My intramural team would have played better.

Another game and another blowout loss by the N0ts.

This team is probably the worst team of any professional sports team that I have ever seen in my LIFE!!

We can all thank the RAT for destroying, annihilating, and killing whatever good feeling we had about this franchise. The players that are left just don’t care anymore. They don’t hustle after loose balls, their rotation on defense is atrocious, they foul like crazy, they have no fight, they are soft, they are…they are GARBAGE. This team is made up of a bunch of losers and I’m sick of seeing it.

Thanks Rat for helping to put together this garbage of a team…

We just lost to a team that plays 3 dleaguers!! They didn’t have their leading scorer and we still got blown out!

I really don’t think this team could beat a dleague team and that’s being honest to god!!

This is the worst nba team since the inception of organized ball.

Everyone on this team is abysmal.

Just forfeit the season and save the gas money you waste chartering buses and jets. Donate the money to haiti and send these bums over there to help dig the rubble and see how fprtunate they have it. No hustle or heart. Inexcusable!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Pablo I agree! I am physically upset at the moment! This was a give away game that they didn’t even try to win!

It makes me want to vomit!!!

This team needs to be sent to the dleague, the whole team!! Even sly and the ballboys.

You wonder what the rest of the season will be like if you lose by 32 against an 8-man 3rd worst team with 3 D-Leaguers and without their best player for half the game.

What is the record for largest negative pt differential, on average, in a month?

I am thinking it is about to be broken.

@ Antoine

When you put it like that….

YIKES!

Make Ratner play power forward the rest of the season.

I’m not sure this team wins another game this year.

Fire Kiki!

And give to Haiti relief.

Hollah!

Where’s Nets and his posts defending Yi? 1-6 FG’s, no FT attempts, 3 TO’s and a 30 +/. Whatever, forget about Yi, the whole team didn’t show up tonight. Absolutely pathetic. I know Thorn and Kiki want the first pick, but why not make some bold changes to the starting line-up/rotation? Maybe it’ll wake some of these fools up.

i feel tearless after watching the game

@smp369 comparing with the rest of the team showed up tonight, I would say Yi was just one of them, wasnt that prominent in the bad way. and what i am saying is, the whole team stunk tonight

Damn referees made Magette look like Wade with all the fouls called… Looks like somebody got paid big bucks on this game… And i hate when Magette always complains to the Ref like he’s not getting calls.

Kiki sucks man… Stern better give us the number 1 pick!!

Btw… Did u guys saw the Rose’ dunk?? WOW!!

True Robert, it sucks man. Atleast before, there was hope for Yi as a good player for the future when he went on that small tear after the injury. Now he’s back to earth and shows why he should be the 6th or 7th man. Only Brook is a real lock for a building block, and that might be the saddest thing. Going into the season, we were looking at Harris, Lee, Yi, Lopez and poss. CDR as potential OKC-like players (blossoming into solid starters/potential cornerstones of the franchise). All hope is gone. Hopefully new ownership will really help this franchise, they have nowhere to go but up.

Strongly recommend that all Nets fans don’t go to the stadium to watch Nets’ next home game, let the players play in front of nobody.

Abrakadabra. What a weak play….

Just get someone from the d-league already! You know they’ll be 10 times hungrier than any of our guys, and we are definitely going nowhere with our bench, so why not try and uncover a gem or two? Get dwayne jones here! Guy’s averaging 18 ppg and 15 rpg with 2 bpg and shooting 62% from the field. Surely he can be better than boone.

Nets have a similar trend most games. They hang in for a half, third quarter stinks, fourth quarter they play like they forgot they are playing in the NBA making a lot of money.

This has been happening for a couple years now, L Frank had this problem too… just not as magnified. Worse now obviously, hard to muster some fight when you’re losing all the time.

