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Game 65 - Nets @ Thunder - Friday, March 12, 8:00

If there is a model out there for the Nets to emulate, it may be the Thunder.  With some smart draft picks and opportunist trades and free agent signings, Oklahoma City is one game shy of 40 wins and tied for fifth place in the West with the Suns. Of course, a little bit of luck helped too. If they had won the 2007 lottery and taken Greg Oden instead of Kevin Durant, it's unlikely they'd be sitting so pretty.  Durant has emerged as one of the game's young superstars, averaging close to 30 points a game at age 21.  He's not the only emerging star on the Oklahoma City roster.  Russell Westbrook is averaging 18 and 9 over the last month.  One undercovered element of the teamr's success: they've become a defensive juggernaut.  Oklahoma City has won 15 of 18 behind a defense that ranks fourth in the league in efficiency.

Meanwhile, on the Nets side of things, Terrence Williams admits he has matured over the course of his "rocky" season, and it's helping his game.  He tells Al Iannazzone, "I don’t think I say things I would have said earlier in the year now. I take it for what it is being that it is a job. It’s nothing personal if you’re not playing. But if I’m thinking something I’m not going to voice it."

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    Who Plays Center For OKC?

    Anybody know the answer to this question?? Here’s a clue: He used to play for us! If he was still with us, he’d be playing 15 min behind Brook and 15 min at PF, and he’d have five to eight more wins. Letting him go was a RATNER cost cutting mistake.

    Paul
    Delray Beach, FL

    by DelrayBeachPaulie on Mar 11, 2010 7:31 PM EST reply actions  

    What were we supposed to do? Kristic was playing terrible one year- 2007 or 2006- ibelieve. we might actually have less wins with him

    by i says on Mar 11, 2010 7:39 PM EST up reply actions  

    And we would’ve had to match like 6 mil a year, I believe. Not worth it.

    by JohnFromLongIsland on Mar 12, 2010 11:38 AM EST via mobile up reply actions  

    gina

    Marshal on now. Whiteside not a pf in the nba. Too frail. Marcus camby clone

    by Ryan243 on Mar 11, 2010 7:41 PM EST via mobile reply actions  

    and the problem with camby is…? One of the leagues top rebounders and blocked shots year after year not good enough?

    by navycavsfan on Mar 12, 2010 1:38 AM EST up reply actions  

    yeah isn't a marcus camby clone

    the type of player we want?

    "We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'

    it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.

    by Gina on Mar 12, 2010 11:02 AM EST up reply actions  

    Brook is missing

    Brook is missing in last two games. If he had played better, we would have won the last game. It is time for him to get out of that funk.

    by NDTony on Mar 11, 2010 8:10 PM EST reply actions  

    we are alot like the thunder:

    Lopez is our Durant
    Harris is our Westbrook
    Lee is their3rd best player who i dont know

    by i says on Mar 11, 2010 10:14 PM EST reply actions  

    Team Defense and a point guard that is willing to pass instead of shoot. Both of these i feel the Nets don’t have.

    by seeker2 on Mar 12, 2010 12:31 AM EST up reply actions  

    start TWill @ PG

    Why not start this guy at PG for the rest of the season and see if he can handle it. We do need a PG that can rebound, set his teammates out for an easy basket, score some points when needed and play some D.

    by jasperjarrod on Mar 12, 2010 6:09 AM EST via mobile up reply actions  

    sign David Lee, draft John Wall, trade Devin Harris and Yi for Andre Iguodala. Problems solved. Starters: John Wall, Courtney Lee, Andre Iguodala, David Lee, Brook Lopez. Bench: Terrence Williams, Chris Humphries, Josh Boone, Chris Quinn, draft picks

    by rockybrown on Mar 12, 2010 3:03 AM EST reply actions  

    I’d rather trade Harris for a top Five pick for a chance to grab a PF on this draft. A PF that can play the 5 when needed.

    by jasperjarrod on Mar 12, 2010 6:23 AM EST via mobile up reply actions  

    We are going to get punished.

