Jacob Ebani
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Jacob Ebani
@EbaniJacob
Life comes hard at you fast #grinditout
Manhattan, NY Katılım Nisan 2021
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@BillyReinhardt I’m not looking to trade and look for superstars on the market. We’ve tried that already. They should draft based on BPA and try to get a young star that they can build around and be excited about because we need talent badly. If Acuff is there, you take him. End of story.
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One more on this dilemma…
I get it — Brooklyn fans are disappointed with a second consecutive crushing lottery fall. The hope was a homegrown superstar for the first time in forever.
Unfortunately, the reality is that the Nets are very likely no longer selecting in a range where a potential superstar will be. Have to acknowledge that rather than desperately shooting for the highest upside piece like Darius Acuff Jr. that has a 1% chance of being Damian Lillard or Derrick Rose.
You need a superstar to win. I believe we should all acknowledge that the Nets will have no choice but to look externally for that superstar down the road.
That said, the Nets should aim to build up a core of versatile players that fits a variety of different potential superstar players, accumulating a bunch of winning versatile pieces that have value around the league.
Drafting someone like Acuff, who is very polarizing and requires a very specific way of team building, could limit the Nets’ flexibility moving forward.
Billy Reinhardt@BillyReinhardt
Unless a player hits the top 1% outcome of one-way scoring guards, we’ve seen what really good fringe All-Star type one-way guards like Trae Young, Ja Morant, and De’Aaron Fox are worth on the market. This is a league where wing inflation is at an all-time high. Look at Mikal Bridges, Desmond Bane, OG Anunoby etc. Why use a premium asset on a one-way scoring guard when the pathway to that player having value is so much more narrow than the pathway for a two-way player with more size to garner value?
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Jacob Ebani retweetledi
The problem isn’t drafting 6th, the problem is now our GM has to think. Any time
He’s had to think we end up reaching 13 spots and drafting some long term developmental project with glaring weaknesses.
Just do the right thing. Take Darius Acuff at 6 don’t over think it🙏
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I was watching the 2026 NBA Draft Lottery again and I discovered that the No. 1 pick was almost in the hands of the Brooklyn Nets.
The 4-2 first two digit combination for the No. 1 pick essentially made it a 50-50 chance for BKN and WAS.
#1 was next, but #12 right behind. If the number had been #12 instead of #1 for that third ball being selected, the Nets would’ve had a 91% chance at the No. 1 pick with 10 of the 11 remaining combinations, compared to the Wizards having just one combination at 9%.
Once #1 became the third number, the Wizards instantly won the lottery, regardless of what the final number (13) was.
A split second took the Nets from being in the driver’s seat for the No. 1 pick to being out of the top four and selecting No. 6 overall.
Brutal.
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As much as I want Mikel Brown in BK, I've accepted the fact that they'll either take Kingston Flemings or reach on Karim Lopez. There's no in between.
Brooklyn Netcast@BrooklynNetcast
Mikel Brown Jr, if he is there and healthy, seems like a pretty easy choice at 6th. Has the upside to dribble, pass and shoot along with size. His nuclear shooting and high 3pr give him the highest upside of anyone outside the top 4 by a good margin.
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16 media members will be present in the lottery room during the drawings.
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@ShamsCharania This is the dumbest shit. Teams that are bad and want to improve in the draft clearly won’t have good records and you’re going to penalize them for having a bad roster? Lottery sucks.
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The NBA has disclosed to its 30 GMs a singular new anti-tanking reform that expands the draft lottery to 16 teams, flattens odds, and have a relegation zone where the bottom 3 teams are penalized with fewer lottery balls for the No. 1 pick.
ESPN details: espn.com/nba/story/_/id…
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Jacob Ebani retweetledi
The Milwaukee Bucks are waiving Cam Thomas just weeks after signing him, sources tell ESPN.
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Ron Holland is gonna be one of those flopping pussies in the league for a long time.
Second coming of Marcus Smart
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MICHAEL PORTER JR. TONIGHT:
30 POINTS
13 REBOUNDS
NETS TAKE DOWN THE PISTONS. (via @realapp)
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Jacob Ebani retweetledi
They’re calling it the most correct take in the history of sports
Shams Charania@ShamsCharania
The Los Angeles Clippers and 11-time All-Star James Harden are working through whether the sides can find a deal by Thursday's NBA trade deadline, sources tell ESPN. Both sides are aligned in conversations together and with interested teams.
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Continuity in Cincinnati: Bengals are bringing back head coach Zac Taylor and director of player personnel Duke Tobin for the 2026 season, per team president Mike Brown.
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I think I am the only Bijan owner to lose the championship. Really sucks cause nobody in the world likes him better then me he almost pulled off the craziest miracle Ive ever seen
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