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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The Glue Guys dig into all the pre-draft buzz: does Damian Lillard want out of Portland, does Brooklyn want Lillard, and what prospects the Nets are attached to.
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Glue Guys dive back from break to react to Damian Lillard naming the Brooklyn Nets as one of his possible landing spots if he gets traded this offseason.
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Brian and Mike play a game of manufactured tension. Each podcaster takes an opposite side on a hot take style question about the Nets this offseason including should the Nets trade Mikal Bridges now, should the Nets trade Nic Claxton, should the Nets fire Jacque Vaughn to go after one of the available championship-winning coaches, is now the time to tank and whether the Nets should trade for a star this offseason.
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The Glue Guys fire up the offseason rocket boosters and dive right into the Damian Lillard rumors: whether it makes sense for either side, what the Nets would have to give up and overall how motivated the Nets should be to go after a star this offseason.
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What the hell happened in Game 3? That was a wild journey that ended in disappointment, but the Glue Guys are back to analyze exactly how everything played out in Game 3 along which ejection (Claxton or Harden) was more impactful, whether Joel Embiid should have been ejected and why the Nets lost the game.
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The Glue Guys dig deep into games 1 and 2 of the Nets-Sixers series to pull out the ways the Nets need to change to produce wins as the series heads to Brooklyn.
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The Athletic's Alex Schiffer joins Mike to discuss the 76ers-Nets series on several fronts: advantages and disadvantages for each team, x-factors, matchup plans, ranking the Nets and Sixers starters and ultimately making a final prediction for the series.
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The Glue Guys dive deep into the mailbag (netspod@gmail.com) to answer the biggest questions facing the Brooklyn Nets heading into their matchup against the Philadelphia 76ers: what would define a 'success' this series for the Nets, who else on the Nets will guard Joel Embiid, the weakest spot on the 76ers, and which role players will shine in this series.
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Ben Simmons is done for the rest of the season. The Glue Guys dig into the biggest questions surrounding Simmons including how to rationalize his first full season with the Nets, whether we believe there's a minor/major turnaround ahead, the trade likelihood and more.
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Brooklyn Nets starting point guard Spencer Dinwiddie joins the show to discuss how the transition back to Brooklyn has gone, the subtle ways he's trying to help build cohesion on the court, the development of Mikal Bridges and whether he thinks Silicon Valley Bank should be allowed to fail.
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