Nets' Lost Season Continues with Loss of Game...and Courtney Lee

IM CRYING… HASSEL WAS OUR BEST PLAYER. SAD.

Anyone still making mind-boggling excuses for Frank, take a second or third or fourth look at the end of the Sixers game.

That’s nice, this team is being cursed if Frank is still the coach. Great, who is the next? Lopez?

ACTUALLY IM CRYING BUT BESIDES THE FACT THIS WASNT BROOKS BEST GAME IT WAS AGAINST MINNESOTA BUT GOOD TRY AND HE HAD 3 BLOCKS NOT 2 GOOD TRY AGAIN

GREAT lee is out, an will probablay be out 2-4 weeks. i dont care we only lost by 3 WE LOST AND WERE 0-6 only winless team in nba!! so i guess we will be going 0-7

This is really funny, Lawrence Frank spoiled this season, we could have a surprising season if we can all play really well. But now with 0-6 to start the season, it’s really pathetic to care about this team.

JARKID IF U DONT CARE ABOUT THIS TEAM THEN DONT BE A FAN ONLY TRUE FANS CARE ABOUT THIS TEAMM AND WE LOST 3 OF OUR BEST PLAYERS WE PLAYED GOOD BE POSITIVE

I really do not like Frank…but right now I don’t think any coach would be able to help us. Almost half our team is hurt…we have one remaining starter playing right now…what do you expect? It wasn’t a lack of effort. Just very disappointed right now.

PS…sixers are pretty bad, def would of beat them if we were healthy

Yay!!! We did it!! Worst start in franchise history!

To make things worst, we got another player added to the injury list. As how things are going now, we will probably lose a player every game.

Once again, we couldn’t hold on to the lead that we had in the 4th and lost. But I like to give credits to the players that played well, especially Hassel. I thought Brook could’ve gotten more touches as well.

We will probably be 0-7 after tomorrows game.But oh well…. #1 pick here we come!

At the boozer, for the Win……………………………………………………………………………………………………

Yes…… Nets are down.

only team with 0 wins and 82 looses

now lee is out… Wow why simmons, swat or boone gets injured, only the regular players are rampaged by injuries here.

Where is the Med staff and their Health Care plans and stuffs…. Wow

great game by the nets. sucks that hassel clunked two crucial free throws after iguodala made that 3.

By the way, is Alston our best PG right now? I would say no. TWill is, as evidenced by their play tonight. I don’t know why Alston refused to pass the ball to the best player on the floor today. He just would not even look at Lopez on screen and rolls.

At the end of the game, he showed all of us that he would rather turn the ball over rather than passing it to Brook

the Nets should have won this game
could have would have
TENNESSE was off the chain son!
best 3rdQ in awhile!
Brook looks like hes rushing
still not getting calls
but getting more!
by game 25 Brook will be hot

Anyone who blames this game on Frank is crazy. The Nets’ active roster right now is Alston, Hassell, T-Will, Najera, Boone, Lopez, and Sean Williams.

A roster with those players shouldn’t be in any game, yet these guys played their hearts out tonight and gave 110%. I’m just so angry the Nets don’t get any help. A layup that would go in for any other team rims out for the Nets, and the refs are ripping off the Nets completely. We can’t get any help at all.

I hope LFrank realizes that Alston is a crub and that TWill should be our starting PG until Harris comes back

LETS ALL CLAP FOR FRANK….
What a unthought of terrible pathetic play he set up to ONCE again cost us the game.
Whats the excuse this time blame it on Brickly Lee’s injury?
Frank you cannot coach a team that has no starts you are awful you are the worst exuse of a coach ive ever seen.
You once again lost us a game and got out coached by a team we didnt lose to last year.

Lawrence Frank I hope next year when you dont have a job you can watch some of the games you coached and just look at yourself in embrassment.
0-82
I dont know why I bother watching the sixers games anymore just to see us lose because of your terrible coaching. YOU ARE TERRIBLE

Hahahaha so much for youth

Anyone who blames the refs and gravity for this loss is crazy. The Nets’ active roster right now has Brook in it. And at the end of the game, the Greatest coach in Nets’ history couldn’t draw a play where Lopez would at least touch the ball.

We can’t get any help at all.

