The Brooklyn Nets are the Biggest Failure in NBA History. When the Nets signed Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in 2019, they were expected to lead the Nets back to the NBA Finals. Those expectations only increased when they traded for James Harden in January 2021. Now in 2023, the Nets have none of their “Big 3” and only a single playoff series win to show for it. They don’t control any of their upcoming first round picks and seem destined for a full on rebuild. What happened to the Nets, and where do they go from here?
The Fall of Kyrie Irving: https://youtu.be/uxndo6t2MkM
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6:55 okay you lost me, what does that even feel like?
I've been a die hard nets fan since I was a kid. I grew up on Sam Cassell and Stephon Marbury running the point. This is just rough AGAIN! In 2013 they mortgaged the future drastically but at least then even though past their prime Pierce and KG gave Nets something to be optimistic about and something fun to watch. You trade KD, a top 5 player in the league, and the best player you get is MIKAL BRIDGES?!?! How do you not get Chris Paul or at the very least Deandre Ayton?! Wasn't the whole reason they didn't trade him in the offseason was because they couldn't get anywhere near a equal return for him. I have no hope for this season or the near future. Kyrie was a MJOR problem from the start but the fact that the Nets front office have given fans ZERO Reason to go to a game is ridiculous. For Reference I've lived in NY my whole life. At least when they played in Jersey it was an hour drive to the meadowlands complex. Brooklyn takes over an hour and a half at least to get to Barclays Center and that's IF you hit all the trains and subways perfectly (tried driving there. To much of a pain and parking costs an arm and a leg)! You want me to make that commute to see BEN SIMMONS granted he's having a good day and actually decides to play?! Nah I'll just put on the YES Network instead while I fold laundry. I love this franchise. Always have always will but they just can't get it right!
Oh, you haven't heard. During KD's trade request, the Nets FO and him came to an agreement which saw KD stay, but under the terms that if it ever seemed as if things weren't going to work out i.e no longer contenders, the Nets would accept a trade to a destination of Durant's choosing. After Kyrie left, Durant apparently requested the FO to go after Siakim to replace Kyrie as the second option, but the FO weren't willing to give up what the Raptors were asking for, so they just shook hands and quietly made the deal. This was no surprise. It was just a matter of time.
Nets fans let it all out. This is a safe place
It was a burning dumpster truck rolling down a hill with no brakes, but at least it was entertaining as hell…unless you're a Nets fan.
It’s wild how y’all blame everything on Kyrie 😂😂. KD asked out in the offseason and mentioned how it disrupted the Nets but since he’s top 5 and ended not get traded he’s fine? 😂
The double standard of the blame Kai gets and not the blame KD gets is INSANE
I could be wrong, however, is the analogy for Kyrie & the red flag shawty comparing ones morals and values to the valuation of ones intrinsic skills?
It’s 99% Kyrie’s fault
Harden was their best player 🤷♂️
Why the hell didn't harden just wait for kyrie and durant to inevitably come back and inevitably win the next 5 championships???, makes absolutely no sense
I can’t believe how fast this team deteriorated. Great video guys!
I definitely feel like Kyrie played a part in all of it (and I fw Kyrie TUFF), but I’d want to leave too if I’m getting hit with an ultimatum and requirements to hoop (ya know, my job). The anti vax situation is totally different and flawed since NY mandate laws were brutal. Kai could’ve definitely handled the ant-Semitic situation better, but the FO was definitely on bs. KD also had injuries throughout that time frame so you can’t knock him for that at all.
I enjoyed the Roman Reigns pictures more than the video at times not gonna lie
What a horrible analogy. 4 year contracts aren't life time marriages . And both sides didn't agree to take a break, Nets Org suspended Kyrie. It was a one sided decision. Also, if you choose to banish your spouse from the relationship for months because she refused to let the City's mayor dictate what drugs get injected into her body then you're the real psycho here and she's lucky she cut ties with ur manipulating ass.
