Yao & Yi, Youth & YouTube

great stuff. i often enjoy reading ur weekly roundup more then i enjoy reading the Nets beat writers, who are generally very good.
i hope Terrence Williams has an attitude that can be channeled. i think this team needs some fire. they dumped carter… time to dump the carter style attitude of all smiles and hugs. i wanna see denver nuggets style bravado and thuggery. play hard all the time and u earn the right to talk trash and pound ur chest.
boone should have admirers… hes a solid backup Center.
i agree with you 100% on the Lebrongate issue. it has also piqued my fancy over the last week or so. i don’t know how Lebron or Nike though that this whole thing would turn out OK. it would have been immediately obvious to me that word of the dunk and tape would leak out and it would make both Nike and Lebron end up up with egg on their face. u trying it into the Devin Harris tape was brilliant and i cant believe i didnt think of it. harris got showed up by AN AMATEUR STREETBALLER, not a top college prospect, and it ended up bringing nothing but good pub for him.
its just so silly. DUNK HAPPENS…. deal with it Lebron.

I agree with dunbladekilla and Net Income about the LeBron fiasco.

How Harris reacted and how LeBron show the difference. Harris’s was worse, as the poster above mentioned, but he brushed it off. LeBron though, can’t release the tape. It’s ridiculous.

Although I know how great LeBron is, there is no cockier player than LeBron in the league. If he comes to the Nets, it’ll be all about LeBron all the time. Honestly, because of this, I’d rather prefer Wade, Amare, or Bosh.

But that’s a whole different subject… who knows if LeBron even wants to play for us at all.

Net Income wonders why the Nets would offer marion money after dumping VC. I think it’s pretty simple: Marion and Lee do two thinks that VC does not – play transition game and defend. In a team that is becoming Harris’ team (until Brook takes it to another level), isolation players like VC are not as valuable as players like Marion and Lee who can play in transition and play off Harris. Also, Marion’s and Lee’s defense at the wing is something we’ve been lacking. But what I love most about Thorn is that the moves come without a lot of fanfare (unlike the Knicks who publish every sneeze that Walsh makes) and are unexpected – who knows, maybe Boozer is possible.

Another great article by NI. One thing with the committment the Nets have to YI I just don’t see Boozer coming yet if they can help in a three team deal I can see the Nets be rewarded the Knicks pick that belong to Utah depending on the moves that the Knicks make to their roster.

yeah, well, you tell me if Marion is going to be playing great defense when he’s 37 and making $9 million a year, because that is what we are talking about.

I agree with NetIncome here(gasp!), there is no point in offering Shawn Marion money when we just traded VC, who is a far better player, for a prospect and scraps.

Shawn Marion is washed up. Teams dont want him anymore. Suns, Heat and Raps couldnt wait to get rid of him. Only Cuban was stupid enough to give him the money he doesnt deserve. I dont believe the Nets would be interested in giving him that ridiculous contract, we’re in salary dump mode to begin with.

Net income, he’ll be playing better d than VC! Thorn obviously thought highly of Marion as he fits into the system well and can play 2-3 positions and defend 2 – 3 positions. Thorn got what he wanted for VC – a young Lee, and two veteran players, now he tried to fill out our other needs. Pretty simple: we need a 3 and a 4, Marion can play both, well.

Wilcox has apparently signed with the Pistons. Pistons need leadership. I guess with Sheed leaving they needed a PF.

Don’t like Boozer or Marion.

NI . great article…. love reading this on sundays….