It’s because our bench is absolutely terrible. The moment a main guy comes out we die. You know the nets are bad when they’re part of fantasy basketball strategy. Cartier martin and stephen curry with career highs. We’re the new warriors, you can’t sit any of your guys who play the nets. A team with multiple players meeting the nets in a week is a pretty well off team. We play the worse defense ever, at least the warriors and suns were and or are open about ignoring defense and favoring offense. That was part of their plan. We don’t even have a high powered offense to show for it. We suck on both ends. I don’t think that’s ever been done

A team this bad has to be bad for the NBA. Who wants to go see the Nets when they come your town? The league should impsoe competitive rules where if you don’t field a team that’s respectable you have to pay a penalty. That would stop owners from salary dumping. They should have forced Ratner to sell a long time ago if this is the product he was going to put on the court. I feel bad for us as fans because we still tune in every game expecting a different result (insanity)..

The silver lining is obviously that the team has been sold. But this season is the worst I’ve ever seen a team have. They are getting blown out by some of the worst teams in the NBA every game.. Embarrasing

In his interview Kiki repeatedly says the team “couldn’t hit a shot”. He coaches like he played, all offense no defense. Another coach who can’t recognize a problem. G.S. shot 51.9% with D-league players. Hey Kiki think your team has a little problem with defense? He thinks he is doing his job by getting them motivated. Motivation lasts as long as your team is competitive. If the talent difference is substantial, once it’s revealed, the team will lose its motivation. Here’s another great coaching move by Kiki. If a guy can’t play the PF..no no no…if the guy is possibly the worst starting PF in the history of the NBA and you play him at center with the team down 75-63, after the quarter ends and you’re down 88-65 do you think it had something to do with your brilliant move. What’s sad is the team would like nothing better than to put Yi in a position to succeed and all they do is put him in a position to FAIL. I hope everyday that the people representing Yi read posts like mine so they understand what the team is doing to this poor kid.

Bright spot – Yi and Lee are revealed as non-building-block-mistakes. New ownership will not be snowed now by management into believing that the team should be built around Yi and Lee, the Nets two major acquisitions, as starters. There is no rational hope for either.

CDR is revealed as an off-the-bench-sometimes-scorer. Boone is revealed as Boone. Harris is revealed as a project that may or may not pan out.

This mess should be the end of the foolish optimism that this team is a draft choice and a FA away from contending. If LeBron is worth thirty wins – we get 33 and miss the playoffs.

New ownership should understand that this is at least a three year recovery project, and that only Brook can be counted upon to be there at the end of three. For now, get Yi the ball as often as possible so we can sell jerseys in China and accumulate some cash.

Interesting…..wasn’t there a guy on here suggesting we trade Simmons, CLee/CDR and Dallas’s first round pick for Maggette and Curry the other day? Wow, who knew they were that good! And to think some folks on here comdemned him for proposing an offer like that………

Where are all the Kiki/Yi conspiracy theorists now…..How can it be that CDE took 9 shots compared to Yi only taking 6? Did CDR go against the coach’s specific instructions? This is simply ridiculous as Yi is supposedly the primary go to guy outside of Brook…..

By the way folks, notice that even when Yi only scores a few points, he grabbed 11 boards, had an assist, two blocks and two steals.

No one buys jereys of Yi in China, because we all buy replica ones, which are very cheap, maybe 1/50 of the authentic one. No one buys Yi, while some buy Yao’s.
But we still watch Yi’s play for ever, even though he played so bad today. Billions of fans felt bad, depressed today——we even began to hate Yi, coz’ he didn’t do anything to show his value, to make us Chinese feel proud. We even said to ourselves that we didn’t want to watch Nets games again. BUT,when tommorow comes, we can’t help opening the TV and turning to the SportsTV to see Yi. Hope him become better, though that seems impossible now.

Trading for Curry would be awesome. But I will never sign on for Corey “Bad porn” Maggette. This team is at the bottom of the league in assists, and you wanna add a guy who has been known to not have a fondness for sharing the ball?

