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Not Just Bad...Historically Bad

The Nets 4-46 mark is not tied for the worst start for an NBA team. It is the worst start for a professional sports team--worse than any MLB team, worse than any NHL team. Of course, they remain at the bottom of the power rankings. John Schuhmann of NBA.com offers the only hope, that the All-Star version of Devin Harris has begun showing up. Oh wait, he got hurt Sunday going for a loose ball. Never mind.

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When they become the Brooklyn Nets the slate will be wiped clean.

Ten years from now, The Brooklyn Nets will not be identified with the NJ version. Technically speaking perhaps, but the team will have a new identity.

by Mike on Feb 8, 2010 1:56 PM EST reply actions  

How many fans remember the Minneapolis Lakers?

Answer = Not many…

by Mike on Feb 8, 2010 1:58 PM EST reply actions  

go back to your official Nets business, oh wait, this is part of your job assignment

by JohnY on Feb 8, 2010 2:03 PM EST reply actions  

The only thing that i dont like even if i somewhat agree with the move to Brooklyn is they’re leaving NJ in a bad season and what’s worst is giving NJ a bad rep! ;(

by KinDreD on Feb 8, 2010 2:07 PM EST reply actions  

At least he got hurt hustling after a loose ball instead of tweaking his ankle after an easy layup…

by Gyniko on Feb 8, 2010 2:09 PM EST reply actions  

Hey, Jersey has Sinatra, Springsteen, Whitman, Four Seasons and the Rascals. No way can the Nets tarnish that lineup. LOL

by Mike on Feb 8, 2010 2:10 PM EST reply actions  

“It is the worst start for a professional sports team”

The Det. Lions of the NFL went 0-16.

by Mr. Big on Feb 8, 2010 2:30 PM EST reply actions  

The 1976 Tampa Bay Buccaneers lost every game they played. 0-14.

by Mike on Feb 8, 2010 2:49 PM EST reply actions  

For any Nets fans who think this is the worst team in sports history, look up the Cleveland Spiders 1899 season. They were a real major league baseball team. Some opposing teams refused to go play them, so they had to play over 100 games on the road that season. Fun stuff to read…

P.S. The Spiders actually had Cy Young on their team the year before. The owner of the Spiders makes Ratner look like a saint in comparison.

by Mike on Feb 8, 2010 3:09 PM EST reply actions  

The Spiders finished 20-134. The worst team record in baseball history.

by Mike on Feb 8, 2010 3:24 PM EST reply actions  

I still think that the Nets can get at least 6 more wins by the end of the season, so it’s not too late to dodge a bullet on this unfortunate record.

by Tal Barzilai on Feb 8, 2010 3:39 PM EST reply actions  

@Mr. Big
Nets went 0-18. We’re talking 50 game starts. NFL doesnt play 50 games.

by Net Income on Feb 8, 2010 3:42 PM EST reply actions  

Nets aren’t leaving New Jersey for two years. They are leaving the Abomination Center for Newark.

by Net Income on Feb 8, 2010 3:43 PM EST reply actions  

@Mike
We at the NetsDaily Research Desk only count the modern era of baseball. Moreover, the Spiders had a winning percentage of .130. If the Nets attain a winning percentage of .130, they would win 11 games.

So the Spiders would be a better baseball team than the Nets would be a basketball team.

by Net Income on Feb 8, 2010 3:47 PM EST reply actions  

Everybody knows the Nets are not that bad. We just have a unique situation, a perfect storm, if you will, that has battered us, but not broken us.

I would not trade this teams future for any other NBA teams.

Lets go Nets and if we end up with the worst record ever, at least we will be remembered for something…

by Mike on Feb 8, 2010 4:07 PM EST reply actions  

I bet you could find a formula that weighs the worth of each win and loss in each sport and determine if it’s easier to win a baseball game as opposed to a basketball game.

I think a .130 winning percentage in baseball is probably worse then the Nets current winning percentage. A pitcher in baseball can almost single handed win a game, just like a hockey goalie can beat a great team with a stupendous effort.

Football and basketball are different then baseball. It’s harder to win games and also lose games in baseball.

by Mike on Feb 8, 2010 4:17 PM EST reply actions  

P.S.

 The modern era of baseball has been put around 1900. Probably because it’s a nice round number. A baseball team playing in 1899 could also claim to be part the modern era. LMAO

by Mike on Feb 8, 2010 4:21 PM EST reply actions  

@ Mike

It should read after 50 games otherwise, a win percentage for the season of .000 is worse than the Nets.

by Mr. Big on Feb 8, 2010 4:22 PM EST reply actions  

Nets new team name… How about Brooklyn Spiders???

by Mike on Feb 8, 2010 4:23 PM EST reply actions  

No one buy season tickets this summer that will force them to actually sign free agents.

by Randy Oreens on Feb 8, 2010 4:28 PM EST reply actions  

@Mr. Big;

  I agree 1.00% or .130% or .087%. All these percentages are confusing me.

by Mike on Feb 8, 2010 4:29 PM EST reply actions  

NFL seasons are a lot shorter than the NBA, plus the teams only play once a week unlike NBA teams that play everyday. It’s very possible with the number of games for the NFL for a team to either go undefeated or winnless, but not for just about any other league uneless that team really is bad. Another thing is that the NFL playoffs including the Superbowl isn’t even a 3, 5, or 7 game series, it’s all do or die, so that team has to win just to conintue going otherwise they are done for the season hence no second chances. Overall, don’t compare to this to something that is completely different.

by Tal Barzilai on Feb 8, 2010 5:15 PM EST reply actions  

It’s only a game……

by NetFan48 on Feb 8, 2010 7:41 PM EST reply actions  

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