Brian Lewis

New York

@nypost reporter covering the Brooklyn Nets and the NBA. Husband, father, traveler and lover of good books, movies & 80s/90s hip-hop and R & B.

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Articles

Cam Johnson knows his Nets future is uncertain after career year

1 week ago | nypost.com | Brian Lewis

As a veteran coming off a career year — but mired on a rebuilding team — Cam Johnson knows the business enough to figure he’ll come up in trade talks. What he’ll want to know from Nets GM Sean Marks is how he fits into the team’s future plans, whether he’s going to help them win as a leader or as a trade chip. “Definitely, definitely go to him and ask, because I have a very vested interest in what we’re doing here,” Johnson said.
Nets have two clear choices in how to approach critical offseason

1 week ago | nypost.com | Brian Lewis

The rebuilding Nets have spent years — none more painful than this one — accruing assets. What would it take for the front office to cash them in this summer? In a rare moment of transparency, GM Sean Marks in essence said a superstar could turn them into a contender. Otherwise, the Nets are keeping their powder dry. “You’ll always have those opportunities. Whether we do or not, when we go in, those are questions that I cannot answer,” Marks said the day after the Nets wrapped up a 26-56 campaign.
Nets fittingly lost when it mattered to alter NBA draft pick plans

1 week ago | nypost.com | Brian Lewis

It was a fitting end to the season for the Nets. After a year that saw them pull out wins when their fans rooted for them to tank, they lost when a victory would’ve actually helped them in the draft. And it was against their archrival no less, blowing a lead and falling 113-105 to the Knicks before a sellout crowd of 17,926 at Barclays Center that included team owner Joe Tsai.
Nets finish sixth-worst in NBA with Cooper Flagg lottery odds, draft haul prefacing rebuild

1 week ago | nypost.com | Brian Lewis

The Nets’ 113-105 loss to the Knicks mercifully put an end to their regular season. Next comes the bigger stakes: the NBA draft lottery. 3 Brooklyn Nets head coach Jordi Fernández reacts on the bench during the second half of a game against the New York Knicks. Fernández’s squad fell in the contest, 113-105.
Nets finish sixth-worst in NBA with Cooper Flagg lottery odds, draft haul prefacing rebuild

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Brian Lewis

The Nets’ 113-105 loss to the Knicks mercifully put an end to their regular season. Next comes the bigger stakes: the NBA draft lottery. In front of team owner Joe Tsai, the Nets finished with the league’s sixth-worst record (26-56) — and thus the sixth-best odds in the lottery that will be the foundation of their rebuild.
Nets' rebuild now enters into hands of NBA Draft Lottery

1 week ago | nypost.com | Brian Lewis

Brooklyn’s season mercifully ends on Sunday. Then they’ll start what Nets head coach Jordi Fernandez repeatedly calls the biggest summer of their lives. Hyperbole aside, it’s easy to see why. The Nets’ future will largely be decided in exactly a month at the NBA Draft Lottery on May 12. It hasn’t even happened yet, but it’ll be one of the more pivotal points in their recent history. It’s why this season was this trying and tiring.
2025 NBA awards predictions: Razor thin race for MVP

1 week ago | nypost.com | Stefan Bondy |Brian Lewis |Mike Vaccaro

With the NBA regular season ending Sunday, The Post’s NBA writers pick their award winners. Here we go: MVP Stefan Bondy: Nikola Jokic, Nuggets. Toss-up with Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, but Jokic doesn’t have nearly as much help and is ***** averaging ***** a 30-point triple-double. Brian Lewis: Shai Gilgeous-Alexander, Thunder. The Oklahoma City guard unseats Jokic, who has won three of the past four awards, by leading the league in scoring and the Thunder to the top of the standings.
Nets lose blowout to Timberwolves with end of season finally in sight

1 week ago | nypost.com | Brian Lewis

The Nets dropped their final road game of the season, 117-91, to Minnesota before a sellout crowd of 18,978 at Target Center on Friday night. This tanking campaign is mercifully almost over, with just the finale Sunday against the Knicks. Brooklyn (26-55) is bound for its worst campaign since 2016-17, when it went just 20-62. The Nets trailed Minnesota by as many as 28, abused inside playing without Nic Claxton, Day’Ron Sharpe or Noah Clowney.
Nets lose blowout to Timberwolves with end of season finally in sight

1 week ago | sports.yahoo.com | Brian Lewis

The Nets dropped their final road game of the season, 117-91, to Minnesota before a sellout crowd of 18,978 at Target Center on Friday night. This tanking campaign is mercifully almost over, with just the finale Sunday against the Knicks. Brooklyn (26-55) is bound for its worst campaign since 2016-17, when it went just 20-62. AdvertisementThe Nets trailed by 28 and got dominated inside by Rudy Gobert.
Young Nets know what’s at stake for them in this rebuild: ‘Interviewing for our jobs’

1 week ago | nypost.com | Brian Lewis

Drew Timme reacts on the court during the Nets' game on April 10, 2025. Corey Sipkin for the NY POST The Nets are one of the youngest teams in the league, but that doesn’t mean most of that youth will be around for long — or even next season. Not with all the new blood they’ll have coming in June’s draft.