In wake of their league-high eighth straight losses ... plus plenty of “noise from the outside,” there are mixed levels of “concern” emanating from the Nets locker room and front office. An All-Star break reset couldn’t come sooner but that’s 10 days and six games away. Brooklyn will have deal with all their issues in the interim including Thursday’s trade deadline.
For the first time since reports surfaced that the Nets are open to dealing James Harden to Philadelphia for Ben Simmons, a Nets official went on record in an attempt to shut down that rumor (at least for now).