    "No one stands on the top of the world. Not you, not me, not even gods. But the unbearable vacancy of the throne in the sky is over. From now on...I will be sitting on it."

    by MrDollarBills on Mar 12, 2010 8:10 AM EST reply actions  

    Durant gonna drop 40 pts on Hassell

    by Jarkid Shen on Mar 12, 2010 8:53 AM EST reply actions  

    Yeah; and both players they picked were very talented big men, who ended up with leg problems. 20/20 hindsight is wonderful… LOL

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 9:27 AM EST up reply actions  

    The thing is

    teams apparently knew Oden needed microfracture surgery before the draft even happened. So them picking a big men they basically already knew was going to need major knee surgery over Durant is pretty much inexplicable.

    "We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'

    it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.

    by Gina on Mar 12, 2010 11:04 AM EST up reply actions  

    "If there is a model out there for the Nets to emulate, it may be the Thunder".

    We have emulated the losing just fine.

    Now we just have to emulate their luck in the draft.

    It only takes one player to turn things around.

    Of course it has to be the right player.

    Imagine how good we would be with Durant.

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 9:16 AM EST reply actions  

    Exactly...

    Outside of the Pistons of a few years ago, the champs have always been somewhat lucky with either a top pick (Duncan, LBJ), big FA signing (Shaq) or gratuitous trade (Gasol or Garnett).

    by rundmc00 on Mar 12, 2010 9:20 AM EST up reply actions  

    Too bad John Wall isn't 6'9" like Durant.

    Every player you just mentioned is “big”. Talented big men are the key to championships.

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 9:40 AM EST up reply actions  

    The Nets do have Lopez already, you know.

    Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team soon to be owned by a Russian oligarch.

    by yellow fever on Mar 12, 2010 9:59 AM EST up reply actions  

    Durant is much better then Lopez.

    I love Brook but he is not in Durants, Garnetts, Duncans, LBJ class and probably will never be.

    Just our luck, when we might get the top draft pick, we have a midget as the consensus #1 pick. LOL

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 10:03 AM EST up reply actions  

    To be fair, getting the best PG prospect since Chris Paul sounds like a good consolation prize. And Durant isn’t a big man, he’s just tall. The guy’s built like a rail.

    Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team soon to be owned by a Russian oligarch.

    by yellow fever on Mar 12, 2010 10:26 AM EST up reply actions  

    I here you... but,

    The three top point guards in the last 15 years or so, are arguably Kidd, Nash and Stockton. How many championships have they won?

    Magic Johnson won titles but he was 6’8".

    Big men win titles and Dr. J. was 6’7" at a time when that was considered pretty big. MJ was 6’6" but built pretty solid.

    Big is not just height, but also bulk.

    Wall is not tall and he is not built solid. That may change of course.

    I just wish we had a LeBron, Durant, Garnett type out there now that we have a chance at a top pick, especially when you rarely get a chance at the top pick.

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 10:35 AM EST up reply actions  

    "Durant isn’t a big man, he’s just tall".

    Anybody 6’9" is a big man…Yi is a big man but plays small. Big difference.

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 10:37 AM EST up reply actions  

    Uh, Durant also plays small.

    Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team soon to be owned by a Russian oligarch.

    by yellow fever on Mar 12, 2010 10:47 AM EST up reply actions  

    7.5 rebounds per game is not small.

    I know it’s not saying much but Durant would be our second leading rebounder and shot blocker.

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 10:58 AM EST up reply actions  

    3 debates found in every thread regardless of topic:

    Brooklyn vs Newark
    Draft Big vs Best Player Available
    Yi vs Everybody

    The thread could be about carvel sales at the Izod, but one of these 3 will come up and the conversation will be the same everytime. It’s like Groundhog’s Day once the trade deadline past…

    by JohnFromLongIsland on Mar 12, 2010 11:44 AM EST via mobile up reply actions  

    What would you like to discuss?

