Does Brooklyn Nets' Campaign Send Subliminal Message About D12?
by NetsDaily on Jan 17, 2012 11:15 AM EST
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"Welcome to Brooklyn '12"?!? "Believe the Hype"?!?
How obvious can you be? With the Nets at 3-11, the speculation about Deron Williams' future is beginning to ramp up. So the Nets are featuring him in a new campaign to sell tickets in Brooklyn. But more interesting is the words that go with the picture. Plastered on billboards around Brooklyn and Manhattan (home of the 6-7 Knicks) is the Nets' new slogan, "Believe the Hype, Welcome to Brooklyn '12."
Now, of course that '12 (with the apostrophe) could refer to the 2012 opening for Barclays Center. Then again, that apostrophe is also kind of small and is placed in such a way that some (not us of course) could mistake it for a comma, as in "Welcome to Brooklyn, 12". You know, like Dwight Howard's number. Sounds more like Subliminal Man, rather than Jay-Z's firm, has the ad account.
Better not be false advertising!
- Do you 'Believe The Hype?' - Mike Mazzeo - ESPN New York
- NETS: Deron Williams Featured in All Access Marketing Campaign - New Jersey Nets
- Brooklyn-Themed Nets Ad Campaign Debuts—In Manhattan - Paul Leonard - Patch.com
- Darren Rovell's photo "Nets using Deron Williams for..." - WhoSay
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If you zoom in on the picture enough...
You can see Dwight Howard reflected in Deron’s Right Eye.
CONSPIRACIES ABOUND
by Dep on Jan 17, 2012 11:18 AM EST reply actions 10 recs
Also the "12" is in blue
Is that Jay-Z blue (Brooklyn Nets color?) or another subliminal toward Orlando Magic blue joining the Nets?
2011-2012 season prediction: 22-44
And I'm fine with that. One of the original leaders of the "Dwight Howard, not Nono Hilario" movement.
kinda looks like mavericks blue to me...
by kupalski on Jan 17, 2012 12:09 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Actually...
…it’s just the plain ol’ obvious sponsor color. That’s Barclays’ blue.
by Brooklyn-Bound on Jan 17, 2012 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
Noooooope!
Deron talking to Howard on the phone while sending him YouTube highlights of his Jazz days does!
by boogeewon on Jan 17, 2012 11:20 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Same for me
This is definitely some sort of message.
RIP baby. I love you forever. Our dream of seeing D12 with the Nets is getting closer.
If we don't get Dwight
the Nets are doing EVERYTHING POSSIBLE to make sure our souls are crushed.
by NetsKiNG on Jan 17, 2012 11:21 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
lol it started with me responding to shuhmans tweet
johnschuhmann John Schuhmann
Is Dwight hidden in that image somewhere? RT @darrenrovell: Nets using D-Will for Brooklyn campaign “Believe The Hype” bit.ly/xfYnWx
then i responded
moneymike39 m..
@
@johnschuhmann you see the blue 12 in the bottom corner..plus the black background..black and blue(magic colors) plus 12 = howard!
37 minutes ago
then he put
johnschuhmann John Schuhmann
Thanks to @moneymike39 , I just realized the banner says “Welcome to Brooklyn, 12” Hilarious. bit.ly/xVRyUz
by 1stnamelastname on Jan 17, 2012 11:21 AM EST reply actions
Not for nothing
But I thought this was about the Barclays Center being open for next year, as opposed to not opening due to delays or independent film makers.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
another gimmick by Yormark and company. imagine if neither DWILL or Dwight are on the Nets next season?
what a joke this picture would become. (already is? )
I doubt that
They learned from the 1st billboard. Dwight and Fegan probably have a verbal agreement with BK via Deron. No other reason to (A) create a billboard like that (B) to put Deron on it without getting a comimtment from him yet. Obviously, he told BK and the FO something that Dwight told him.
