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Nets open 2021 with sloppy performance in loss to Hawks, 114-96 Share this story Photo by Sarah Stier/Getty Images Brooklyn lived and died by the three-ball and it was not pretty. In fact, it was ugly. The Nets kicked off 2021 with a sloppy performance that will likely lead to a long film session tomorrow. The Atlanta Hawks bounced back from Wednesday’s loss, defeating the Nets 114-96. Brooklyn is now sitting at 3-3 on the season with some pressure moving forward. The Nets struggled to buy ...

Are the Knicks Winning With Smoke and Mirrors? With Julius Randle playing like an All-Star and Tom Thibodeau at the helm, New York is off to a surprisingly strong start. Will it last? There’s reason to believe it will—and won’t. Share this story Getty Images/Ringer illustration If the Knicks fans in your life seemed alittletoogassed up about Monday’s win over the Hawks, please forgive them. Eight years of feelings coming out all at once can be loud, and a little messy. See, when the fin...

Ten NBA things I like and dont like, including the weirdness of Trae Young play Trae uses sweet behind-the-back move to score (0:28) After a block by Bruno Fernando, Trae Young gets the ball in transition and goes behind his own back before laying the ball up and in. (0:28) Were back with the first batch of 10 NBA things for the 2020-21 NBA season. This week we spotlight the brilliance of Trae Young, the red-hot Brooklyn Nets, how Chris Pauls genius is boosting the Phoenix Suns, a fun innovatio...

Lauri Markkanen has been wandering between Buttsville and Breakout Town for the last two seasons. Chicago’s 2017 draft pick suffered the worst season of his career in Year 3, which is basically the exact opposite of what an organization wants to see out of a once-perceived All-Star level talent. At the same time, the Bulls organization has been so dysfunctional over the past few years that it’s hard to find exactly where to place all the blame. We know the previous regime deserves a good ch...