I would not go that far. During the previous 1-2 years they lacked Klay and some other players all the time and they were horrible. I remember clearly a period where they were playing g-league players all the time, they had nobody to play, all of their high paid players were injured and that is why they ended up being just those players. It was the shortened season and they ended up being the last team in the league that year. They had only 15 wins and 50 losses and closest had 19 wins (cavs).

So, it is clear to me that we are talking about them not being good at all. I get that they did alright last night but that doesn't change the fact that system is not good enough to get this exact team to playoffs or anything if big names weren't there.

Brooklyn Nets are in a really problematic condition now as we can see it in the standings also. They got their fifth loss in a row last night to Suns. And tonight, their opponent is Sacramento Kings. They are far worse team than Suns obviously and they are having a losing streak of seven games right now. This is a golden opportunity for Nets to finish this terrible streak lately. I think that they would obtain a delightful victory with the big help of Irving and Harden here. This would be an important win for them to gather strength again.

I just got done watching some Ja highlights.  I'm really upset that I never went to watch him play vs my alma.  The highlights I was watching was of him tearing my school up - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w5VyE3n3thU .   Dude is such a stud and without question the future of the NBA.  I'm pretty sure at one point I saw that Memphis fans were booing him for going through a rough patch of some sort?! lol...fools.

Hopefully Tommy T and your boys will be able to put up a W for you vs the grizz.  The Knicks are just an odd group.  Look amazing one night and shat the other. 

Yeah they need to bust the team up.  No way they can construct a premium team with a few tweaks.  Julius needs to go as much as I love his toughness.  I super bullish on quentin grimes.  He can guard 4 positions and has a sweet stroke.  Last 10 or so games showing some prowess driving too.  I don't like rj.  He is highly inefficient.  Needs to shoot 20-25 times to score 20 points.  Knicks 1 spot short of ja and even worse 1 spot short of steph Curry his draft year.  Day late dolla short...

At least the giants aren't in hot water... oh wait..

Morant is definitely an up and coming MVP in my opinion.

However, I wouldn't bet my money on him staying healthy the whole way. The way he plays is very Rose-esque and I don't feel like it is particularly sustainable.

Hopefully he does without his one-legged landings and start to work on the way he preserves his body as well as how he actually plays.

The Nets aren't going anywhere with this big 3.

There are too many clashing egos and people who demand the ball. The only superstar that should stay is KD in my opinion.

Get some more shooters and creators around KD and he will be completely fine. At least in a much better position than what the Nets are in right now.

Exactly - his frame is not built to be withstanding this type of impact.

And he seems to be going all-in every time he goes to the hoop. That is both a virtue and could be his downfall as well given that he is either going to posterize you completely or land awkwardly.

Already have had several close calls with him. The Memphis front office hopefully is warning him about this.

He is what like 170'ish? so yeah I would say that frame wouldn't hold that impact of him jumping so high every time he goes to the hope and just one bump will be over for him.

For sure the front office is well aware of it, and could have been talking to Morant.

But what can we do, he puts 100% every game, so it's going to be very hard to stop him from what he is doing in the league right now.

I feel like I need a bot that just posts Dwight Howard's stats and says that Frank Vogel needs to be fired on here after every game.  Tonight Dwight Howard put up 10 points and 7 rebounds on 4-6 from the field with only 11 minutes of play.  At that pace you're looking at a 30/20 game if he got as many minutes as the starters and he does this almost every night...  Luckily tonight AD put up 30 and Carmelo Anthony was a monster shooting 8-12 for 24 points so it was enough for them to beat the Blazers, but barely.  Without Damien Lillard this game shouldn't have even been close...  I can't believe with a roster full of hall of famers, LeBron still has to carry his team and they struggle against even the most overmatched opponents when he sits out (like tonight).