RIP baby. I love you forever. Our dream of seeing D12 with the Nets is getting closer.
I hope not
the Nets were a joke after the first one, they better have learned their lesson
by NJ Champ on Jan 17, 2012 11:29 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
has anyone besides sheridan reported that dwight is considering the clips?
excuse my bad english please
No
He’s full of moiso, anyway.
RIP baby. I love you forever. Our dream of seeing D12 with the Nets is getting closer.
Actually yes...
Bleacherrepo……… nevermind….
MarSwag Brooks for President!
by PinstripePanda on Jan 17, 2012 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
Dwight basically denied it on Twitter
and said dont believe everything you hear
When did he do that?
Nothing on his timeline suggests he denied it. Even though I don’t believe it was him who said Clippers.
I think it was the Magic doing that, so as to pressure the Lakers to give up more.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
It was posted on here yesterday in a thread
someone asked him about the clippers and he said ‘dont believe everything you hear’ or something to that effect
it was in response to someone who posted on his wall
i read it in the post game thread last night.
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
Hey
here’s the tweet response from Dwight
DwightHoward
@danteparman love how everything y’all see y’all believe. If it ain’t from the horse don’t believe it. But God bless u
17 hours ago
so that means don't believe anything really
we haven’t heard Dwight say anything. physically, other than that he wants to be traded to a larger market. Everything else is hearsay.
Did we even hear that?
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
Only thing I've ever heard from him personally
Is he wants to play with Deron, Morrow, Kobe, CP3, Monta Ellis, or Stephen Jackson.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
Sheridan is just trying to drive traffic to his site
He has no job, so what else can he do.
Bottom line, Blake won’t be traded, and Jordan isn’t eligible to be traded until 7/1. So who the heck would the Clippers trade before that? If Sheridan was smart, he would’ve realized this and not run the story, but he’s not.
by domininaldo1981 on Jan 17, 2012 11:43 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
yes
Deandre Jordan can’t be dealt before 7/1. So the only scenario that Clips are involved is through a sign and trade during free agency.
by domininaldo1981 on Jan 17, 2012 12:13 PM EST up reply actions
I think he can be
He just would veto it
by Jack Handy Jr on Jan 17, 2012 2:28 PM EST up reply actions
Doubt ORL would want Jordan's contract anyway
by William_H_HOLLA on Jan 17, 2012 12:43 PM EST up reply actions
Why wouldn't they
He’s young, improving, they would need a C, and two other teams have already said he’s worth it or they wouldn’t have offered/matched it
by Jack Handy Jr on Jan 17, 2012 2:29 PM EST up reply actions
I think we are grasping at straws here
we are so desperate it’s sad
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
You are absolutely right
Its is very sad
This is true.
And sad. I hope this works out, but now that I’m older, i just feel like i can’t invest this emotion and $$ anymore into a team that doesn’t seem to want to get better. I know they do, and are trying everything in their power to do so, but they put themselves in this Dwight or bust pattern, and with the more the days go, i feel closer to bust. I hope not.
Basically this is a way to get people to buy tickets
come summer it’s a very very good chance they won’t be able to use Deron to push tickets. At worst it will be a picture of Jay-Z saying believe the the hype.
Blueprint for greatness
Brooklyn we go hard...
by Fabio Villani on Jan 17, 2012 11:40 AM EST up reply actions
really, it's a way to sell tickets?
"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.
by Net Income on Jan 17, 2012 11:40 AM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Not a great way to sell tickets.
but then again there are the same people who had the reversible jerseys of the opponent’s team.
“Not a net fan don’t worry we are giving away jerseys of the other team.”
“The Nets are getting blown out by the other team? No problem flip your jersey inside out and learn how it feels to be cheering for the winning side.”
by outkast on Jan 17, 2012 11:45 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
the only thing that ad could be telling us
is that is the shade of blue on our new jerseys.
