INSIDER: Why Brooklyn Nets’ DEFENSE Is Team’s Greatest TANK WEAPON | Are TOP Lottery Odds Locked In?
Erik Slater reacts to the Brooklyn Nets’ 125-109 loss to the Minnesota Timberwolves, outlining how the team’s defense has become its greatest tank weapon. He also analyzes Jordi Fernandez’s rotation decisions and performances from Egor Demin, Cam Thomas, and Nic Claxton.
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28 Comments
This team should be launched into the sun and never come back
What was your top takeaway from the Nets' loss to the Timberwolves and their 0-7 start as a whole?
FIRE SEAN MARKS
The idea that a professional basketball team is possibly “tanking” the third week of a regular reason is quite unprofessional , is a disservice to the consumer , who attends games during the current season, hoping to experience a qualitative performance and enables lack of accountability for the current head coach and the general manager , who hired him ; “tanking” to get “top draft pick ” positions lacks strategy, if the general manager drafts “low production” players in the upcoming draft ; “👎” ;
“🤡🎪” ; “#loserstank”.
75 more L’s to go
Recently Slater stated that he thought the most likely outcomes that Cam Thomas would be traded by December 15. But more more I’m coming to believe I don’t think there’s an actual team that would actually make sense for the nets or Thomas. In that the more likely scenario is that he’s gonna be on the team to the trade deadline and then they’re just waive him or simply bench him.
For Thomas what team can you go to? That’s gonna play him 30+ minutes a game, allow me to take as many shots as he feels like taking, and have no defensive expectations of him? And for the Nets what team would give anything of value for Cam Thomas? What are you getting at this point a second round pick? You’re dealing with a player that not one team gave any sort of offer for during free agency.
I loved the end of the game with all the rookies playing. I think they should play like this all game long
Dude this fan and fan base is kinda ridiculous. 7 games and still no wins. We as fans should want them to win no matter the cost especially in prime time. I was rooting for a win. Listening to this makes it hard to want to be a nets fan because so many have this 0-82 attitude
Try to win with the rookies and the players most likely to stick around for a while. The rookies are more likely to show more effort and certainly would be more entertaining to watch. I liked seeing Clowney get into the starting lineup. We know what CT is, and we know what Clax is. Let's move forward.
If the defense is the problem how about stop giving heavy mins to cam Thomas who btw is wont be back next yr
Traspaso inmediato de Highsmith y Clowney más una segunda ronda de éste año y otra del siguiente, a cambio de la peor primera ronda de 2026 de Hawks y Grizzlies, que tienen varias. Y éste año contratar a Bol Bol y Fultz para no dar tanta pena. Y ya en diciembre traspaso de Thomas. Tampoco ningún rookie funciona. Culpa de Marks y en menor medida de Fernández.
Next game 0-8 mark my words. Worst coach in nba history. Kobe Bufkin is the Best
Kobe Bufkin
They traded Durant, Irving and Harden and THIS is what theyve got now? Are the tickets free? This is the worst channel ive ever seen. Hey guys we lost again 🥳🎉 who goes to these gms
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How you drafts 5 players in the 1st round, and none of them are playable. Meanwhile rookies all over the league making major contribution right out the gate.
Cedrick coward and Collin boyles sure are looking a lot better then demin
Sean marks really drafted 0 athletic with his 5 picks
Powell is athletic but he was a second rounder talent 😂
Nets fans gonna be miserable next season when they don’t own their draft pick
Mpj already missing games due to personal reasons lol
Thank you!
I hope we see some more of the rookie soon.
Broooooooklynnnnn!
Great episode!
I want Saraf back in the rotation. They need to play the rookies.
Walter Clayton
Javon Small
Ryan Kalkbrenner
These 3 were 2nd Round or late 1st round. Playing minutes and contributing.
I can’t list the high picks but we see what Flagg, Edgecombe, Knueppel, Harper are doing. They were going to be contributing early but our draft picks haven’t won playing time on a below average NBA team.
They need to be used in games so we know we have moving forward.
The NBA and Adam Silver need to step in and do something about this team being so bad
This team is unacceptable, this probably the worst team I've ever seen in the NBA
I canceled my Gotham app, I will never step foot in the Barclay's until Sean Mark is outta here, this why Kd wanted him gone the summer before he got traded 😢
As a Brooklyn native, this is embarrassing. I will not be a Brooklyn nets fan with this team playing like this.