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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NYT's Marc Stein reports the Nets are looking at Ty Lue, Jason Kidd, Jeff Van Gundy, Mark Jackson and Jacque Vaughn as the next head coach of the Brooklyn Nets. The Glue Guys lean on lessons of Phil Jackson from The Last Dance and go through the list to see which candidate represents the ethos of Phil the most.
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Brooklyn Nets guard Chris Chiozza joins the show from his family's home in Memphis. Chris talks about how the Nets are communicating with players during quarantine, his rise in the Nets lineup, what it was like playing 3-on-3 with Kevin Durant during KD's rehab from the Achilles injury.
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Mike is joined by The Athletic's John Hollinger, former VP of Basketball Ops with the Memphis Grizzles, to dive into the biggest questions facing the Brooklyn Nets this offseason: head coaching possibilities, 3rd star trade targets and best fit with Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant.
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TGG dig into their inbox to run through some listener-suggested Brooklyn Nets trade possibilities including deals involving Rudy Gobert, Nikola Vucevic, LaMarcus Aldridge and more. (31:30) How much would you give up to get only one year of Giannis Antetokounmpo. Plus much more trade discussion.
Then (57:30) Down to Dunk's Andrew Schlecht joins Mike to run through a fake Chris Paul-Brooklyn Nets trade. Andrew representing the Thunder's interests and Mike inhabiting the role of Sean Marks.
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In Part 2 of a two-part pod, Brian and Mike rank the 3rd stars the Brooklyn Nets could most realistically attain in a trade. This episode focuses on the players in the top 3 most realistic as well as a WILD CARD. Part 1 focused on the players ranked 4th and 5th on the most realistic trade scale.
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In Part 1 of a two-part pod, Brian and Mike rank the 3rd stars the Brooklyn Nets could most realistically attain in a trade. This episode focuses on the players ranked 5 to 3. Part 2, to be released on Thursday, looks at the top 2 choices, as well as a WILD CARD!
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In part 2 of a two part series, Brian and Mike look at which major trade candidates would fit the best with Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving as the Nets' third star. In Part 1 - TGG named their top choices. This episode will focus on their 2nd, 3rd and Wild Card selections.
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In Part 1 of a two part series, The Glue Guys look at which available 3rd star would be the best fit next to Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving. Part 1 contains each of Brian and Mike's ideal available 3rd star that would fit on and off the court with Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant. Part 2, which will come out Wednesday, focuses on TGG's 2nd, 3rd and Wild Card choices.
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The Glue Guys take a scalpel to Nets GM Sean Marks' recent comments on the possibilities that Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant may come back this season, if there is a season.
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ESPN's Brian Windhorst reports the Nets are searching for a 'Blue Chip' head coach.
The Glue Guys dive into all the possibilities: what defines a blue chip coach, which available (and currently unavailable) coaches would be blue chip targets, and ultimately what is the best possible outcome from the coaching search.
Check back later this week, where the Glue Guys dive into how the Nets could acquire a third star. And what it would take to get that third star.
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