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BY CHRISTIAN ARNOLD
Even with all three members
of the Nets ‘Big 3’ in
health and safety protocol,
and another seven sidelined
because of COVID, Brooklyn
ranked in the top fi ve in the
latest NBA power rankings
by the NBA, ESPN, Sports Illustrated,
and USA Today.
The Nets have remained
atop the Eastern Conference
with a 21-9 record and survived
a hellish week which
saw Durant carry his team
until he too had to enter
COVID protocol. Both The
World Wide Leader and SI
moved Brooklyn up a spot
to third and fourth, respectively.
The league’s website held
the Nets at fi fth in its power
rankings and USA Today kept
them at fourth.
While it won’t happen
overnight, the Nets will be
getting back key pieces to its
roster over the next week or
so and that will be a drastic
help for a team that has had to
cobble together a roster. That
and the return to the court of
Harden, Durant, and Irving
in the near future is what has
given NBA observers the confi
dence to keep the Nets so
high.
As ESPN’s Tim Bontemps
wrote:
Once all three emerge from
their time away from the team,
they will have a chance to be
on the court together for the
fi rst time since the opening
moments of Game 1 of last
season’s Eastern Conference
semifi nals against the Bucks
when Harden injured his hamstring.
For now, it seems that
Irving will remain forced
to play just on the road for
Brooklyn. Though vaccine
mandates could change in
New York City, Mayor-elect
Eric Adams hasn’t indicated
if he would be making any updates
to the protocols put in
place by the outgoing Mayor
Bill de Blasio.
Still, even if that remains
the case for the rest of the
season, many prognosticators
seem to believe that it
will make the Nets a formidable
foe through the rest of
the season. Especially after
surviving the week from hell
that they had last week.
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BY JOE PANTORNO
Brooklyn Nets fans have
something to cheer about.
TheBrooklynGame.com has
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Most importantly, the site is
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With the Nets currently in
fi rst place in the Eastern Conference
— and with plenty of
off-the-court news — it is sure
to be a great season to stay upto
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New York’s most successful
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Despite COVID
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