Not to mention he’s 31 years old. Stop thinking of trades or signings for guys over 30! We’re far from contention so getting aging guys makes no sense.

And the Nets could make anyone look like a really good player. Yes, even my grandma

Not saying they would at this point, yet Muwu, why would GS give up Curry if they were not able to benefit from the financial gains of letting Maggette go. You have to take on something to get something even better. BTW, everyone underestimates Maggette’s play. Unfortunately for him, he has always played on losing teams (Clippers and GS). I imagine if he signed a deal with the Celtics and played like he is today, he would be talked about so much differently. Muwu, take a look at his last 20-30 games and tell me that he can’t pass. His stats are that of an AllStar’s play. BTW, Boozer is over 30, thus should he be crossed of our FA wish list too?

Muwu,

Maggette averages more assists than our very own CDR…what does that say?

The incredible shrinking Yi! Reality: he had a spurt; now he is the same old Yi. Unless: I’ve noticed this: he plays horribly on the road and real good (still horribly on the defense) at home. But my geuss is he is what he is: a streaky player who only has a jumper and when that goes he has nothing else to offer. He is so atrocious. And that is not even considering his pathetic defense. I think the best post I read sees the bright spot: the new owner will not be snowed by the idea that Yi is a building block. Are the fans still snowed?

Geo,

Let me guess…CDR is your favorite player? What do you have to say about his play? How about Devin’s, Dooling’s, Hayes and TWilliam’s? Yi makes 4 million a year…you sound as if you expect a franchise player.

Be careful what you wish for….as CDR might find himself in the Developmental league for life after his contract runs out. He is one dimensional to say the least.

I think we should consider sending Hayes, Dooling and Boone off to other teams as quickly as possible. Not to say that we can get much for any of them, just that we need to start cleaning house immediately.

Why would GS trade a rising star in Curry for that collection of junk? He is a building block of their team, the 7th overall pick last year, an untouchable, their Brook Lopez. You’d have to come up with more than the 26th pick in the draft and 2 stiffs for Curry.

I couldn’t believe things could get worse, but getting smoked by a team missing half their rotation players to injury (and getting key minutes from D-leaguers) might take take cake. Only this collection of bums could score 79 pts against a team that on average gives up a league worst 111. Proky, Brooklyn, and the #1 pick (hopefully) can’t get here fast enough.

@Adam

That CDR’s not a passer either. CDR’s a scorer. That’s it. I’ve always said he doesn’t provide you with much else than points.

And yes, Boozer should be. He’s always an injury concern, old as you mentioned, and would you really want him next to Brook when they’re both low post scorers?

Muwu,

What great PF’s in this league are now low post scores? Brook is simply going to have to adjust a bit.

This is the lowest I have been as a fan ever. I have been a Nets fan for 20 plus years. All of my friends know I am a fan. For years I have defended them. I have moved from state to state over the years and I have followed the team closely. Most of my friends can’t believe I am a fan. But i stuck it out.

This is heartbreaking. This team is so horrible. There is no upside for this team. We suck. Yi is a bum. Williams is a lost puppy who thinks he is a gift to the Nets. Lee is a bust and Harris is a spoiled brat.

Our team wont spend a damn dime to get a COACH. A COACH. Yet they expect people to go to games and buy merchendise.

Close the Nets and open them up when you plan on putting a team that will compete. They aren’t even trying to win. Only Brook hustles. The coaches dont care. The owner has us in limbo and Ratner is a Rat. Finally, Stern is just allowing this to go on.

Hire Frank! No seriously…

…this team’s emotionally spent. Not to single him out, but Boone’s body language the end of the game was like… “I wanna play, but, like no one else on my team knows how, it’s hopeless” Everyone feels that way, They are all resorting to just running down the court and taking a shot.

No D. No plays. No heart.

Hire a shrink to protect Brooks state of mind and move everybody else.

