In Power Rankings, Nets Below Jazz
by Net Income on Jan 9, 2012 1:34 PM EST
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PrintIt's still much too early to fully grade the Nets trade for Deron Williams last February. The Nets' pursuit of Dwight Howard, so dependent on the acquisition of D-Will, is still up in the air while Derrick Favors is still only 20 and the Jazz still have one more draft pick from the trade, the Warriors 2012 choice.
All that (plus this season's schedules) said, the Nets are 2-7, just above the winless Wizards in both the NBA.com and ESPN power rankings, while the Jazz are 5-3 and ranked in the middle of the pack. As Stein writes, "The schedule has been rather unkind, especially with Brook Lopez sidelined, but the Nets' start -- they haven't scored 100 points yet -- has made D-Will's inability to get Besiktas past Dexia Mons Hainaut of Belgium in EuroCup qualifying look good by comparison."
- Power Rankings: Sixers Rise and Jazz Surprise - John Schuhmann - NBA.com
- NBA Basketball Power Rankings - Marc Stein - ESPN
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Way too early to judge things
if we get Dwight it’s clearly a major victory for the Nets.
by NetsKiNG on Jan 9, 2012 1:38 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
True, this is about long term
If the Nets get Dwight, then it’s all because we gave up Favors & Harris.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
D-Will is NOT a superstar, but if he gets us Dwight Howard, who IS a superstar
then it is worth it. You are certainly correct on that front.
"Thank you, Cuban!" remember that?
DWill oop to D12
Otis Smith makes Travis Outlaw look like Avery Johnson
lol
"We're not talking about me and Darko in the same sentence." - Chris Webber vs KAHN!
by caseycheesecake on Jan 9, 2012 3:01 PM EST up reply actions
wait what have they won?
The realist keepin it real amongst the surrealists
I was in Baghdad before these little B.G.'s was in they daddy-bags.
by starbury_to_s-jaxci2000 on Jan 9, 2012 6:24 PM EST up reply actions
brooks better then kanter
pump your brakes bro, kanter could be a real beast down the road
by William_H_HOLLA on Jan 9, 2012 1:56 PM EST up reply actions
well he's better as of right now easily and its not like brooks won't improve as well
More MarShon Please
kanter is only 19 and has a blake griff frame
we’ll see but i’d trade brooks for kanter in a heartbeat
by William_H_HOLLA on Jan 9, 2012 2:02 PM EST up reply actions
Not that I'm happy about it
But that seems about right as far as our current situation is concerned.. guys injured and many still in the funk. When guys get healthy and start to get in the mid-season form, D-Will’s PG skill will come to full force and this team would be far more exciting team to watch!
C'mon Randy, what players did we really get?
Top tier center goes down right before season starts, 4 new faces a week before/of the beginnning of the season, rash of injuries, working in 2 rooks.
Everyone is way too down on Deron. He’s a pass first PG and we start winning some games, everyone is gonna love him again. That’s just the way this board goes – lol.
Question: If dwight signs with us as a free agent,we resign lopez and draft a top 5 pick are we the best team in the league?
I say yes
Dwill
Marshon, ammo
draft pick
lopez
Dwight
beat the hawks and we 'fly' up the list
Mets/Jets/Nets/Lakers OFWGKTA. FREE EARL.
Adam Morrison got his team multiple championships barely trying, if that's not a great player...I don't know who is.
as a measure of how we're playing now? hard to argue
as a measure of our potential? Given injuries to key players and a general lack of experience playing together, I would expect the nets to be higher than 29.
But, alas, the power rankings are point-in-time.
+1
crazy-talk
"We're not talking about me and Darko in the same sentence." - Chris Webber vs KAHN!
by caseycheesecake on Jan 9, 2012 3:04 PM EST up reply actions
if we had lopez yes wed win all 3 but we dont
by netsyankees4life on Jan 9, 2012 2:03 PM EST up reply actions
hahah what are you basing this on?
not any real sample set. Sure games are ALL winnable. But you need to base your statement on facts, like how we have been performing this year, which is terrible. But yea sure we can beat teams with winning records.
denver?
for a team like us? they’re gonna be RAINING 3’s. and utah is too big for us.
