{"id":313130,"date":"2026-08-04T03:58:45","date_gmt":"2026-08-04T03:58:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/313130\/"},"modified":"2026-08-04T03:58:45","modified_gmt":"2026-08-04T03:58:45","slug":"netsdaily-reacts-how-much-better-are-the-nets-now-than-they-were-at-the-start-of-the-offseason","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/313130\/","title":{"rendered":"NetsDaily Reacts: How much better are the Nets now than they were at the start of the offseason?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions of the most plugged-in Nets fans and fans across the country.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The biggest moves of the Brooklyn Nets\u2019 2026 NBA offseason are probably behind us.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">On paper, Brooklyn is deeper and more experienced than it was in June, even if expectations around the league remain modest. Whether those additions translate into significantly more wins is another question.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">With that said, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/DbZfWpCjHzn\/?img_index=2\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">it feels obvious the roster improved<\/a>. Jordi Fernandez has coached two All-Stars prior to the Nets trading for Julius Randle: Ben Simmons and D\u2019Angelo Russell. Both were well-removed from those days. Randle is back in New York and the Nets are happy to have him. Fernandez too.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">\u201cHe\u2019s going to be a leader, that\u2019s for sure. We\u2019re bringing a three-time All-Star, a guy who\u2019s been in the playoffs multiple times,\u201d Fernandez <a href=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=q124vb7B_DA\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">said<\/a> of Randle while on ESPN\u2019s broadcast of the Las Vegas Summer League.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">The roster certainly looks different than it did a few months ago, but opinions vary on how much those changes move the needle.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1upudxki _174s0un1 _174s0un0 _1mt21p01\">What was the offseason\u2019s biggest addition in your eyes? Let us know in the comments!<\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/www.instagram.com\/embed.js\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Welcome to SB Nation Reacts, a survey of fans across the NBA. Throughout the year we ask questions&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":313131,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[36],"tags":[98,100,28536,99,9,24,63],"class_list":["post-313130","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn","tag-brooklyn-headlines","tag-brooklyn-nets-discussion","tag-brooklyn-news","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-city","tag-nyc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313130","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313130"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313130\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/313131"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313130"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313130"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313130"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}