Remember, not a cent of your money should go to The Rat.

Russ,

You make great points, yet why do I not see CDR’s name within your post?

Maybe we need to start the following lineup for a change of pace:

Quinn
TWill
Humphries
Boone
Lopez

Would that not marginalize his skill set in the low post if you try and make him a faceup guy when that’s not his real game? I would rather have a guy in the Ben Wallace mold next to Brook, a great rebounder and defender who doesn’t need to score. Add that we need all the defense we can get.

A Carlos Boozer signing would improve us, but in a year or two, it will most likely be seen as a regrettable move when you’re team is ready to contend but the guy you signed for big bucks is breaking down already.

Adam

My favorite Nets are playing on other teams. I like Hayes alot now. I think Lopez could be a fav. I dig Hump, especially his muscles. Thanks for asking. But I expect a realistic assessment of talent. This bankrupt GM named KIKI thinks he can build a team around the shrinking Yi. He is selling us a load of bull. He has slowed the development of CDR and others b/c of his belief in the shrinking Yi. He moved out Anderson and who knows how many PF’s he passed on for the shrinking Yi. 3 – 39 can be directly attributed to having two major holes (maybe three) on this team: PF and SF. So, no, CDR is not my favorite. Not close. It ain’t an either or think. Yi stinks. Period. THat makes no one better.

I went to bed at half and they were down by only 6. Woke up this morning and Wow!! Yi – 2 points!! Did he play the second half??

Adam,

Not enough energy to talk about a guy that thinks he is Lebron but its the coach keeping him back. Its too much to throw the ball into your best player.

Also did you notice the excitment the Hornets had last night? They are a bad team but they play hard. How about the darn bucks? They play hard. The Wizards are horrible but they still play harder than us.

Last night was the worst. I turned it off to watch Conan’s last show. I am looking forward to Kiki’s last show.

NetIncome: What exactly are the plans for a REAL coach?

KiKi is not a good coach
This team has enough talent to beat GS with Montae on the bench, 3 D Leaguers, 8 players dressed, and a center that can’t hit free throws.
Nelly had to be laughin at KiKi…
Maggette and Curry are killing you.
Do something… double team,full court press,hack a biedrins,half court trap?
And don’t wait until -20 to do it.
Oh wait you gotta make buckets to play D!
The offense is ugly. Too many turnovers, rushed shots,bad fouls,bad plays and no effort.
Did you hear the female announcer ask KiKi if players will lose starting spots or playing time?
He stuttered and stumbled, ima go watch it again.

@ Nets Income
That’s a shame when conan is a better alternative than the Nets

what Thorn and Ratner are doing they might aswell spit in our face they might aswell of kick down our doors and spit in the face of all the people that follow nets. Lets boycott, no one go to the games and Boo them when they are home. Lets demand a trade at deadline.
Yi plays the worst defense ive ever seen
Harris just doesnt care
Courtney Lee for Vince Carter HAHAHA

at Randy Orens:

“Lets boycott, no one go to the games and Boo them when they are home. Lets demand a trade at deadline.”

Honestly this should have been going on as soon as Ratner bought the team, and certainly in the last two seasons when the product deteriorated to garbage and the Rat still wouldn’t go away. I’m simply shocked that the Nets are still able to consistently draw 12,000 or so after the owner repeatedly tells the fans the team is gone and it is clearly going to finish with the worst record in league history. They should be playing in front of friends and family at this point after the way we, the fans have been treated.

Shame on you David Stern.

What happened to the “muscle devil” Yi? I think his muscles have atrophied. Little Stephen Curry dropped a shoulder into Yi and was able to clear space so he could get his shot. Its laughable how bad Yi is and they should ship him out with Kiki for a bag of balls.

Boone should be back in the rotation because at least he plays some Defense. Also this is the 2nd game in a row where I liked what i saw from Twill. He made some nice passes and he pushed the ball which puts defenses on their heals.

