I saw this one coming. Its not that Alston cant help with team or any team..it just was not a fit for right now. Good Skip on your future team.

Im bummed we didn’t anything in return.

yeah me to andy

We did get something in return. A roster spot to do another deal, and you can bet one is in the works….stay tuned.

Although humphries would be a nice addition…hey if we are getting rid of najera.let’s party.

Do I smell some vanilla muscle coming our way? I hope so!

better be another deal….we could have easily gotten a second rounder for him…

I agree with supernetsfan. Remember they needed to free up some space in order to get some deals done.

Wow! We needed skip! This was not a good move by the nets.

Who knows it might be a bigger deal… But humpries Would be nice especially since we’re shipping najera

The thing that I will remember is Rafer losing control of the ball out of bounds coming up court with no defender in sight in game 1 against the TWolves. That ended up being the difference in the game, possibly. Thanks for leading the team to a record losing streak, Alston.

Hmmm, maybe his real mission was to get Frank fired. Nice job.

He also had a triple double. I wish him the best.

yeah, this alston waive better be setting up another deal – and involving najera. getting rid of najera would be a big plus.

Getting rid of Najera would make today Christmas part 2. And I am really bummed that we could not get at least a 2nd round pick for Alston.

Are they gonna waive Quinn?

Ooops I did not see the Chris Quinn/2012 2nd rounder for the trade exception. At least we were able to use it for a pick.

And I would be pretty happy if we keep Boone. I think he is a valuable piece to be brought back next season as a bench guy.

Quinn hahaha

Getting rid of Najera >> Chris Quinn and a 2012 2nd rounder. I hope we are not done dealing.

We are loading up on picks…

At least we got something for Alston.. don’t know how we’re getting rid of Najera and getting Humphries now.

Yes I wonder what the deal with Chris Quinn is….Anyone have an idea?

don’t know if we’d done dealing yet (most likely not), but just reading about Chris Quinn, he seems to have some potential. he’s not a complete scrub.

lol go to his player page… he doesn’t even has a picture of him playing

I was watching a mix of humpries on YouTube…

Chris Quinn is NOT A COMPLETE SCRUB guys.

He is a 40%+ 3 point shooter.
He can nail the open jumpshot.
He’s averaging 5.1 points in 14 minutes this year.
Last year he averaged 8, 3 and 2 per game.
 
He’s only 25 years old. It’s not like getting a bag of potato chips. I hope we’re not done dealing, though…

Chris Quinn is a poor man’s Steve Blake methinks.

Humpries is Blake griffin lite…lol

Quinn is not that bad. He can hit outside shots. From a cost/youth standpoint is an upgrade over Alston who really never fit here. Lets move Battie for a pick, Najera for Humprhies! Get it done!

Think this deal is in anyway related to Humprhies? Maybe Chris Quinn to Dallas for Shawne Williams alongside the Najera for Humphries deal? Does that make ANY sense?

Perhaps Dallas wanted a player at that specific price point and the only people we could offer at that cost were OUR Sean Williams and Courtney Lee. I don’t see Dallas wanting SWAT and the Nets are obviously not giving up Courtney Lee.

I don’t know anything though. Just speculating.

Somebody ask Shaq about Chris Quinn. You’ll get a funny response.

Shaq would probably be like :

“He’s an Allstar, I tell you. I tell you!”

we’re like a d-league team. humphries? quinn? pathetic

Let’s get humpries he never really had playing time

Even though they were listed as separate transactions, I have to believe we acquired Quinn and 2nd rounder from Miami for trade exception and Rafer Alston.

In other words I believe it was “one” deal.
Alston is expected to sign with Miami.

Sort of like the V.C. RA deal with Orlando.
Listed as separate but basically one deal.

If I were Nets, I’d throw Courtney Lee in a package deal…Let’s See if he has Value, cause its dropping Brick-by-Brick

That’s a star, brother. Star, star, star.

good for rafer he can get some playing time. he didnt fit in here at all. now lets get rid of najera!!!

I think it would be hilarious if we started Chris Quinn at PG tonight with Harris at SG and he goes all Steve Nash out of nowhere.