    If those 3 topics you “love” so much were not discussed, we would have no postings.

    In fact there are only a handful of posters who try to keep any discussion alive while everybody else sits on their hands and complains.

    Plus "Groundhog’s Day’ was a very interesting and entertaining movie.

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 12:00 PM EST up reply actions  

    Are you aware that Durant also plays eight more minutes a game and only gets 0.5 more rebounds? Come on man. I’m not slighting Durant or trying to pump up Yi, but Durant’s a perimeter player as a SF. He’s not a big. That’s all I’m saying. You can’t group him with Garnett and Gasol and Duncan and Howard and the like. No one but you thinks he’s the same type of guy here.

    Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team soon to be owned by a Russian oligarch.

    by yellow fever on Mar 12, 2010 1:10 PM EST up reply actions  

    Yeah; He's a 6'9" perimeter player. That's big...

    How big is our biggest perimeter player. 6’5"?

    And don’t tell me that CDR is 6’7". If CDR is 6’7" then I’m the smartest poster on this site. LOL

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 1:54 PM EST up reply actions  

    Dude

    Are you just being willfully ignorant? Do you know that most people consider bigs in the NBA to be post players? Durant isn’t a post player. Period. Stop twisting the argument.

    Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team soon to be owned by a Russian oligarch.

    by yellow fever on Mar 12, 2010 2:01 PM EST up reply actions  

    Now I know why you have "yellow" in your handle.

    You are the one that started this “argument”

    I guess if I don’t agree with your opinions and facts, I’m “willfully ignorant”.

    I’m sorry, I will never disagree with you again.

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 2:08 PM EST up reply actions  

    Ok, let me go real slow

    Because first you start out saying he’s a big – but he’s not.

    Then you say he gets a lot of rebounds – he doesn’t.

    But wait, he’s big because he’s tall.

    Just like Yi. Who’s taller.

    But Yi’s not big.

    Explain that to me again?

    Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team soon to be owned by a Russian oligarch.

    by yellow fever on Mar 12, 2010 2:13 PM EST up reply actions  

    Dude

    Because first you start out saying he’s a big – but he’s not.

    Then you say he gets a lot of rebounds – he doesn’t.

    But wait, he’s big because he’s tall.

    Just like Yi. Who’s taller.

    But Yi’s not big.

    Explain that to me again?

    Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team soon to be owned by a Russian oligarch.

    by yellow fever on Mar 12, 2010 2:13 PM EST up reply actions  

    Let me go slower...

    I never said that Durant was a post player. I compared him with LBJ, Garnett, Duncan as a great player.

    You started getting picky about him not being a “big”.

    I said that he is 6’9" and that is a lot bigger then Wall’s 6’4".

    If Duncan, Garnett etc.played the way Durant plays, I would still call them big players.

    Big is big. You can’t teach or ignore height.

    If Yi was 6’5" do you think he would be on the Nets?

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 2:26 PM EST up reply actions  

    I started getting picky about him not being a big because you started off railing about how Wall’s not a big player and talented bigs lead to championships.

    Too bad John Wall isn’t 6’9" like Durant.
    Every player you just mentioned is "big". Talented big men are the key to championships.

    So is Durant not a championship player? You can’t have it both ways, my man.

    Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team soon to be owned by a Russian oligarch.

    by yellow fever on Mar 12, 2010 2:27 PM EST up reply actions  

    O.K. you win... but,

    To paraphrase Bill Parcels, “I don’t want to be able to eat peanuts off the top of the heads of my players”.

    If 6’9" is not big, especially for a perimeter player, then I stand corrected.

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 2:35 PM EST up reply actions  

    Are you aware...

    Brook Lopez only has 1.5 more rebounds per game then Durant.

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 1:57 PM EST up reply actions  

    you forgot possible coaches and free agents.

    but yeah what else can we discuss at this point, the trade deadlines passed, we clearly don’t have possible play-off match ups to talk about…what else is there?

