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Darryn Peterson made his NCAA Tournament debut while Brooklyn was hosting the Knicks on Friday, while Boozer made his Thursday afternoon. Dybantsa put on an all-time performance in BYU’s loss to Texas, looking like a potential No. 1 overall pick. “He’s going to be a great player. People talk about comparisons to [Kevin Durant], Jayson Tatum, and it does look like it to me,” Nets rookie Egor Dëmin told The Post of his BYU successor. “It’s a lot of midrange, really aggressive driver, slasher, the transition game, physicality, crazy athlete. He’s got everything to be able to play on the highest level.”
Undersized and undermanned, yes. But watch Josh Minott and Brooklyn’s bench lead a near comeback in their 93-92 heartbreaker Friday night at Barclays Center. And listen to Minott in the painful aftermath, and it would be clear just how much it meant. “I wanted that s–t so f–king bad,” said a visibly galled Minott, who had 22 points on a career-best 6-for-9 from deep. “Ever since we’ve been here, it’s like every game is an away game. [Friday] was just the night to really just stick it to everybody, man. As an organization, as a team, to show people that we got s–t here, yo.
New York Knicks head coach Mike Brown acknowledged Brooklyn’s performance after Friday’s 93-92 road win at Barclays Center. “Give Brooklyn a lot of credit. I thought they came out and they were extremely physical from the beginning of the game throughout the whole game and it impacted us and start with Jordi on down. Jordi outcoached me,” Brown said.
Marc J Spears: Knicks head coach Mike Brown reached 500 wins with a victory at Brooklyn tonight and became the 40th coach in NBA history to reach that mark. Hawks head coach Quin Snyder also has 496 career coaching wins.
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Justin Martinez: Here’s OKC’s injury report for its road game against Brooklyn tonight: Chet Holmgren is questionable. Jalen Williams, Isaiah Hartenstein and Lu Dort are out.
Jeff McDonald: Keldon Johnson and Stephon Castle are both in tonight in Brooklyn.
Grant Afseth: The Dallas Mavericks now plan to stay overnight in Indianapolis ahead of Tuesday's game in Brooklyn against the Nets. More info will be on @DALHoopsJournal soon as updates occur. Another note: Cooper Flagg will no longer appear on The Jimmy Fallon Show as a result of the Dallas Mavericks’ travel complications.
Basically, the first two-thirds of the season would play out with a normal schedule, and after that point, the league bifurcates: The top 20 teams only play one another the rest of the way; the same goes for the bottom 10 (or bottom 12 after expansion). Here’s the twist: Those bottom teams improve their draft position by accumulating wins rather than losses, as teams such as Washington or Brooklyn couldn’t have the best draft pick or lottery odds without beating some of their tanking brethren in actual games.
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Joel Lorenzi: Not exactly the tanking masterclass that I expected from Brooklyn, especially with the standard of tanking being set league wide. Claxton was 11 of 14 in the paint. Nets shot 50.6% FG, 48% on 3s. Bulls drop their fifth straight, 123-115, and are 0-3 post deadline.
Bucks Lead: Cam Thomas on his time in Brooklyn and new beginnings in Milwaukee: "Being somewhere for 5 years you get comfortable there, you love it there. But at the end of the day, it's still a business and it's new beginnings and happy for the opportunity, happy that everybody is embracing me. Everybody's happy that I'm here. Everybody wanted me. I feel great, can't wait to get on the court and help win."
Cam Thomas on his time in Brooklyn and new beginnings in Milwaukee:
— Bucks Lead (@BucksLead) February 9, 2026
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The NBA free agency buyout market will reportedly include former Lakers guard Lonzo Ball (traded from Cleveland to Utah earlier this week) and Nets guard Cam Thomas (set to be waived by Brooklyn, ESPN reported Thursday), among other potential guards to spark the Lakers’ offense further than just bringing in Kennard. The Lakers could also look into adding an additional big man to help improve frontcourt depth behind DeAndre Ayton and Jaxson Hayes.
