Our All Time Top 50 Brooklyn Nets Have Been Updated to Reflect the 2023-2024 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the top 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists and consistently look to update them when necessary and based on necessity. As such, we are delighted to present our post-2023 revision of our top 50 Brooklyn Nets.
As for all of our top 50 players in basketball, we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles that are not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, Brooklyn, which is now entirely devoid of its big three, Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving, and James Harden (which led to zero titles), is back to rebuilding. The Nets failed to make the playoffs, and there were no new entries, though two elevations.
As always, we present our top five, which saw no changes:
1. Jason Kidd
2. Julius Erving
3. Buck Williams
4. Brook Lopez
5. Vince Carter
You can find the entire list here.
Nic Claxton moved to #24 from #40.
Spencer Dinwiddie, who was traded to the Lakers late in the year, still rose significantly from #35 to 28.
The jumps of Claxton and Dinwiddie reflect the few stars the Nets have had and the relative brevity of players' time there.
We thank you for your continued support of our lists on Notinhalloffame.com.
Our All-Time Top 50 Brooklyn Nets Have Been Revised to Reflect the 2022-23 Season
Yes, we know that this is taking a while!
As many of you know, we here at Notinhalloffame.com are slowly generating the 50 of each major North American sports team. That being said, we have existing Top 50 lists out and we always consistently look to update them when we can and based on necessity. As such, we are very happy to present our post 2022/23 revision of our top 50 Brooklyn Nets.
As for all of our top 50 players in basketball we look at the following:
1. Advanced Statistics.
2. Traditional statistics and how they finished in the National Basketball Association.
3. Playoff accomplishments.
4. Their overall impact on the team and other intangibles not reflected in a stat sheet.
Last year, Brooklyn made it to the playoffs, but they lost both Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving who wanted out, this ending what should have been an NBA contender. There is one new entrant and four elevations.
As always, we present our top five, which was not affected by the last season:
1. Jason Kidd
4. Brook Lopez
5. Vince Carter
You can find the entire list here.
Kevin Durant, who finished the year in Phoenix, went to #13 from #26, and the other of the departed, Kyrie Irving, rose to #17 from #25, which, yes, shocked us too. Remember, this plays more into the team in question and that with so few players who can make an impact, elevating is easy for stars…even disgruntled ones.
Shooting Guard, Joe Harris, who is now with Detroit, went up one spot to #33.
The returning Spencer Dinwiddie, who came back to the Nets in the Kyrie trade, went up two spots to #35.
The lone new entrant is Nic Claxton, who debuts at #40.
We welcome your input and comments and as always, we thank you for your support.
28. Spencer Dinwiddie
Dinwiddie saw Kyrie Irving with the Nets, meaning that his playing time would be reduced, but Kyrie's injuries saw Dinwiddie hit career-highs in PPG (20.6). Even with Kyrie and the talent improved Nets, Dinwiddie was expected to have significant minutes for Brooklyn, but after four Games, a torn ACL ended that.
Dinwiddie would be traded to Washinginton in the 2021 off-season, ending what turned out to be his first run in Brooklyn. He came back as part of the trade that sent Irving to Dallas late in the 2022/23 Season, though was traded to the Toronto Rapotrs, and was waived so that he could sign with the Los Angeles Lakers for their playoff run.