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
Anything with Deron is a show for Deron
in hopes to keep him. i wouldn’t put to much into the Dwight thing, I’m at the point that until I see him wearing a Nets jersey, he’s not coming.
These ads are to build up a dream, because it sounds better and looks better than the reality, Nets suck.
by domininaldo1981 on Jan 17, 2012 11:41 AM EST reply actions
How'd this ad work out?
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
by BEB on Jan 17, 2012 11:42 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
they are still in the blueprint stage
greatness is TBD
by domininaldo1981 on Jan 17, 2012 11:45 AM EST up reply actions
have a feeling the OJ trade isn't happening today
and being stuck in purgatory continues… (not that he’s a savior or anything..just would have been fresh to see someone who plays defense and who can create his own shot)
Here is what I know about this billboard
- The optimists will say that it is clear the Nets are subliminally (or not so subliminally) passing along the message that Dwight Howard is Brooklyn Bound, and all the hype surrounding it is true.
- The pessimists will say that Deron misses that jumpshot
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
by eLonepb on Jan 17, 2012 11:46 AM EST reply actions 7 recs
Not necessarily...
…Its part of the Barclays Center’s branding. New Nets branding will probably go in a completely different direction, since they want Barclays to be about more than the Nets (like how MSG’s branding use different colors than Knicks and Rangers)
the Barclays blue?
Maybe they’ll skew the Barclays blue a bit darker, into Jay Z blue. This isn’t likely our branding, though.
I think the ad’s bigger uniform hint is that the new BKLYN unis will be made of pre-weathered metal panels.
by brother_rat on Jan 17, 2012 11:51 AM EST up reply actions
no
it’s the barclays blue. look at every other picture with the barclays logo in it.
by shane gayle on Jan 17, 2012 12:31 PM EST up reply actions
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.
by BrooNets on Jan 17, 2012 11:48 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
Kyler on Twitter
@stevekylerNBA You think LAC are seriously in the hunt for D12?
@gatorschampions no one is ’’seriously’’ in the hunt. Magic not ready to move him.
@stevekylerNBA I guess I meant when are ready to move him.
@gatorschampions from what I have been told, it’s Nets and everyone else.
RIP baby. I love you forever. Our dream of seeing D12 with the Nets is getting closer.
by lupojohn3 on Jan 17, 2012 11:49 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
Suddenly Nets fans love Steve Kyler and hate Woj
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
not me
"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.
I looked at it and thought
“cool. I’m reminded they’ll be in Brooklyn next year and won’t be able to get season tickets again.”
Winning is everything...Losing is not an option...
Section 4, Row 12...last season at The Rock...
Seriously bro
What were you talking about?
RIP baby. I love you forever. Our dream of seeing D12 with the Nets is getting closer.
How '12 means Dwight now
I mean I hope he’s here next year, I actually still believe he would be a Net but ’12 obviously means 2012. No subliminal message IMO. But I could be wrong
Considering it's NI who reported it
and used the word ’’subliminal’’, maybe there’s some truth behind it.
RIP baby. I love you forever. Our dream of seeing D12 with the Nets is getting closer.
it's just reporting
doesn’t mean anything is done, and netsdaily and NI would agree, they no nothing for sure.
by domininaldo1981 on Jan 17, 2012 12:12 PM EST up reply actions
obviously, but I could be wrong
well, then it isn;t obvious is it?
"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.
when I came into work today the time was 8:12
I think that’s a sign….
Winning is everything...Losing is not an option...
Section 4, Row 12...last season at The Rock...
Like Tebow passing for 316?
RIP baby. I love you forever. Our dream of seeing D12 with the Nets is getting closer.
Actually, I think it's a subliminal message that AJ Price will be a Net very soon....
OH BOY!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Winning is everything...Losing is not an option...
Section 4, Row 12...last season at The Rock...
And if D12 Does not come here
there will be riots in the streets of Brooklyn…. No, Newark…. No, Ramapo….. No, Seacacus…..No, Long Island,…. No, on these pages! SBNation will explode!
