kidd… no question greatest net to ever live. Amazing work ethic, great skill, tenacious defense, gritty toughness, leader, all around, just an unbelievable nearly flawless winner. i too hope to see the mavs win the title.
 
he alllowed net fans to say, " yeah im a NJ net fan" with pride….

that would be ideal. only question is how attached he will be to dallas. plus, the nets have to want him and pursue him hard. when he retires, pursue him as your head coach

No way.

Couldn’t agree more (though Dr J. might argue against the ‘greatest player in franchise history’ thing… even though he spent most of his career with the Sixers)

Operative word being “once”. That once could mean 5 years on 5 teams. No doubt that he has great offensive footwork and post moves. No doubt that he has the size. But that’s just it, the head.

Best case is he’ll be Zach Randolph. A guy who puts up 20-10 numbers, not a good defender, not athletic, with multiple on the court and off the court behavior issues and who’s only getting it now, 8 years and 4 teams into his career, leading to his first all star selection. He should have been an allstar 5 years ago if he was able to “get it” earlier

Wasn’t Portland that benefited his epiphany, it’s Grizzlies. Same with Cousins, the team that drafts him probably won’t be the one reaping the rewards. Same way with Tyrus Thomas who’s improving with the Bobcats.

Interesting article on Cousins. Anybody who’s linked to Coleman and Tarpley is a #1 draft pick in my book, and not just for the talent, but the personalty. He will make CDR and T-Will seem petty and boring compared to his antics.

Lets get real tough and real entertaining, and all it takes is our #1 draft pick.

Join the Cousins fan club now.

P.S. Watch someone ahead of us take him….

I remember a PF with all star potential and maturity issues drafted by the Nets… Unless the coaching staff and front office get a major overhaul and we’re certain we’ll have some semblance of leadership in the locker room… We shouldn’t be thinking of players with maturity issues. Our next pick should preferably not have a Twitter account, and have an assistant handle his cell phone store transactions.

Why do we need a bunch of boy scouts anyway? Are we going camping and roasting marshmellows, because our current big man get roasted like marshmellows every night.

And Derrick Coleman never lived up to his potential because of the big bad attitude you like so much. Why don’t we sign Ricky Davis and Stephon Marbury while we’re bombing team chemistry alltogether?

Don’t get me wrong, in theory a Lopez-Cousins backcourt could be dominant, but a lot has to go right in order for that to happen. How would Lopez and Cousins defend quick big men? Fast PF’s and C’s would run circles around them. Can Lopez score with Cousins around? Cousins is a black hole. He’s not a passer by any means, Plus, trying to score in a crowded low post is extremely difficult, even moreso since lack shooters.

And you give me one source on his athletic ability. There are dozens out there who say different.

And attitude problems does not equate to toughness. Bruce Bowen was tough, he was bad, he was willing to do whatever it takes to win. Any attitude problems from him? Nope. Coach Pop benched him in his last year in San Antonio and he welcomed it. Again, attitude problems is not equal to toughness

And that view is absolutely correct, he is off the charts talent-wise, he is really good.

 But it’s one thing to have talent and another thing to fully realize it. And until he shows us that he is mature enough to handle the NBA, his career can go anywhere from multiple time all star to nba journeyman.

There have been dozens and dozens of players who have all the talent in the world but are never really able to put it all together. Amare could be a top 5 player in the NBA if he was just able to focus every night. Rasheed Wallace could have had a much better career if he stayed in the post more. Sean Williams could have been a better Chris Andersen if he was in any way mature.

And yeah, like Gina said, that statement makes no reference to athletic ability.

By athletic ability do you mean ability to be an athlete? Because athletic ability is… athleticism. aka being able to run fast or jump high or whatnot

A 6’7" guy is tweener?

Definition of tweener please. Example, 6’3 shooting guard in college. Too short of playing shooting guard in the NBA, no point guard skills to play PG.

Evan Turner has the prerequisite size and skills to play 3 positions without being at a disadvantage. So no, he is not a tweener.

John Wall is 6’4" 195 lbs. An inch taller and 5 pounds heavier than Devin Harris, a typically sized NBA point guard. Only an inch shorter than Ray Allen.

How are any of these guys undersized?

So if you were in Chicago’s place last year, you would’ve gone with Mike Beasley huh? That would have worked out wonderfully for you.

If you were in Portland’s shoes even earlier you still would have taken Oden over Durant. That would have been brilliant as well huh?

And was it Wade or Shaq that propelled the Heat to a championship in 2006?

And was Duncan the Finals MVP in 2007? It was a teeny point guard called Tony Parker. Cleveland’s lack of a solid point guard was there large undoing. That’s what pushed them to go get Mo Williams.

