Game 31 - Nets @ Pacers - Thursday, February 16, 7:00
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PrintThe Nets thought they would have 11 healthy players vs. the Grizzlies on Wednesday but Jordan Farmar was a late scratch and so the Nets streak of games with 10 or fewer players extended to seven games, which is also the length of their streak of losing games.
If Farmar feels better, they are likely to have 11 tonight and if the basketball gods (who can be reached at 33rd and Seventh Avenue nowadays) answer the Nets prayers, they could get up to 12 before the break with Brook Lopez's return.
The Pacers are having trouble of their own. They have dropped five straight and are likely to be without Danny Granger, their leading scorer. While the Nets were losing to the Grizzlies, the Pacers were losing to the Cavaliers in Cleveland. "It’s not an excuse, but I think guys are worn down," coach Frank Vogel said. "It’s been a tough stretch of the schedule against a string of good teams and we’ve had a slew of injuries.
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yup!
lets all guess the indy scrub that breaks out tonight…
by num1netsnut on Feb 16, 2012 7:17 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Ahhhh
Dahntay Jones would start on this team is a good player have always wanted the nets to trade for him when they had about 30 wings. He’s basically an athletic bogans who can handle and score when he needs to.
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
by Atronic on Feb 16, 2012 8:43 AM EST via Android app up reply actions 1 recs
Amundson will go off
I’m Ballin’ for real you pump faking it
Manhattan keep on Faking it Brooklyn Keep on taking it! Yeah!
Lance Stephenson
The realist keepin it real amongst the surrealists
Use em and throw em away, see a pro a day is essential. If you want a piece of the rock, trick, go to Prudential
by starbury_to_s-jaxci2000 on Feb 16, 2012 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
If he wasn't hurt...
I’d say Jeff Foster (always played tough vs Nets), but I’m gonna go with Psycho T.
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.
Foster isnt hurt anymore
The realist keepin it real amongst the surrealists
Use em and throw em away, see a pro a day is essential. If you want a piece of the rock, trick, go to Prudential
by starbury_to_s-jaxci2000 on Feb 16, 2012 10:18 AM EST up reply actions
He is the worst player I've seen in a Net uniform in a long time
Move over Outlaw, Stephen Graham, other victims of this board. Petro is amazingly awful.
by ZR on Feb 16, 2012 8:55 AM EST up reply actions
Look at Landlord's face... that's how I want all the guys to play
by Andres B on Feb 16, 2012 7:48 AM EST reply actions 3 recs
i can never get mad at shelly he plays to hard
And he is hurt i believe but does everything his skill level will let him give to help the nets
by Pure baller15 on Feb 16, 2012 8:15 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
That look reminds me of
my nieces’s box turtle. His name was “Shelden” too, and he was snapping mad a lot of the time!
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven"
That's not an angry face
That’s a “Wow those Memphis jersey’s are horrendous.”
by KD1 on Feb 16, 2012 1:05 PM EST up reply actions 3 recs
These should all be green
SHELDEN WILLIAMS DOES NOT GET THE RESPECT HE DESERVES.
WE WANT LOPEZ! clap clap clap clap clap
by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 2:28 PM EST up reply actions
awesome pics, andres.
where did you find these gems?
wolves never rest
by pope of lofe on Feb 16, 2012 10:33 AM EST up reply actions
We need a bounce-back game from hump.
Time to start abusing david west…
This game should put our defense to the test
Defense? We don’t play any
D Will in 2011...BK in 2012....
by O Dog on Feb 16, 2012 8:12 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
You can talk to our defensively-minded coach about that...
Because his short-comings on offense are veiled behind his so-called defensive prowess. Truth is, if deron isn’t lighting it up down the stretch, I could be head coach and we’d still lose
dont know anything about salaries
But is it possible to trade lopez for josh smith
Then pick up howard as a free agent
by Pure baller15 on Feb 16, 2012 7:56 AM EST via mobile reply actions
imagine smith at the four and dwight at center
Our defense problem would change smith can shoot outside every once in awhile and seeing would have fun playing with athletic freaks on the team
by Pure baller15 on Feb 16, 2012 10:30 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
it doesnt seem right to keep here
I love brook i really do but he is very slow
If we had dwight and smith we would match up well with teams like clippers
Also i say this because dwight played aau with josh smith growing up im sure he would like this and deron has probly been dying to throw an alley to someone that can catch and dunk it
by Pure baller15 on Feb 16, 2012 11:27 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I agree. I want Smith at SF anyway.
Think of the matchup problems we would give teams with Lopez and Howard in the front court. We have a pass first PG and all we would need is a lock down perimeter defender.
Defensive mistakes on rotations wouldn’t kill the team because you 2 big men back there, one being a multiple defensive player of the year.
Maybe they meant Michael Jordan the owner?
Cuz he’s as good at basketball as MJ is at owning a team…
by JohnFromLongIsland on Feb 16, 2012 8:18 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
DOnt know why MJ rebuilded to early he had a nice team
Felton
Wallace
Jackson
Tyson Chandler
It's simple.
His insane ability on the court never translated to the FO. He’s a lousy personnel decision maker who thought his reputation would turn Charlotte into a big NBA market. He should’ve known not to mess with Tobacco Road
A year or so ago I read an article about how MJ was too good of a player to honestly evaluate talent.
Once they don’t pan out to six-rings good, he sees them as not worth it. It’s like Mozart teaching 3 year olds the lyrics to “the itsy bitsy spider”.
by JohnFromLongIsland on Feb 16, 2012 8:27 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Great simile. Couldn't agree more.
He should have worked with the Bulls either way. Sure, he came through UNC, but there are bulls fans to this day b/c of MJ in the 90s
well it came down to money
they were winning(barely) playing the ugliest basketball possible and Chandler, Jackson, and Wallace were eating up 30-35 million in cap by themselves and Felton was due a new deal as well
The realist keepin it real amongst the surrealists
Use em and throw em away, see a pro a day is essential. If you want a piece of the rock, trick, go to Prudential
by starbury_to_s-jaxci2000 on Feb 16, 2012 10:22 AM EST up reply actions
So... Deron does not look happy
Deron does not look happy in yesterday’s post-game interview. Are we so sure he’s in on the plan? Something seems off for sure because if he’s ok with losing to ultimately get a good draft pick, get Howard, and win - then why the look on his face.
