This Is Who They Are, Time To Play
by NetsDaily on Dec 24, 2011 4:27 AM EST
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PrintThe Nets thought they might be able to get Dwight Howard before the season started. They had ideas of teaming Brook Lopez with Nene Hilario or Tyson Chandler. There were thoughts of Andrei Kirilenko shoring things up at the two forward positions.
But the Magic decided to stick with Howard for the time being, and Lopez went down before the season began. So here they are with Kris Humphries, Mehmet Okur, DeShawn Stevenson and Shawne Williams. The roster is set (for now) and it's time to play.
"It’s our team," Deron Williams said Friday. "Whether I’m comfortable or not, it’s our team."
Avery Johnson remains optimistic and won't make any excuses. But the Nets know that it won't be easy to stay relevant in the Eastern Conference while they wait for Lopez's return and/or Howard's arrival.
- As Nets Try to Fill Hole, Avery Johnson Puts On Happy Face - Steve Adamek - New York Times
- Brook Lopez is out, so Deron Williams must shoulder Nets’ leadership - Fred Kerber - New York Post
- DeShawn Stevenson, the newest Nets, glad to pair with Deron Williams - Fred Kerber - New York Post
- Nets make their moves, prepare for opening night - Christopher Hunt - ESPN New York
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not a good sign
“Whether im comfortable or not” … yeah this offseason went well…dwill already dreaming of dallas
by gmen4life24 on Dec 23, 2011 10:38 PM EST via mobile reply actions
you answer yes
"Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier, the cigars taste better. The trees are greener."
by NJ Champ on Dec 23, 2011 11:16 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Real, loyal Nets fans
Are dying for the season to start Monday and don’t have any pessimistic expectations…..just looking forward to watching their favorite team get on the court and support them no matter who the front office puts on the roster…I’m sure ill get grilled by some on here for being passionate about the team I’ve always loved, so be it.
by specialed987 on Dec 23, 2011 10:41 PM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
im freaking pumped
as long we play competitive basketball i will be a nets fan for life
ITS A VVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEEEEE
You have the first part of your sentence right
Dwight or Bust
Nets lose 33+ games this season.
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by Shameer1016 on Dec 23, 2011 10:44 PM EST up reply actions
and the last part....
I’m waiting for the negative rain on my parade….
by specialed987 on Dec 23, 2011 10:46 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I don't aim to bash or be negative
but everyone is entitle to there opinion, other we’d all be the same optimistic robot fans lol
Dwight or Bust
Nets lose 33+ games this season.
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by Shameer1016 on Dec 23, 2011 10:50 PM EST up reply actions
Didn't you say Shameer
that if we got Dwight, your reign of negativity is over?
RIP baby. I love you forever. Our dream of seeing D12 with the Nets is getting closer.
Any Nets fan that doesn't have pessimistic expectations
Hasnt been a Net fan very long.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
by eLonepb on Dec 23, 2011 11:26 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
a truism if I ever heard one
Still missing Drazen
by BCofresi on Dec 23, 2011 11:27 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
but each person sets the weather for their day
Still missing Drazen
by BCofresi on Dec 23, 2011 11:29 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
We started off 2-0 last year...
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
I'd like to disagree
but then again, I know exactly what you mean.
Don't follow me
by John at the Jersey Shore on Dec 23, 2011 11:33 PM EST up reply actions
exactly
where have some of these guys been for the last, oh i dunno last 19 or so years of this franchise’s existence?
by MrDollarBills on Dec 24, 2011 5:32 AM EST up reply actions
To be pessimistic is to exude negativity
To exude negativity is to pervade failure. To pervade failure just sucks.
RIP baby. I love you forever. Our dream of seeing D12 with the Nets is getting closer.
couldn't agree more
Still missing Drazen
by BCofresi on Dec 23, 2011 11:04 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Wait
So I’m not a real Nets fan because of the fact that I don’t know if we can do too well without Lopez? What am I a fake Nets fan? Oh but wait, I’ve endured the roughest years, dating back to 1998.
Does that mean I’m less of a Nets fan than my friend who just started to like them 2 years ago but thinks we’re getting the 4th seed?
the fraudulent fans
are the ones who tell others that they’re fake because they have a different outlook on this team than they do
by MrDollarBills on Dec 24, 2011 5:35 AM EST up reply actions
Dwill is not leaving
Alot of these offseason aquirings came from Dwill’s preferences.
