Top Players:<\/strong><\/p>\nDeron Williams – Easily one of the top 5 point guards in the league although he doesn\u2019t get a lot of publicity. \u00a0Playing in Utah and New Jersey will do that but maybe he will be energized and hyped by the move to Brooklyn.
\nBrook Lopez – The 7 footer is a very good scorer who like Williams has flown under the radar throughout his career. \u00a0He played only 5 games last year and the Nets need him healthy to achieve any of their goals.
\nKris Humphries – Yes that one. \u00a0He is a physical rebounder who has averaged a double-double the last two seasons. \u00a0That is a small club.<\/p>\n
Johnson puts up numbers but I think Marshon Brooks could have done the same with added playing time. \u00a0I really like their frontcourt with a healthy Lopez, Humphries and Gerald Wallace at the three. \u00a0Lots of aggressive players who can rebound and put the ball in the hoop.<\/p>\n
It is a whole new ball game with lots of new faces and the team now located in Brooklyn. \u00a0Improvement should be in order but it might take awhile for players to gel, especially Johnson who is used to having the ball in his hands a lot. \u00a0The Nets are likely to be a pretty poor defensive team with only Humphries better than average by my books. \u00a0Look for some high scoring games at the new Barclays Center.<\/p>\n
Strengths<\/strong><\/p>\nLove their depth up front as this team has a legit 4 and 5. Bringing in Reggie Evans is also a winning move as he rebounds like mad and plays smart except for the rare times he looks at the basket. \u00a0Blatche averaged 16\/8 a couple of years ago in Washington and could be a great candidate for 6th man of the year if motivated and given consistent playing time. [ad-6571516]<\/p>\n
Weaknesses:<\/strong><\/p>\nI feel like I have written this before but this roster is missing a \u00a0pure shooter. \u00a0Joe Johnson had a bit of a comeback last year but the year before he nailed under 30% of his attempts from deep. \u00a0I would love to see a guy like Kyle Korver on the squad to take advantage of the space Deron Williams creates as well as the attention their inside people will command.<\/p>\n
Prediction<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Nets should make the playoffs this year. \u00a0They may not have been able to land Dwight Howard in the offseason but they should be improved and in the Eastern Conference any team that is any good will make the playoffs. \u00a0Once there I think they can also advance a round, depending on matchups. \u00a0The new Brooklyn Nets should be a pretty entertaining team that will put lots of points on the board.<\/p>\n
Situations to look out for…<\/strong><\/p>\nThe Nets were awful last year when facing off against Eastern Conference opponents – 18-29-1 ATS. \u00a0I expect that number to do a 180 as this high scoring team will catch some teams by surprise early in the season and use their youth to stay strong throughout the year. \u00a0You might want to back this team early on before the oddsmakers begin the slow process of sucking out the value.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Brooklyn Nets Season Preview \u2013 NBA Predictions The Nets have definitely upgraded their talent over the last couple of years. However, I am still left wondering why they went after Joe Johnson and his monster contract.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":180,"featured_media":27575,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[39626,56782,56994,56995,56996,744,745,749,2381,3925,4283,18390,18393],"class_list":["post-56953","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-nba","tag-39626","tag-2012-nba-gambling","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-nets","tag-brooklyn-nets-season-preview","tag-nba-betting","tag-nba-futures","tag-nba-odds","tag-nba-picks","tag-nba-predictions","tag-nets","tag-nets-odds","tag-nets-predictions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56953","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/180"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=56953"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56953\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":57174,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56953\/revisions\/57174"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27575"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=56953"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=56953"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/capperspicks.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=56953"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}