Making me nervous
This about sums it up... I'm just sad now
Lin had already given the people what they paid for. One longtime Knicks season-ticket holder from New Jersey, Andy Leeds, said he had fielded more requests for his seat on this night than he had for any regular-season game in 20 years. “And I couldn’t give my tickets away for 10 of those years,” Leeds said
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 8:36 AM EST up reply actions
I know it's hard...
…and I’m trying my best; but ignoring the Knicks success is the best route. If it ends up being that the Nets can’t succeed no matter what they do, or where they play, then you do what you gotta do.
its hard to ignore their success
when it is in our faces 24-7 while this team goes through the motions
The Nets are irrelevant and I’m not sure what the hell is going on in that locker room or in that front office. This is not acceptable, I don’t care who we are waiting for you don’t just stop competing.
Dwight Howard needs his head examined if he wants to come here. The Lakers, Bulls all have pride and are managed 1000x better.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 9:18 AM EST up reply actions
Understand you are upset, as am I, but...
The Nets competed last night. The problem was turnovers in last 3 minutes. That killed them. Secondly, do you realize how bad the Nets are? WHat exactly is the management going to do? They have dove everything to try to get Dwight, and until they don’t, they really can’t do anything else. Lakers and Bulls have pride because they have history, huge fan bases (Nets have neither), and they CURRENTLY have good teams.
Ric Bucher reported that he's heard that Deron Williams and Dwight Howard have discussed playing together in the future. - Kevin Baumer
who cares at this point
they lost
lose lose lose is all they do.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:08 PM EST up reply actions
The Nuggets stopped competing in Melo's final months
And have been monstrous since.
by Anthony Perez on Feb 16, 2012 5:07 PM EST up reply actions
just imagine the next Knicks vs. Nets game at the pru
it will be sold out and only 2% of the crowd will be Nets fans
what a fitting end to the 35 years of mediocrity here in NJ
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 9:19 AM EST up reply actions
Then do your part
And get tickets
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
by BEB on Feb 16, 2012 10:03 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
why?
seriously, tell me why I should pay to see a team go through the motions?
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
That game is after the trade deadline
If we have Dwight, expect a lot of bandwagon Nets jerseys.
by Anthony Perez on Feb 16, 2012 5:08 PM EST up reply actions
Frustration...
…that’s the only positive way to look at it. The Alternative would be that he wants out.
But, can you blame him for showing frustration? Look at us fans. We clearly understand the plan; yet, someone of use still get angry at losses. It’s a waiting game, and the wait is almost over.
"Beware the Ides of March."
by Andy. on Feb 16, 2012 8:39 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
Andy
While I agree with you, I think our frustration is not knowing if we’re just believing a plan that isn’t there. If I was in the FO and knew the plan, I think I’d be more relaxed. We’re speculating on Dwight, but for all we know could be at best a 50/50 gamble. Just making me pretty frustrated to be a season ticket holder for NJ and Brooklyn and watching this fall apart
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 8:45 AM EST up reply actions
I don't agree with this at all
you want to blame the fans? really?
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 9:05 AM EST up reply actions
what i meant is….we understand the plan, yet we still get frustrated at times. So i completely understand why players would show frustration.
"Beware the Ides of March."
well I agree with this a lot
and they should be mad. It shouldn’t just be Deron pissed off every game while the IDIOT COACH gives lip service to the media and no one else gives a crap
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 9:12 AM EST up reply actions
"Don't look at me, I'm only the coach..."
Maybe that’s the problem???
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven"
by aunt-B on Feb 16, 2012 10:18 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
"I was the winningst NBA coach before the Nets, ergo it's not my fault."
Official Member of DO NOT TRADE MARSHON Society!
To be successful, apparently Avery's Defense System requires it to be manned by NBA All-Defensive Team.
totally agree
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.
Until the plan is executed upon, I'm not comfortable
Confident given the facts, uncomfortable otherwise.
by ZR on Feb 16, 2012 9:34 AM EST up reply actions
maybe i'm just venting like everyone else
but this could end really poorly. right now we need Linsanity to pass - i.e. the Knicks lose a few games. And then get Dwight, otherwise I don’t really know what we’re playing for
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 8:47 AM EST up reply actions
Deron has already said that he's grumpy when they lose
Have to be patient.
He made mistakes too, so he’s is part to blame down the stretch.
by ZR on Feb 16, 2012 8:57 AM EST up reply actions
True that, Deron is a grumpy loser, whether he's to blame or not
It’s so predictable that people predict that Deron is leaving everytime we lose (yeah even if it’s already seven straight).
The Dwight plan remains.
No one likes losing, especially super stars who are accustomed to winning.
If deron has requested a trade or aired his grievances to the Nets FO, then theyve got it covered. In Billy We Trust
Lets get something straight
we’re not losing on purpose. We’re just not good. This team was built around a pass PG, a very good offensive center and a buch of shooters – there was gonna be a lot of pick and roll/pick and pop.
That went to crap, as we all know, and now we have a passing PG that has to shoot more than he wants, streaky shooters at best that have noone to draw attention from them, no post presence and, oh yeah, all of the injuries which has guys playing out of position and more minutes than they should.
If I were Deron, plan or no plan, I’d be mad after losing a game regardless.
Yeah but at the same time
This team would be better than Orlando if you paired D-will and Howard together.
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
by Atronic on Feb 16, 2012 8:46 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Just a bit more weird than Deron coming over from Utah to last year's Nets
We’re one of the worst teams because it’s been set up to absorb Dwight in the first place. And if that wasn’t bad enough, there were the series of injuries.
This team has no confidence at all...
they went from almost beating the Knicks to completely falling apart. There were definitely winnable games there, they just lack any semblance of confidence. They need to come out and give everything they have, who cares if you lose. Just go for it.
Well, Memphis was supposed to blow us out but didn't
I’m being Mr Brightside
yeah
that stuff isn’t really working right now when the team doesn’t care
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 10:07 AM EST up reply actions
Question for the netsdaily masses......
How will you feel IF after trade deadline, summer, free agency……..we haven’t gotten dwight and deron bolts……And who else we get doesnt apply…..who we get in FA or in the draft notwithstanding……..what is a word that will describe your feelings?
