Game 61 - Nets vs. Magic - Friday, November 5, 8:00
by Net Income on Mar 4, 2010 9:33 PM EST
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The last time Vince Carter was at the IZOD, it was the Nets home opener, hopes were (moderately) high and Lawrence Frank was head coach. My how things have changed. It will be the last time VC will take the court at the old arena where he became the Nets second leading scorer and the only Net to ever score 2,000 points in a season. The Magic remain championship contenders but six games behind the Cavaliers in the race for homecourt advantage. Carter has had an up-and-down season, with occasional explosions and even more regular fades. For the Nets, there's renewed hope that the two swingmen acquired the same day he was traded--Courtney Lee and Terrence Williams--are finally coming into their own.
Meanwhile, Dwight Howard has been busy dissing Brook Lopez, saying among other things:
"He's a big body. The thing with him is you have to move him, run him, beat him up and down the floor and be aggressive. By doing all that stuff on the offensive end and pressuring him on the defensive end usually he gets tired a little bit faster than a lot of people. So, you take advantage of that."
- New Jersey Nets Game Notes - - New Jersey Nets
- Orlando Magic Game Notes - - Orlando Magic
- Getting Inside - New Jersey Nets - - Sports Xchange
- Getting Inside - Orlando Magic - - Sports Xchange
- Magic-Nets Preview - - Stats
- Dwight Howard’s next obstacle: Brook Lopez - Josh Robbins - Orlando Sentinel Basketblog
- The New Jersey Nets might be able to laugh about this season in the future - Tania Ganguli - Orlando Sentinel
- So bad you can’t look away: The worst teams in Sports history - Tania Ganguli - Orlando Sentinel
- Terrence Williams describes first season with NJ Nets as 'rocky' - Colin Stephenson - Star-Ledger
- Nets miss Carter’s leadership - Al Iannazzone - The Record
- Are Nets worst ever? No - Dave Markowitz - Daytona Beach News-Journal
- Brook Lopez might need some conditioning - Kurt Helin - NBC Sports
- A Magical Morning - Al Iannazzone - In the 'Zzone
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Upset Anyone?
Hey, how about the Nets go crazy tomorrow and win this one over DH and the Magic?!!!
And so said the old man!
Good job with the site!
Nets still got rid of VC at the right time. Better a year early than a year late. The jury is still out on CLee. He has started looking like the player we thought we were getting. Ryan isn’t even getting off the bench so we can’t say he was a player that shoudn’t have been included in the trade. Let’s hope Clee becomes a very good SG and we can say this was a good trade after all!
Great new look!
I will be at the game wearing my vintage blue New Jersey VC jersey! You never trade a HOF player. And ending up with just Chris Quinn is a joke (no offense intended to Chris).
by ispartan on Mar 4, 2010 11:15 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Nice new look; Alexander Johnson update
Nice new blog look.
LAST NIGHT IN D-LEAGUE
DWAYNE JONES—45 minutes, 16 points (4-8, 8-14 from line), 17 rebounds, 3 steals, 2 assists.
ALEXANDER JOHNSON—33 minutes, 27 points (8-13, 11-12 from line), 12 rebounds, 1 block.
Dwayne Jones’ team got off to a bad start against a talented team before losing by 12. Jones outplayed Byron Mullen (36 minutes, 6 points, 4 rebounds), a first rounder of the Oklahoma City Thunder. 17 rebounds is just average for Jones.
Alexander Johnson got 27 points after 31 and 31 in the past two games. A headline before the game from the D-League blog Ridiculous Upside: “Last Night in the D-League; Call Up Alexander Johnson While You’re At It.”
Why would the Nets want a young power forward who can score and rebound?
Texas slang in a Big Apple minute, by a friendly OED consultant. http://www.barrypopik.com
Howard
Said he got big centers like Lopez figured out. Howard will run and tire out Lopez.
hmmm
lets see if yi can pull down 17 rebs now
I think Brook has a lot to prove in this game.. Lopez needs to get Dwight into foul trouble.. and from there this would be really close.. ohh wait they still have vc… ohh and lewis.. and nelson.. ohh and ohh GOD Their bench is much better than our starters.. LOL..
we don't light the stars, we simply fade with them..
this will be very close
I would say we loose by 25!!
Better to be safe then sorry;
They should not let Courtney play tonight. Period…
All we need is for him to sprain his ankle again.
No thanks…
Bass
i think SVG is trying to see what can Bass do if he’s in the rotation.. Ryan Anderson did a good job with the magic until his shooting slump.. i really hope RA will play tonight and totally overpower Yi.. LOL
we don't light the stars, we simply fade with them..
How about hoping for VC
To slam it on C. Lee, Battie and the rest of the Nets. Score 40? LOL.
Stan wants them both ready for the playoffs so he's giving Brandon a little burn.
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Evaluating the Carter trade.
In a few months we will know what trading Carter was really worth.
With Carter we would not have had a good chance of getting Wall or Turner and we would not have the cap space to try to get ourselves a primo FA or two.
We would not have the promise of Courtney Lee. We still would have R. Anderson but I don’t believe he is more valuable then Lee in the long run.
Was it worth having this brutal season?
I vote yes even without knowing the final out come.
I'd take Anderson over Lee any day... Stretch fours are a commodity, wings are the most replaceable players in the league
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Stretch this...
Stretch fours that have a FG% .408 this year and .400% career are not that valuable.
Dwight Howards formula for slowing down Lopez... (Hoopsworld.com)
“He’s one of the bigs who can really shoot the ball,” Howard said Thursday. “He’s a big body. The thing with him is you have to move him, run him, beat him up and down the floor and be aggressive. By doing all that stuff on the offensive end and pressuring him on the defensive end usually he gets tired a little bit faster than a lot of people. So, you take advantage of that.”.
Does Brook Lopez need to work on his conditioning, or does he only when compared to Dwight Howard, who out-conditions Vidal Sasoon?
Vince Carter is starting to look more and more like a character out of Mad Max. His shoulder pad is borderline ridiculous.
Haha, I’m not sure I even realized those two jokes were on the same thread. I may have over done it a little bit.
Sorry... Just had to ask...
Is Uras your real last name? Just asking because it rhymes with "Your A…" LMAO
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