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VIDEO: Pooch answers fans’ questions about tanking, Orlando bubble, D-Will and more

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Pooch is back with another State of the Nets Periscope, in which he hits on all major topics. The hot one: Should the Nets tank in Orlando? Plus, we talk about D-Will Day - the final day Deron Williams is paid by the Nets... to not play.

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1:00 – 7:30

· Thoughts on Nets players opting out

· Tanking vs. making the playoffs

· Deron Williams’ payday ends today!

· Decision behind D-Will buyout

7:31 – 16:30 (Q&A portion)

· Beef with D-Will?

· When will the Nets sign a big man?

· Talking about Brooklyn’s thin frontcourt at PF (and now Center)

· Tyler Johnson; Chris Chiozza – who starts at PG?

· Pull Caris LeVert out?

· Will the Nets regret signing Kyrie?

16:31 – 25:20

· LeVert/Temple backcourt?

· Nets chances at falling out of the playoffs

· Lack of playmakers without Spencer Dinwiddie

· Little things the Nets can use (i.e. replacing DeMarre Carroll with Taurean Prince)

· Orlando will be a watered-down NBA season

· David Nwaba

· Nets needed a PF yet signed an undersized forward

25:21 – 33:43

· Importance of having a competent PF next to Jarrett Allen

· Is Jacque Vaughn a favorite for the job?

· Drama around the Nets

· This is an evaluation year

· Why Kenny Atkinson’s firing was such a surprise

33:44 – END

· The Knicks are Kenny Atkinson away from becoming last year’s Nets

· What the Nets miss by losing a guy like Theo Pinson

· Wilson Chandler coming back next season?

· The Brooklyn Way Podcast

· Caris LeVert’s responsibility in Orlando

· My future reporting for the Nets

· Ryan Anderson; Isaiah Hartenstein

· Importance in building a winning culture versus tanking

· Last effect regarding latest Kyrie/group chat drama?