IF, and its a big IF that happens my word is EMPTY
Section15 Row 12 Seats 1&2
by Angelo Mihalitsianos on Feb 16, 2012 8:50 AM EST reply actions
ANGRY
I think in that scenario I’ll be ridiculously angry. They made people sign up for 3 yr commitments as season ticket holders in Brooklyn. If it is to put a crap product on the floor for 3 years, I’ll be really pissed. The only positive out of that scenario is you might get a great draft pick and rebuild like OKC and Clippers
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 8:52 AM EST up reply actions
I think I might literally move to the Knicks
Because in that scenario I’d feel totally betrayed, as if someone tried to rip me off. Look I don’t mind the team being bad at times, going through droughts, but you can’t make me sign a 3-yr commitment at a high price and then screw me on the back-end. You do that, and that’s betraying my trust.
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 8:53 AM EST up reply actions
i will give up being a fan of Basketball
I’ll quit my fantasy league.
I’ll teach my son that Basketball is the worse sport of all the sports.
by Versifiervt on Feb 16, 2012 8:54 AM EST up reply actions 5 recs
And I will root for
M. Brooks, H. Barnes and B. Lopez – hoping that this time Nets will do “delivering baby” naturall way.
by Belarus4life on Feb 16, 2012 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
I won't know what to do haha we will have NOTHING
Sad part is I can’t just go to a new team been a nets fan for about 10 years….
If all our dreams fail with no Dwight and no Deron, I'd feel like a "NET"!
Following the team since 1989, my expectations for anything positive regarding this franchise is ZERO!
J-Kidd to D-Will
Sad truth time...
I’d still root the Nets as a franchise, I’d still attend around a dozen games per season. When we don’t get Dwight, and we lose deron, I hope we at least retain some young players on this team so there’s more than just laundry to root for every night
"I told ya so"
Official Member of DO NOT TRADE MARSHON Society!
To be successful, apparently Avery's Defense System requires it to be manned by NBA All-Defensive Team.
Excited
if you want one word for the rebuild I was hoping for in the first place. Doubt that scenario comes to fruition but it wouldn’t be the end.
WE WANT LOPEZ! clap clap clap clap clap
by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 2:55 PM EST up reply actions
half of me still expects this to happen
when you set your expectations to the worst possible scenario, you can only be surprised and ecstatic when something actually works out. good approach to life. or probably not, but my philosophy as a Nets fan has infiltrated my real-life approach, probably not a good thing.
by sheepareevil on Feb 16, 2012 6:16 PM EST up reply actions
Not sure if this person is a Knicks or Nets fan...i'm guessing a tweener...
Just saw this from Ian O’connor’s ESPN article on the Knick’s starting PG
gumboismadegoodinthesouth
Lin is the next Drazen Petrovic.
To me the Knicks new PG is actually more like Kidd when it comes to his effect on that Knicks team which was close to dead a couple weeks ago.
Kmart, Kittles, Van Horn were a terrible team with Marbury running the show
Kmart, Kittles, Van Horn were a terrible team with Marbury running the show
Kidd showed up and the rest is history.
Melo, Stat, Chandler were the worst pairing ever, Lin shows up and they look to me like a top 3 team in the east.
OMG don't do that
Jeremy Lin is NOTHING like Jason Kidd.
by ZR on Feb 16, 2012 8:58 AM EST up reply actions
Stop
SMH!!!
Lin is Kidd.
The Knicks team on paper is a good team. PG, SG, Melo, Amare, Chandler.
I see Lin more like Lawrence Frank then Kidd.
Scott gets fired then Lawrence Frank becomes Head Coach.
Nets go on a 14 game winning streak.
Once the dust settles the Nets were right back to where they were suppose to be. Winning the games they needed to win.
Official member of the "DO NOT TRADE MARSHON "SWAG" BROOKS" Society!
The Sooner You Accept the Reality, The Easier the Transition!!
That's the coach.
Lin allows the Knicks to play their coach’s offensive system. He’s not a good enough coach to adapt to the players, but his offensive system has made so many scrubs into starters and good players into superstars.
The Nets’ coach is the same. He has a defensive system that has worked in the past (even though it is excruciating to watch) and NONE of the personnel (most of which he requested) matches that system. And he definitely isn’t a good enough coach to find a way to win with what he actually has. The Nets need a coach that puts the most possible players in a position to succeed. There are no quick fixes like Lin coming through the door.
Please post something (anything!) in the NetsDaily Forum before it is euthanized!
Just click the "Forums" tab up top there or this link! http://forums.netsdaily.com/
Please do it. It's great for more in-depth discussion and your post won't get lost in the shuffle!
by ghoti on Feb 16, 2012 4:54 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Kmart, Kittles, Van Horn were a terrible team with Marbury running the show
Kidd showed up and the rest is history.
Melo, Stat, Chandler were the worst pairing ever, Lin shows up and they look to me like a top 3 team in the east.
again...i am not comparing Kidd's game to the Knicks PG
what I’m saying is, the Knicks were left for dead not too long ago. The nets were only one game back of the Knicks. Since the Knicks put their new PG into the starting lineup, they’ve won 7 straight.
I think what he gives them is hope...
That’s why they play hard d. That’s why they don’t give up and go after every play.
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 8:58 AM EST up reply actions
And when you put on ESPN and see highlights...
…how do you not see the positive energy the Knicks PG has put on that whole organization? The players look like they’re in love. And on the court, the players feel like at any point they’ll get the ball, so they’re hustling no matter what on both ends.
ummmm...no...
…i see the highlights and i see a team winning and scoring.
Remember, the Knicks were as bad a scoring team as we were. Now they’re putting up points and playing with HEART. Whether you want to give credit to the Knicks PG or not, just know they’re WINNING. And our team IS NOT.
he got the following players to win 5 games
Fields, Walker, Jeffries, Chandler…. Bibby, Schempert and Novak
He can get a Cleveland or a Nets to win
Chandler was a very good addition to the Knicks
Melo and Amare may not have meshed but Chandler has been an anchor of that team through bad and good. Tyson works great with Lin too and sets nice picks.
Chandler would've been the perfect complement to Lopez if we were keeping him
And a good big to have if your main big goes down.
But hey we’re all in for the Dwight man. That’s why we have Shelden/Petro at center. Money wasted on Okur being Lopez’s half-replacement.
we're all in
on something that isn’t even set in stone
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 9:16 AM EST up reply actions
That's what a gamble is
But we’re supposed to be holding great cards
he would have been a great addition to our team
but of course….