Getting back to Yi and his physique.. Why is it that all of our players look weaker than other NBA players? The strength and conditioning coach Rich Dilatri has been there forever and these players look weak and tired. Humphries looks like the best conditioned guy we have, and he’s from a different organization. Even Twill who was chiseled coming in to camp looks a little less muscular.

You have to respect NI.

He was a defender of management moves (most notoriously the Yi strategies) that have not worked, but for which NI believed might well have worked.

Now, NI is still calling it like he sees it – the other way. Thanks NI for all your work on this board, including your occasional digs at yours truly.

Fire Kiki!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Play TWIll the entire game!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Forget about LBJ.
Don’t count on Wall.
Trade for Gay or Joe Johnson.

Two good things i saw in this game. CDR got more shots than he had in the past 3 games, and we stayed competitive. And other than 2 turnovers, i really liked seeing Terrance at the point, seeing him distribute the ball was very refreshing. Bad point, we got blown out, and now i really don’t see the light at the end of the tunnel anymore. On another note, anyone see this Yi commercial for tonight’s Jazz game? Pretty well produced, at least YES has never spared an expense….

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ygl0NS5aWsQ

Our guys are better than what they are showing on the court. To understand our team we need to look at last year’s timberwolves, that team played terrible under casey he had two good big men a combination that is more individually proven than Brook & Yi. But casey couldnt manage them where as kevin Mchale proved that the duo could co exist in a very positive way. Mchale was let go and they have a bad situation again point is a coach who knows how to get the team playing together making the right plays at the right times is what we are missing.

Frank just categorized Yi as useless, no one is born fully mature you get a guy with a gift it is upto the coach to nurture that talent he is not that type of coach and will never be. Kiki on the other hand recognizes talent and gifts but is not a coach while he can teach an individual he cannot teach a team.

There are five important players on team BLopez, Yi, CDR, Lee and Haris. They all need to learn to play togeather.
If Yi is getting attention that doesnt mean some one else is being over shadowed, Brook and CDR sulked now Brook is happy he has the ball more what has that achieved us CDR is sulking and Yi’s stroke is missing, does brook really think that this is going to last forever? He is our top guy because he is a 7 footer with offesnsive skill set, the moment we get a player like atleast VC again he is not going to have that advantage, but if he knows how to play with a team he would be on multiple ALL star teams.

Yi has shown he has the same all star talent but has a weak psyche but no one in US has any idea of the kind of pressure of performance that he is playing with so when guys like Brook Sulk that send him back further, lift that pressure of his shoulders he is an equal to Brook.

CDR has to do a lot of growing up – his maturity level is the reason why coaches like Don Nelson don’t play Rookies, but when LFrank was around he played much better and with a lot of passion he can be a starter in NBA his real position is SG with his abilities he should watch a lot of tap of Rip hamilton, if he is around his fortunes should rise next year under a permanent coach and a team with no “2010” kind of aspirations.

Lee is a good player with a weaker psyche than Yi, he is more important than he realizes when he is clicking we look like a much better team.

Harris he is no Jason Kidd unfortunately he will be unfairly judged against him, here is some consolation for him no matter what others say Chris paul is not close to Jason KIDD and he is the best PG currently. So he should learn to drop the accolades or criticism which ever one’s come his way and just be himself, do what he likes and what he has learned on how a game is won he will be alright.

KIDD is one of those rare guys who come once every decade or so in a Franchise’s history. In the last decade Lebron James, Kobe Bryant and to an extent Manu Ginobli are the only other players who have will to win as much as Kidd. All others are extremely talented including Duncan, KG and Wade but dont possess the will to win the game as much as these three do.