The collective Nets fanbase will say "not surprised, of course, we are the Nets"
And the rest of the NBA will agree.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
by eLonepb on Jan 17, 2012 12:31 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
silly
"A little boy went out to play. When he opened his door, he saw the world. As he passed through the doorway, he caused a reflection. Evil was born. Evil was born, and followed the boy."
Man I bought tickets from tomorrows game back in early December. Now I feel like I’ve been ripped off…and I paid $11 per LOL
"Beware the Ides of March."
this is the reason i will be be going to Sunday's game against the bobcats
and not saturday’s game against the Thunder
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
I'm going to the Thunder game
We’re going to get DESTROYED, but I want to see Durant play in person.
by Anthony Perez on Jan 17, 2012 1:14 PM EST up reply actions
No!
Its cleary giving out the # of wins we will get 1st season in BK since Dwight isnt coming and Deron doesnt care anymore. In that pic he is shooting at the opposing teams basket.
Brook and Brooks in Brooklyn
at least there’s a slogan right there
by stenpoint on Jan 17, 2012 12:20 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
to be fair
we dismiss the BS thats anti dwight to nets as non news, properly
this is the same: non news.
100% accurate
Winning is everything...Losing is not an option...
Section 4, Row 12...last season at The Rock...
it is not non-news
and how anyone can suggest that the Nets subliminally plugging the possibility is not news blows my mind.
It is news. Whether you think it’s hype is unimportant. I think it’s hype, but it SAYS SOMETHING.
"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.
by Net Income on Jan 17, 2012 12:30 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
It displays some level of confidence.
That counts for something.
That the phrase means - "Believe the Hype"
I don't speak English
by RussianNets on Jan 17, 2012 12:33 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
it means "believe the moiso yormark wants to feed you"
DWill oop to D12
Official Member of DO NOT TRADE MARSHON Society!
"If You Build It, He Will Come..."
Worked for Ray Kinsella…
Winning is everything...Losing is not an option...
Section 4, Row 12...last season at The Rock...
i believe
Deron had Dwight in his pocket
Orlando will NOT trade Dwight unless they are out of the playoffs or the offer is too good
Brooks is off the table
Dwight would sign as a free agent
The Nets have the best package. Period
AK will sign too
by DJ HeavyDuty on Jan 17, 2012 12:44 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Dwight and Shaq hate each other. Dwight doesn't want to be Shaq 2.0
Why do you think Shaq always says Andrew Bynum is the best center in TNT?
by erenerdo on Jan 17, 2012 12:57 PM EST via iPhone app up reply actions
Its a done deal...something happened in Russia that convinced Dwight to go to Brooklyn.
Dwight requested a trade to the NETS. Orlando GM accepts trade but gets hosed by Ownership, wanting a better trade package. Nets sweeten pot by tanking guaranteeing top 5 pick. Thats the plan.
by Mushman on Jan 17, 2012 12:49 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
remember, Time is on our side. There is absolutely no way Orlando does not trade
Dwight, and Dwight will determine where he will sign. The NETS are not winning the championship this season, it is in their best interest to tank, especially when the best center in the league wants to go to brooklyn. If you can pick a time in NETS history to tank, it would be now. There are 2 superstars that have a plan and want to play together in the biggest market in the world. NETS have the all the chips to make it happen, regardless of their record.
by Mushman on Jan 17, 2012 12:58 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Fingers crossed!
Williams
Brooks
Kirilenko
FA or Humphries
Howard
Brook Lopez? Sign, sign and trade, or let another team sign him?
Shelden Williams
Jordan Farmar? Anthony Morrow? OJ Mayo?
Either way this is a sick line-up! Get it done, Billy!!
Why not keep Lopez at 4?
Two & footers in the lineup – offense and defense. Crazy to want something else.