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 9:08 AM EST up reply actions
I think that if Melo buys in
they are contenders. You guys can sit here and hate on the Knicks all you want but they have their stuff together while we’re plunking along and letting the Nets feed us b.s.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 9:08 AM EST up reply actions
Contending for a title? Maybe
I want to see them beat teams that aren’t the Nets, Wizards or Kings.
Yes, they beat the Lakers, but they were coming off a back to back hard-nosed game against Boston in Boston.
by ZR on Feb 16, 2012 9:36 AM EST up reply actions
I see 7 wins in a row for an invigorated franchise all because of Lin.
Lin may not have Kidd Skills but I definitely see a similar positive energy that a certain #5 brought to th court every single game.
Positive energy is a hell of a drug!
J-Kidd to D-Will
by femdig on Feb 16, 2012 8:59 AM EST reply actions 1 recs
And this is what I expected from our all-world PG
but instead DWill looks like he’s on the verge of going Postal half the time.
He doesn't have at least a Chandler-level player to help him out
Hump is average really. I see it all change with Brook coming back healthy, apart from the Dwight thing.
this I can't argue with...
…but it’s also hard to argue with the Turnovers DWill has committed at crucial points of games we’re in.
that has a lot to do with what he has around him
Jersey Strong, Brooklyn Ready
by BrooklynNets8 on Feb 16, 2012 9:04 AM EST up reply actions
this too i cannot argue with
just another bad day for Nets fans.
8 wins in the first 30 games. This stinks.
orlando is waiting this out as long as possible so that our pick is worse
Jersey Strong, Brooklyn Ready
by BrooklynNets8 on Feb 16, 2012 9:07 AM EST up reply actions
i don't know what to believe when it comes to D12 anymore...
….from the way this season has gone; i’m not expecting any good news at the trade deadline. Can’t even be cautiously optimistic at this point.
I believe he made up his mind over the summer
and he wants to be the man in brooklyn. However anything can happen. Say Knicks at the deadline offer Melo/Chandler for Dwight/Turk at the deadline, would Dwight accept a trade there, I think so..
Jersey Strong, Brooklyn Ready
by BrooklynNets8 on Feb 16, 2012 9:10 AM EST up reply actions
I'm not sold on that
especially with his wishy washy antics
he has given the Nets ZERO leverage here.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 9:24 AM EST up reply actions
on top of it all...
if you’re dwight looking at what just happened to teh Knicks, would you really want to come and rival that? The Knicks just went from pure crap and over-rated to probably the biggest Cinderella story on the planet… all over the news, huge Asian community support, totally global. Who would want to compete with that?
If the Knicks get deep in the playoffs, this Brooklyn experiment is toast.
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 10:02 AM EST up reply actions
I don't think it changes Dwight coming over
Still looking forward to the trade deadline.
And if that doesn’t come, it leaves room for the dream scenario of Orlando keeping Dwight for one last run and him coming over in the offseason. We keep all our assets, including Lopez, and have a lotto pick too.
True with the turnovers last night
But remember Deron was also a big reason why we were in any position to win at all
I'm not going to toss Deron under the bus
but the energy, effort, and enthusiasm that Lin brings to the Knicks DWARFS anything that Deron has done in a Nets uniform so far.
But Lin also played with a legitimate big man and in an offensive system. Deron plays in Avery Johnson’s joke of a system
I hate the front office so much. They make me sick
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 9:10 AM EST up reply actions
When Deron first got traded here
didnt Lopez’ game improve.
I am not sure it is fair to compare.
Yeah I thought Dwill would up the games of everyone around him this year but when you really look at what happen this year, I dont think it is fair.
Official member of the "DO NOT TRADE MARSHON "SWAG" BROOKS" Society!
The Sooner You Accept the Reality, The Easier the Transition!!
Deron and Steve Nash are birds of feather
still having all-star seasons, but play with absolutely worst players to pass to, leading to at least 3 less assists per game and probably 2 extra turnovers pg
by sheepareevil on Feb 16, 2012 6:17 PM EST up reply actions
Interesting Read on NAS on "Jason Kidd Curse"
J-Kidd to D-Will
DWill was hot in the first half but was nowhere to be found in the 2nd, esp. in the 4th Q with the game on the line
Zero pts in the 4th Q and again with the careless TOs in crunch time.
If DWill is angry, it should be with himself.
That's because Tony Allen is the best guard defender in the league, imo.
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.
Granger will probably play tonight
Everyone comes back from injury to play the Nets…linsane
I’m Ballin’ for real you pump faking it
Manhattan keep on Faking it Brooklyn Keep on taking it! Yeah!
Paul George and Hibbert are going to destroy this b.s. team
are the Knicks playing tonight? I’ll be home, I might want to watch some entertaining basketball
I thought our best lineup would be the starting lineup we used last night.
It seems our best defensive unit might actually be Gaines, Morrow, Emmett, Shel-Will and Petro.
Seriously.
Double fail.
That wasn’t meant as a response to you MDB, and it was supposed to say I thought our best DEFENSIVE lineup would be the starting lineup we used last night.
oh there is
but you know, that would require coaching and stuff, something that pASStor Avery Johnson is too busy to do
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 9:23 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
"We just don't have the talent on the roster." -Avery
hands = clean
by Coach Joe on Feb 16, 2012 9:25 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Avery Johnson is a new age Pontius Pilatus
“I WASH MY HANDS OF THIS”
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 9:32 AM EST up reply actions
He's more like Barabbas..
Gets his pardon (even though proven guilty) so he can stand on the sidelines while a “messiah” is crucified before our very eyes.
(dwill is Jesus in this scenario, whether or not Jesus was the messiah is a discussion is gladly have, just not here or now)
He's run out of cheeks to turn...
But he hasn’t exactly been walking on water as a member of the Nets. I’d even take a few loaves of bread (hump, Shelden) and a few dead fish (shawne, bogland, okur) being turned into a feast (a win) at this point.
… And for my next miracle, I shall transform Gatorade into Haterade!
by Chakroot on Feb 16, 2012 10:09 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Just maybe like Lazarus...
this team can come back from the dead.
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven"
lmao
can i get some wine please?
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 10:25 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
How about getting "stoned..." (lol)
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven"
by aunt-B on Feb 16, 2012 10:26 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
i'm pretty sure i'd be able to watch these games
if I were stoned.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 10:27 AM EST up reply actions
You've stumbled across the timeless secret of Nets fanhood...
And while we’re on the Jesus, if he could turn water to wine, imagine what he could do with a little sage or rosemary
.
Official Member of DO NOT TRADE MARSHON Society!