OK Adam, we know you’re a very passionate fan of Yi but that doesn’t mean you have to go make CDR the scapegoat.
Just to inform you if you were not watching the game, out of CDR’s 9 shots, about 7 of them came in transition or were open jump shots.
Also, 7 of those 9 shots came in the 1st quarter. So once again, CDR was frozen off the offense, and I find it absolutely hilarious that you continue to accuse him of being a ballhog. Comparing him to fellow wing CLee, CDR is
the next Jason Kidd, as all CLee does is force and brick jumpers. CLee’s 17 points are misleading as well; he was lucky and got like 5 spot-ups that game, which is all the guy should be allowed to attempt. Point is, I’ve rarely seen CDR force anything like that. He may not be the greatest passer, but he knows when to pass and if given the ball, he is a solid playmaker as seen by all those times earlier in the season when he drove in and kicked it out to the open man.

@ netincome

“Last night was the worst. I turned it off to watch Conan’s last show. I am looking forward to Kiki’s last show.”

LOL I did the same but I saw Donnie Brasco for the 100th time

@ smp369

If you did watch the game, you should have noticed Yi only attempted 2 shots in the first half and that 2 shots were after the offensive rebound. Yi actually had 7 rebounds 1 assist & 1 BS in the first half. It could be more assist but our guards didn’t made the shot.

But you were right on 1 thing. The entire team didn’t show up, no plays, no D, no nothing. I felt like all the players only care about their stats. No team basketball. I really don’t know why Hump get so many shots. He acutally attempted more shot then Yi in the first half and the entire game. God if yall think he is so specail and could be an all star who can save the team, i wish yall good luck.

Before Nets can play “Team” basketball, they will continue losing all their games…..

O yea. Congratulations to Brook! All Star Reserve!!! Again, you won, Nets lost…..

Trade Yi pls… to Clippers, warriors, Pacers, whatever…. so that I can switch the channel out of Yes Network..

At this rate, the Nets would be lucky to finish with 5 wins. How depressing is that?

Adam,

Trying to make CDR the scapegoat is a bit silly.

Same goes for those trying to blame Yi for Kiki running this team into the ground.

Antoine,

I am not the biggest Yi fan, yet I take exception to him being given the blame for the NETS demise. It’s funny that while he was out with injury, I did not see the NETS producing any better. The only difference is that fans were forced to come up with another culprit for the losses, that being coach Frank.

Let me ask you, are you insinuating that Kiki removed his “pass first” approach for CDR in the first quarter, yet then implemented that approach again in the remaining three quarters?

I really don’t mind CDR as a player, yet what I do mind is that fans are relying on his success too much. If we were just happy with him being a quality bench player who could add a spark, then I would be all for it. Yet, as a starter, he is not producing at all. Same with Lee, so no worries.

@pk7749
I was thinking just that while i was watching the game

I have been a huge Nets fan for over 30 years, living in the Bay Area for the last 10…usually I get to see a bunch of Nets games each year with the NBA package or by going to sports bars….this year with a new baby I have not been able to hit the bar and I decided not to invest the $$ in the NBA package, thus last night was only the 2nd Nets game I have been able to see…..man, we suck….I also pull for the Warriors, who are practically a D-League team, but they made us look like a high school team..when Cartier Martin and Anthony Tolliver look like Magic and Bird, you’ve got problems…..i don’t think I have even seen such porous D at any level of basketball, and I coach a high school girls team, thus I’ve seen some awful examples…..truly embarrassing….this has been a tough year for my teams…16 wins between the 2 of them…ouch!

There you have it folks, the nets are worse at defense than a bunch of high school girls. Pretty much sums up the entire season so far

Ship Yi pls.

To Nets fans, it is all Yi’s faults no matter what.

He had good game? But he took away Brook’s game
He had a bad game? He is the same old Yi
The team sucks on D? Is because of the PF.
The team can score? Is because he can’t shoot.

Pls trade him. It is very tire to be Nets fans anyway.

By the way, I am a fan of Reggie Miller and the fans in Indiana is a lot better than New Jersey…..

what’s wrong with this team? this is the same team minus vince carter plus a more mature Lopez, CDR and CLee. I actually thought we would do better than last year.