I used to think THIS
but DWIll doesnt seem like a person that is happy to get a high draft pick to add on to Dwight.
He is playing like someone that doesnt care. If this is your team to should play like you care. Stevenson is playing like he cares and he has a ONE year deal. He might not be here next year even though I would want him back especially if we keep Brooks. Stevenson reminds me of Oakley and VC. Some players need someone to push them.
FIRE AVERY for benching Stevenson. SMH!!! Besides Brooks he was the only one of the floor who cared about playing hard until SheWill
If Howard wants to play Brooklyn it will make it. He can tell LAL that won’t prolong the contract with them and then they won’t give Bynum
I don't speak English
Hasn’t been saying ANYTHING. He is still under contract with the Magic and anything you hear is from a source that “CLAIMS” to know what Dwight is thinking. The only thing you know for sure is that his agent has been allowed to have discussions with the Nets, Lakers, and Mavericks, and that the Nets are the only team Howard has SPECIFICALLY requested a trade to.
good point
Howard can’t say anything specifically because he’d be in violation of his contract and NBA rules.
Till the trade, everything will be sources
by domininaldo1981 on Jan 17, 2012 1:00 PM EST up reply actions
he can't say that publicly because he will be looked at as a villian. BK, DWILL knows
exactly where we are at, so does Orlando.
Fegan's in on this too
RIP baby. I love you forever. Our dream of seeing D12 with the Nets is getting closer.
I hope the Magic continue to play well through the trade deadline
it would make the Magic brass less likely to trade Dwight. thinking making the playoffs and being a top 3 team may seal the deal for him to stay.
Then ideally, they get bounced in the first round again by a 6th seed team that just matches up better (Philly, Indiana, Atlanta). And again, Dwight realizes that although his team made the playoffs, they are not championship contender and don’t have the flexibility of being one.
by domininaldo1981 on Jan 17, 2012 12:56 PM EST reply actions
I doubt this scenario playing out
Whatever the case may be, as Kyler told me on Twitter, it’s the Nets and everyone else.
RIP baby. I love you forever. Our dream of seeing D12 with the Nets is getting closer.
what if he said
its Lakers and Mavericks and then everyone else? Would you still believe him?
Winning is everything...Losing is not an option...
Section 4, Row 12...last season at The Rock...
I hope so too
Dwight wanted out and told ORL I dont want this to turn into another LEBRON situation. Clearly ORL is being stubborn and are going to risk it. LOL!!!!!
I can't see Orlando being that stupid
he told them explicitly if you don’t trade me by the deadline I’m leaving. They have to deal them, whether DeVos likes it or not. Hopefully its to the Nets.
We'll Be Fine.
by JerseysFinest. on Jan 17, 2012 1:02 PM EST up reply actions
same here
it’s an ideal happening, but i don’t see it. Which means it’s Nets or a rental team. If Lakers truly feel that they have a better shot with Dwight than with both Pau and Bynum, then they are still in play.
They key for the Nets is, Lopez comes back and puts up great numbers in the short period of time PLUS 1 or 2 more teams that give Magic a good package to still be competitive.
by domininaldo1981 on Jan 17, 2012 1:05 PM EST up reply actions
I can't see him being traded to a rental team
whatever rental team that gets him risks losing him in free agency after giving up important assets? Don’t see it. Lakers aren’t going to give up Pau and Bynum, I see the Nets getting him at the deadline.
We'll Be Fine.
by JerseysFinest. on Jan 17, 2012 1:12 PM EST up reply actions
that's my hope
the realist in me says that it’s still 50/50 between LA and NJ. Again, it all depends on how good Lopez looks coming back from injury. At the risk of losing him for nothing, Just Bynum for Dwight may do it for Magic if Nets don’t offer something better.
by domininaldo1981 on Jan 17, 2012 1:16 PM EST up reply actions
Nets must be very confident this works out
like very confident. The plan could fail, but I think the Nets are doing a good job so far.