    "We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'

    it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.

    by Gina on Mar 12, 2010 12:13 PM EST up reply actions  

    ibeg to differ

    Brook in 1-3 years will be in the same class as the garnetts, howards, and duncans of their young generation. brooks overall size, skill set, footwork, defense, post up game, is just unbelievable. he is the new big fundamental. he just needs to work on his passing.

    by i says on Mar 12, 2010 6:13 PM EST up reply actions  

    Here you go...

    Top pick = John Wall
    Big FA signing = Lebron James
    Trade = Harris, Dooling for Al Jefferson
    Luck = Brook Lopez
    Money = Prokorov
    Future = 9 draft picks over next 3 years
    Mid-level = Mike Miller
    Aging vet taking the min to play for a ring = Shaq (Newark’s son)

    by jirohkanzaki on Mar 12, 2010 10:11 AM EST up reply actions  

    "Dreaming my life away"

    If that ever happened where would we put all the Knicks fans jumping on our bandwagon?

    Real Nets fans would not be able to find or afford a ticket. LMAO

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 10:18 AM EST up reply actions  

    Talkin small people blues...

    In the last 35 years of NBA #1 picks only 2 “small” players were ever taken.

    Allen Iverson and Derrick Rose.

    Correct me if I’m mistaken.

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 10:09 AM EST reply actions  

    That's probably cause most of those teams didn't have a franchise big man

    we already do. Plus you seem to have a pretty “fluid” definition of what qualifies you as a big man.

    "We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'

    it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.

    by Gina on Mar 12, 2010 11:07 AM EST up reply actions  

    A big man in basketball is not 6'3" and 195lbs saoking wet...

    It amazes me that people are so enamored of Wall that they can’t accept the fact that he is a “small” player. In fact, if John Wall is drafted #1, he will be one of the smallest #1’s taken in the last 35 years.

    But if he is the best player, head and shoulders above the rest, then you have to draft him or trade the pick.

    I just wish we had a bigger player to choose.

    .

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 11:31 AM EST up reply actions  

    I don't want anything to do with Wall

    I want Turner, I don’t like freshmen point guards anymore than I like slow footed big men with conditioning and character questions.

    "We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'

    it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.

    by Gina on Mar 12, 2010 12:07 PM EST up reply actions  

    If we were the Nets of 2002 I can agree with not liking freshmen PGs because you are expecting to compete….but this Nets team is not going to be competing next season unless we strike it rich in free agency….possibly as a direct result of having Wall and the hype that comes with him, in which case I could certainly live with some growing pains out of our PG. Plus, if we get Wall, we will still have Harris and TWill so we have the option of playing him off the ball.

    by Chris2 on Mar 12, 2010 2:28 PM EST up reply actions  

    Yeah but with Harris and T-wall

    why take Wall? I don’t think Wall is anywhere near a can’t miss prospect like Paul, I’d much rather take Turner or Favors, hell I’d probably rather have Cousins. I mean maybe if they could put together a package with T-will or Harris to get some major pieces back but otherwise I just don’t see the point.

    "We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'

    it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.

    by Gina on Mar 12, 2010 3:47 PM EST up reply actions  

    I've said it before....

    Yeah, Brook Lopez sucks.
    I wish our whole team sucked that bad.
    We’d win it all.

    Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then.

    by John at the Jersey Shore on Mar 12, 2010 11:05 AM EST reply actions  

    Brook Lopez is a very nice player but to compare him with great centers of the past or Howard or Duncan right now is kind of silly. Lopez is not a dominating center yet. If you watch the games you would know that. He is not an imposing rebounder of defensive presence.

    He sure could use help at PF though. Too bad Nets management and fans don’t like big PF’s.

    We play small ball. The smaller the better.

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 11:37 AM EST up reply actions  

    How is Derrick Favors not a big power forward

    like you said big isn’t about height it’s how you play, and Favors certainly plays big.

