It’s no secret that the Brooklyn Nets are off to one of the worst starts of the 2025–26 regular season, falling to the Minnesota Timberwolves 109–125 on Monday night. The loss dropped their record from 0–6 to 0–7 — and things just got worse, as they’re now officially the only winless team in the NBA after the 0–6 New Orleans Pelicans beat the Charlotte Hornets 116–112 on Tuesday night.
Not only does this defeat extend Brooklyn’s losing streak, but it also puts the franchise one step closer to the NBA record for most consecutive losses to open a season. The 2015–16 Philadelphia 76ers and 2009–10 Brooklyn Nets currently share that infamous record with 18 straight defeats.
So, why exactly is Brooklyn losing so much?
Well, it comes down to several factors. For starters, head coach Jordi Fernández can’t seem to gain control of his locker room, openly admitting his struggles to get the team to compete at a higher level.
“I’m failing at trying to get my guys to play hard,” Fernández https://clutchpoints.com/nba/brooklyn-nets/nets-news-jordi-fernandez-reveals-how-he-is-failing-team https://clutchpoints.com/nba/brooklyn-nets/nets-news-jordi-fernandez-reveals-how-he-is-failing-team. “I’m trying to ask them questions — how can I do it, how can I get them to play really hard? And then, if they do, you live with the result. But I’m not living with this result because the effort isn’t there, the defense isn’t there, and we’re turning the ball over… How many games is it gonna take? It’s six now.”
Fernández is in his second season as the team’s head coach but is coaching with a completely different mindset. Brooklyn, by no means, has championship aspirations this year. Instead, it’s another season of rebuilding from the ground up. Five first-round draft picks, a reluctant re-signing of Cam Thomas, and the uncertain nightly role of Michael Porter Jr. Are just a few reasons why the team hasn’t found its rhythm.
Let’s start with the obvious: the Nets rank 25th in scoring (111.9 PPG) and dead last in points allowed (127.6). They’re shooting just 44.6% from the field (24th), 34.2% from three (25th), and averaging only 24.0 assists per game (27th). Simply put, Brooklyn sits near the bottom in nearly every major statistical category.
Still think it can’t get any worse? Seven-footer Nic Claxton leads the team with 3.3 assists per game.
Brooklyn will have a chance to finally get in the win column tonight against the 1–6 Indiana Pacers, a team battling its own injuries. Whether the Nets can keep things competitive remains to be seen, but all it takes is one win to avoid matching their franchise’s worst losing streak.
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