Nets Mets Giants ALL DAY
Everyone is entitle to there belief lol
Dwight or Bust
Nets lose 33+ games this season.
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by Shameer1016 on Dec 23, 2011 10:45 PM EST up reply actions
Alot of Cleveland's acquisitions came from Lebron's preferences
Look where that got them.
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
^watching the Giants on Defense
Sure we should
Appeasing your star is important, but that doesn’t guarantee he’ll stay.
(╯°□°）╯︵ ┻━┻
^watching the Giants on Defense
If Deron plays well and we make the playoffs he will be a shoe in for MVP this year
He has enough weapons to work with. We have wings who can guard and a small army of 3point shooters. We just need to tread till Brook gets back.
As far as Dwight is concerned if he REALLY WANTS TO BE HERE he will be here. BK has done everything possible to make it happen. Deron has to see that and in the end Dwight can force his way here. We pulled all we possibly could.
Brooklyn will be awesome and i just believe our vibe energy personality will change for the better in Brooklyn.
We still have some decent young peices picks in a loaded draft and cap space. We will have a good team this year and in Brooklyn.
Deron just needs to go out and get that MVP award. If he does that it also will up Brooklyn profile. I think 22/11 and the playoffs gets it done.
RE-SIGN THE HUMP!!!
The JETS/NETS are coming!
by MrBDown on Dec 24, 2011 10:54 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Albough this is only gonna be a 66 game season
It’s gonna be a looooooooon season.
Tie blindfold tight and walk directly into traffic.
by Stu Pidazzo on Dec 23, 2011 10:45 PM EST via mobile reply actions
could have left the "wether im comfortable or not" part. and would have been better...
by kupalski on Dec 23, 2011 10:48 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Full quote:
"This is our team," Williams said. "Whether I’m comfortable or not, this is our team. I think we have some good guys. We have some guys that know how to play basketball and that can hit shots and make plays. That’s all we need, as long as our defensive is locked in. We need guys that can get shots and see what they can do. I like DeShawn because he can hit shots but he also brings us toughness and can get out and guard people."
MarShon Brooks has the dreaded.
"I’m anxious to see if they make the same mistake twice." - Shaq talking about the Magic.
still
“whether I’m comfortable or not” isn’t exactly reassuring.
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
by BEB on Dec 23, 2011 10:58 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Uncomfortable doesn't have to mean anything subliminal.
It could mean not as ready as he’d like to start the season. That this team doesn’t know each other. They had a short pre-season with just a handful of practices. Some players haven’t practiced or played yet. What’s to be comfortable about.
Everyone is paranoid around here.
Don't follow me
by John at the Jersey Shore on Dec 23, 2011 10:59 PM EST up reply actions
LOL...John at Shore
If the Nets don’t snag a big fish or 2 next offfseason to go with Deron, he will not be here. He has made that perfectly clear, like a gentleman, without trying to be subliminal.
It’s cool. I am a Nets fan for almost 30 years. I follow and root and dream about this team being great for many years no matter what is going on.
Being optmistic and realistic do not have to be mutually exclusive (it is possible to be both).
For example, I can objectively say that it woud be a miracle if this was a .500 team. I will root every game down to the wire (optimism), but I know they will lose more than they win (realism – because I have a brain).
I am, however, excited that the owner and GM are going all out for big fish – giving the Nets a chance to be big hitters (optimism) but I realize that the big fish have other options and can (and have so far) left the Nets hanging and not being successful (there goes that darn realism again – shucks!)
sports – you just got to LOL
I'm with you
I’m comfortable with Deron. He will stay if the plan goes well and leave if it doesn’t. I have no problem with that. We are the loyal Nets fans, not him.
I’ll still be here either way. Looking for ponies.
I'm all in. Go Nets!
by John at the Jersey Shore on Dec 24, 2011 1:30 PM EST up reply actions
lets go cant wait
D12 or no D12 nets have always been my team nd the only team ill follow im just hoping they play hard each night is dat so much to ask for? lol lopez hopefully comes back strong nd great ready for a strong playoff push stevenson has been a player that ive always said man i h8 him but i sure wish he was on my team okur hopefully stays healthy nd hump can put that kardashion stuff behind him nd play harder than last yr nd morrow hit them 3s nd GLAd graham is gone lol all hale based god lol
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Still missing Drazen
by BCofresi on Dec 23, 2011 11:05 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Dwill
Is comfortable with the fact that the FO has done it’s best to put a competitive team around him. Uncomfortable, since he doesn’t have the desired pieces that he wants to form a championship caliber team.
by Pinoy Nets on Dec 23, 2011 11:06 PM EST via mobile reply actions
?
