I like how the Wolves, who don’t even have a coach, are ranked higher in that category than teams like the Kings and Clippers

Ratner does seem to be the problem now.

No surprise here…

We’re the NBA’s laughingstock again… Thank you RAT!

Imagine if he never took over and we had kept Kenyon . . . I hope he loses as much money as possible forcing him to sell. The Nets should move to Newark…

if you look at the full list the Nets arent the absolute worst overall….some categories may surprise you

on the bright side the Devils ranked 38th overall and even higher in some categories including game day experience….I wonder why?, could it be that the Rock is more exciting and fan friendly? Nets at PRU CENTER!!!! Brooklyn is dead.

Ratner is the 2nd worst owner in sports? Shocking to say the least. I thought the piece of garbage would be dead LAST.

The Nets tickets are affordable because half of them are comp tickets, and they’ll be giving away a lot more than that this year just to give off the illusion that anyone is buy tickets for Bruce Ratner’s sham of an operation. When that arena has 5000 or less a night, we’ll see how long the Rat will stay afloat. I’m not spending a bloody dime, i’ve had it with Ratner.

Lets take a look at the Devils rankings, who are ranked 38.
Last Year’s Rank: 40
Title Track: 13
Ownership: 30
Coaching: 44
Players: 33
Fan Relations: 24
Affordability: 79
Stadium Experience: 18
Bang for the Buck: 75

“The team’s crown jewel? Surprisingly, its not the Devils’ future-HOF goaltender, Martin Brodeur. No, it’s Newark’s dazzling two-year-old Prudential Center, featuring excellent sight lines, a 300-seat restaurant overlooking the rink and an adjoining practice facility. Unis of New Jersey high school teams adorn the corridors, and concession stands sell hand-rolled stogies and Italian hot dogs topped with peppers and potatoes. “This place is second to none,” crows Lamoriello. All that excellence (not to mention the agita) doesn’t come cheap, but the team also made a nine-place leap in Affordability, thanks in part to Thursday-night discounts for college students and $10 tickets for all games."

Wow. Look at that. Now look at the Nets:

Last Year’s Rank: 100
Title Track: 100
Ownership: 121
Coaching: 108
Players: 102
Fan Relations: 88
Affordability: 65
Stadium Experience: 119
Bang for the Buck: 99

The coaching rank is shocking, but Lawrence Frank for some reason or another is overrated by the media and by people who post on this website. Other than that, I wish the Devil’s ownership group would make a bid on the team once Ratner is forced to put it up for sale.

Brooklyn you say? What makes you think for a second that if they even move there that Ratner will spend a dime on the team?

This is that awful month of the year for sports media when there is no football, bball or hockey news, and baseball crunch time is too far away. So they have to come up with junk like this. Both coach and team should be ranked higher.

mt57,

What have you been watching?!?

Is this really news to anyone?

He is THE WORST!!!!

Hmmmm, NetIncome’s quote seemed to be more about dislike of the arena, rather than ownership…

Should we really be surprised by any of this!? Ratner has been tanking the team ever since he bought the Nets.

It has been downhill ever since he bought the team! We had just been to back to back Finals and close to a third appearance; we finally had things going in the right direction with Rod and Jason Kidd leading the way…we had respect and admiration around the league…THEN……..THE RAT bought the team and it has been a joke since….MOVE TO NEWARK. The arena is gorgous and fan friendly! LETS GO NEW JERSEY NETS!

Jason Kidd did not leave because of the roster of guys he was playing with, however, he knew their was NO chance that we could improve the team with Ratner in town.

until the RAT commits to improving the team, I’m making myself a general malcontent: take advantage of the free tix to BOOOOOOOOO at games.

I wonder if all this information was gathered BEFORE the Vince trade, if it was then the players, fan relations, and bang for the buck would be even lower now. If you think the Coaching should be ranked higher, I suggest you buy a bigger TV so you can see you’re looking at the opposing coach and not Lawrence Frank.

I wasn’t surprised to hear that about Ratner. The man cares very little about the team and only wants to see them play in Brooklyn as part of rich, enclosed complex. However, booing the team at home isn’t going to make them any better. If there is any hate about the Nets moving to Brooklyn, save that for Ratner and his cronies rather than taking it out on the team itself.

Well, New Jersey fans are vindicated by this survey, when NJ fans are trashed in future posts, just respond by linking to this.

Yeah, I see no purpose of booing the players. They are not at fault here.

I’d like to see us all refer to him as “THE RAT”…

I’m pro Newark myself but the one benefit of the doubt that I will give to Ratner is that I’m betting that he would start ponying up and paying players if he were in Brooklyn due to having so much more revenue at his disposal.

Again, not saying that he WILL start paying up but assuming Brooklyn gets done, I’ll give him the benefit of the doubt.

It’s like people forget he was paying huge money to Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, and Richard Jefferson to lose in the 2nd round.

I CANT WAIT FOR BROOKLYN =)

He also was the one who got rid of K-Mart almost as soon as he took the reins. In hindsight, that was probably a wise move, but it also signaled the future miserly tendencies of a fair-weather real estate devel… um, owner. Some also forget we haven’t made the playoffs for two years, either.

Ratner is a text book case on how not to run a sports franchise.

The only reason he’s not at the bottom is the other team is bankrupt. The Rat is a miserable owner.

Does Ratner even know what basketball is he probably has to go over and ask Rod Thorn what a foul means.

“OPutney Says:
July 2nd, 2009 at 6:44 pm

The only reason he’s not at the bottom is the other team is bankrupt."

Eh, any day now…

i always hated Bruce Ratner and Rod Thorn

omG band of suckers!!!

i have lost my faith in this team, serioulsy

i feel the team is gonna get sold or disbanded before it moves to barklay.

the rat should leave nj and jump into the sewers of some other state.

We should all blame David “greed” Stern. He is the one who was all for Ratner buying the Nets back in the day, even though Ratner had no clue how to operate an NBA franchise. The new Nets owner, be it Brooklyn or Newark, will likely have a clue. Hang in there for one more season Nets fans!