The 76ers are an awful team, and I am surprised to propose that part of their problem is poor coaching. I thought Eddie Jordon was a good coach when he was with the NETS. The 76ers offense is confusing and they don’t defend very well. I thought we might win one of these two games against them. Maybe our home court will help us beat this team that is really not much better than us at this stage. Maybe THEY eat something at the IZOD and get food poisoning? Wanna know how bad the 76ers defense was? Look at Trenton’s stat line! This is the third game so far that we could/should have won. We should be 3-3 with a little luck, a few extra buckets and a plan to try and protect the rim. Some of this is all the injuries, but some of it is coaching. First thing I DO, when they make ME HEAD COACH, is get a full time shooting coach and require many more hours of shooting practice for everybody. BUT in the end, we played three guys big minutes who really should be on the bench in lime green size 52 slim and long suits. We just don’t have enough talent on the floor right now. Maybe we steal one from the 76ers Saturday, I don’t think I can cope with 0-15, not that 3-12 is going to make me feel that much better. At least we have Brook, I just hope he can learn something from these losses.

this is one of the worst squads in NBA history, period

Frank you disgust me
Shakes Head

Couldnt keep a lead nice plays champ..

@canofan 42, i notcied the same thing man, any thing that was rolling around the rim would rolll out for the nets, but roll in for the sixers. And the refs… wtf? we can’t get any calls from them…. and @ everybody else… i blame almost everyhting on L Frank, but tonight you cant blame him, look at the players he had to roll with, i mean come on what do u expect? I’m just not happy when he doesnt get the players to play hard but that was definitely not the case tonight

Kudos to The Capitol. He’s a great pro I’m glad to have on this team. But I still think TWill ahould have got the start, he’s our future.

Btw, why did Frank forget about Boone in the 2nd half? He was doing great…

So realistically, what are our options should Frank be fired during this season? Are we just stuck with Barisse?

I noticed Lopez can only consistently score off pick and rolls, and probably only with Harris. Maybe thats why he’s constantly setting picks, but no one can pass it to him. Also, it seems so hard for him to post up effectively…and he is still developing his one on one play. Just sayin’.
What’s up with Lee though; he can’t shoot a jump shot off the dribble! I’m concerned that he is only going to be a great ROLE player.

Where are all those people saying how “alston took a team to the finals last year?”

I the last person I have ever seen airball 2 shots in a game… OPEN shots… was probably lebron, and no one else.

Maybe Boone shooting free throws.

But in all seriousness(actually that was serious) Alston is terrible, Brook looks better, isn’t forcing shots nearly as much and actually got some boards, and it was great to have a vet in Trenton Hassell back. When you only have 1 of your 5 starters left, its kind of hard to blame anyone in particular. The only thing you can say against Frank is that he played Alston, but he was forced into that situation.

i just have a feeling james is gonna go to knicks

I’m usually staunch defender of Frank; but he waited too long to bring in Najera when the team had the lead.

@ tim

I think Alston did his job, he was not spectacular but he was not “terrible.” Yes, he did botch the pass to Najera though. He is a pass first point guard—but there were really not a lot of players to pass to.

we beating celtics tomorrow alston hassell simmons najera lopez best line up in nba those 4 of 5 combined for atleast 400 years hahaha

yea celtics lost to suns, so that means they are gonna come out pounding us and atleast beat us by 20

I think they would have to fire frank this season if they go 0-15, I believe. I’m freaking tired of seeing simmons at PF and franks small ball philosophy. Fire frank errrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr

The guys played hard, we are getting snakebit with all these injuries. Trenton is a class act,a true professional. To not play all season and then play so well is impressive. But the team we are fielding is probably the least talented in the entire NBA. Lee looks really good to me, if he could ever start to hit his shots he will win a lot of people over. I think he is just adjusting to the increased responsibility and he is seeing so much less space than he saw in Orlando. The difference is so big this is like another rookie year for him. I think its just a matter of time he improves, but how long will he be sidelined with the groin injury? I was hoping we would be competitive this year, 30 wins or so, and I still think if we were fully healthy we would have that potential over a full season. But if an awful season is in the cards, so be it. Hopefully we save some real good moments for the last third of the season so we have something to build on next year and a positive narrative to pitch to free agents. And hopefully a top 3 draft pick.

you really cant bang on these guys. they were so short handed
im proud of how we played today though.

