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Nets Daily: The day after Bridges returns to Barclays on January 21, Kevin Durant does the same thing on January 22. Kyrie Irving returns March 24. James Harden March 28.

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Darko Dželetović: Kyle Filipowski leaving Barclays green room disappointed @DukeMBB standout did not get drafted in the 1st round

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Meghan Triplett: Lonnie Walker IV will also be OUT tomorrow night for the @BrooklynNets vs Rockets game, per Jacque Vaughn. Vaughn said Lonnie worked out today and that all signs are pointing towards him playing on Friday night vs Thunder at Barclays.

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Noah Eagle will call Nets’ games this season, The Post has learned. Eagle’s father, Ian, has had a legendary run on Nets’ games. This will be his 30th year on the team’s broadcasts. The numbers: With Ian and Ryan Ruocco still handling the bulk of the action, Noah is expected to call 10 games, give or take. His Nets debut is scheduled for Saturday night, Dec. 2, in Brooklyn, when the Magic visit Barclays.

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Nets Daily: .@Doug Bearak with some awful news for Nets fans and players. Judy Resnick, Mrs. Whammy, an avid Nets fan herself and Mr. Whammy’s faithful companion at Barclays for years, has passed away. Condolences to all who will miss her which is a long list. May her memory be a blessing.

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Erik Slater: Mikal Bridges said he was joking around with Nets employees at Barclays days before the KD trade: "I was f***ing around like, 'This is my home', then I get f***ing traded 2 days later... I'm dapping the employees up like, 'Imma see you bruh, imma be back here in a couple days.'"…

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Nick Friedell: KD declined to comment on his way out of Barclays.

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Josue Pavon: Jaylen Brown’s comments on tweeting about the group that was outside Barclays before last night’s Nets game: “I didn’t have my reading glasses on, didn’t know who that group was but my instincts when I first saw that video is that I come from a community torn every day by systemic representation and imageries of violence in our community. So when I saw that video, it struck a cord for different reasons”

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Nets Daily: The Black Israelites are at various subway entrances to Barclays preaching, defending Kyrie and Kanye, attacking ADL, condemning “Jewish Slave Trade.” Etc

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Tsai believed that after he bought the Nets and Barclays in August 2019 he could make it into a state-of-the-art operation like Alibaba, the Chinese ecommerce giant he co-founded and which made him worth roughly $10 billion. Instead, his prior success has not translated to the hardwood.

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Nick Friedell: Ben Simmons was not at Barclays for Game 4. The Nets say it is because of the back issues he’s dealing with.

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Nick Friedell: Kyrie says he’s still confident that the vaccine mandate in NYC will get rolled back and he’ll be able to play at Barclays this season. He also says he plans to attend tomorrow’s game — and jokes he’ll wear a media pass.

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Malika Andrews: Kevin Durant, in part, on Kyrie Irving being in Barclays but unable to play: “It’s ridiculous… At this point now someone is trying to make a statement or a point to flex their authority. There are unvaccinated people in this building already.”

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Brian Lewis: Bruce Brown: "I just don't understand that ruling on (Kyrie Irving) being in the arena and not being able to play. It just doesn't make sense to me, but it's good to see him back in Barclays." #Nets

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