We'll Be Fine.
by JerseysFinest. on Jan 17, 2012 12:59 PM EST reply actions
Nets brass said they are quietly confident Dwight's coming here
NI posted it in an article a week or two ago.
RIP baby. I love you forever. Our dream of seeing D12 with the Nets is getting closer.
I'm sure they are
you have to get the sense they are after they scrapped the idea of getting Nene and Prince and they got all these expiring contracts in here.
We'll Be Fine.
by JerseysFinest. on Jan 17, 2012 1:08 PM EST up reply actions
BTW the Billboard is for us NETS fans, not Dwight Howard. Howard already
knows where he is going.
After reading what Fred Kerber just put on twitter I will back off
Of my comments until the all star break because considering this team has played 10 road games already there is alot more to be seen but the obvious is Brooks is our best scorer and Sheldon Williams should be starting….
The Dwight to the Nets is as bad of a kept secret at the Melo situation was so yeah in all honesty I will be surprised if Howard isn’t a net by the deadline… Stranger things have happened though but oh well my life is good and I’m far from a fanatic when it comes to sports… It’s just entertainment baby haha
by boogeewon on Jan 17, 2012 1:13 PM EST via mobile reply actions
about the Nets schedule
Fred Kerber @FredKerber
41m
Factoid: Of Nets’ 14 games, only once has opponent played the previous night (Phoenix, Nets won). Nets have played 5 back-to-backs
Fred Kerber @FredKerber
49m
Factoid: Only Cavs (3) have played fewer home games than Nets (NJ one of 3 teams with four)
Fred Kerber @FredKerber
50m
Factoid: No team has played more road games than Nets (Chi and NJ each played 10)
by domininaldo1981 on Jan 17, 2012 1:30 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
even if the whole plan fails
we’re known as the team that went 12-70
Could it be possible that DWill HAS to play this bad? Maybe he realizes that if he plays like he has his entire career, the Nets will be better then what they are showing? It is possible that he is tanking b/c he was told to do so…
Shut D-Will down for the rest of the season with a mysterious injury???
If D-Will is intentionally not playing to the best of his ability and we have a Gentleman’s agreement with Dwight that he will come over to the Nets as a free agent, then the Nets should just sit out D-Will and let SWAG and Brook Lopez be the focus of this season.
J-Kidd to D-Will
Subliminal message..... Conspiracy..... Nets...... Jay Z ......
It makes sense….
When can i get my Dwight Howard Brooklyn Nets Jersey?
by AmbassadorAmeer on Jan 17, 2012 1:35 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
There was a story in Peter King's MMQB this week about the Eli trade
That shows what we have to do with Marshon:
Smith, the Chargers’ rookie GM at the time, asked then-Giants GM Accorsi for unknown second-year pass-rusher Umenyiora in the week before the draft. No, Accorsi said; I don’t trade young pass-rushers.
San Diego had the first pick in the draft, and Manning said he didn’t want to play for San Diego, but the Chargers picked him anyway — and everyone in football knew they wanted North Carolina State quarterback Philip Rivers instead; the Manning pick was going to force the Giants to deal a ransom for him because Accorsi loved Manning and Smith knew it. So with the Giants on the clock, Smith called again.
"He brought up Umenyiora again,‘’ Accorsi told me last night, "and I said no. We were not giving him up. There was no way.’’
So now the trade teetered. If Smith had insisted on Umenyiora and killed the deal, Accorsi had an ace up his sleeve: He could trade down three spots and pick up a second-round pick from Cleveland … and still draft the Giants’ No. 2 quarterback on the board, Ben Roethlisberger from Miami of Ohio. The Giants liked Manning much more, but Accorsi wouldn’t budge on Umenyiora. Accorsi offered the Giants’ first- and third-round picks in ‘04, and an ’05 first-rounder. "We still want Osi,’’ Smith told him.