DONT PANIC, THINGS WILL GET BETTER! Nets faithful, the only place to go from here is UP. they will NOT go 0-82, and at the least, they will develop another star in terrence williams. I do not think that CDR will ever be as good as he could be, unless he puts on like 25 pounds. Also, I feel like courtney lee is just throwing this season until he gets traded again. he is a whiney punk that was given a big head by his playoff performance. prove us right, son

7 players down 8 more to go
by the end of this month we will hav to play

I can’t wait for Simmons to go down with an injury, and the Nets to have to sign a player just to stay over the eligible limit. They should sign Desmond Mason.

I’m not going to blame Frank for this lose but really

do we need Twill shooting the last shot and Najara taking the most important shot of the game.

Come on Frank you can do better.

Guessing who will be the 1st back from injury?

another injury? i hope frank doesn’t need to put on the uniform.

Perfect record stays intact.
New Moto: “Never a lead too big.”

we need allen iverson…. lets make a trade

I’ll keep it brief. If you are blaming these losses on Frank, you are a MORON. I’m about to turn 34 and in my years of watching the NBA I don’t think I’ve ever seen a more inept team put on the floor. It’s embarassing.

I think A.I would be perfect for us.

btw u said Lou Williams finished with 18 points, >nine rebounds and six rebounds.< needs to be corrected lol.

soon frank, thorn, kiki and bruce will start for this team !!!!

Daft, that might be an improvement. Also if they weren’t penny pinching the could have had AI in the offseason for a bargain, but winning wasn’t the primary concern then, why should it be now.

237 days until draft day… woo hoo!!!

I don"t know what Eddie was thinking going to coach that sixer team. Brand minus is athleticism of old is an undersized bruiser and nothing more now. Not to mention they tied him up for 5 years. Samuel Dalembert running the Princeton offense? That could end up on comedy central. Louis Williams seems to have trouble running offensive plays too. He is much more of a scorer/free-lancer. There isn’t one starter on this team that would benefit in the Princeton offense.

Eddie should have waited a year and he would have had a good young center to run it in Lopez.

This game was actually fun to watch. They played as well as they could, but just don’t have enough talent. Hassel and Najera were fantastic and the d seems better with them than with CDR and Yi. They do not have a go to guy and just could not stop Williams and Igloo. But I thought they showed heart and the coach did and is doing a great job. Absolutely no complaints and anyone that wants to nit pick is crazy: this is as good as this team gets.

@Andy
“freaking tired of seeing simmons at PF and franks small ball philosophy.”
Agreed!

Frank’s putrid small ball philosophy is pathetic. It’s disgusting to see Simmons out there at the 4. DISGUSTING!

Opie needs to start Boone, who looked great next 2 Brook. He should have been given more PT in the 2nd half. Najera had some good minutes in the 3rd, but that’s it. And why did Eddie take the last shot? Come on!

“another injury? i hope frank doesn’t need to put on the uniform.”
If that was the case, I’m sure he would play himself at C.

Typical Frank’s team. Leading along the way but lose at crunch time. He knows all the x’s and o’s but someone has to light fires on these players butt if you know what I mean. And to do that the coach has to have the street cred. Unfortunately Frank cannot do that ’cause he did not even play in college.

Hey, for the vast majority of this game this under strength team performed very very well. It should have been a blow out and we competed to the last. Its not just the quality of the bench players that is a challenge (all of whom did fantatis work), but the foul trouble key players get in that is going to be a major factor. However, ultimatly players miss shots not the coach.

Well played everyone. Tough loss.

No doubt, Frank will be the best, loyal coach to NETS management. He tried to instruct the team to play for lost intentionally in order to get No. 1 draft in 2010.

Unfortunately, nobody will respect a team in sport, who purposely play for lost!

I wonder if all the cost cutting they did has anything to do with this. Could they have cut back on medical and training to the point where this is the result? I think the sooner they get a new coach the better. The young players need someone to mentor them and instill some pride, passion and confidence. I don’t think LF can come anywhere near that.

