knicks.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Lol man I'm just posting here in case anyone wants to chime in basically.

But lemme find out Brook done turned into Brook Curry. 4-7 from 3pt range last night when he's only hit 4 in his entire career.

Joe Harris has been a pleasant surprise for us too. The biggest surprise for us really. I figured he'd be nothing more than an extra body for camp and an end of the bench guy but he's been more than that, including being our best shooter from 3.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Lin out 2 weeks with a strained left hamstring he suffered last night against Detroit.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Per Nets Daily

The Basics - Brooklyn Nets
Pace: 103.4 (4th)
OffRtg: 102.6 (18th)
DefRtg: 103.4 (15th)
NetRtg: -0.8 (19th)

With the Nets set to visit the New York Knicks in the first game of ESPN's double-header on Wednesday (7 p.m. ET), here are three key numbers from Brooklyn's first seven games.

No. 1
The Nets have taken 39.5 percent of their shots from 3-point range, up from 21.8 percent last season. That's the biggest increase in the league by a wide margin.



New Nets coach Kenny Atkinson came from the Atlanta Hawks, who (at 32.9 percent) ranked fourth in percentage of shots that were 3-pointers over the last two seasons. They spread the floor, moved the ball, and often had five guys on the court who could shoot from the perimeter.

And that's the early story with Atkinson's Nets. All 14 Nets who have played this season have attempted at least one shot from beyond the arc, and their two centers -- Brook Lopez and Justin Hamilton -- rank fourth and fifth on the team in 3-point attempts. Lopez even hit a three off the dribble against Minnesota on Tuesday.

The Nets haven't shot particularly well from beyond the arc. At 31.5 percent, they rank 25th in the league in 3-point percentage.

The combination of high volume and erratic shooting creates some volatility in the Nets' offense from game to game and quarter to quarter. On Tuesday, they shot 5-for-8 from 3-point range in the second quarter and 1-for-9 in the third.

Shooting is a skill, one that Atkinson's team is working on. As the season goes on, he's hoping for better results.

"If [the shots] are open, we like that process," he said Tuesday. "We work hard on our catch-and-shoot game, so we look at it like, eventually, if we continue to improve our skill at that particular facet of the game, that we'll get more consistent."

Despite the poor shooting from beyond the arc, the Nets' have still seen an increase in effective field goal percentage, because they've shot better inside the 3-point line. Their floor spacing (often five guys on the perimeter) stretches the defense and creates driving lanes.

It's really ideal for a *north-south attacker like Jeremy Lin, one of the league's best guards at getting to the rim and to the free throw line. The Nets have won two of the three games that Lin has missed (or missed the finish of) with his hamstring injury, but they've still been better offensively with him on the floor (scoring 107 points per 100 possessions) than with him on the bench (100).

* Credit goes to Celtics play-by-play man Mike Gorman for describing Lin as "a north-south" player in the preseason. On point.

No. 2
Brooklyn leads the league with 333 passes per game, up from 292 (20th) last season.

Most of that is an increase in pace. No team has increased its pace than the Nets, who are averaging 6.2 more possessions per 48 minutes than they did last season (when they ranked 21st at 97.4 per 48). They've only seen a slight increase in passes per possession, from 3.0 last season to 3.1 this year. And they've assisted only 54.3 percent of their field goals, down from 58.3 percent last season.

They do move the ball really well on a lot of possessions, but still have many where Lin calls his own number off the dribble or where Lopez gets the ball in the post and keeps it there.



No. 3
Opponents have shot 27.3 percent at the rim when Lopez has been there to protect it.

That's the lowest mark against 59 players who have defended at least five shots at the rim per game this season.

Last season, the Nets ranked last in opponent effective field goal percentage. This year, they rank 16th, and the biggest improvement has been at the rim, where they've allowed a lower volume and a lower percentage.



We shouldn't react too strongly to opponent shooting numbers after seven games. But the early signs are encouraging and the Nets have played six of their seven games against teams that currently stand above the league average in offensive efficiency, including games against the No. 1 ranked Celtics and No. 3 ranked Bulls.

The Nets have allowed 5.1 fewer points per 100 possessions than they did last season. Only the Clippers (-10.6), Thunder (-8.4) and Hornets (-7.7) have seen a bigger improvement in defensive efficiency.

Even when you take the league's overall drop *(-1.2), the Nets have improved more defensively than offensively (+1.7). Their opponents have not only shot worse, but turned the ball over more than they did last season.

* League-wide efficiency typically increases as the season goes on. The league average through Tuesday (102.7 points scored per 100 possessions) is much higher than it was at this point last year (100.6).

http://www.nba.com/article/2016/11/09/one-team-three-stats-brooklyn-nets-3-point-shooting

It's only been 2 weeks but I've seen more from this team in that timespan than I seen from last year's team over the entire year. The difference between having a competent HC and incompetent one like Hollins is night and day.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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I'll be happy with a split of these next 2 games in LA.

Preferably I want the W against the Lakers and hope to just keep it close against the Clippers.

[Vni]

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Preferably I want the W against the Lakers

Nothing wrong with a fan being hopeful. Worst case scenario your squad gets an eye opening basketball lesson for free.

[ProfessaPackMan]

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Tough loss against the Lakers the other night.

That game just shows where we're at right now since we don't have anyone we can rely on to takeover or close out games for us. Still proud of the effort we put out there.

Thank goodness Lin is on his way back soon.