With the Tom Barrise Era mercifully over (for him), Kiki Vandeweghe will get his chance at cracking the Nets' code. They went through a long practice Thursday as he and Del Harris introduced themselves. What's new? Not much, just that the Bobcats are stinging from their meet-up with the Celtics and their coach is unlikely to let up and become an answer to a trivia question. Oh yeah, Chris Douglas-Roberts is upset.

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