Talk is Cheap for High-Priced Nets
Brooklyn players meet, then split after latest loss at Barclays
No longer able to explain their early-season malaise, the Brooklyn Nets opted not to following Monday night’s 108-98 loss to the red-hot Portland Trail Blazers before a disgruntled sellout crowd of 17,732 at the Barclays Center.
The team with the NBA’s highest payroll was picked by many to seriously challenge not only for the Atlantic Division crown, but the Eastern Conference title as well after acquiring the likes of Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Jason Terry and Andrei Kirilenko this past offseason.
But instead, the new-look Nets have stumbled severely out of the gate, leaving neophyte head coach Jason Kidd to twist in the wind only three weeks into his first season at the helm.