Brooklyn Nets NBA Championship Betting Odds
Is this how it ends for the Brooklyn Nets? Brooklyn was one of the favorites to win the NBA championship for each of the last two seasons with a healthy Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, but both superstars are looking for a way out after failing to deliver. The Nets were swept in the first round of the playoffs by the Boston Celtics last season, and that has led to all sorts of offseason drama. Durant is threatening to retire if he isn’t traded or if the Nets don’t shake up the front office, and Irving has asked to be traded too. Maybe this puts an end to the players first arc in the NBA, as Durant and Irving are two of the best players in the league, and they might have derailed the Nets for the foreseeable future for the price of a single postseason series win.
Brooklyn Nets at a Glance
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As of mid-August, Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant are still on the roster. If Irving and Durant are on the team this season, they definitely have the talent to contend, but the chemistry has been a major problem. Irving’s refusal to get vaccinated led to him only playing 29 games last season, and James Harden ended up requesting a trade during the season. Brooklyn ended up getting back Ben Simmons and Seth Curry in the trade, but Simmons didn’t take the floor for the team last year.
The lack of a true big man could be a real problem for this team, but the guard play has the potential to be strong considering Curry’s perimeter shooting. Patty Mills is a solid option to have off the bench, and Joe Harris has shown that he can score in bunches at times.
This team is a humongous question mark until we see some clarification on Durant and Irving. The loss of those two players would instantly put the Nets in rebuild mode, but that would be difficult since Brooklyn doesn’t currently own its first-round draft picks in 2024, 2025, or 2026.
Brooklyn Nets Seasons (2000)
| YEAR |
RECORD |
PLAYOFFS |
| 2021-22 |
44-38 |
Lost First Round |
| 2020-21 |
48-24 |
Lost Second Round |
| 2019-20 |
35-37 |
Lost First Round |
| 2018-19 |
42-40 |
Lost First Round |
| 2017-18 |
28-54 |
- |
| 2016-17 |
20-62 |
- |
| 2015-16 |
21-61 |
- |
| 2014-15 |
38-44 |
Lost First Round |
| 2013-14 |
44-38 |
Lost Second Round |
| 2012-13 |
49-33 |
Lost First Round |
| 2011-12 |
22-44 |
- |
| 2010-11 |
24-58 |
- |
| 2009-10 |
12-70 |
- |
| 2008-09 |
34-48 |
- |
| 2007-08 |
34-48 |
- |
| 2006-07 |
41-41 |
Lost Second Round |
| 2005-06 |
49-33 |
Lost Second Round |
| 2004-05 |
42-40 |
Lost First Round |
| 2003-04 |
47-35 |
Lost Second Round |
| 2002-03 |
49-33 |
Lost NBA Finals |
| 2001-02 |
52-30 |
Lost NBA Finals |
| 2000-01 |
26-56 |
- |
This franchise was born as the New Jersey Americans in 1967 and became the New York Nets the following year. The Nets made it to the ABA Finals three times in five years, winning the title twice with Julius Erving. Unfortunately, they were forced to sell Erving’s contract as a result of their move to the NBA, and that led to the Nets failing to post a winning record in their first five seasons in the new league. They only won one playoff series in their first 25 years in the NBA, and there was talk of this team moving as a result.
The New Jersey Nets didn’t win their first division title until the 2001-02 season. That was also the year where the Nets won their second playoff series, and they won two more to make their first NBA Finals appearance. Jason Kidd and a cast of solid role players ended up winning the Eastern Conference for two straight seasons, but the Nets could only win two games in their consecutive NBA Finals appearances.
Once again, the Nets reinvented themselves at the start of the 2010s. They moved to Brooklyn and became the Brooklyn Nets, and they built a state-of-the-art stadium. Joseph Tsai became the sole owner of the franchise in 2019, and he immediately went about making this team a contender by bringing in Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. The Nets traded for James Harden too, and they were seen as a potential dynasty in the making. However, Brooklyn has won just one playoff series in three years with Durant and Irving.
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