    "We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'

    it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.

    by Gina on Mar 12, 2010 12:08 PM EST up reply actions  

    Where do you find the time?

    Judging from the photo on your profile, how do you make all them movies and still get to watch 20 years worth of Nets games?

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 12:03 PM EST up reply actions  

    Curley!

    I miss Curley! He was our best shooter. I was torn when he left but kinda understood it b/c he was not fully healthy, but now I see this was Kiki’s scourched earth policy (not Ratners). Kiki needed no competition for Yi. Big mistake as Nenad was our best shooter and could spread the floor much better than Yi. He also had a toughness and some ice in his veins. He was not afraid of the big moment. He’d could be a far better PF than Yi will ever be. I think he played a lot of PF when Collins was on the team. Wish him well. He is on a good team.

    by oman8 on Mar 12, 2010 12:08 PM EST reply actions  

    coming off the seasons he'd had and the knee injury

    paying him 6 million would have been silly.

    "We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'

    it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.

    by Gina on Mar 12, 2010 12:09 PM EST up reply actions  

    Can T-Will become a starting PG in the NBA?

    Imagine if he learns how to shoot!

    I love his line about not “saying what’s on his mind”.

    I was very high on T-Will going into the season, soured on him big time, but now I’m getting excited all over again.

    Maybe Kiki should get some credit on teaching T-Will how to be a professional. Nah…

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 12:38 PM EST reply actions  

    I think he can. There is something special about that kid. He’s got ball handling, vision and quickness. Over time he will only get better. He’s built like a wide receiver and you can’t teach that. That’s why I don’t want Wall. We have the PG of the future. Favors is the pick.

    Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then.

    by John at the Jersey Shore on Mar 12, 2010 12:42 PM EST up reply actions  

    Keep them legs still...

    Walt Fraizer commented on T-Wills shooting mechanics and said that T-Will’s legs move around to much on his jump shots. Good shooters don’t have all that motion going on.

    Maybe he can work on this and improve his shot.

    Favors is high on everybodys list. I would love to draft big, but the Nets probably won’t go against the consensus #1 pick, which right now is Wall.

    I just hope that there is a healthy debate among Nets staff on who we should pick and why.

    I hate when other options or view points pushed aside because of popular sentiment.

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 12:59 PM EST up reply actions  

    I just can't think of any possible reason

    to pick Wall over Favors or Turner, popular opinion or not it just makes no sense for this team.

    "We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'

    it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.

    by Gina on Mar 12, 2010 1:05 PM EST up reply actions  

    Wall makes a lot of sense if we are picking BPA. Harris at PG is not set in stone for this franchise. We may take Wall and explore trading Harris for a big man. I do like Favors though.

    by Chris2 on Mar 12, 2010 2:15 PM EST up reply actions  

    But why is Wall the BPA over Turner?

    What makes him head and shoulders above Turner is my question?

    "We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'

    it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.

    by Gina on Mar 12, 2010 3:47 PM EST up reply actions  

    Because Wall has the hype.

    He is not a good fit on our team and like I said before, very few guards have been taken with the number one overall pick in NBA history.

    That said, the Nets will take him.

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 3:57 PM EST up reply actions  

    Georgetown's Greg Monroe?

    I was just wondering if anyone caught the Georgetown/Syracuse game yesterday? Greg Monroe had 15 points, 10 rebounds and 7 assist in Georgetown’s win over Syracuse yesterday. I know he is listed as a 6’10" center but with the proper coaching maybe he could play PF. He has a certain finesse to his game and I haven’t seen any threads on NetsDaily where he has been mentioned. What do you think?

    by aunt-B on Mar 12, 2010 1:01 PM EST reply actions  

    Greg Monroe...

    There are a lot of quality PF/C types in this draft. Somehow Wall and Turner have made Favors, Monroe, Cousins etc. all hand me down draft picks.

    Monroe would be a great pick. if the Nets could land Wall/Turner + Monroe I would be in hoops heaven.

