Brooklyn Nets: Flatbush Lacks Big Bouncy Bodies

From the desk of:  THE HOOPS OF FLATBUSH

They Must Go Harder..!

Brooklyn Nets: Flatbush Getting Pushed Around ...

I know I'm not breaking new ground here.  But the Nets recent competition is making it painfully clear just how undersized they really are, and how much interior physicality Brooklyn really lacks.  Three-pointers, rebounding, and adhering to analytics has gotten them this far.  However, during this recent stretch against top competition Jarrett Allen is increasingly being forced into bumping with bigger bodies.  And while I mean Ed Davis no disrespect - he does have his moments - there's a reason he's with his fifth team.  If anything, Davis best exemplifies the Nets glaring need for a top tier power forward.  I fear Saturday's rematch game at Milwaukee will only serve to further confirm this.

At the same time, it's not like the Nets haven't had their opportunities.  Coach Atkinson's system is not the problem.  And D'Angelo Russell can only do so much.  Cycling back to their need for a PF, the Nets likewise need a polished closer.  And so the rebuild indeed continues regardless of what transpires over the next three games.

That said, the Nets are up against it, but remain very much in the mix.

#Nets catch a break; Magic win but T'Wolves defeat Miami Heat; Brooklyn ends day in eighth place 1/2 game ahead of Miami. #WeGoHard

— B'klynTrolleyBlogger (@BTB_MikeII) April 6, 2019

Make that tied for seventh, one full game ahead of Miami.

Saturday's game against the Eastern Conference top seeded Milwaukee Bucks will be the first of back-to-back road games.  They follow up at Indianapolis on Sunday.  After two days off they'll host the Miami Heat in the regular season finale at Barclays Center, in a game which very likely will decide Brooklyn's playoff fate.