To be successful, apparently Avery's Defense System requires it to be manned by NBA All-Defensive Team.
by 3ptChucker on Feb 16, 2012 9:20 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
Mikhail is too busy
over there in Russia getting a VD from that socialite girlfriend of his to realize that his team is the laughing stock of the area
He better come through on Deron/Dwight, or he might as well sell the team
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 9:22 AM EST up reply actions
what a joke
“I let my people run things…I move out of way”
smh
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 9:34 AM EST up reply actions
really?
I was thinking about kicking it. With a steel toe boot aimed towards the eye sockets.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 9:32 AM EST up reply actions
lol Knicks Kingdom picks up another 100 fans
Official Member of DO NOT TRADE MARSHON Society!
To be successful, apparently Avery's Defense System requires it to be manned by NBA All-Defensive Team.
I just used my official twitter acct to let Billy King know that this is not acceptable
theofficialhater1 @bigtimehater
@bkdefend tell your boss that the Dolans are laughing at him! Your product is unwatchable!! Good luck in BK with Lin in NY!! smh #netsrtrash
theofficialhater1 @bigtimehater
@bkdefend I just wanted to say that you guys are doing a great job…of turning Net fans into Knick fans! Nets R Irrelevant in this area!
If you got stanky breath, wouldn't you want your friends to tell you?
Official Member of DO NOT TRADE MARSHON Society!
To be successful, apparently Avery's Defense System requires it to be manned by NBA All-Defensive Team.
do you think I care if he does?
nope. You guys are waaaaaay too nice about this situation.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 10:06 AM EST up reply actions
rational huh? that's funny....
…coming from a person who thinks that everything is set in stone, based off of nothing more than blind faith. Rational indeed.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 10:16 AM EST up reply actions
yeah
faith. You are going by blind faith, which is utterly irrational. You have no concrete evidence to support your opinion that this is 100% a sure bet, yet you want to call subtly label someone else as irrational. Not even NI is sold on this and I’d trust his take on the situation more than yours.
Anyway, be at peace. I’m not going to get into it with you because I see what you’re trying to do.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
its not
just faith, and for you to say that is completely oversimplifying it and making you less credible because you know that thats not true
whatever helps you guys sleep
I’m moving on from this, lets be at peace.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 10:38 AM EST up reply actions
i don't think billy cares what you tweet him
he’s well aware of the situation, he knows what path he’s set himself and this team on and right now were going down that path, so he doesn’t care what you want to complain about
thanks for telling me that
because you sure do care a lot about what I tweeted him
be at peace my friend.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 10:39 AM EST up reply actions
emotions are high, that's why everyones mad
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 10:40 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
correct
The thing is, I take it out on the team/management, not anyone else here….I can’t speak for others.
I ain’t even mad at em though…I understand
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 10:43 AM EST up reply actions
The nets need to fire avery!!! I don't know why they haven't fired him yet!!!
by ballsohard2012 on Feb 16, 2012 9:35 AM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Avery is a lost coach on a losing team!!!
by ballsohard2012 on Feb 16, 2012 9:37 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Any other team in the nba would have fired avery by now!!!
by ballsohard2012 on Feb 16, 2012 9:38 AM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
Didn't watch the game last night...
I was busy laying down some linoleum in the kitchen last night…Ooops wrong thread.
So THAT'S what you're calling it these days??
That or Valentine’s Day is a strange holiday in your neck of the woods…
by Chakroot on Feb 16, 2012 9:41 AM EST up reply actions 3 recs
I think I'll be reporting this comment
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 9:57 AM EST up reply actions
Just bust out laughing at work
which is bad because the office is quiet like a monastery. thanks for laugh.
A Nets fan deep in Knicks territory. SOS
by cprash on Feb 16, 2012 11:23 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
I don't know what is this love affair the nets management have with Avery!!!???
by ballsohard2012 on Feb 16, 2012 9:39 AM EST via mobile reply actions 1 recs
There must be more we don't see
I think it’s more personnel than Avery. They can’t execute and ultimately that comes down to the players.
by ZR on Feb 16, 2012 9:54 AM EST up reply actions
um
on what other team does the coach get a pass for not getting his players to execute?
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 9:58 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Have you been watching the NBA this season?
Are there many teams that are executing much of anything? Are we not in most of these games until the end? Cry all you want but despite injuries this is the best Nets team in the last three years. It’s lame to keep blaming it on Avery. We played a lineup last night of Gaines, Morrow, Emmet, Petro, and Shelden Williams and you’re blaming it on the coach?! WTF?
Did you happen to notice that the Nets’ execution was remarkably improved last night (despite the turnovers) and that they ran new offensive sets after a few days of practice? Or that they stayed in zone for much of the game to take advantage of Memphis’ lack of three point depth? How is this Johnson’s fault? Somebody give me ONE concrete explanation to me and I might change my tune.
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by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 3:04 PM EST up reply actions 11 recs
I am so tired of this two word chorus
Now it has a second line:
Fire Billy!
And the chorus is coming up:
Build a Proky pyre and watch Barclays burn to the ground.
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by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 3:17 PM EST up reply actions
-1,000,000
Every other team executes better than we do.
The Nets had 20 (or more) TOs last night— you call that improved execution?
The biggest defensive culprit on the floor is Avery’s pet Johan.
He could have run a zone in any game this year, but was too in love with his insane doubling at the 3 point line.
"Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa." -- Casey Stengel
by calling all toasters on Feb 16, 2012 3:16 PM EST up reply actions
Every other team executes better than we do.
Get your facts straight: Nets are 14th in league in offensive efficiency. That’s right, and we have the most new faces and injuries of any team in the league. The Nets can’t play defense because they have no wing or interior defenders. Johan Petro was also a big help with his size against Gasol last night, which accounts for his high +/-.
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by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 3:24 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
And the problem with perimeter defenders
Has plagued the nets since the end of the Jason Kidd days, which makes the Courtney Lee trade all that more hard to swallow.
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by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 3:25 PM EST up reply actions
executing is a two-way street
we are average on offense and THE WORST IN HISTORY on defense.
"Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa." -- Casey Stengel
by calling all toasters on Feb 16, 2012 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
Don't have the personnel
and that is by one metric. Overblown. What do you expect when they don’t have training camp or practices?
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by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
Don't have the personnel?
So we have the worst defensive personnel in NBA history?