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 1:11 PM EST up reply actions  

    I like Monroe better than Favors

    He’s soft and lacks athleticism, but he’s so talented and so unselfish…

    1. Turner
    2. Wall
    3. Cousins
    4. Monroe

    by Andres B on Mar 12, 2010 1:13 PM EST up reply actions  

    Andres, if he is soft why do you want him so badly. Finesse doesn’t win championships and we need someone tough as nails next to Brook. Favors is better than Monroe for us.

    by Chris2 on Mar 12, 2010 2:18 PM EST up reply actions  

    Lets find the next Anderson Varaejo

    I was on draft express and there are a couple 7 footers with really hard to pronounce last names that seem to have some potential to be defensive aces. One guy’s name is Art and the other one is Serbian. Maybe one of them is the next Varaejo….I would love to have an Anderson Varaejo guy next to Brook. Perhaps we can grab him with our Dallas pick or the 2nd rounder…

    by Chris2 on Mar 12, 2010 2:36 PM EST up reply actions  

    His name should be "Ivan" Turner... LOL

    If he wants Proky to draft him he should change his first name.

    Where will Turner play? SG or SF? Does he make C.Lee/T-Will/CDR redundant.

    At least he will be the biggest small man we have. LOL

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 1:04 PM EST reply actions  

    SG

    it wouldn’t make T-will redundant because it seems pretty obvious his place is as point guard of the future so Turner isn’t going to be in his way. And CDR’s likely on his way out either through a trade or being released. So we’d have Harris and T-will at the point, and Turner and C. Lee at sg with the ability to go small and move Turner to small forward and play C. Lee at sg.

    "We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'

    it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.

    by Gina on Mar 12, 2010 1:07 PM EST up reply actions  

    Well go small without actually giving up much

    because Turner has a long enough wing span to still be able to effectively defend taller NBA small forwards and C. Lee has proven he’s a capable defender.

    "We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'

    it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.

    by Gina on Mar 12, 2010 1:09 PM EST up reply actions  

    CDR won’t be released. There’s zero chance that happens. Enough with the nonsense.

    Mike, I don’t think Turner would make any of our young wings redundant. They are role players, while Turner will be a star player.

    Harris/TWill
    Lee/CDR
    Turner/FA signing (ie Mike Miller)

    by Andres B on Mar 12, 2010 1:11 PM EST reply actions  

    CDR could take advice from T-Will

    T-Will stated: “I don’t think I say things I would have said earlier in the year now,” he said. “I take it for what it is being that it is a job. It’s nothing personal if you’re not playing. But if I’m thinking something I’m not going to voice it.”

    by aunt-B on Mar 12, 2010 1:32 PM EST up reply actions  

    Most likely he will be packaged with D. Harris if we get Wall.

    by Chuck D. on Mar 12, 2010 3:20 PM EST up reply actions  

    My greatest fear...

    I would hate to see young players like C.Lee and T-Will get short changed by drafting a player that will essentially take their minutes. Not to mention Harris and CDR.

    T-Will and CDR get part time minutes now and it would only get worse with Wall taking some of their minutes.

    Wall better be superman. If we end up drafting him, I hope he is.

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 1:20 PM EST reply actions  

    Joe Johnson to Knicks supposedly a done deal

    Per Frank Isola:

    There is a growing sentiment among opposing team executives that at the very least the Knicks will sign Atlanta’s Joe Johnson, whose agent, Arn Tellem, orchestrated the Tracy McGrady trade to the Knicks and has been friends with Walsh for 20 years. It’s called a “wink-wink deal,” and even though it is against NBA rules, the practice does exist and is nearly impossible to police.

    Proud to hold season tickets to the only NBA team soon to be owned by a Russian oligarch.

    by yellow fever on Mar 12, 2010 1:23 PM EST reply actions  

    Wink-Wink deal? No, this could never happen in sports...