Still, as Shawne Williams, the former Knicks forward who signed as a free agent, said of the team’s personnel issues, "It’s frustrating, but it’s life."
by JerseysFinest. on Dec 23, 2011 11:06 PM EST reply actions
might as well give arenas a chance for the minimum
by alexcontreras on Dec 23, 2011 11:10 PM EST via mobile reply actions
is it me or does dwill always sound uninspired
He’s the leader
He sets the tone
Still missing Drazen
by BCofresi on Dec 23, 2011 11:12 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
he eats lunch with BK every day, i'm not too worried about deron
but what do you expect him to say about this junk squad of journeymen?
by William_H_HOLLA on Dec 23, 2011 11:12 PM EST up reply actions
yeah I love the fact that he is honest
none of the scripted moiso that most athletes say during interviews
Yes
What I like about the guy is he just tells it like it is. No sugar coating, no secret implications. Not politically correct. And he does not give a moiso if you like what he has to say.
Don't follow me
by John at the Jersey Shore on Dec 23, 2011 11:27 PM EST up reply actions
leaders need to point in a direction
And command people to follow
Still missing Drazen
by BCofresi on Dec 23, 2011 11:14 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
at least Avery doesn't make excuses
that’s what i like
LOL
DeronWilliams Deron Williams
Some dude just said I look like Tyson Chandler or Deron Williams I said i get that all the time then he told me he didn’t like either of us
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by nets14 on Dec 23, 2011 11:28 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
Welcome to your new home, Deron.
I think it's fine.
by NetsMets4Life on Dec 23, 2011 11:31 PM EST up reply actions
Why would a Knick fan not like Tyson Chandler?
I think it's fine.
by NetsMets4Life on Dec 23, 2011 11:33 PM EST up reply actions
NO! Tell him it was a Mavs fan. haha
MarShon Brooks has the dreaded.
"I’m anxious to see if they make the same mistake twice." - Shaq talking about the Magic.
LOLOLOLOLOLOLOLO
ITS A VVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEEEEE
This going be a fun team to watch. We going to see Dwill take this team to playoffs.
Shakedaddy
by Thebrotherz on Dec 23, 2011 11:29 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
why deron will stay
1) dwight may come
2) bundles of cap space to add to him for next offseason with actual catches.
Just to easy for me lol
1. Dwight may NOT come
2. Bundle of CRAP space to sign additional Ex-Knick players
Dwight or Bust
Nets lose 33+ games this season.
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by Shameer1016 on Dec 23, 2011 11:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
i dont get why your so negative?
please explain why you expect the worst from every situation
"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
I found it funny
unless other actually agree with it or think is true, which I feel many do, why take me so seriously?
Dwight or Bust
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by Shameer1016 on Dec 24, 2011 12:59 AM EST up reply actions
he's from Brooklyn sounds the the norm imo.
He’s sarcastic. Doesn’t mother me then again that’s just my .02
"I define passion as extreme emotion."
When you have to shoot, shoot don't talk.
Is it really a bad thing Universal?
Honestly? Your opinion means the world to me.
Dwight or Bust
Nets lose 33+ games this season.
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not a bad thing most of my family's from Brooklyn
"I define passion as extreme emotion."
When you have to shoot, shoot don't talk.
Well yea, sarcasm is like the official language of NY so you understand.
Dwight or Bust
Nets lose 33+ games this season.
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watch out tho Netsdaily wants to see you strung up!:)
"I define passion as extreme emotion."
When you have to shoot, shoot don't talk.
LOL
Still don’t understand why people take my sarcasm post seriously, and my serious post sarcastically
Dwight or Bust
Nets lose 33+ games this season.
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now you're getting me confused
"I define passion as extreme emotion."
When you have to shoot, shoot don't talk.
by universal on Dec 24, 2011 1:28 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Maybe you should use the sarcasm font
so we know the difference.
RIP baby. I love you forever. Our dream of seeing D12 with the Nets is getting closer.