Happy to be a part of this channel's growth. These analysis videos are so well produced and formulated. Great content
Another w vid
Funny how you try to stay clean on the surface in the most vilely corrupt country with an abundance of mental disorder – racism in all its forms is the foundation of the USA – from the poor to the rich, from the rednecks to the Kennedys. But you NEED to stay CLEAN – no mater what …
Go get another booster u muppet! Lakers 2004 Lakers 2022
Seriously great content
Being a kyrie fan has been worse to my mental health than any relationship I’ve ever been in. Perfect analogy
KD was right we shoulda fired Sean marks. We would be in contention if we did. The effin talking heads made it seem like the front office needed to show strength against KDs demands. NO YOU DUMB DUMB MOFOS! Marks made a deal that rivals the Russell Wilson in peak stupidity which is giving James harden away for BEN “NOT SHOOTIN” Simmons. Like are you serious. How in your moronic brains did that make any sense.
I will miss KD. But not that much either.
You can see the Adam Blampied influences in this channel
Really? We forgetting the Bobcats from years past 🤣
Liberal. Gross
The reason the nets took a “win now” deal for kyrie was because even if they traded kd they still don’t own their picks, so they have to be somewhat competitive
Kyrie is just not a superstar. Why call him a superstar player, when he cannot carry a team?
Why don’t y’all do a ringless retrospective. Like talk about best players or coaches to never win a championship. I think it’s be a great video.
Nets had a huge opportunity to reinvent their culture, moving to Brooklyn.. Visually they did and thats it. they just went along with the gentrification of their team as well.
Blame Pie:
Joe Tsai 10% (Honestly I think he just played the hands off role for far too long and when he stepped in, the stars threw a tantrum)
Steve Nash 5% (not meant to be there)
Sean Marks 25%
Kyrie Irving 25%
James Harden 5% (injuries + understandable why he requested out + trade not on him)
Kevin Durant 15-20%
Injuries, bad luck 10-15%
So listen: No, they're not. There have been numerous attempts at assembling super-teams out of older stars who are a bit past their prime, and usually recovering from some major injury. Maybe some younger players don't remember when the Houston Rockets traded for Charles Barkley and Scottie Pippen to complement Hakeem Olajuwon, but I do. They weren't that old, either. Chuck was 35, Hakeem was 36, and Scottie was 33. When you consider that LeBron is still killing it at 38, and Steph is 34, there's no reason they couldn't have lucked out and stayed healthy. But they didn't, and they finished 31 and 19 in a lockout shortened season.
The big problem is that NBA viewers and analysts tend to to be backward-looking. They evaluate player ability not in terms of what their impact is right now, but what they had done in prior seasons. Kyrie is a good point guard. Great. Him and about 50 other NBA point guards. I hate to break it to you guys, but it's not that hard to find a guy who's 6'2" who can shoot and dribble. Durant is a different story, he's a unicorn, but there's only one of him, and hej's averaged 44 games in the 3 seasons since his injury. And the league finally started cracking down on Harden's jab-step/rip-through bullshit just in time for his move to Brooklyn.
Do you maybe remember when, in 2010 when LeBron assembled an actual super-team of all-star players in their 20's, instead of post-injury, somewhat washed names in their 30's? And then swore he would bring "Not 2, not 3, not 4, not 5, not 6, not 7 titles" but EIGHT? And the proceeeded to go 2 for 4 before slinking back to Cleveland? Because I do.
KD is his own flop. What a good of a human.. poison not even a cupcake…..maybe the cupcake of death, to the locker room 🧁🤷👹
DID YOU SAY THIS IS THE BEST BIG 3 ALL TIME? AAANNNNDDDD IN THEIR PRIMES. WHAT CHANNEL DID I CLICK HERE?
I feel like it’s harder to trade players in 2k then the actual NBA
The Nets have had a dysfunctional front office since the days of Otis Birdsong and Micheal Ray Richardson.
The greatest trio in NBA history is an overstatement.
The ADL has no legal power and serves no actual purpose but to protect the richest people. Follow the $$$
I still think the Miami heat with lebron those dudes were supposed to win not 1 not 2 not 12 rings together 😂
LeBron, AD, Russell Westbrook, Carmelo Anthony, and Dwight Howard not even making it to the play in tournament is a far worse failure. Far worse.
Kyrie’s antics really put a dent in the chemistry of the entire team
if Adam Silver turned injuries off it’d all be different 🙁
I’ll never forget watching that Bucks series. Definitely the most heartbreaking moment of my life
Uhm.. I'll take Kyrie's donation..