    Welcome to the real world. I been saying for the past 6 months that this stuff goes on all the time.
    I wouldn’t be surprised if other teams don’t have their own wink-wink deals in place, including the Nets.

    There is too much money at stake to play by the rules.

    In fact, I believe I saw LeBron winking at Jay-Z at the all-star party last month. LMAO

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 1:42 PM EST up reply actions  

    I'm shocked! Shocked!

    Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then.

    by John at the Jersey Shore on Mar 12, 2010 4:38 PM EST up reply actions  

    If they sign him to a max contract that's a huge waste of funds

    And I’m all for them doing something as stupid as that.

    "We have a plan, and our plan, I like our plan'

    it's Omar's world, we're just livin in it.

    by Gina on Mar 12, 2010 3:49 PM EST up reply actions  

    Yes!

    Getting J.Johnson and then sign and trading D.Lee & E.Curry to Phoenix for A.Stoudemire.
    Wow!
    No winks just do it.
    Knicks 2010:
    PG/T.Douglas
    SG/J.Johnson
    SF/W.Chandler
    PF/A.Stoudemire
    C/????? Buy into the draft and get C.Aldrich & D.Pittman

    Bench:
    PG/S.Rodriguez SG/B.Walker SG/SF T.McGrady SF/D.Gallianri
    Coach D’Antoni could make this work with these guys.

    by Dziedzic on Mar 13, 2010 9:52 AM EST up reply actions  

    ESPN reporting that Michael Jordan to be approved by the end of next week.

    I know this is off topic; but any word on Proky? Is he still on track to being approved next month?

    by aunt-B on Mar 12, 2010 1:51 PM EST reply actions  

    Proky does not really exist. That impostor we see is just an actor being paid by Ratner to dupe all of us.

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 2:01 PM EST up reply actions  

    Are you saying he is the man behind the curtain ala Wizard of Oz?

    by aunt-B on Mar 12, 2010 2:09 PM EST up reply actions  

    Evan Turner

    just hit a game winner against Michigan.

    by rjsb12 on Mar 12, 2010 1:56 PM EST reply actions  

    What happen on going big in the Draft? Turner’s back scares me. He might going to miss a lot og games because of that injury that he have a couple of weeks/months ago. I’d rather take Cousins or Favors with our pick.

    by jasperjarrod on Mar 12, 2010 3:58 PM EST up reply actions  

    We can't take a big man...

    Favors, Cousins, Whiteside, Monroe, Davis are all busts.

    Only Wall and Turner are guaranteed superstars.

    How do I know this? I read NetsDaily….

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 4:02 PM EST up reply actions  

    Turner was my pick a while back also but after seeing our front court we really need another big out there who is not afraid to make contact and give a hard foul if needed.

    by jasperjarrod on Mar 13, 2010 9:21 AM EST via mobile up reply actions  

    And except for Rose, look at the injuries of the last few #1 picks… Oden… Griffin… Turner? I hope not, but this 1st pick curse-in-the-making makes me nervous haha if we get Turner, I hope it’s with the #2!

    by JohnFromLongIsland on Mar 12, 2010 4:12 PM EST via mobile up reply actions  

    Change Your Mind?

    The guy will become a star in the NBA.
    High Character, Talent, Heart are the best incredents.
    he has them all.
    Rare to find just get him now.

    by Dziedzic on Mar 13, 2010 9:56 AM EST up reply actions  

    I promise...

    If the Nets don’t beat the Thunder and that “little” runt Durant, I won’t post a comment until Monday.

    Lets go Nets…

    by M I K E on Mar 12, 2010 4:07 PM EST reply actions  

    It’s tempting…but I can’t root against my team.

    Even a blind squirrel finds a nut now and then.

    by John at the Jersey Shore on Mar 12, 2010 4:41 PM EST up reply actions  

    John Wall

    Nets take John Wall bec Lebron apparently wants him in his basketball empire…

    by jirohkanzaki on Mar 13, 2010 2:17 PM EST reply actions  

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