Heat Down Nets, but Williams Controls Beasley

Good defensive showing by SWAT today. Also, great effort by Brook and Anderson, too.

We have huge potential in this guys, I hope the Nets develop like the Blazers and in 2 years we have decent chemistry and group of guys to complement with whatever Superstar free agent we get in 2010, hoping to be Bron…

This is the summer league W’s and L’s mean absulotley nothing only individual stat’s and performances.
I have to say I am very pleased.
Anderson was shooting the lights out, Lopez was looking like Duncan out there and CDR was well………..CDR lol.
Sean Williams was also outstanding, he made Beasley cry LOL.
All in all a great display of just how good Thorn did in the draft.

I will say that all those guys like Hodge that want to play in the NBA next season didnt impress me at all.

I am confused how can Hodge post these crazy numbers in NBDL and australian league and he can’t do anything in the summer league…however I am very impressed with Andresson and CDR and Lopez was great and Swill was great…I also like Will Convoy…overall great showing…

Fire Frank!!!!!

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Hassan Adams back to NBA, Raptors sign him, great for him I wish him well, he’s a great guy!

the nets can compete for the 8th spot again this year. All they need is a starting SG/SF.
To get in the playoffs, you’ll need about 37-41 wins which I think is possible if we make the right free agent acquisition.

BIG NEWS: I believe that the reason why Lawrence Frank hasnt been fired yet is because they dont want to bring in a new coach until 2010. Because if they bring a new coach, it’ll be difficult to just fire him after 2 years. However, Frank can hold the fork for 2 years and once 2010 comes and Lebron is a real possibility, we go after a coach who will attract Lebron even more.

He led the Nets in scoring twice, in steals five times and in blocks four times. "He posted career highs of 16 points and eight rebounds at Boston on November 29, 2006. He saw action in six postseason games with the Nets.

The native of Los Angeles averaged 14.0 points and 5.4 rebounds during his four years at the University of Arizona. He earned first-team All-Pac-10 honours as a senior, averaging a career-best 17.5 points. He finished his collegiate career as the only player in Pac-10 history to record 1,800 points, 700 rebounds and 200 steals."
IN THE NETS ANNUAL CONTINUING POOR EFFORTS TO BUILD A BENCH WHY WOULD DID WE NOT KEEP HIM OR TRY TO RESIGN HIM ??? ( other than the paltry $$ issue)
anyhow …hope he has a nice run with Toronto which has a very good eye and track record for talent
mo

So for today’s game analysis, all of our draftees played well… even better than yesterday.

Brooke played extremely well and also did very well on the rebounds, something that he was lacking in the last game. However he did pick up some silly fouls. Overall I think he played great.
8.5/10

Ryan Anderson was on fire today, shooting from both outside and inside. His ball handling seems a bit better today compare to yesterday’s game. He also worked on the rebounds too. Was pretty good on both ends of the floor.
9/10

CDR didn’t get as many touches as he did yesterday but he still played well. Although he didn’t score as many points as yesterday, his defense was pretty good today.
8/10

Sean Williams played extremely well compare to yesterday. When he was up against Beasley, he totally shut him down. His defense was great, and he also played well offensively with the few touches that he gets. He also helped box out and grab the rebounds.
9/10

Tx Pedro for the Hassan news.
The reason the Nets let him go is they were over the cap if they paid him and being over the cap they lose a $3 million rebate which meant his salary was effectively 3.whatever. They said at the time it was not performance based and they expected him to catch on somewhere.

I’d love to see CDR’s real game, but Carrol wont let the guy touch the ball.

I liked the game today. I feel that the Nets have to try and get either Kareem Rush or Eddie House. Both are spot up shooters that can come off the bench and can shoot lights out which this team needs. House might be hard to get because a lot of teams like the way he plays, but Rush is an under the radar type of player. But if I had my choice, I would choose House.

Bye Bye Pietrus…Orladno is getting him…Full MLE on a multiyear deal…def. more than NETS could offer him…

I don’t really feel our PG’s on our SL roster . Caroll’s not a PG he’ll look to score and the other guys well aren’t really good at all.