Anyway, once, just once, I’d like to see a patron of Avery’s defend WHAT HE ACTUALLY HAS DONE rather than excuse him from all responsibility.
"Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa." -- Casey Stengel
by calling all toasters on Feb 16, 2012 3:54 PM EST up reply actions
but it is a two way street
you can’t blame the players and not avery and you can’t blame avery and not the players.
we aren’t that blessed. in other teams yes you have players executing 100% exactly to what you need and the coaching sucks. And in other cases you have players who are horrible and terrible and will never be able to execute anything close to what the coach wants.
knicks are a great example. Dantoni is a offensive minded coach, with Melo and Amare, Shumpert and Douglas they loss 11 out of 14 games. Hell Dantoni’s job was on the line. Then comes Lin out of nowhere and they win 7 games straight, 6 of them without amare OR melo and only the second squad and a few starters.
Players vs Coaches.
but no one here
says that Petro is fine, you just need better players around him. We are all acutely aware of when a player blows a play. But when Avery blows a defensive scheme (e.g. 90% of the games so far), lots of people think just saying “D-Leaguers!” and “injuries” makes HIS incompetence OK. It is not OK.
"Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa." -- Casey Stengel
by calling all toasters on Feb 16, 2012 4:35 PM EST up reply actions
I threw this line out there last night in the game thread, I figured few if any read it...
In response to Andre Emmett’s play…
It’s an Emmett-ence Front!!
“Come and join the party dressed to kill.”
Give me Larry Brown,Fratello,Kiki anyone over Avery Johnson
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 9:55 AM EST reply actions 6 recs
whoa der
maybe not Kiki
10:30 a.m. on february 23, 2011 woke up with no hope.
12:30 p.m. on february 23, 2011 hope was born
D-WILL ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
Avery is so overated, I can bet you if Kiki was coaching the Dallas Mavericks he could coach them to 50 wins
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 10:08 AM EST up reply actions
lol i agree with the Avery part
but there is a reason Kiki is now a sideline reporter for the Clippers
10:30 a.m. on february 23, 2011 woke up with no hope.
12:30 p.m. on february 23, 2011 hope was born
D-WILL ALL THE WAY!!!!!!!!!!!!
AJ is in a tough spot right now...
He has to keep Deron happy and also has to keep the team playing hard even though many of the players know they might be out the door in a few weeks…That is why AJ seems comatose this year. He might even be on sedatives…He’s coaching like he’s standing there waiting for a bus…
I get that we are losing and want to be a winning team but I dont get the reason if they are losing to sign another D League guys...
Emmit looked pretty good last night but I still dont understand how half our roster is d league or rookies how that is going to please Deron…I mean the Avery Johnson era so far has sucked with these d league guys Gaines,West,Greene,Owens,Emmit,Graham,Ross im sure there is more.
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
I thought after 12 and 70 the d league players would stop but they keep coming, every week
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 10:11 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
yep the place where dreams come true, if your in the d league expect a call from the Nets
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 10:12 AM EST up reply actions
lol last year our season was over and instead of starting our own players Nets started Mario West and Stephen Graham
because Outlaw was better off the bench , that was their excuse in reality they couldnt admit he was an awful signing.
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 10:14 AM EST up reply actions
He’s coaching like he’s standing there waiting for a bus…
LMAO
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 10:10 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Fratello for coach 2012-23 Nets.
You play to win the game!
by stevieboyNETS on Feb 16, 2012 10:43 AM EST up reply actions 2 recs
2012-13. i don't think he'll be arnd 2023
You play to win the game!
by stevieboyNETS on Feb 16, 2012 10:44 AM EST up reply actions
lol it's woj's source!!!!!!
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 10:44 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
woah
slow down. kiki was one of the worst coaches i’ve ever seen. he made avery look like greg poppovich.
SORRY
U have that backwards.
Fire Johnson and hire Van Gundy - I'm telling you Thorn was smoking something when he let Van Gundy slip away in the night.
by diehardNFFLbarnone on Feb 16, 2012 2:45 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
No
Fratello maybe. But no.
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by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 3:05 PM EST up reply actions
Let's wait till Avery gets his team for 10 games before
calling him to be fired. What he can do when players are going in and out almost everyday. He has no choice to play likes of Petro. Our bigs cannot catch a ball, no cutters to the basket, our rookie is making lot of mistakes now, Avery cannot have a set rotation for two games. NO coach would win anything. You think he won in Dallas because he was lucky. Guy was in the league for many years as a player and then as a coach. Was the PG of a championship winning team. Avery is the last one to be blamed for this mess. Everything is on hold till we have a resolution is Dwightmare. No matter what you’ll say, it is not going to change.
If I am the GM, I would do exactly the same if I have a chance to get the best center in the game. So far, DWill is on the board. Otherwise he would have exploded by now given his history. He cannot carry a team on his own and he needs help. There is so much he can do. For some reason Hump also is in a slump now. It is too much to expect Brook to come back and make things right. It would take some time. Yes it is frustrating but we have to be patient.
Official Member of the "DO NOT ABUSE BROOK LOPEZ" Movement
by NDTony on Feb 16, 2012 10:14 AM EST reply actions 8 recs
I just wish we could have signed real talent in the offseason, I am getting sick of these losing seasons..I became a fan when Jkidd was here and we were winning games..the past 5 years have sucked
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 10:16 AM EST up reply actions
To be honest if I was the Nets and I knew
D12 and Deron were talking about teaming up in BK and it was better than 50-50 I would have done the same thing. You might as well go for it all than waistling money on NeNe and Caron butler and become a middle of the pack team.
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
by Atronic on Feb 16, 2012 10:26 AM EST via Android app up reply actions 3 recs
You and Tony understand it.
No matter how many times we explain it, people will not absorb it. Brick walls.
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.
Hey BigTom
I understand it too:
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by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
this
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by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 3:10 PM EST up reply actions
Glad we are not stuck with Nene
and have a real legitimate shot at Dwight. Glad we also passed on Butler, Prince, Josh Howard, et al. Free agency is rarely the place to build your team unless it is through acquiring a superstar.
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by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 3:09 PM EST up reply actions
hahah wrong gif
but totally applicable.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 10:19 AM EST up reply actions
what the hell is this
why is nas creeping through the woods?
by sheepareevil on Feb 16, 2012 6:23 PM EST up reply actions
Just turned you green
makes absolutely no sense to whine about the coach and if you want to complain about the roster see Rod and Kiki.