Stop mothering him
I'm all in. Go Nets!
by John at the Jersey Shore on Dec 24, 2011 1:31 PM EST up reply actions
I hope on March 16, Dwight Howard remains an unhappy member of the Orlando Magic.
by i says on Dec 23, 2011 11:35 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
question though
With so many Jazz on the roster, especially Okur starting, shouldn’t that actually make Deron feel MORE comfortable?
by furnace on Dec 23, 2011 11:44 PM EST via mobile reply actions
2010 vs 2011 Nets
DWill oop to D12
Otis Smith makes Travis Outlaw look like Avery Johnson
by 3ptChucker on Dec 23, 2011 11:45 PM EST reply actions 3 recs
It’s better then sucking more
by kory raymond on Dec 23, 2011 11:49 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
OT
Anyone want to by my 2 tix in 117 so I can get loud and proud tickets? (doubtful) Wish they released them sooner. I figure they were waiting on Dwight.
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
by BEB on Dec 23, 2011 11:53 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
don't you love how they treat us die-hard fans
“oh frap, no dwight and brook is out, let’s revisit loud and proud section”
DWill oop to D12
Otis Smith makes Travis Outlaw look like Avery Johnson
loud and proud tickets are out??
"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
you can only get them at the box office day of game
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
by BEB on Dec 24, 2011 8:40 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
I am hype for the season
Who cares what happened in the previous seasons, I am going to support the Nets and hope for them to win every single game.
by T o n y on Dec 23, 2011 11:53 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Kevin love apparently
Still missing Drazen
by BCofresi on Dec 23, 2011 11:59 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
I don't even know why this is being discussed
Minnesota will match any offer, guaranteed, if he even makes it to Restricted free agency. Discussion over
You will see Dwill a lot this year playing off the ball and that good thing and I think he might have one 50pt game in him
Shakedaddy
by Thebrotherz on Dec 24, 2011 12:01 AM EST via iPhone app reply actions
hmmm, if DWill plays off the ball, then who's our primary ball handler?
DWill oop to D12
Otis Smith makes Travis Outlaw look like Avery Johnson
Farmer and Gaines
Shakedaddy
by Thebrotherz on Dec 24, 2011 12:13 AM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
you walked right into that one
DWill oop to D12
Otis Smith makes Travis Outlaw look like Avery Johnson
Avery re-signs so he can make a come back to the NBA.
Dwight or Bust
Nets lose 33+ games this season.
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by Shameer1016 on Dec 24, 2011 12:14 AM EST up reply actions
I really don’t like the way Deron worded his response =/
by ap3604 on Dec 24, 2011 12:01 AM EST via mobile reply actions
“whether I’m comfortable or not”…
“we’ve got Some guys that know how to play basketball”
Yuck…
by ap3604 on Dec 24, 2011 12:02 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
to be honest
this is not the team that an all star would play with…..no doubt we have a better team then last year but we need to make this a lot better in short time…
by devinharris34 on Dec 24, 2011 12:53 AM EST up reply actions
A lot of people don't realize...
the 2012 free agency > 2011 free agency. We’ll be fine, if not dwight, having deron and some more legit starters will still give us a good team. Deron’s jazz teams weren’t exactly stacked with talent. For the most part it was
Deron
Brewer
AK47
Boozer
Okur
Brewer was just a defensive stud, ak47 was a doitall guy, boozer was their second option and okur was a threat in the perimeter. Comparison?
Deron = Deron
Morrow = Korver
Stevenson = Brewer
AK47 = Hump
Boozer = Lopez
Okur = older Okur/s.williams
Once we get some upgrades and bench players we’ll be just fine. Everyone relax.
except
Hump =/ AK47
Lopez = injured
and Sloan >>> Avery
"Chuckers ain't champions" -- James Naismith, 1891
by calling all toasters on Dec 24, 2011 1:04 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
You Dudes need to stop disrespecting Brook because he will be your center for a long time.
Also, these guys need to man up and just outplay the other guys. Kidd got an almost nobody tEam into the finals…. Let’s see D-Will do the same.
ready for opening day!
"Chuckers ain't champions" -- James Naismith, 1891
by calling all toasters on Dec 24, 2011 1:09 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
These guys better start believing in themselves and in each other! When Kidd came to htis team he said they would win 41 games, which was great considering they won 26 the year before.
Everyone got on board and Kidd willed them to play hard every night and then a miracle happened, we went to the FINALS!
LETS GO NETS!
Here is wishful thinking!
Kidd= Dwill
Kittles/ Lucious = Marshon/ Morrow/Stevenson
RJ = Damion James
K-Mart= The HUMP
Mccullough=Okur
Van Horn= Shawane Williams
Jason Collins= Shelden Williams
Difference is the X-Factor when he gets back healthy = BROOK!
