Final Predictions ... From Newark
by Net Income on Dec 25, 2011 8:45 AM EST
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The Star-Ledger smartly waited till Christmas Day before publishing its NBA predictions. That means they were able to incorporate all the last minute changes in their final assessments, up to and including Mehmet Okur's arrival in New Jersey. The four writers who put it all together are generally optimistic about the Nets, putting them seventh in the East.
Dave D'Alessandro, who's been close to agent Dan Fegan, has this to say about the "Dwightmare": "yes, he'll probably land in Newark on or around March 1, in a move engineered by an agent who doesn't make a habit of settling for 'no'."
Mike Vorkunov, who did the league predictions, thinks the Nets sneak into the playoffs after a Dwight Howard infusion, noting the "NBA scheduling gods, wily as they are," put the Nets in Orlando the night after the trade deadline. Could be a coincidence...or not. And Colin Stephenson says that in spite of this season being the last in Newark, "The only thing that will matter will be whether King can succeed in getting his man."
So, Let the Games Begin!
- With Chris Paul challenging Kobe Bryant, this NBA season could be full of the unexpected - Dave D'Alessandro - Star-Ledger
- NBA 2011-12 Preview: Dwight Howard trade, Miami Heat and more - Mike Vorkunov - Star-Ledger
- Nets 2011-12 Preview: Deron Williams, Brook Lopez and the team's last season in New Jersey - Colin Stephenson - Star-Ledger
- Knicks 2011-12 Preview: Carmelo Anthony, Baron Davis and whether they'll return to the playoffs - Michael J. Fensom - Star-Ledger
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The nets vs Orlando a day after the deadline....
CONSPIRACY!!
When can i get my Dwight Howard Brooklyn Nets Jersey?
by AmbassadorAmeer on Dec 25, 2011 8:48 AM EST via mobile reply actions
How so? and even so
we are already a bad team no one cares about. Nets fan or not, no one here can deny that they wanted a season this year.
Dwight or Bust
Nets lose 33+ games this season.
Follow @Meer2Fly16
One of the BEST game a duo ever had
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3v4GS9t8o8&feature=related
by Shameer1016 on Dec 25, 2011 11:39 AM EST up reply actions
If the Dwight inevitably to the Nets is true, no season would have allowed that without giving up anyone on our roster, plus having those 2012 draft picks, and lastly, not having to think of giving up Lopez as well.
From a Nets fan perspective it would have been great, but is everything you said 100%?
because I was hearing about contract rollbacks, and not to sure about the lottery rule, and other aspects of the league.
Dwight or Bust
Nets lose 33+ games this season.
Follow @Meer2Fly16
One of the BEST game a duo ever had
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3v4GS9t8o8&feature=related
I'm excited about the Memo & Stevenson additions
those guys have been on winning teams and should help change our team’s culture.
Haha even 2k12 has us ranked 29th
But all in all D-Will has to play at a MVP level for us to be around 500 like Amare did before Melo came…. Point blank
by boogeewon on Dec 25, 2011 9:08 AM EST via mobile reply actions
+1
Agree with everything.
Dwight or Bust
Nets lose 33+ games this season.
Follow @Meer2Fly16
One of the BEST game a duo ever had
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V3v4GS9t8o8&feature=related
by Shameer1016 on Dec 25, 2011 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
interesting paragaph out of Salt Lake Tribune
Jerry Sloan is gone, ditto for his top assistant, Phil Johnson. Deron Williams is in New Jersey, so is Mehmet Okur. There’s a good chance Andrei Kirilenko ends up there, too
I keep thinking the Nets are only a roster move away from bringing AK-47 in. They’re at the cap, but a sign and trade could bring him in. No team currently has that much cap space to bring him in and he’s still sitting in Russia, with two weeks to decide what he’s going to do.
"It's as sweet as it ever was, I'll tell you. Now, hopefully, we started something and we can win some more championships, but we're going to enjoy this one right now. Have a little champagne." --Julius Erving, May 12, 1976, ABA champion Nets locker room.
Hes getting paid pretty well over there,
whats to stop him from just staying there?
by Clayton Balch on Dec 25, 2011 9:10 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
yea, charity called the Re-Elec Putin Campaign Fund
DWill oop to D12
Otis Smith makes Travis Outlaw look like Avery Johnson
Kirilenko's Kids
and he’s making $4 million
"It's as sweet as it ever was, I'll tell you. Now, hopefully, we started something and we can win some more championships, but we're going to enjoy this one right now. Have a little champagne." --Julius Erving, May 12, 1976, ABA champion Nets locker room.
Jordan Farmar seems like the obvious to be moved in a salary dump
To accommodate a move like you speak of…. Even the dude from NBA TV said he thinks AK will be a net during there fantasy preview show with Scott
by boogeewon on Dec 25, 2011 9:12 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Why not the vet minimum?
I know it’s a bit outlandish but shouldn’t the Prokhorov connection come into play here already?
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
yeah
If AK is donating his CSKA salary he could do 1 yr as a Christmas gift to Proky
by DJ HeavyDuty on Dec 25, 2011 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
Do you think they have inside knowledge though?