By the way, he has THE most hilarious NBA.com picture ever.

http://www.nba.com/playerfile/chris_quinn/

Haha, that is unbelievable!

Awesome stats : PPG 0.0 RPG 0.00 APG 0.0 EFF —

@Dirt

Hahahahahaha… dude that is by far the best player picture. Although, when “The Big O” Oliver Miller was playing, his head did not fit into his picture.

Great trade, clear em out. More picks.

The “Mighty Quinn” fits right in. He doesn’t play and is currently injured.

Waive him too, and see if the Cavs will take some of our draft picks as compensation for Mike Brown!

Alston just signed with Miami. Just like I said. It was really one deal.

Wow , what a blockbuster trade … KiKi and Thorn for exects. of the year .

Don’t laugh. I’m actually sort of serious about this… Dare I say we have the next Beno Udrih on our hands?

OMFG, Chris Quinn is straight Scarface, but without the scar and the face. I can’t imagine the dealing is done. Miami wanted Alston, they freed up a roster spot. We now have a pick and a cheap player. I believe that Quinn or the pick will be the missing piece to get something done this week. Humphries deal isn’t dead.

It seems Don “Corleone” Thorn might be taking care of all “family business” today…

I don’t think he is really part of the “now” or “long term” plans of this franchise. Maybe he is another chip in another deal? At least we were able to turn a trade exception into a future draft pick. At least we are stockpiling assets and getting rid of guys with no purpose on this team.

Yeah let’s get humpries!

After reading all that Gilbert Arenas mess and seeing Chris Quinns picture, I’m not sure sure why we’re taking a risk on such a gangster, but let’s see how it pans out.

Also…I forgot to point out, the article said that Boone is out tonight (left knee). If this phantom injuries taught me anything, it’s that the player is being moved. Boone is also on his way out…interesting stuff.

I am inclined to agree with you Hab, although Boone has missed a few games due to injury recently…

wish alston the best…. its not easy frm playing at championship level and comin to Jersey at this level

but Quinn isnt that badd… he jus doesnt get playing time … but either wayy…. this is just about stockpiling for the future…

10 draft picks over the next 3 yrs… THAT IS INSANE !!!! lol

Another trade????

@Dirt LOLOLOLOLOL!!! That pic is hilarious. Maybe Proky wanted him to be the team’s Pimp.

Alston is just to hazardous with the ball. That one guys was right.

Next Beno Udrih? So your saying it will take 7 years for him to be any good?

I think another shoe is about to drop…

7 years? developing right on schedule with Yi.

Draft picks, schmafft picks. This isnt the NFL where you can get an impact player in the 2nd, 3rd and 4th rounds. Plus, with the way this team drafts Im not even sure if they could be successfull with 10 consectutive #1 picks.

Perhaps we can use this along with one of our multiple other draft picks to unload Najera.

What a hell? why wee need quinn?

well at least u kno that if they get the 1st pick this yr… u kno who they’re picking lolz

“Draft picks, schmafft picks.”

What? Monta Ellis, Gilbert Arenas, Carlos Boozer, Mo Williams, Michael Redd, Rashard Lewis… not to mention Anderson Varejao, Trevor Ariza, Mario Chalmers, and CDR were picked in the second round!

A lot of posters on this site seemed under the impression that we were going to get a # 1 pick for Alston. LOL

Oh, and Manu, too. I’m still probably forgetting someone, but I think I made my point.

It seems like it’s still all about saving money. I would rather have seen them use that $6 million contract as part of a trade for a real player.

I know this isn’t the right forum, and Nets Daily will post this but…

http://www.nypost.com/p/news/local/jayson_williams_in_suspected_dui_IcyvizZJLJGKFsS0NYPdZN

What a sad sad person he’s become.

I’m not positive but I thought I heard Mikki Moore got dumped by Golden State not to long ago, maybe he could reunite with the Nets at somepoint soon?

How about Mark price, Jeff Hornachek, Dennis Rodman, Jerome Kersey, Cedric Ceballos, Ginobile, Blair… All 2nd rounders…

Why Quinn? Why not keep the spot open for deals? Wow, so the VC, anderson trade nets us Battie, Lee, Quinn. Stellar. O, and a second round pick.

Addition by subtraction or is Thorn asleep?

