Stay ConnectedWelcome to The Glue Guys, a Brooklyn Nets podcast from The Athletic brought to you by Mike Smeltz and Brian Egan focusing on all things Brooklyn Nets and the NBA. The show began when KG and Paul Pierce were still Nets… and somehow The Glue Guys have survived along with the Nets fan base
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Mo Dakhil, co-host on The Athletic NBA Show and former NBA video coordinator, joins Mike to discuss how Steve Nash will incorporate Kyrie Irving, the impact of Kyrie's part-time status, and much more.
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Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving have gotten off the COVID list and are preparing to join James Harden on the floor. The Glue Guys dive into the mailbag (netspod@gmail.com) to discuss how back is Harden, big rotation questions, Joe Harris v. Patty Mills, center rotation, and how Steve Nash should handle Kyrie's return.
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The Glue Guys dig into the latest surrounding Kyrie Irving's pending return including some interesting news bubbling out of a local government. Then at (13:00) special Holiday edition of Killer Komparisons: NBA players to popular and obscure holidays.
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Kyrie Irving is coming back to the Brooklyn Nets. Mike and Brian run through 12 burning questions surrounding Kyrie's pending return: are we happy, how much does this raise the Nets championship chances, will this positively/negatively impact the franchise overall, rotation questions, conspiracy theories AND does Kyrie's return actually increase the Nets chances to trade Kyrie.
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A depleted Brooklyn Nets team beat the Toronto Raptors in a fantastically exciting game that featured Kessler Edwards and David Duke Jr. with surprising play. Mike and Brian celebrate the game, diving into all the intriguing details: Patty Mills is a killer, Blake Griffin slip-n-sliding on the floor, and what to make of Nic Claxton.
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The Athletic's Shams Charania joins the show to discuss the increased optimism surrounding the possibility of Kyrie Irving's return to the Nets. Mike and Shams talk through what role Kevin Durant has played in Kyrie's possible return, what Nets management has to consider, the mood in the locker room around Kyrie and more. Then at (20:00) Mike and Brian dig into all the potential positives and pitfalls of a possible Kyrie Irving comeback.
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The Glue Guys actively attempt to avoid discussing the depressing Brooklyn Nets' loss to the Chicago Bulls... by discussing the angst in Portland and how a potential Kyrie Irving-Damian Lillard swap could work! Then at (25:00) Nets roster re-drafting - Mike and Brian update their preseason Nets draft and see which players have risen/sunk the most.
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Basketball is fun! The Glue Guys pull out their microscope and get granular on everything that happened during the Nets victory of the Knicks: Reggie Miller resurrecting James Harden, Kevin Durant the Closer, Cam Thomas dynamic insertion into the Nets rotation plus an interesting Kyrie Irving trade idea from a good friend of the show.
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The Glue Guys run through the 8 biggest Brooklyn Nets storylines this year and decide whether they are overrated/underrated/properly rated.
-The Nets can't beat elite teams
-Joe Harris' injury and the impact on the Nets rotation
-The on-court impact of Kyrie Irving's absence
-The off-court impact of Kyrie Irving's absence
-James Harden's play this year
-Kevin Durant's Achilles recovery
-LaMarcus Aldridge's contributions
-Patty Mills signing
-Nets owner Joe Tsai's decision to not sign Spencer Dinwiddie
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The Glue Guys begin with the important transformation the Brooklyn Nets are undergoing, specifically the increasing comfortableness of the team's role players including Patty Mills, LaMarcus Aldridge and James Johnson. TGG discuss John Hollinger's new piece in The Athletic on the top free agents next offseason, which includes Kyrie Irving and James Harden. Then (28:00) Killer Komparisons: Brooklyn Nets as archetypal Thanksgiving guests.
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