Personal Connection, Not Hoops, Led to Hump's Change of Agents
by Net Income on Jun 14, 2011 11:47 AM EDT
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PrintHere's a story about Kris Humphries that has nothing to do with Kim Kardashian or reality TV: Darren Heitner of Sports Agent Blog writes that the Nets PF's decision to change agents had more to do with a personal connection than anything on-court.
Heitner writes that Humphries' "best friend" and marketing manager, Josh Ketroser, had spoken with Humphries' then-agent Dan Fegan in December/early January about possible employment. "Nothing ever came of it," Heitner wrote. "Ketroser eventually got a job with an agent – Marc Cornstein – who now represents Ketroser’s best friend, Kris Humphries."
- More About Kris Humphries' Switch From Lagardère To Pinnacle - Darren Heitner - Sports Agent Blog
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Some people believe that Humphries signing with the Nets
is somewhat of a done deal…
I’m not so sure…
I would say its almost a sure thing he resigns barring him asking for crazy $ or some idiot GM offering him a crazy contract
by Henry Sanchez on Jun 14, 2011 11:54 AM EDT up reply actions
They are using him everywhere in their promos
I’d be shocked if he didn’t sign with us.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
For how much and how long ?
And is there any worry all this outside business with Kim & Co. will interfere with on court performance ?
I remember a Denver sports columnist writing a long, interesting article about Carmelo Anthony last year, in which he said that once Carmelo met and married LaLa, he stopped being focused on basketball and became distracted with making movies and the celebrity spotlight. He stated up until then Carmelo was a “gym rat”, who’s only concern was playing basketball. Could this be an issue when signing Hump ?
What's funny is we talk about let's resign hump
but not for too much….if we dont resign him, what the hell are our options for PF next year???
Theres literally zero available in the free agent pool, and clearly theres nothing on our roster
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by Angelo Mihalitsianos on Jun 14, 2011 1:27 PM EDT reply actions
Two words: Travis Outlaw.
That’s what that approach will get you. I’m not attempting to equate Outlaw and Humphries as players, but that’s what results from the mindset you seem to be putting forth.
it's not my mindset
people on this site always write “sign hump only if its 5-6 a year, if not let him walk” i was curious if anyone had thought out the fact that there is NOONE else available at the PF
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by Angelo Mihalitsianos on Jun 14, 2011 2:23 PM EDT up reply actions
The problem with signing average to good free agents is that
you usually end up overpaying for them, especially if someone else ups the bid. Remember the Knicks might want to pay us back for making them overpay for Carmelo.
Do we end up overpaying Hump or do we trade for another PF if none are available in free agency ?
If the Nets draft a PF in the first round I think that might be a clue on what they are thinking.
we have no other options at PF
I don’t advocate matching an insane offer, but we really don’t have any other options on the open market. We’d have to trade
we CANNOT go into this season with a huge hole up front. We just can’t
by MrDollarBills on Jun 14, 2011 3:25 PM EDT up reply actions
i'm waiting for us to have a revisionist moment of mikki moore
i’m telling you someone is going to offer him some outrageous contract
will hump take it and leave? will nets match and overpay? will hump take less and stay?
i just cant see some dumb gm out there not throwing like 9+ mill a year at him
The realist keepin it real amongst the surrealists
R.I.P. Big Homey Nate Dogg: "Cuz Iiiiiiiiii have ne-evv-ver met a giiiiiiiiiirrrrrrllllllllllllllllllll tha-at I loved in the whole wide wooorrrlllllddddddd"
by starbury_to_s-jaxci2000 on Jun 14, 2011 1:35 PM EDT reply actions
I hear you but I don't think Hump is Mikki Moore
Mikki had Kidd padding his stats for him. Hump did his without help.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
Otis Smith on Dwight
“I expected it,” Smith told the Orlando Sentinel on Monday. “I think free agency is a basketball player’s God-given right. It’s one of the things they bargained for, so I expected him to look at all of his options and become a free agent if that’s what he’s going to choose.”
"You can spend minutes, hours, days weeks or even months overanalyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what would’ve, could’ve happened – or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the **** on."