It’s about good players, not good positions. You can cite NBA champions all you want, but every championship not only had allstar big men, but also allstar small guys. Wasn’t Chauncey Billups Finals MVP? Wasn’t Paul Pierce?

No disrespect M I K E but can you answer muwu’s questions?

Jason Kidd is one of the most exciting players in the NBA. He’ll always be a part of the Nets.

From Draftexpress:

John Wall’s freshman season feels like one big highlight reel thus far, starting with his very first game against Miami Ohio in which he knocked down a terrific pull-up jumper to win the game for Kentucky.

That continued with more late-game heroics against Stanford in a tournament in Cancun, keeping his team in the game to force overtime and win a game they probably shouldn’t have.

The legend only grew after that as seemingly the entire basketball nation tuned in to CBS on a Sunday afternoon to watch him carve up North Carolina’s defense with some incredibly athletic plays in transition, only to see his value magnified as his team fall apart the moment he was forced to leave the game with a minor injury.

As the stage got bigger—this time in Madison Square Garden—Wall’s notoriety continued to grow, as more clutch second half play and a season high 25 points gave his team yet another big win against a very tough UConn squad.

Needless to say, Wall has done everything that’s been asked of him and then some, both on and off the court, and is at this point the run-away favorite to be drafted first overall in June, regardless of who is making the pick. The question now becomes, just how good can he become in the future? And what does he need to do to get there?

Plenty of words have already been spent on the athletic gifts of John Wall, both here and otherwise. He’s in a class of his own in college basketball as far as his quickness and explosiveness is concerned, as he’s shown on countless occasions with some incredible highlight reel plays.

After all, how many NCAA teams have a set play in their offense for a backdoor cut and alleyoop lob intended for their point guard? We called Derrick Rose the "most athletic point guard we’ve ever evaluated at the college level," and feel strongly about the fact that Wall is every bit his equal in that category, if not better.

A place where Wall might still be underrated though is in his passing ability. Not only does he rank 6th amongst all draft prospects in assists per-40 minutes pace adjusted, but more notably he ranks 8th in assists per field goal attempt ratio.

This is an interesting stat to evaluate Wall by because it compares the amount of assists he racks up with the number of shots he takes, which could be a good way to rate how unselfish he’s been. Right now he stacks up favorably in that category with the collegiate numbers posted by the likes of Chris Paul, Deron Williams, Rajon Rondo and Ty Lawson, and absolutely blows away what Derrick Rose did as a freshman.

More important than the numbers is the fact that Wall is clearly showing excellent instincts as a passer, both with the creativity in which he gets the ball to teammates in different spots on the floor—he’s more than just a vanilla drive and dish point guard—and also with the willingness he displays to get others involved.

This is exactly what you want to see from a modern day NBA point guard—the ability to take over as a scorer and shot-creator when needed, to go along with the selflessness to want to make everyone around him better.

Another area in which Wall has been better than advertised is with his play on the defensive end. Not only does he have the physical attributes required to be a lockdown defender—with his terrific size, wingspan and lateral quickness—but (unlike Derrick Rose) he also shows the type of aggressiveness and intensity to take advantage of his tools.

The huge number of blocks and steals he generates immediately jumps off the page at you, but seeing the way he absolutely smothers his opponents on the perimeter with his length and his ability to cover ground and contest countless shots around the basket each game is far more impressive.

The scariest thing about John Wall right now is that as good as he is—he’s clearly the frontrunner for NCAA player of the year honors—he’s still only scratching the surface on how good he might become down the road.

What’s missing from that statement is the fact that Shaq didn’t have attitude problems. And he was an athletic specimen.

Turner is not ahead of WALL

“Somewhat of a black hole once he receives the ball inside the paint, Cousins is not what you would call a willing passer, even if he is capable of finding the open man.”

Not a passer.

But if we do get 3rd or 4th pick then we have to consider it. 1st or 2nd, forget it

What puts Favors in front for me is his head. He’s the opposite of Cousins, he’s got his head on straight.

Hard worker, unselfish, stays out of trouble, likes to rebound, hasn’t fouled out of a game yet, great size, great athleticism

That’s good stuff. Favors would really fill a need but I’d be so pissed if we had to pick him. We’ve all watched horrible basketball this year and really deserve some reparations for it.

I haven’t really looked up on it but we could probably find somebody later in the draft to give us minutes and be that defensive presence. The Nets can also get creative, so we’ll see what happens.

In the NCAA.

He’s a lone tall tree in the NCAA. The NBA has guys bigger and stronger than anyone he’s ever had to face before in his life