This under talented, under sized, under experienced team did a great job last night. They are extremely motivated, hungry and well prepared. They are well coached. The problem here is talent, talent, talent. 1 starter is playing (that’s 80% of the team missing!) and 3 significant role players are hurt. It’s a tribute to their professionalism and the coach that they competed that well last night. Igu misses the 3 and we have a win. Williams misses a shot, who knows. Alston is doing his best, but he is not a great defender and not a great distributor. T-Will is doing his best, but he takes crazy shots sometimes. Simmons at the 4 is the only option at times. Boone is inconsistent. Simmons is tougher at times. This all is okay, b/c the team is fighting and so when talent returns they will be okay – not great, but at least decent

Great game by Mr Hassell. The guy most on this board wanted to ban from the team can still be more effective than any of the young wings.

The sad thing is that this game was actually lost at the free throw line.

Enjoyed the write up by SLAM. The Sixers really look bad. Stephanski has taken a promising young team and flushed it down the toilet. Sound familiar? Agree with above post that EJ should have waited. What is with the use of the bunny theme with the Sixers mascot/boosters and the empty arena? Yormark looks like a genius in comparison.

@Joe
“Simmons at the 4 is the only option at times. Boone is inconsistent. Simmons is tougher at times.”
Hilarious. If Boone is inconsistent, then I don’t know what I can say about Bobby “I can’t hit 20% of muy shots” Simmons. Stop defending Frank for using that bum at the 4, it’s pathetic.

Josh is actually playing pretty solid. He deserves more PT. And he deserves to start.

Simmons on the other hand is a bum who is given PT only because Frank wants his vets to be happy. He has done nothing to be part of hte rotation, period.

Can’t wait til next summer to say bye bye to Opie and Simmons. Next summer can’t come soone enough.

Hassell is a professional. I don’t mind Hassel getting some PT, just leave Bobby Simmons out of it. When a guy goes down, Trenton should get minutes. Simmons is a bum.

Has anyone noticed how AWESOME Lopez and Boone are when they play at the same time?

The team played their hearts out last night. I don’t care about the losses I just want to see a fighting effort each and every night.

Terrence Williams should run point forward for the rest of the season. This kid is easily the best passer on the team, he had some sweet dishes. When we get 100% I’d like to see what a line up of Lopez-Yi-Williams-Lee-Harris.

It sucks that Lee got hurt but this kid needs to find a way to start being a productive player. He can’t hit jumpers off the dribble to save his life and he makes great moves and can’t finish. At some point we’re going to have to question whether or not CDR or Lee should be the starting two guard. Either way, Williams should be the starting small point forward.

@Mr DB
“Has anyone noticed how AWESOME Lopez and Boone are when they play at the same time?”
Amen! Frank should start Josh next to Brook.

@Mr DB
http://www.netsdaily.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=2786

I agree that he should start Josh with Brook and that Josh deserved many more minutes last night.

I lose more respect for Rod Thorn every time I see Ryan Anderson’s stat line.

Is there a reason Sean Williams wasn’t ever on the floor (or did I miss it)? But we can only dress 9 guys at the outset, 8 by the 3rd quarter, and they’re all looking exhausted. Among other things, most of them never get any playing time and several of them are kind of old. Could Sean have gone out there just for a few minutes to block a shot and let someone catch his breath? For those of you who may know more about these things, please enlighten me: with only 8 active players, why does he choose to play just 7 of them?

For all those Trenton Hassell haters, I have always supported the guy, if only because he fights hard every time he’s on the floor, including in so many of those games last year when most of the team showed no heart whatsoever. He and Keyon were the only players out there sometimes who seemed like they cared.

Welcome to post-Carter era of the Nets!!!
We’re right back to the team that nobody cares. NBA.com doesn’t even show much of our players on highlights. We’ll be back to the team that’s worse than pre-Marbury era.
Recall the days when it was only Kittles, Gill, Cassell, J Williams, and Van Horn.

@ OPutney – I don’t know whether it does or not, but it could very well be a possibility.

Kittles, Cassell and Van horn? I wish we had someone as good as those guys, and maybe Gill in one of his good years

What, playing good during most of the game and losing at the end count for something? It’s in the loss column. They are pros and if they cannot convert at the end, it’s gonna be a long season. Who knows the may become the losingest team in NBA history.

Most of us saw this coming. This is the road Thorn and Kiki chose for us NEts fans. Suffer it with grace, my fellows, if you choose to be Nets fans! : x

@ Croc – this era will be considered so much better in a year from now than that one because we are likely to get a quality player with all the cap space we will have next summer.