-Tupac Amaru Shakur
Remember Melo's Colorado mansion?
Sold for 5.8 million less than what he paid.
"You can spend minutes, hours, days weeks or even months overanalyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what would’ve, could’ve happened – or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the **** on."
-Tupac Amaru Shakur
I dont understand why people need to buy such expensive houses... is it really necessary?
In Prokhorov & Billy King WE TRUST.
8 > 3
DH12 OR BUST!
Official Member of the "Travis OutLOL Society". 5 years, 35 Million Dollars worth of lulz.
Because if you are rich
why the hell would you live in a cheap house
"You can spend minutes, hours, days weeks or even months overanalyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what would’ve, could’ve happened – or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the **** on."
-Tupac Amaru Shakur
by NetsMets4Life on Jun 14, 2011 2:02 PM EDT up reply actions
there's a big difference
between comfort and gross excess. but since when have professional athletes been known to live in moderation?
Not going to change
ever
"You can spend minutes, hours, days weeks or even months overanalyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what would’ve, could’ve happened – or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the **** on."
-Tupac Amaru Shakur
by NetsMets4Life on Jun 14, 2011 2:07 PM EDT up reply actions
so tired of hearing about humphries. this guy is not even all star quality. the nets better not give him more than 5 mil a year.
i am still not convinced that he is going to be any good next year. he is hollywood now. his mind will not fully be on basketball. last year was a contract year and he played his heart out. how come he didnt play that way any other year? its hard to trust a player who has his best year his contract year.
Yeah Lamar Odom went Hollywood
And he only won a championship.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
last year was a contract year and he played his heart out. how come he didnt play that way any other year?
He did. Ask the boards from the other teams he played on and they’ll tell you the same thing. Hump has ALWAYS played hard and with effort. It was one the reasons DAL fans loved him.
He just got minutes this year and took advantage of his opportunities. Don’t know how you can fault him for that considering he was glued to the bench & 4th on the depth chart at the beginning of the season
this
some people clearly weren’t watching games.
by MrDollarBills on Jun 14, 2011 3:26 PM EDT up reply actions
I agree nets fan overate hump to the max he is nothing to be chasing if he wants more then five good bye
by nets_heroe on Jun 14, 2011 2:27 PM EDT via mobile up reply actions
People are so quick to discredit Avery, yet so slow to give him credit… Players improve, coaching is often a large factor in it. Kris himself attributed his improvement to Avery and the coaching staff. This is the first time he really got an opportunity to play. Keep in mind, Humphries was a lotto pick for Utah, so there’s obviously some talent there. He showed flashes of this last season too, I’ll credit the coaching staff for him taking that next step.
On June 29th, 2001, the New Jersey Nets and the Phoenix Suns agreed to a trade involving Stephon Marbury and Jason Kidd.
On February 23rd, 2011, the New Jersey Nets and the Utah Jazz agreed to a trade involving Devin Harris and Deron Williams.
A new beginning. LETS GO NETS!
he played just as hard the year before
only now, he had a head coach that was smart enough and firm enough to tell him to stick to rebounding, hustling, and defense, and let the others worry about taking shots.
I love how people pretend that Hump JUST started playing hard last year
some of you folks are dishonest as all hell on this website.
by MrDollarBills on Jun 14, 2011 3:23 PM EDT up reply actions
ESPN 5-on-5 today.
http://sports.espn.go.com/nba/playoffs/2011/news/story?page=5-on-5Mavs-110614
5. Which will be the next franchise to win its first NBA title?
Rob Mahoney, The Two Man Game: Shot in the dark: Nets. A question like this one requires banking on the hypothetical, but if Deron Williams stays with the team, if Williams’ presence and the Brooklyn chip are enough to entice free agents, and if the Nets can get rid of some of their dead-weight contracts, New Jersey has a decent shot at contention in the long term.
It would only take about .701% of the population of Brooklyn alone to fill the Barclays Center.
"It's kind of like the Garden. It's the same feel. It's special." - Deron Williams on the Barclays Center.
