• Kyrie Irving pours in 40 points to lead Nets past Celtics

    Kyrie Irving pours in 40 points to lead Nets past Celtics

    Steve Nash was concerned the Nets could by rusty after the All-Star break, and he was right. But Kyrie Irving was so good against his old team, it didn’t matter. After putting on a show in a
  • Kyrie Irving could be in more trouble after skipping NBA All-Star media session

    Kyrie Irving could be in more trouble after skipping NBA All-Star media session

    Nets All-Star guard Kyrie Irving could face more NBA sanctions after he backed out of his 11:10 a.m. Zoom call with media on All-Star Sunday. The media was notified at 11:15 a.m. during the call
  • Nets drill Rockets in James Harden’s return to Houston

    Nets drill Rockets in James Harden’s return to Houston

    In his much-anticipated return to Houston, James Harden heard the jeers first. Then he received the cheers. And by the end, he got the victory. Harden’s triple-double led his new team past his old
  • Nets’ real chance to finally take city from Knicks may not come again

    Nets’ real chance to finally take city from Knicks may not come again

    The Nets get most of the bold-faced headlines now, and with reason. When the 2020-21 NBA season begins, they will certainly be among the most intriguing teams in the league, with or without James
  • James Harden has to change to make Nets’ potential Big 3 work

    James Harden has to change to make Nets’ potential Big 3 work

    James Harden is giving every indication that he wants to bolt Houston for Brooklyn, join Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving in the NBA’s next superteam. Everybody involved would be paying a price for
  • Kemba Walker’s NBA playoff showcase is a Kyrie Irving warning

    Kemba Walker’s NBA playoff showcase is a Kyrie Irving warning

    The thing to keep at the front of your mind, if you are a Nets fan, are the 20 games Kyrie Irving played this year. It was an all-too-brief sample, an all-too-fleeting taste, but those 20 games need to stay prominent because they remind you of all he can be, and all the Nets can …
  • Knicks mailbag: Free-agency push for Christian Wood is complicated

    Knicks mailbag: Free-agency push for Christian Wood is complicated

    You ask, we answer. The Post is fielding questions from readers about New York’s biggest pro sports teams and getting our beat writers to answer them in a series of regularly published mailbags. In today’s installment: the Knicks. Will the Knicks pursue Christian Wood in free agency? — Yaron Rahmani It’s hard to imagine the …
  • LeBron James leading pushback against Kyrie Irving’s NBA restart stand

    LeBron James leading pushback against Kyrie Irving’s NBA restart stand

    Kyrie Irving’s stance against the NBA, which has been shutdown since March because of the coronavirus pandemic, resuming play amid a social justice movement has significant support among his peers. More than 80 players joined the Nets star on a conference call Friday night, with several sharing the opinion that the league — scheduled to …
  • Kevin Durant officially ends hope of Nets return: ‘My season is over’

    Kevin Durant officially ends hope of Nets return: ‘My season is over’

    Kevin Durant confirmed The Post’s report he’s not planning on coming back to the Nets this summer in Orlando. “My season is over,’’ Durant told The Undefeated. “I don’t plan on playing at all. We decided last summer when it first happened that I was just going to wait until the following season. I had …
  • How call with Kobe Bryant set up Kyrie Irving’s greatest moment

    How call with Kobe Bryant set up Kyrie Irving’s greatest moment

    When Kyrie Irving was growing up in New Jersey playing in his yard, imagining coming up big in the clutch, this wasn’t how he pictured it looking. The clutch was hitting shots or making plays in the NBA Finals, not feeding hungry people in a pandemic. But these are the times we’re in. With the …