Maybe Nets Time

Sean Marks took over one of the worst franchises in sports. Within a few years, he orchestrated the “clean sweep” and was heralded as one of the greatest GMs in basketball. When the players involved in that clean sweep then tried to get Marks fired a mere 2 years later, he suddenly became a complete joke, an obvious disaster, and the sole reason why the Nets suck. In all this hyperbole, one question is consistently obscured: is Sean Marks actually a good GM? 

In this episode we try to answer that question by taking a long, hard look at the man’s record, from the Jeremy Lin signing to the Noah Clowney draft pick. We leave no stone unturned. 

You’ll have to listen to discover the verdict.

When KD, Harden, and Kyrie were on the Nets, I blamed Kyrie for all their woes. Now that the three have abandoned BK, I find myself rooting for Kyrie as I revel in the disappointments of KD and Harden. My question for you, Nets Nation, is: why?

The playoffs inevitably result in disappointed teams >>>

Disappointed teams inevitably result in star movement >>>

Star movement inevitably results in...the Nets getting a star???

Bill Simmons recently claimed the Nets were the #1 franchise he wouldn't want to be. We argue (convincingly) that the mediocre, expectation-less Nets are in a far better spot than the Celtics are (since they are obviously going to flame out again in the playoffs, leading to heartbreak, recriminations, and real fan suffering all around).

Share this with your Celtics fan friends - they need to know the pain that is coming.

A breathtakingly quick breakdown of all the hottest Nets news of the last 13 days, brought to you by a human and an RSS feed.

These are dark days in Nets Nation, so we thought we'd try to brighten things up a bit by comparing Nets to...characters in the classic cringe comedy "It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia."

Also, is that DFS in the thumbnail? If you need a clearer image of this, hit us up on X @maybenetstime

While much of Nets Twitter is despairing over the loss of Kyrie Irving and his ever faithful lackey KD, we feel like celebrating: this long three year nightmare is finally over! No one has enjoyed watching this team slowly tear itself apart, so why should we be upset by it finally breaking up? Shouldn’t we all be celebrating a future that does NOT include Kyrie Irving? He’s going to be someone else’s problem soon! 

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While much of Nets Twitter is despairing over the loss of Kyrie Irving and his ever faithful lackey KD, we feel like celebrating: this long three year nightmare is finally over! No one has enjoyed watching this team slowly tear itself apart, so why should we be upset by it finally breaking up? Shouldn’t we all be celebrating a future that does NOT include Kyrie Irving? He’s going to be someone else’s problem soon!

Send your mailbag questions to [email protected]

We look back at some of the players we've talked about since we started back in 2017. Man this team used to be fun. 

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These are the "lost" episodes from when we left our former podcast partner. Didn't want them to be gone forever, but they lack any real description or image. Sorry!