Marc Stein also mentioned the Nets
"I just copped me an all-things, a professional ball team
Tell me I ain't the illest hustler ya'll seen"
What do we pay Humph?
What is the market for this guy, what is he worth? Has he played his best basketball, during his contract year? Seen the pix of him and Kim both standing up? They make a strange couple. Does she need a stool to kiss him? OK, but it’s a funny visual, don’t you agree?
Paul from Sunny Delray Beach, Florida
Kris and Kim register for wedding gifts...
A few things they are requesting…
A Lalique tourbillon black vase for a whopping $6500, in addition to another Lalique black vase for only $4,625. Their dinnerware will be Hermes — a tea cup and saucer will cost $225, and the cereal bowl will run you $155.
http://www.popeater.com/2011/06/14/kim-kardashian-kris-humphries-wedding-registry-photos/
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven"
I wonder if Cheerios taste better in a $155.00 cereal bowl?
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven"
Id hope so
"You can spend minutes, hours, days weeks or even months overanalyzing a situation; trying to put the pieces together, justifying what would’ve, could’ve happened – or you can just leave the pieces on the floor and move the **** on."
-Tupac Amaru Shakur
by NetsMets4Life on Jun 14, 2011 2:08 PM EDT up reply actions
You're lucky to even get that
I had a $200 toaster oven and no one even wanted to get that for us.
"The trade that usually happens is the one you never hear about" - Net Income
OFF TOPIC:
If we want to make the playoff’s next year, Brook Lopez is going to have to make vast improvements in his game. He is going to have to put on about 15-20 pounds and need to put on alot of muscle.
He’s also got to become tougher and hopefully D-will along with a weight gain will help him with that. Can’t have a 6 reb Center who is over matched on defense.
by The Big Russian on Jun 14, 2011 2:12 PM EDT reply actions
disagree
if we take the way lopez played last year, how many games did we lose in the last few minutes of the game because we didnt have a playmaker/ballhandler? I can name at least 10 off the top of my head…….Dwill alone with this roster is worth at least another 12-15 wins….there were so many overtime games that should have never even came to that.
So, im not saying i dont want him to improve and or get in better shape, im just saying take lopez the way he was and add dwill, we probably win most of those close games!
Now, if Lopez adds muscle like you implied above that id say making the playoffs is not only a shoe-in but we should think higher……being a EC competitor
Take that a step further, lopez imroves and adds muscle, AND we get some good addiions in here thru creative FO, the sky is the limit in my estimation!
BROOK is still a young man…..he will only get better
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by Angelo Mihalitsianos on Jun 14, 2011 2:29 PM EDT up reply actions
Lopez is the least of the Nets worries
DWill DHarris VC are the best players hes played with
Bobby Simmons Yi Keyon Dooling Josh Boone Courtney lee Jarvis Hayes were starters on his losing teams
by DJ HeavyDuty on Jun 14, 2011 2:57 PM EDT up reply actions 1 recs
You know what would be funny
and I’m not advocating that we pay Humphries “out of this world”, but if Hump had the season that he had on another team, the same people here that say he’s not worth it or discredit him would be the first ones to scream “Sign Kris Humphries”.
Funny….jr smith, a goddamn buffoon and career bench player is worth paying, but Kris Humphries, a legit double double guy and a hard working player from the moment he put on a Nets jersey, isn’t.
by MrDollarBills on Jun 14, 2011 3:22 PM EDT reply actions 2 recs
Happily we don't have to make that call...
I doubt Humphries is gonna come cheap. Why should he ? Big men are hard to find. That’s why the Nets don’t have too many. We just have to hope no bidding war breaks out for his services.
What I like most about Humphries is his toughness. He don’t look timid or scared out there on the court when banging with the big boys.
Teams always pay for size
And in many cases they overpay. We just have to straddle the line with Humphries here.
Whereas hes a good player, paying him >7M a year, I would certainly question, even more so depending on the new CBA.
For all of his good work last year, he still is predominantly 1 dimensional player- great rebounder. But he has no lo post skills, no jump shot, and his defense is OK, not great. Not sure how relevant he would be on this team if we had Dwight Howard.
D Will in 2011...BK in 2012....
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