The Pietrus news is dissapointing…

Yeah but he just didn’t fit our longterm plans very much . Orlando’s in salary Cap hell anyway for the remainder of Lewis contract they can hand out pretty long MLE contracts without any second thought.

I’m looking forward to the game tomorrow against OKC, who looked extremely impressive today with Westbrook, Green, and Durant all having fantastic games. I am thinking that Westbrook could very well have an even better day with the way the situation is at pg for the nets summer league team.

The article on ESPN mentioned that Orlando will now most likely not be keeping Dooling who the Nets have targeted. Hopefully he is a guy the Nets can land, along with another SF

Everybody wants Dooling…Lets see if nets have a chance…but first I would try to get Nochioni…

i felt brook and swat definitely played much better today than yesterday. anderson was consistent in hitting that deep 3 again and CDR i felt played better yesterday than today.

its tough for everyone to play well because of the style of summer league. i wish we would post brook up more and run our offense through him. let him practice passing out of double teams and making moves.

+ brook’s jumper looked sweet today. made a couple of tough lookin shots.

+ swat’s D was great on beasley. all MB did was take a 3 and that was it. he got to the line to give him some points but when swat was on him beasley looked like a 2nd round pick.

+ RA has been on fire from 3. if he misses a shot he will come right back and hit one. also surprised about his D, he moved well and could play the 3 at times depending on the matchup. tough to see how he will defend 4’s since we have bigs out there and there arent any legit big men in summer league like he will obviously see in the reg season.

+ CDR is just active on the D end. yesterday and today you could see him rotate and cover guys like actual pros are supposed to do. it seems he has the best grasp defensively so far. not saying hes a lock down defender or anything, but he is quick,long and active. frank will love him and i think trust him rather quickly

+ Brook’s rebounding. it not like rebounds just came to him, he had some pretty impressive rebounds. almost Big Z like imo. he used his hieght, which seems silly but you dont always see a 7’ play like a 7’, to tip the ball to him or grab it AND KEEP IT UP and put the ball in the basket on the offensive end.

- pg play. SL teams depend a lot of PG play to get players involve. i wish marcus would have played for the sole purpose to set up teammates. too many times we have guys WIDE OPEN who are not even looked at. i cant count the number of times when we were pushing the ball where Anderson was open in the corner or a big was open underneath after a pick and roll.

overall i think we should all be happy about the 1st two days of SL. swat and brook improved from game 1 to game 2. CDR and Anderson have rather consistently played their game in both games. hodge i think needs to make a bigger impact and make some plays defensively and move the ball on offense.

hopefully we see improvement from all in game 3 as that is the primary goal of summer league. to improve and play consistent from game to game. so far our 3 rooks and swat have imo.

guys jumping the wagon, love it. some1 used my Duncan comparrison with Lopez.Im glad CDR can play D so we will not have to see bums like Hassel on the floor that play good d but dont know how 2 win.I would like to see Ager a little more.his 48 min production rate was good. if givinb time will have a good back up in him. Like i said before,i would like this team to get a solid SF/SG but if not this team is set to develop with the group they have.i think the players are good enough and it comes down to Frank.hope he change his ways.

brand to the sixers…

ager can be an ok player but he is always out of control. whether its running the break and ending up charging or trying to do a crossover and shooting a brick. he has nice athleticism and has quickness, but he seems like a lesser version of antoine wright. he can contribute to a team, but just doesnt have confidence and tries to do too much when he has the ball and nothing positive comes out of it.

as nice as our guys looked today and cdr and RA yesterday, tomorrow and for the rest of the week they could all easily look bad. now i dont see it happening but if RA’s deep 3’s are not falling he could end up with 2pts and a bad shooting night. i would like to see his game when he cant buy a 3. we saw a nice drive today, but i’d like to see a pump fake and a step up jumper just under the arc for 2. or a nice 15-18 footer instead of 3’s. i mean yeah take them now and get your 3 stroke down, but dont limit yourself.

Hopefully the Nets will keep Nenad now because Philly got Brand, which means they will not have any interest in Nenad. Nenad is still 24/25, and he can be a very good player in the near future. We can start Nenad at 4, Brook at 5, and keep Yi as our 6th man.