Thats truely impressive that you can name that many 2nd round picks.

Wow! Well, I did trade Alston and a second round pick for Mike Dunleavy in my NBA 2K10 before I played any games this season, so i really can’t stand Alston. But Quinn??? We’re talking about Quinn, man. Quinn?

I am not a fan of the VC trade (then or now) BUT the true impact of this deal will not be known for a few more years. It freed up lots of cap space and gives us hope in free agency, etc. But I am not crazy about the Ryan for Lee swap – but lets see how Lee turns out 2 years from now depending on what vision Kiki and Rod have/committed to.

@ peter

Mikki Moore had to shine JKidd’s shoes to get the best FG% in the league back in the day…i’m pretty sure he wouldnt be too hot right now

did love him back in the day no doubt..dude had some charisma…he was a fan favorite.

Mikki Moore is out for 3 months, and can’t be a part of the future of the new team.

To the commenter saying we are like the D league team now because of Quinn and possibility of Humphries… Quinn wont and shouldn’t play. Its wiser to have Quinn not play then a good guy like Alston. And Humphries is a decent backup big man, key word, back up. Have you not watched any of the Mav’s games this year?

All in all, I am so happy to be rid of Alston, he was a horrible shot. Great guy, horrible shot!

Im a ball player and im not laughing at anyones stats because If he is in the league he is a very very talented player….

Notable 2nd round picks
Some new: Stephen Jackson, Anthony Morrow (not drafted), Paul Milsap, Kyle Korver, Ben Wallace
Some Old: Danny Ainge, Dennis Rodman, Doc Rivers, Nick Van Excel, Antonio Davis, Eric Snow, Jeff Hornaceck, Marc Price

the list goes on!

Great double move by the Nets here.

I think Chris Quinn will be bought out to make room for Humphries but I could be wrong. Furthermore it gives us 10 picks over the next 3 years.

@NetsBall4Real

Agree %100

Quinn can stay in Miami.

2nd round picks = more russians drafted

Why is Hunphries better than Boone? His FT is twice Boone’s (57% vs 27%), but overall his stats are pretty poor. Another stiff.

2nd rounders are worth $$$$, and can be used in trades, and moving up in the draft. In terms of the odds of us getting a serviceable player in the 2nd, its a.) extremely difficult and b.) our management doesn’t have the greatest ability to spot diamonds in the rough. Prior to CDR, we drafted Illic, Adams, Drejer, and Slay in the 2nd—-oh, and we sold the draft rights to Kyle Korver somewhere in there as well…

Check his minutes played and realize the guy isnt going to get the touches that Dwight Howard gets. 5 and 4 in 12 minutes shooting close to 50% aint terrible and he shot ft’s a 79% last year.

So here’s what apparently happened…

—The Nets tried to trade Alston but couldn’t get anything they wanted.

—He agreed to give up $1 million in what was owed to him.

—The Nets got an undetermined amount of cash from Miami, thus adding to the savings on this. I assume the amount is no greater than the $1.07 million owed to Quinn.

—The Nets used the smaller of their two trade exceptions from the VC trade, the $1.22 million exception that equaled Ryan Anderson’s salary. They retain the larger one…$3.73 million.

—The Nets now have 10 draft picks: two firsts and a second in 2010; a first and two seconds in 2011; two firsts and two seconds in 2012. That’s the most of any team.

—IF the cash the Nets received does amount to $1 million, then the Nets saved a net of about $1.5 million, the difference between what they saved from Alston’s buyout and the cash from Miami minus what’s owed Quinn.

—The Nets are now be under the salary cap, I think. In terms of cap space, they saved more than $3 million…the difference between Alston’s reconfigured salary (about $4.2 million) and Quinn’s salary ($1.07 million.) Since the Nets were just above the cap, a savings of $3 million would put them below the cap by that amount.

@John at the Jersey Shore

I was finally waiting for someone to say something! I think people have the tendancy to think the grass is greener on the other side.

KHumphries is Boone 2.0

He has never impressed and has had some potential. But if he was a solid player, he would have found time no matter who is ahead of him (Bosh, Boozer etc).