LETS GO NETS!
too bad we don't defend very well
not to mention the East was… horrendously abysmal the years we went to the finals
by bronxbombers2 on Dec 24, 2011 2:23 AM EST up reply actions
Yeah, BUT there is no SHAQ in his prime! SHAQ was unstoppable and we didn't have a guy like Brook during that run.
LETS GO NETS!
Hahaha - love the comparison to the early 2000s
Now if they could only do something abot the fact the top teams in the present Eastern Confernce are major teams in the NBA, as opposed to the Kidd era, where the Nets were simply the best Eastern team and a 5 seed at best in the West at that time – which was a beast.
Forgot
Anthony Johnson = Sundiata Gaines
Aaron WIlliams =Jordan Williams
Brian Scalabrine = Dennis HORNER
Brandon Armstrong = Jordan Farmar
LETS GO NETS!
I know you"re kidding.....but most if not all those equal signs are not true.
Jordan Williams equal Atrain…really??NFW
Artmstrong equal Farmar? no how..but LOL anyway
The current guys need to watch this video before the season starts!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nima3dmLrcw
LETS GO NETS!
we need that desire and heart that Kenyon had
talk about the Nets curse, it started all over again when they let Martin walk
realistic ppg estimates
deron – 20 – 21 ppg
morrow- 15 ppg
james 11 ppg
humphries- 14 ppg
Okur- 13 ppg
bench
Shawne – 9ppg
Famar – 8 ppg
Marshon – 7 ppg
Deshawn- 6 ppg
I think Hump avgs 12
and Okur 11
Nets Mets Giants ALL DAY
by netsareboss on Dec 24, 2011 12:17 PM EST up reply actions
I like 104 ppg
Win!
I'm all in. Go Nets!
by John at the Jersey Shore on Dec 24, 2011 1:37 PM EST up reply actions
Nothin beats the Nets from 2001-2004, BUT, that first year with Vince was incredible also!
Vince came here and still had his super springs in his legs and Kidd making it easy for him!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R2QCZIFke3w
LETS GO NETS!
dont matter....thta team could have ran with anyone from today
dont forget the only teams that could give us really any trouble were teams with big centers……..shaq, davidrobinson/duncan…….i could see those nets losing to miami and maybe orlando because dwight would score 50 every game
Section15 Row 12 Seats 1&2
by Angelo Mihalitsianos on Dec 24, 2011 4:39 AM EST up reply actions
Really?
I don’t see an emphatic defensive high flying PF beast anywhere in this lineup. Nor do I see a road runner gunning SF with blazing quickness. Nor do I see a HOF PG that can literally will teams to victory. Finally, I don’t see a piss poor Eastern Conference that included a Detroit team with no stars and a Celtics team that relief heavily on Antoine friggin Walker.
The only similarities to that team start on the West Coast with another team that lives in the shadow of the big brother that always gets the local love.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
I'm excited but
Deron really has to carry this team. I think he can do it but he’s going to need to be at his best. He’s really the only creator on this team. Moreso than ever, we need him to step it up BIG TIME. I’m glad we have three point guards because we may need the extra ball handlers and Deron may need to play off the ball a lot. I’m not sure any one is capable of stepping up and being that 2nd scorer that we need.
Hopefully, Morrow or Marshon step into that role somewhat. Those are the only 2 realistic options at this point (even though they are not very probable). I just hope we beat Washington. prays
comparison
Deron – Kidd (Deron a better scorer, Kidd a better defender but Deron not bad, either)
Morrow – Kittles (Kittles is a better defender and a finisher)
James – Jefferson (Similar)
Hump – K-Mart (Similar)
Okur – Collins (Okur is better)
Just flat out wrong
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
by eLonepb on Dec 24, 2011 6:44 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
James – Jefferson (Similar)
Hump – K-Mart (Similar)
Okur – Collins (Okur is better)
Timeless - The 2001-2003 NJ Nets
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nima3dmLrcw
by GMJigga on Dec 24, 2011 9:59 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I hope Lopez is back...
Lopez – Okur
Hump – Sheldon
James – Shawne
Stevenson – Morrow
Deron – Farmar
well said netsdaily
it is what it is…this is our team and now we just need to play our hearts out and see where the chips fall…
Strike the Shepherd and the Sheep will Scatter
I'm looking forward to the season
i’m also looking forward to Dwight’s arrival. I like that the end of this article said and/or, and not if in regards to Dwight.
RIP baby. I love you forever. Our dream of seeing D12 with the Nets is getting closer.
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