This quote from goldenstateofmind sums up the entire game:

What the Nets need right now is a psychiatrist. Right now, it is all mental. They are not even giving a fight. This against our Warriors who have three D-Leaguers, Devean George playing with pain, a rookie point guard, a forward whose free throw form is worse than that of 20,000 other people in the building, a guy who came back from open-heart surgery, and an all-star candidate who just limped off to the locker room.

Why are there people still watching this team? Shame on you…

It gets even more pathetic when you look at the boxscore and see that every single one of our players had a negative +/- while every single warrior had a positive +/-. Has that ever happened before?!

I know kiki is the GM but it’s time for him to go back to the front office and give the team to a real coach. It’s one thing to lose but it’s another to lose by 20 every game. Even if the nets lose by 10, some of these games have nets down by 25 in the 3rd. Bring Frank back for at least the rest of the season. Yes he lost but at least they were competitive. I’m not even seeing that anymore. And Devin needs to make a freaking shot already

Adam,

I too do not agree with placing any blame on Yi, he’s done fine for the most part and there simply is no real evidence that could be used to put anything on him. The decision to blame Frank for their start and fire him as a result was also very poor. Not including the Nets’ top management (who knows whats going on up there), the only person that can really by justifiably blamed is Kiki; he pushed for Frank’s firing, took over, and has wrecked anything the team had. Even though we were 0-16 before, we were never getting blown out to the consistent extent we are under Kiki, who has pretty much had the entire line-up to work with, not the mere 8 that Frank had.

And no, I am not insinuating anything about Kiki’s approach on CDR. CDR got the majority of his shots in the 1st quarter becase the Warriors were playing extremely careless ball at that time, and CDR and Lee were able to captivate on their turnovers and get some increased points.

The reason why fans are relying on his success is simple: the Nets play better when CDR is playing well, since CDR can not only score effeciently if given the chance but can also open up oppurtunities for other players.

I thought FRank was useless and he was when it came down to truly big games. But Kiki has taken poor coaching (that is being generous) to new levels. It is absolutely sickening and if the franchise had any interest in avoiding the worst record in league history (it obviously doesn’t), they would pay Mike Fratello 500 grand to finish out the season as coach so maybe we could get to 10 wins and niss out on the absolute humiliation that record would bring.

Yi doing fine? Nobody is doing fine on a 3 – 39 team! Nobody.

Yi was the main problem. He should be traded if it could save some of his 4 million in capspace. He won’t be playing much next year anyway. Kiki is starting to realize this.

Yi was much worse than his numbers. He responds like a Giraffe on defense. A little fake and he goes for it. Everyone knows how to blow-by Yi for a score.
On offense he is better than a Giraffe because his brain communicates with his body in sync.

However, Yi’s hands are so bad and the stats don’t show how many botched offensive attempts he missed. Yi was -11 at halftime

I switched to Conan too, but went back and forth.
TWill wasn’t much, but at least I would watch losing games to see him get more experience. Would rather develop TWill than waste more time with Yi.

If not for the Haier sponsorship and lack of interest, Yi would be traded by deadline to save some capspace for next year.

Yi was worst at -11 at halftime when Nets Should have been ahead otherwise. He was -30 for game. Meanwhile Humpries was only -4. Lets see, -30 vs. -4 with almost equal minutes. Just play Humphries more and Yi less.

This game just solidified my stance on Yi! SHIP HIM OUT! Nice guy, but, he is awful. I watched him closely throughout the game and he does things all wrong. He loses his guy on defense which leads to open shots and easy drives to the basket. He also does not box out his opponent and he does not play aggressive again. Guys just run circles around him. I do not see Dirk Nowitzki or Andrea Bargnani. Sorry, I may be wrong, but, I don’t think so.

I wonder if Yi was behind JFK’s assassination.

Yeah, he’s the main problem here, LOL.