Marc stein’s article says the Nets gave the Heat their 2010 2nd round pick in the deal. I don’t like that. Is this true?

Actually it says a “protected 2nd round pick”. How can a 2nd round pick be protected? Why would we give up that pick? It’ll be basically a late first rounder. Someone tell me this is false.

heavily protected…meaning it stays with the Nets unless somehow they make the playoffs…meaningless.

http://twitter.com/STEIN_LINE_HQ/status/7416409591

I don’t mind getting rid of skip
But why add another PG?
Let TWill play backup PG and see what happens

you guys are missing something. By my calculations, the Nets are about $3 million under the CAP, meaning they can take on a contract that large without having to send a player back.

How much does Humphries make this year?

at least we still have boone and najera

2.9 million. . .a better offensive player than boone, who is a scratch for tonight. hmmmm

I said this before and I’ll say it again. If we tell Utah that we will take Kirilenko but the Knicks 1st rounder as well in exchange for The Dallas 1st rounder, 1 of Lee or Twill and Hassel/Hayes/Battie…I certainly think they’ll do it (they’re desperately trying to get under the luxury tax). Without a doubt we know AK47 will be playing for the Nets when Pokhorov takes over so we might as well do it now and get something for it.

I have the nets about $1 million under the Cap but it does allow them for some flex room for trades. Humphries per Hoopshype.com is making $3.2 Mil this year and has a player option for next year for $3.2 Mil (Najera’s contract is due for $2.8 Mil next year but runs another year). I found hoopshype salaries to be pretty reliable when comparing to other reports.

Finally some moves by the Nets. The Nets really need to look at their roster and unload guys (if possible) that have no future with the team, and getting second rounders would be more then great. Nets need to get rid of Najera and it would be great for a contract that does not run through next year (it would be tough as teams seem to be really tight on contract lengths more then ever) but Humphries and his contract wouldn’t be to bad of a trade off.

I think I may be wrong in my cap space projections.

Mike, what if we package Najera and one of our 5 2nd round picks for a player with 1 year remaining on his contract. The 3 million on Najera’s contract wont hurt us next year except for the fact that he’s useless. He cant help us on the court, thats why I think we need to deal him.

Looks to me that Thorn and Kiki are panicing. Maybe Proky has left them out there, high and dry…

Kiki and Thorn are through. Just like most of the rest of this Nets roster.

That includes Harris, T-Will, Boone, Hayes, Dooling, Narjera, Battie, and maybe Lee.

Holy mother of Jesus!!! what have we done, i know alston wasnt a big deal, but Cmon…..Quinn’s 21 games in 3 seasons means he is bad, inconsistent and not worth the effort!

i see we deserve the tittle of Dumbest front office of the year!!!

Kiki, Ratner & Thorn must leave at once. Lets proky take the Head of all stuffs and build a decent team!!!

Work hard for the team not for your pockets… omG

If this is the move we were going to do, I Think we should have waited until All-Star break to deal Alston. I’m sure his value would have increased because that’s really when teams either push to make the playoffs or to solidify themselves as championship contenders. A team short on point guards would have more likely given us a better offer.

If we could trade Najera and a 2nd rounder for an expiring contract, I would do that and so would the nets (just the money savings would make them do it).

Eh.. about Najera’s contract, I want it off the books. 2010 free agency is still up in the air. It is doubtful that lebron, wade etc. will go somewhere else, and Joe Johnson might be the best option out there if that….. Regardless, the Nets might get the #1 pick and have the right free agents land (thus it is important to be under the cap much as possible).

Eh.. about Najera’s contract, I want it off the books. 2010 free agency is still up in the air. It is doubtful that lebron, wade etc. will go somewhere else, and Joe Johnson might be the best option out there if that….. Regardless, the Nets might get the #1 pick and have the right free agents land (thus it is important to be under the cap much as possible).Right now (rough estimates) with harris, lopez, yi, lee, t-will & CDR back, + Dooling’s $500K buyout + a high and low first rounders… I have the nets around the $26 Mil. You never know the nets might have fortunes come there way this offseason or might just have to wait (I still look at Denver giving K-Mart that contract but they had to do it because they felt that they had to do something)….

The Nets just sent out the release.