It just sounds like an easy assumption. I would love to trade Farmar for him. I think we can take back close to $6m based off his $4m salary… If we can still do the 150% rule. AK would be the missing piece imo, as in we would be a threat to everyone in the east other than Miami and Chicago
by Jack Handy Jr on Dec 25, 2011 10:15 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Shouldn't there be a trade market do Farmar?
I’m truly surprised that we have not been able to trade him.
J-Kidd to D-Will
Maybe they were close in the game at MSG
But after Brook broke his foot, that deal died.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
mayo is a 20 pt scorer, farmar is a backup pg.
keep dreaming
"Everything looks nicer when you win. The girls are prettier, the cigars taste better. The trees are greener."
by NJ Champ on Dec 25, 2011 11:26 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
you probably should have done some research first
Nice try though
by i says on Dec 25, 2011 3:42 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Bring it !
Merry Christmas fellow Net fans!
If I can just hide, the sinner inside, and keep him denied.
How sweet life would be, if I could be free, from the sinner in me.
Merry Christmas to you too
by Pure baller15 on Dec 25, 2011 10:29 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I have a feeling shawne williams is going to more
Then whats expected he has a lot of tools. I read a draft exerpt on him and said he has the ability to dribble the ball always thought he just a set up shooter and his defense is better then whats advertised
by Pure baller15 on Dec 25, 2011 9:38 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I wonder how these 4 writers had as ranked last year?
National writers have us at the bottom, and local writers have us as a bubble team… Who’s more accurate?
by kupalski on Dec 25, 2011 10:20 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Is petro starting?
I hope so, I can’t wait until he drops 20-10 all day
FRANKS AND BEANS FRANKS AND BEANS
by lemmetakeutodamovies on Dec 25, 2011 10:49 AM EST reply actions
His first start ever
and most likely his last
Nets Mets Giants ALL DAY
by netsareboss on Dec 25, 2011 10:52 AM EST up reply actions
Didn’t he start some games at the end of the year when Humphries was out?
Fire Brian Schottenheimer.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/1000000-Jets-fans-against-Brian-Schottenheimer/104252133024352
i dont remeber
His first season-opener start then
Nets Mets Giants ALL DAY
by netsareboss on Dec 25, 2011 12:08 PM EST up reply actions
if Damion James or Shawne Williams (hopefuly both)
can step up there game. I think were a 6-8th seed team…Merry Christmas and happy holidays nets fans!!
Jersey Strong, Brooklyn Ready
by BrooklynNets12 on Dec 25, 2011 10:52 AM EST reply actions
The best point guard in the NBA, a team full of shooters and young players, the possibility of adding the best center in the NBA…. This is going to be one hell of a season!
Jim Buss, who holds the title of Lakers VP of Player Personnel, addressed a report suggesting the Magic were willing to trade Dwight Howard for Andrew Bynum and Pau Gasol.
“Where does this stuff come from?” Buss said. “You’d have to be kind of silly to give up two All-Stars like that for Howard. Zero truth to it. We have never been asked for Andrew and Pau and we’ve never offered them. I think they know we’d either say no or they would sound crazy for asking.”
Buss denied being unwilling to part with Bynum.
“Let’s just say this,” he says. "You have to give up something to get something. And I’m willing to give up something to get something.
“We’ve done everything within the rules that we could to explore this situation until we were just spinning our wheels,” he says. "The player is still in control of his own destiny; he can block a trade just by saying I’m not going to sign a new deal and stay where he is.
“I personally believe now that we have the team that we will be playing with all season long.”
Read more: http://basketball.realgm.com/wiretap/217796/Jim_Buss_Lakers_Would_Be_Silly_To_Give_Up_Gasol_Bynum_For_Howard#ixzz1hZ3OtS5u
Fire Brian Schottenheimer.
http://www.facebook.com/pages/1000000-Jets-fans-against-Brian-Schottenheimer/104252133024352
by J-Kay on Dec 25, 2011 11:25 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
Now that's a good post
Good news and solid source.
I'm all in. Go Nets!
by John at the Jersey Shore on Dec 25, 2011 12:51 PM EST up reply actions
bynum isn't an all star lol
"Next year, with a full training camp, I think he can go after that Scott Skiles' record of 30." - Billy King
Thats a nice Christmas gift
by kory raymond on Dec 25, 2011 2:02 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
It’s also good to see the Knicks falling part in this 3rd quarter
by kory raymond on Dec 25, 2011 2:02 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Bass also beasting mini Howard right now
by kory raymond on Dec 25, 2011 2:07 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
Dwight Dwight Dwight
I am not counting on having Dwight this year, or any other year. I think he goes to LA or Chicago. So what is my prediction for the NETS this year, with the players on the roster right now? I think we might have a chance of being the 8th seed, if we don’t get hit by the injury bug. AND DWILL opts out, but then signs with us, as he can receive like 25 million dollars more by signing with us. But one thing I am sure about……Marv Albert wears lady’s underware when he does NFL games! AND the knicks need a point guard who looks to pass first. AND with the injury to Iman just now, I think the knicks should sign……ME!
Paul from Sunny Delray Beach, Florida
Petro starting?
Why is he playing? Starting is not acceptable. Our front court rotation could easily be
Hump/Shawne Williams/Horner
Okur/Shelden Wlliams/Petro
Starting Petro puts a ton of pressure on Deron because he doesn’t really do much. I’d rather have a shooter out there (Okur) or a defender/hustle guy in Sheldon.
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