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Bottom Line for Nets: Optimism Reigns

The players prefer the "P" word to the "R" word. After three days of informal practice, there was no talk of rebuilding, just the playoffs in the Nets' gym. Brook Lopez went so far as to say the team could be a "good playoff team". Perhaps it's youthful naivete, but even if so, it's infectious. One caution by Devin Harris: can youth handle the pressure of a losing streak. "Are we going to falter, or can we pull together?"

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Eastern Conference Rankings 2009-2010

1. Boston
2. Orlando
3. Cleveland
4. Miami
5. Detriot
6. Chicago
7. Washington
8. Philadelphia
9. Toronto
10. New Jersey
11. Milwaukee
12. Charlotte
13. Indiana
14. New York
15. Atlanta

Western Conference Rankings 2009-2010

1. San Antonio
2. Dallas
3. LA Lakers
4. Phoenix
5. LA Clippers
6. New Orleans
7. Portland
8. Utah
9. Memphis
10. Denver
11. Golden State
12. Oklahoma City
13. Sacramento
14. Houston
15. Minnesota

by aaaaaa on Sep 4, 2009 10:44 AM EDT reply actions  

you have atlanta finishing last in the east??? you obviously dont know a thing about ball…then you have denver missing the playoffs completely? smh you def need to actaully start watching the games.

by The Black Prince on Sep 4, 2009 10:58 AM EDT reply actions  

I think Atlanta will finish 4th in the east. Easily.

by Andrés on Sep 4, 2009 12:06 PM EDT reply actions  

aaaaaaaa is just showing off the general intelligence level of the “optimistic” faction of Net fandom

by Mr. Dollar Bills on Sep 4, 2009 12:13 PM EDT reply actions  

Who’s the intelligent person. A person who is optimistic and roots for his team, knowing full well all it’s faults and failures, or the person who hates the team he roots for, and lets you know about it everytime he opens his mouth?

by Mike on Sep 4, 2009 2:20 PM EDT reply actions  

The difference between the optimistic “faction” (makes it sound like some Latin American political discussion, doesn’t it?) and the pessimistic “faction” (or perhaps “fringe”) is about 10 games

I dont think any optimistic believes the Nets will win more than +/- 40 games and I doubt any pessimist believes the Nets will win any less than +/- 20 games. So we are talking about the outcome of 10 games. Teams can win or lose 10 games based on a lot of things, most importantly being team health with chemistry a close second. There just isn’t THAT mucd difference among the teams below the top five or so. I am prepared to actually wait to see what will happen when the ball goes up. Until then, neither side has much relevance.

by Net Income on Sep 4, 2009 2:36 PM EDT reply actions  

“The guys know everybody is going to get a shot to do what they need to do,” Harris said. “We don’t have the consistent guys we had last year. Obviously, it was me and Vince carrying the majority of the scoring load. Now we’re broken up a little bit more.”

I really like the idea of the scoring load being distributed among more players. The Nets always seemed to play better, more fluid, when they weren’t running the offense through one guy.

by JT on Sep 4, 2009 3:06 PM EDT reply actions  

Wow, somebody finally just came out and said that the optimistic fans are not intelligent. good one. now you know why people complain about you. Pessimistic posts are fine. But enough with the smug superiority. I say let’s all take an IQ test together and see what happens.

by JT on Sep 4, 2009 3:10 PM EDT reply actions  

The pessimistic/whiners faction would complain about the day of the test, its location, content and results, over and over again. Maybe Net Income can set up parallel sites, just like they do on C-Span. I.E.(Demoracts, Republicans, Independents)

by Mike on Sep 4, 2009 3:24 PM EDT reply actions  

“JT Says:
September 4th, 2009 at 3:10 pm

Wow, somebody finally just came out and said that the optimistic fans are not intelligent. good one. now you know why people complain about you. Pessimistic posts are fine. But enough with the smug superiority. I say let’s all take an IQ test together and see what happens."

Well yes, I would expect homers, outright liars, or people who are on hallucinogens to complain about someone who just calls it like he sees it.

by Mr Dollar Bills on Sep 4, 2009 11:12 PM EDT reply actions  

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