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by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 3:08 PM EST up reply actions
Kiki is not to blame
It’s Rod for allowing Avery to call the shots on his way out.
by ZR on Feb 16, 2012 3:27 PM EST up reply actions
No it's Kiki
for the RJ trade (he was too focused on Yi) and giving up Anderson in the Carter trade. Rod made some bad mistakes at the end too.
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by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
He had his team last year
Petro, Outlaw, Graham, all his favorites. And for a lot more than 10 games.
"Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa." -- Casey Stengel
by calling all toasters on Feb 16, 2012 3:19 PM EST up reply actions
As I posted on Twitter..
I know we dont have a team.. but come on… there is no identity.. You would expect that they will be better defensively… I am tired of all these excuses. Somebody has to come forward and say enough is enough.. I got to admit that I was one of Every’s supporters buit after seeing this travesty, I would be up for firing every.
I looked at a team like chicago and i understand that they have a superstar (rose) but that is not what makes them great.. what makes them great is that they defend…and its not like they have world class defenders…. Boozer, Rose, Korver, Rip hamilton…but they seem to have a defensive concept.. you dont see that from this team or from the team from last year…It is so maddening to be in this position again!!!
Thibs designed the stifling Boston defense that won them a title
and the Nets opt instead to go for the dude that lost in the NBA Finals, and got annihilated in the 1st rd by a GS team that had a line up of guards.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 10:20 AM EST up reply actions
Thibs had his choice of where he wanted to go!
He wanted Chicago. He was the hottest coaching name all of a sudden and he wanted to go there! You’re practicing revisionist history.
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by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 3:14 PM EST up reply actions
Indiana always kills us they all probably talk about the field night they are gonna have on us
Psycho T
Hibbert
Lance
are gonna kill tonight, meanwhile Petro and Shelden will combine for 4 points in the paint
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 10:24 AM EST up reply actions
Actually if granger doesn't play I can see a W
If the team plays hard like they did last night, and gets away from the dumb mistakes that are fixable, and if Marshon can give us about 17-20. Some of his rust was knocked off yesterday hit a few jumpers. Outside of Hibbert there not as long as the grizz who created a lot of issues inside. We also need Hump to wake up stop sleep walking staying out to late or something.
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
by Atronic on Feb 16, 2012 10:24 AM EST via Android app reply actions
You know what's really puzzling me right now ?
Not one word of Deron wanting out so far…
No rumors even of Deron wanting out…
Plus even with all the recent chatter down in Orlando… no one has reported that Dwight has crossed the Nets off his wish list.
Why is that ?
why do you think is the reason???
I wonder…, but then agian.. with you we never know if you are joking…
by pip2332Nets on Feb 16, 2012 10:26 AM EST up reply actions
Seems Nothing has changed we were playing worse earlier in the season getting blown out by 20+ every night.
I think as fans we live and die with every loss but the players don’t look at it that way. Deron seems focused on looking forward seems as tho as bad as it looks him and D12 are going to do what they want to do still IMO. Whether people agree with it or not and team up in BK. Hopefully grab up a Garnett or Ray Allen of some type on the cheap in the offseason.
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
by Atronic on Feb 16, 2012 10:31 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
yup
Atronic and I are on the same page here.
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by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 3:15 PM EST up reply actions
man I hope so
I really hope so. We need that trade badly
and even then, if we trade for Dwight…it looks like we won’t qualify for the playoffs.
i mean going forward who cares, but still I’m sure that Deron/Dwight would want to be in the post season. With Knicks on fire and if they upset someone in the 1st rd that would be awful for Brooklyn, no one would care.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 10:33 AM EST up reply actions
Because they dont panic like Nets fans do
If they’re calm why aren’t you?
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by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 3:14 PM EST up reply actions
Fellas fellas
Why are we all talking as if we didn’t know this was going to be a tough team to watch once B-lo went down?? And even if B-lo were healthy from the beginning of the season we would have been a 7th or 8th seed at best, thus losing in the first round. We all know the big picture is to open up Brooklyn with D-will and D12 and so far despite D12’s cryptic comments as of late we are still in the driver’s seat to land him. We have the assets and lets not forget that with each loss our 2012 pick looks better and better, so I’m cautiously optimistic about our future as should you all be as well. Let’s not hit the panic button yet until it is clear we are not getting Dwight!!! Hang in there y’all just a little less than a month to go!
by bbatts30 on Feb 16, 2012 10:26 AM EST reply actions 4 recs
I agree...It's still hard to take the losing but we have to keep going...
Two weeks ago the Knicks were toast…Now they are the toast of the town.
Wow really??? You tell me what coach would come in and make us playoff contenders with the amoun of d-leagurs on our team and the amount of injuries we have had!?
Leave Avery alone!!!
so...
you mean to tell us that Avery should be absolved from all responsibility?
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 10:30 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Lol really???
Smh you all want a magician for a coach! What do y’all expect him to do with the lack of talent on this squad?!
its not about that look at the defense!!!
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 10:32 AM EST up reply actions
And again I say what do you expect him to do with the lack of taken on this squad?!?!
We may have two guys on the squad who are average defenders, that’s not going to work. Last time I checked that’s the FO problem not the coach’s..you can bring a horse to the water but you can’t make him drink!
LAST 20 YEARS! how does that not ring a bell ...they are NBA players its not hard to play team defense or defense
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 10:36 AM EST up reply actions
again:
you mean to tell us that Avery should be absolved from all responsibility?
answer, please.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 10:39 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
whose fault is that?
and also, there are several instances where Johnson has made some god awful in game decisions.
It is wrong to blame him totally, but it is also wrong to absolve him from blame
HE ISN’T HELPING THE SITUATION.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 10:46 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
collins would atleast have us playing close to. 500
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 10:33 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Lol really ??? And how do you know that? Last time I checked we beat a Philly team coached by Doug Collins... Explain that?
And they are way more talented than us
by bbatts30 on Feb 16, 2012 10:36 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
you can't just base it off one win, and yea philly does have some nice pieces, but the nets also have some good players. morrow, dwill, Brooks, hump, and farmar. Collins would get the most out of these guys. show some freaking heart avery
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 10:38 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Doug Collins has a damn good roster in Philly
They’re winning for a reason.
by Anthony Perez on Feb 16, 2012 5:48 PM EST up reply actions
We have the worst defense in the NBA, he shows no emotion , cant get these guys monivated
Look at Toronto they have a worse roster than us and compete, Cleveland also
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 10:31 AM EST up reply actions
Well I agree Avery probably is not the answer moving forward
But to fire him now when your trying to get Dwight would probably cause to much instability if your going to make a coaching change wait until the offseason. Nets are #1 on the list with Avery as the coach let Dwight and D-will have that say in the offseason.