He’s one of the few players on this putrid roster who has actually played some decent bball this year, dude’s averaging 15 and 7. He’s strugging as of late like everyone else on this team not named Lopez, but he’s having a good season overall.

As for Terrence, he looks more like a building block to me. He sometimes fumbles the ball while dribbling it up the court, but, I do like his decision making. He has crisp passing (which we need) and if he stays aggressive on the offensive end by driving to the basket, he can make up for his lack of shooting ability. I think the shooting can be improved in the offseason and as he gets more minutes in games. In addition, he has a great physique to muscle up against and guard three positions, which, helps his defense. He is also an awesome rebounder for his height. (again which we need). His rebounding reminds me a little of Jason Kidd’s. Kidd was always underneath and grabbing boards even though he was only 6’4". Terrence has much to improve on, but, I see the ability to improve and be a factor for this team because he has good fundamentals and agressiveness for the NBA game. He is a building block for a winning NETS team.

Re:Yi
You mean a good 4-5 games on offensive statistics. Even that doesn’t show all of his botches or that Lopez’ offense suffered when Yi was at his best on offense. Hardly a season.

Compare Humphries +/- with Yi’s and that matches what I saw of last night’s game as well as recent games. Humphries has made Yi expendable after this year. Its a competitive world and Humphries I believe is 4 months younger also.

I would dearly like to have Cole Aldrich as would you (Lopez could play some PF), though doubt he would be available after pick #10. Therefore Nets have little option except DLee, Boozer or Amare via FA. DLee is most practical as of now. Therefore what is point to keep Yi if he wouldn’t play next year anyway?

At least purging Yi could result in something good for future. I think Thorn and even Kiki might agree with me now, but unfortunately, I’ll bet offers are meager.

LOL, yeah just 4-5 games, much better ones than the 4-5 good games Humphries has had so far. Yi has had better games than those 3-4 games Hump has had and none of these Yi haters gave him any credit. LMAO at thinking that is making Yi expendable.

I like Hump though, he’s a great addition, good role player, that’s it, but pretending that after having 3-4 good games in BLOWOUTS he will make Yi expendable is comical, the Yi haters just take anything to hate on Yi.

And what makes you think he wouldn’t be playing next year even if we land a PF in free agency and add another big man with the mavs pick, Yi’ll still be our best 3rd big (after Brook and whoever we pick up in free agency, which I hope aint Lee). Cut the crap already, its getting comical.

Btw, you can assume from what one source close to the Nets thinking told Chad Ford recently that they aint thrilled at all about the possibility of having to overpay 2nd tier FAs like Lee or Boozer, guys you’re assuming we’ll somehow get, lol.

at Sunil:

“Harris he is no Jason Kidd unfortunately he will be unfairly judged against him”

Of course Harris is no Kidd – he couldn’t tie Jason’s shoelaces but the reason he is still being judged against him is because so many Nets fans to this day claim the Nets got the better end of the deal! Until that absurd notion goes away, many fans and NBA analysts are going to continually hold Harris to Kidd’s standards which are obviously completely unattainable for him.

Yi to me is a poors mans version of Keith Van Horn. Both are soft and play no defense. Both are streaky, but, Van Horn had better fundamentals and shot the ball more consistently.

“ain’t thrilled” but no choice for the worst NBA team in memory. Overpaying has happened before as the Mavs can attest to, yet they are pretty good nonetheless.
Would you rather pay 18 million for AK47?

@Sunil….excellent breakdown

Yea. Ship Yi and Nets will become a championship contender with ALL STAR Brook, DH, Humps, Lee and Future ALL STAR CDR.

At the beginning of the season Nets was losing but it is still Yi’s fault even though he was playing due to injury. He should just simply stay home instead of went the games with the team.

Humps is so good on D and the player he guard won’t score a point. Everyone will than get better on D instantly and Nets will win lots & lots of games.

LMAO!