The 2010 2nd Round pick is protected from 31-50! Don’t think the Nets are finishing in the top 10 of the NBA this season…

The king has no clothes. Time for Thorn to retire.

The more you here of this latest move the worse it gets…

Throw the bums out…

5 million +, a year, for being incompetent, these days it sounds just about right…

Obama, please give Nets management a bailout…

Sounds like the Nets got fleeced, once again. Thorns gotta go… The sooner the better…

Look how fast Pat Reily signed Alston…

For all Thorns brillance, cheap owner withstanding, look what we got?

A pocketful of miracles???

we arent done, and I like the Quinn pickup, he is a shooter.

Everybody been force fed the party line for so many years.

Thorn is a great G.M.

I don’t think so…

Prove it…

The only thing that has saved Thorn and his plush job is;

1) David Sterns Buddy.
2) Nice guy.
3) An owner that knows nothing about basketball and does not want to know anything about basktball.

Time to go…

the Nets traded crappy Alston for a younger crappy player and 2nd round pick. at least they got something for him.

the 2nd rounder has value.

Quinn is not that bad of as player. He will be servicable as a 3rd PG.

I wish Skip the best of luck.

A 2nd rounder is valuable if we sign foreign players who stay in their countries to play. It comes in handy in doing trades in the future because we can trade that player’s rights for someone.

Especially when the Nets will soon have an inside connection for Russia’s players.

Great, this will make it easier to fire all Nets management.

What a bunch of frauds…

Reminds me of the Mets…

Skip to my…Don’t let the door hit ya!!

Hollah!

During WWII, when Russian soldiers ran from the enemy they were shot.

Line up the firing squad.

Nets management, players, even some fans should be eliminated…

I would trade everybody on this team including Lopez, for draft picks… What a disgrace… 3-31 impossible…

Najera is the worst player I have ever seen. Complete garbage. Ugh. Get him out of here asap. I’ve had it with his fake hustle, his horrible shooting, and his awful defense. He can’t even box out. Worst player the Nets have signed.

@ JJ22 100% Agreed with you!

Najera sucks in every way possible, Overpayed, bad offense, bad defense, injures comes in every single form, God!!! were we drunk when this trade was done?!?!?!

The Heat 2nd rounder were getting in 2012 is unprotected?

So, if the Nets 2nd rounder in 2010 is not conveyed to Miami, do they get the 2011 2nd round pick or no pick? The reporting hasn’t been the best on the details of this deal.

The Nets pick is protected 31-50 meaning unless the Nets finish with the NBA’s 10th best record or better, the pick remains with the Nets. There is carryover til 2011 or 2012. If there had been, it would have been mentioned in the official press release.

The Heat pick is unprotected. No matter where the Heat finish in 2011-12, the Nets get it.

Al Iannazzone makes the point that the Nets were able to use one of the two trade exceptions from the Carter deal to gain a player, $600,000 in cash and a second round pick. Normally, a team lets those smaller trade exceptions expire. The Nets also got to keep the larger exception they gained in the Carter deal.

So the Vince Carter trade is now Vince Carter and Ryan Anderson for Courtney Lee, Tony Battie, Chris Quinn, a second round pick in 2012, a $3.73 million trade exception and $600,000 in cash. In other words, this deal enhanced the Carter deal.

good riddance.

And no the Thorn is not a bad GM… we are keeping our second rounder due to it being protected and gaining one from the heat. Picks and a true 3rd string>>> an upset veteran that wanted to play over the better Dooling. plus im pretty sure we also got cash

Wasnt a blockbuster transaction, but it did indeed help us. we got nice value.

thanks for the guide to the trade, NI. i certainly needed it. :S

I like Chris Quinn, but this move is really not major. He prob. won’t be with the team next year. The only point guard we should talk about adding is not in the league. Hes at Kentucky.

I think Quinn is a decent 3rd string PG.

No need to hate on Alston folks. Skip to my Lou is not a horrible player. His FG% may be somewhat low, but he is a solid play at point. He reminds me of Gary Payton in terms of his playmaking ability. I’m sure if the Nets could they would lose every game for the rest of the season to just make sure they have the most ping pong balls… and we will somehow still end up with pick #4.

nets got robbed