we gotta feast on small teams that don’t play d (like toronto and washington)
PHX winnable Jazz maybe Denver unlikely
Denver team is deeeeeeeeeep. They don’t have a great starting unit but there 2nd unit is mostly as good as their 1st unit. It’s like they have a whole team of borderline starters. We, on the other hand, starting 2nd unit talents bench d-league talents. Like D-Will says, we have good pieces, good role players, but role players are just that, role players.
so you're implying that DWill will play harder against the Jazz
then he is now? That means he isn’t trying now, which for the Nets, would be a pretty bad thing.
i hope he's going all out in general
I’m interested in seeing the adjustments we’re going to make against the hawks. Third time we’re playing them. It’ll be a good measuring stick to see if Avery is reaching this young team, or if Avery even knows how to adjust. That being said, only two practices is a bit rough
i hate this mentality
people claim that people are “clutch” or will win because “they really want it”
first of all, if you perform better in the playoffs than the regular season, then you are exceeding expectations and are playing better than you really are. David Eckstein always came through in the playoffs but sucks otherwise.
and if you play harder because of motivation, then why can’t you play that way all the time?
by bronxbombers2 on Jan 9, 2012 3:21 PM EST up reply actions
Ranked 28th & 29th
not too shabby…
nba.com gave a well deserved shout out to Sheldon. he has been playing hard. hands of stone on catching passes, but playing hard off the glass.
no
Mets/Jets/Nets/Lakers OFWGKTA. FREE EARL.
Adam Morrison got his team multiple championships barely trying, if that's not a great player...I don't know who is.
he's RFA
so minny will match any deal
Mets/Jets/Nets/Lakers OFWGKTA. FREE EARL.
Adam Morrison got his team multiple championships barely trying, if that's not a great player...I don't know who is.
by YoungMoney24 on Jan 9, 2012 2:38 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
dwill brooks and dwight will have to do
:)
Mets/Jets/Nets/Lakers OFWGKTA. FREE EARL.
Adam Morrison got his team multiple championships barely trying, if that's not a great player...I don't know who is.
but how bout if no trade happens
and we keep everyone and sign D12
Mets/Jets/Nets/Lakers OFWGKTA. FREE EARL.
Adam Morrison got his team multiple championships barely trying, if that's not a great player...I don't know who is.
doubt it. orlando knows now that dwight isn’t going to resign. announced it on espn. he’s getting trade before the deadline book it
Traded before deadline and after allstar game - always knew they wouldn't let him go till after the allstar game.
It would be really bad PR for them to do so beforehand.
Kevin Love is a LA boy. He's going to Lakers.
DWill oop to D12
Otis Smith makes Travis Outlaw look like Avery Johnson
by 3ptChucker on Jan 9, 2012 2:58 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Atrocious
This team is horrible. To think that DWill cannot shoot. Cannot lift mediocre talent into the semblance of a team. He is having a horrible opening of the season. Marshon is the only bright spot, but even he will be frustrated as teams double him and deny him the ball. Dwill’s hold on the top ten players is taking a hit. It’s all about the big picture………Whatever that means.
by oman8 on Jan 9, 2012 2:37 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Hump is a bright spot
26 year old averaging 11 and 13.
"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 9, 2012 2:47 PM EST up reply actions 4 recs
Hump played better last year
He’s been a disappointment this year so far:
- shooting efficiency is down rebounding percentage is down
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- assist percentage is down and turnovers up block percentage is down
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Not saying he’s played badly – just that he hasn’t been as good this year as he was last year.
i’m sure playing alongside a pack of bums has something to do with it
by MrDollarBills on Jan 9, 2012 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
I don't think this year's bums are a lot worse than last year's bums...
… despite how they’ve played the first 9 games.
He is, in many games, the first or second option - that is not his role, but he has to for lack of a roster.
Yes, his numbers will suffer because of that, but he is hellping the team and playing the same way he have grown used to.
Then again, nobody has
But I agree, Hump has not been playing well, even with the numbers. He looked really bad against the Heat.
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"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
A lot of Hump's play last year was b/c DWill, Brook, Farmar, etc
He plays off others. He’s had to take more shots and handle the ball more than last year b/c we have absolutely nobody on this roster whose contributing anything. A lot of his shots during the Heat game, was when he got the ball with 5 secs on the clock.
Hump and Deron were MONEY w/ the Pick-and-roll last year. This season they can’t even do it. No spacing or Hump will set the pick and… the play dies.
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Adam Morrison got his team multiple championships barely trying, if that's not a great player...I don't know who is.
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