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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For an entire year, Mike Smeltz from the Glue Guys has maintained that Kevin Durant would come back from his Achilles tendon tear to finish off this season with the Brooklyn Nets. Well that ain't happening. This podcast is all about how wrong Mike has been and is. Plus - what this means for Kyrie Irving, what the Nets should do now and much more.
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The Glue Guys evaluate how the NBA's 22 team format impacts Kevin Durant's decision to come back, whether Kyrie Irving will join him, and overall how KD and Kyrie joining the Nets again would impact the rest of the season.
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The Glue Guys first discuss a bit about what happened this weekend across the country. Then at (12:30) TGG debate who SNY's Ian Begley is talking about in his report that a respected veteran and a young, talented player are planning on joining the Nets in free agency.
Check back next episode later this week for a discussion about the NBA's return to play format and how that may influence Kevin Durant's decision to return.
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The Glue Guys: Weekend Edition. TGG match up the types of people in quarantine to certain NBA players including LeBron James, James Harden and Kevin Durant.
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The Glue Guys first dive into the mailbag (netspod@gmail.com) to discuss Mike's mysterious Achilles podcast series and which retro jerseys the Nets should resurrect. Then (24:00) TGG run through the most popular return-to-play NBA playoff formats and decide which one would most likely lead to a Kevin Durant comeback.
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The Glue Guys drop in a pop-up episode (short of an emergency pod) where they discuss the very interesting quotes from Sean Marks' 72 minute interview with a New Zealand-based sports podcast. Then dive into the new rumor from the Daily News surrounding the Nets interest in Wizards guard Bradley Beal
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The Glue Guys discuss the increasingly positive news about the (possible) return of the NBA season, what it means for the Nets and whether Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant will be on the floor if/when the season comes back.
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The Glue Guys examine all the possible bench-level free agents this summer that could help complete next year's Kyrie/KD-led Brooklyn Nets. The type of free agent targets include Cheap Shooting, Cheap Meat (backup bigs), the Spencer Dinwiddie Replacements, Ring Chasers, and a super secret Dark Horse candidate.
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ESPN's Adrian Wojnarowski made headlines for stating the Nets would not bring Kevin Durant back this season, but is that truly the Nets decision to make? Plus part one of a multi-part series taking a deep dive on the best depth pieces the Brooklyn Nets could sign this off-season.
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The Glue Guys parse out the fact, fiction and pure speculation out of recent quotes from Sean Marks, Ian Eagle and Jay Williams on the possibility that Kevin Durant will return this season... if there is a season.
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