@ xcalibur
    thanks for keepin me updated on the sl. nice work. i def agree with u that we should run the offense through brook as much as possible. we need to get him comfortable down low, hes got to be able to effectively score, pass, and rebound and perfect his positioning/footwork so when he gets to the big time, he’ll be comfortable and confident. cause he will be a big piece in determining the nets success this season.

I don’t understand why we’re not running more plays for our three draft picks. They’re the ones that will make the team. Anybody else is just there for other teams to scout or just to fill out the summer league roster.

First of all, CDR, Brook, SWAT, and Ryan are not going to get all the shots because many of the players who are fighting for a roster spot are going to get more shots showing what they can do. The players are going to have numerous practises/exbhition games to show what they have, but this is the only chance for these players and the teams want to see what those players have. In CDR, Brook, Ryan, and SWAT, you know what you have.

Its up to the coaching staff to run plays for the rooks. They should be giving them more minutes and touches to get use to the speed of the game. We are not going to sign the rest, they’re just showing their skills for other teams.

I wonder if we get any FAs this summer :) pietrus is gone already…who do we have left on our radar…Dooling(who is 1-2) we need a starting 3…

with free agents, at this point it doesnt make any sense to sign any “big” name player. sure you want vets, but with celtics,toronto and now philly, we are going to take a beating in our own division. dont worry about free agents and just take young guys who want a chance to prove themselves and stick in this league.

right now we are not an attractive place for FA’s imo. first off we are rebuilding, second we dont want to (and shouldnt) give out 3 year deals and lastly we are in a very tough division with bos,phil and tor where we will take a beating and wont make the playoffs. take young guys or even bring back boki for 2 years. we need to worry about developing our kids as these are the most important players we have, not incoming free agents.

with another east team taking a big step, philly with brand, maybe this will tell rod and kiki that the best thing for this franchise is to rebuild the right way and go balls to the wall. that means we should get the best possible offer for vince. yeah marketing will hurt and less people will go to the games, but the best thing for our future is to take a hit this year and hopefully lesser hit next year to build ourselves up to be a solid team for a handful of years. hopefully vince averages close to 30ppg to raise his value so we can trade him at the deadline and hopefully rod can pick a GMs pocket like rod can.

damn, Chalmer was the guy I wanted at 21.
He dominated whoever was running our point today.

@Tim

np man. havent been this excited about summer league in a while. i was excited to see marcus and swat play, but knowing we are rebuilding and these 3 are big pieces to it makes this summer league a must watch for me.

@jesse

totally agree. SL is dominated by guards, kinda like an ASG. its tough for a guard to just dump it down to the teams 10th pick and just watch him work while your there hoping he throws you the ball and you make a jumper. all these kids want to take the ball and score and try to make the team. i can understand that, but for this franchise we MUST imo run plays for brook in the post. hes not a duncan where he will dominate the block, but he should learn asap how to deal with double teams and back his way into the paint against bigger and stronger guys (compared to college).

there is absolutely no point to try and play team ball in summer league and try to be fair to everyone. do what miami did, they gave beasley the ball and gave it to him a lot. now we have 3 guys and not 1, but let brook get more touches in the post. RA is getting his shots and CDR gets a shot here and there, but these guys should be force fed. then again some people say dont throw the kids to the sharks, im the other way i say force feed them. not with plays and assignments, but when they are on the court and on the offensive end give them the ball and let them learn. the more mistakes they make now, the less they will make later…so we hope

Philly gets Elton Brand and the Nets get….O yeah we’re waiting for Jesus to come back and sign with us in 2010 i forgot. My bad.

ya gotta be in it to win it TheMann. at some point we need to rebuild, so why not now? management wasnt able to get in a big in here while kidd was here and then kidd wanted out. once he was gone and still couldnt get a big we had to start over. i just wish we had a legit young franchise player. maybe we can get one in 09 draft.

at least this season will make me watch college basketball more. usually i just wait for the madness to begin, but with us having another lottery pick ill be tuning into ncaa games early and frequently

http://msn.foxsports.com/nba/story/8316326/Beasley-struggles-in-second-summer-game

I love SWat giving Beasley a beat down…