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Tick, Tick, Tick - Time Running Short for the Nets
The Nets have to win one-fourth of their final 12 games, knowing they've only won one-tenth of the first 70. The Nets have to prove they are not, in Bill Parcells famous line, what their record says they are: the worst team ever to wear an NBA uniform. The national media is now on the case. USA...
Lee: Nets Backcourt Could Help Lure a Free Agent
Courtney Lee says that the Nets young backcourt could be "a good tool to draw in one of those frree agent players," but he adds that's not the main reason he and Devin Harris should continue improving as individuals and as a team. "Ultimately we just got to take care of the players that's here and...
How Big a Deal is Yi's Development?
Yi Jianlian’s development has the potential to change everything. An exaggeration? Probably. A hope? No doubt. The addition of a legitimate fourth building block, beyond Devin Harris, Brook Lopez and Courtney Lee, could effect the draft, free agency, and the Nets' long-term finances, as well...
Highlights - Frank Coverage
Nets guard Chris Douglas-Roberts knew something was up when he entered the meeting room at the team hotel Sunday morning and didn't see Lawrence Frank standing in front wearing his usual Nets T-shirt and Nets track pants. Douglas-Roberts and his teammates knew Frank was no longer their head coach...
10 Questions for 2009-10?
1. DEE-fense? Devin Harris says it's his top priority: returning to that ballhawk Rod Thorn so loved when he traded Jason Kidd for him 20 months ago. Thorn loved Courtney Lee for the same reason. Will he bring it as well? Then there's the bigs: Brook Lopez promises he will emulate his brother,...
The Thorn Report Card - Off-Season Edition
Note: Grades based on long-term consequences of the trade as well as cost-benefit to the team. As the years roll by, they change. Some go up, some go down. We could have (should have?) called it the Thorn-Vandeweghe Report Card, but Rod remains in charge and Thorn-Vandeweghe is too long. RodKiKi?...
Lee Following Harris Along the Arc from "System Guy" to "Star"
One big question as the season approaches is how good can Courtney Lee be? He isn't going to become Vince Carter, the man he was traded for, but could he become Devin Harris, or more precisely, could he become as good a shooting guard as Harris is at the point? "He was a system kind of guy. And...
The Other VC offers: Were They Any Better?
In light of what we know (and it’s by no means comprehensive), the Magic deal was probably the best deal the Nets were offered for Vince Carter...and the $37.64 million he has left on his contract. The Magic needed Carter after Hedo Turkoglu rejected an informal offer the weekend before the draft....
Nets vs. Knicks – Cap Space
"We currently have the most cap space available of any team.’’ --Kiki Vandeweghe, GM, New Jersey Nets, October 11, 2009 "We have the most room in the league. That's good. We're No. 1." --Donnie Walsh, GM, New York Knicks, September 26, 2009 So who's right? Firstf of all, it's highly unlikely that...
Basketball News!
Buried in the avalanche of news about the team’s sale was a lot of basketball news that didn’t get much attention. So we’ve pulled some of the best quotes and tried organizing them. On 2009-10: Rod Thorn: "We don’t look that strong on paper, but we will be better than a lot of the pundits think...
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