On Tuesday night, the Brooklyn Nets played the Portland Trail Blazers in Oregon. The Nets won by a score of 132-114 to improve to 14-26 in their first 40 games. Ben Simmons finished the win with five points,

The Brooklyn Nets front office has mounting expectations from their players and Ben Simmons is not backing off from any of them.

The Nets were without Cam Johnson, D’Angelo Russell and Cam Thomas for Sunday’s game at Utah. And Ben Simmons is all but certain to miss one of the next two as well. Jordi Fernandez confirmed Simmons still hasn’t been cleared to play both ends of back-to-backs yet.

Over the next few years, the Nets will have multiple first-round draft picks, including four for the 2025 draft.

Iffy for Tuesday

On Friday night, the Brooklyn Nets played the Denver Nuggets (in Colorado). The Nets lost by a score of 124-105 to fall to 13-25 in their first 38 games. Ben

The Brooklyn Nets set a bad precedent by putting their injured players at the front of the bench and their active players at the back.

The Los Angeles Lakers insist they are getting their bearings again, and their next chance to show it comes with Friday's visit from the Brooklyn Nets.

LOS ANGELES — Nothing good came from the historic 126-67 beating the Nets took from the Clippers; no positive from Wednesday night other than it was over by Thursday, like a bad dream. But one from which they’ll move on, starting Friday at the Lakers. It’ll hurt their pride but not their plan.

Wednesday’s 126-67 massacre at the hands of the Los Angeles Clippers was a humiliating experience for Jordi Fernandez and the entire Nets organization.