Tick, tick, tick …
Two minutes left.
Accorsi’s last, best offer.
"No Osi,‘’ he said. "That’s still a deal-breaker. But we’ll throw in a six next year.’’
Pause on the line from San Diego.
Tick, tick, tick …
“Make it a four,’’ Smith said.
"I’ll give you a five,’’ Accorsi said.
Done.
http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2012/writers/peter_king/01/16/divisionals/index.html
by Anthony Perez on Jan 17, 2012 1:48 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
uh huh
BK: We are not trading Brooks
Otis: OK we’ll take LA’s offer of Bynum and peanuts then.
it's a bold move
and a test of will power.
The one thing Giants had going for them, was how bad San Diego really wanted Rivers. The Giants truly were fine either way, they had other options at their disposal.
In the Nets case, they are the Chargers. Magic know how bad the Nets want and need Howard. Yes, Nets can play hardball and say fine, we’ll wait to FA, but IF the Lakers step in, the Nets are forced to do whatever it takes to get the deal done. If Brooks is a deal breaker between Howard going to the Nets or Howard going to LA…then bye bye Brooks.
We can all say that Magic have no leverage, but they still hold Dwight.
by domininaldo1981 on Jan 17, 2012 2:10 PM EST up reply actions
can jayz get fined for say dwight howard name in song lol
by tha_RAGER on Jan 17, 2012 1:53 PM EST via mobile reply actions
“The Nets could get Dwight Howard, keep D-will, keep Marshon Brooks, trade Brook Lopez for LeBron James and go 0-82 and I’d still be like that @#$! is gravy”
lmao
Thats a run-on rhyme with no rhyme..
by MetsNetsGiants on Jan 17, 2012 5:55 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
"Believe the Hype"
this is the garbage that the Nets are selling
Hype…Hope…Promises…nothing concrete.
why don't they replace the picture Deron about to brick a jumpshot
with one of him where he looks like he wants to be euthanized.
by MrDollarBills on Jan 17, 2012 2:38 PM EST up reply actions
I have a better idea
why don’t they use a picture of all the angry, negative Nets fans that can’t appreciate what the FO is trying to do.
They can put an open scroll with small writing on it representing the Nets Daily posts right next to the picture.
Catch phrase would be:
Hope Is Lost – Welcome to Misery ’12
by bkfire on Jan 17, 2012 5:03 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
euthanized..
Lmaooooooooooooo
by MetsNetsGiants on Jan 17, 2012 5:56 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
I feel like a new man whenever I read your comments.
It’s pessimism that keeps us hooked. Nets fans thrive on it.
Of course they are going to say good thing...
…The ad is not going to say “Come see the Worst NBA team in Brooklyn” or “Deron’s not going to sign here unless we get DH12!”
Jersey Strong, Brooklyn Ready
If you look closely, you will see that the word 'Center' and the number '12' are neatly aligned
And between them is the word ‘Hype’, which of course starts with H.
The signs are all over! Repent all ye doubters for the day of glory is nigh.
Believe the hype starts above the C
To highlight the true message. Believe the hype, come to Brooklyn 12
by SovietBrooklyn on Jan 17, 2012 4:20 PM EST up reply actions
Here's what sticks out to me
You think D-Will would agree to be on a billboard that said ‘Welcome to Brooklyn’ if he was leaving? Me either.
The real message is not for the fans
by SovietBrooklyn on Jan 17, 2012 4:40 PM EST reply actions 4 recs
haha
Nice job!
Man i hope D12 doesnt change his mind and comes to the Nets.
by MetsNetsGiants on Jan 17, 2012 5:58 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
The real story behind the ad
Here is what Oder had to say about this very ad, and how innaccurate it is.
http://atlanticyardsreport.blogspot.com/2012/01/latest-nets-promotion-suggests-that.html
by Tal Barzilai on Jan 18, 2012 10:51 PM EST up reply actions
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