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
by Atronic on Feb 16, 2012 10:34 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Everyone is playing....
like they might be getting traded!
EEEEWWWWWW
Anybody see the slam dunk contestants? Worst line up ever…
Chase Budinger
Iman Shumpert
Derrick Williams
Paul George
by JohnFromLongIsland on Feb 16, 2012 10:36 AM EST via mobile reply actions
A ginger named CHASE
Does not get any whiter.
by JohnFromLongIsland on Feb 16, 2012 10:39 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Agree!
T-Will should have been picked…
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven"
Paul George gets up
you’ll see that first hand tonight when he destroys us
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 10:41 AM EST up reply actions
Thats horrendous
Dwight and Deron = Win
New York Giants Super Bowl XLVI Champions
by Tylerguy42 on Feb 16, 2012 10:43 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
SHUMPERT!??!?!?!?
get me some petro
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
so apparently
Lin will be in a competition during the All-Star weekend and i bet he will “magically” win whatever competition his is in…makes me sick
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
Deron is an all star
we should be happy about that, because it’s honestly embarrassing at this point to have an all star from a team that is 8-22
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 10:48 AM EST up reply actions
skills competition
its rigged, he will win
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
it's timed...
the dunk contest is rigged
by Dolphins_Nets on Feb 16, 2012 10:51 AM EST up reply actions
this year its fan vote
so its gonna be based on hype rather than the actual dunk…what else is new
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
here it is
A league source on Thursday confirmed a New York Daily News report that the NBA will make Lin part of the field for the Haier Shooting Stars competition during All-Star Saturday night. That would enable Lin to join Shumpert’s dunk routine as well. NBA commissioner David Stern told USA Today earlier this week that Lin will not be a special late addition to the annual Rising Stars game featuring rookies and second-year players at All-Star Weekend.
Griffin is not defending his dunk title, but sources said that the annual dunk contest has a new format which will consist of only one round and in which the winner will be solely determined by fan vote.
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
so he's in that wnba legend and NBA player competition
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 10:52 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
and fan vote ruins the contest. it's gonna be a popularity contest
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 10:53 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
yep
and a hype contest…just like blake griffen last year
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
the jump over the hood of the car was one of the worst dunks in history
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 10:55 AM EST up reply actions
you forgot...
with a full chorus signing “I Believe I Can Fly”
by Dolphins_Nets on Feb 16, 2012 11:01 AM EST up reply actions
I think NBA.com admited it was planned for Blake to be in the finals because the car thing was a sponser, but Ibakas free throw dunk was ignored ..even Jr Smith says its fake
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 11:02 AM EST up reply actions
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"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven"
Imagine if Lin's success continues into next season...
automatic all-star starter for the rest of his career
NY probably thinks he's better then Jordan.
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 10:56 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
yeah probably NY and China will give him a ton of votes, Yi got a million I think
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 10:56 AM EST up reply actions
Yi almost started over kg
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 10:56 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
hopefully Roses fan base will give him the starting spot next season
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 10:58 AM EST up reply actions
i will vote for mike bibby
over lin
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
you can kill me and I wont vote for a knick
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 10:59 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Dwight or Die!
uh….at least….it was….a close game last nite?
or something
seriously the last 4 minutes of the game was depressing and anger inducing, i was fairly happy with our effort (even tho our D is pathetic), but those last few minutes made my hair stand up…turnover after turnover after turnover – sigh
I agree Avery stinks, but you are NUTS if you want him fired now. You dont throw another variable into the equation right now. You fire him after Dwight gets here, and then D&D will pick the next coach haha
Dwight or Die
Dwight would have shut down Speights, and would have finished at the rim we would have blown them out
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 11:05 AM EST up reply actions
Farmar has a groin strain or something
Stevenson looked like he injured his knee or ankle or something during the game as well
farmar had a groin injury, and Stevenson was blazed
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 11:07 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Farmar hurt (groin)
Whoever thinks or is hoping for Avery to hit the road is delusional.
Avery is here long term regardless of our record this year, even if we don’t win another game for the remainder of the season.
"Success is peace of mind which is a direct result of self-satisfaction in knowing you did your best to become the best that you are capable of becoming." - John R. Wooden
by D Will to Succeed on Feb 16, 2012 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
so who's ur all rookie team
u got
rubio
Irving
Brooks
markief
???
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 11:06 AM EST via Android app reply actions
sounds about right, I hope Brooks is top 3 pick tonight
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 11:08 AM EST up reply actions
Kawhi Leonard
"Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa." -- Casey Stengel
by calling all toasters on Feb 16, 2012 4:46 PM EST up reply actions
Shaq annointed Jeremy Lin the new Superman on nbatv
he said the “the Originator of Superman annoints you the new Superman”….damn shots at Dwight.
how can he do that when he already annotined blake as the new superman!?!?
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
If anything Lin is like Batman
smart, multiskilled, athletic but no superpowers.
A Nets fan deep in Knicks territory. SOS
by cprash on Feb 16, 2012 11:27 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Stop blaming avery,we do not have the talent now,and i do not want my G.M King TO MAKE A MOVE TO PLEASE THE MASSES .STOP IT …
I do not want to be a middle of the pack kind of team……YES these are difficult times for us but these are the times that define a devoted fan,,,,,,yes the other team is doing good now and the ESPN MACHINE is going to push their product as much as possible and all the lin
propaganda but stay the course our time will come
by eagle101 on Feb 16, 2012 11:13 AM EST reply actions 2 recs
yeah guys
We know the plan so we cannot get mad. We wouldnt be unbearable to watch if we didnt have so many key injuries. Just be reasonable. You guys are so emotional lol
by 1stnamelastname on Feb 16, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
now if we don't get Dwight, then we can all rant
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 11:16 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
yeah
You won’t get a middle of the pack team, you’re watching a bottom 3 team.
have fun with that
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:11 PM EST up reply actions
dont understand all the hate for avery
the guy brought a team to the nba finals, obviously he’s not a dope. its really really hard to make anything out of the team we have right now…wait til were all healthy or even better wait til we have a competent group of basketball players, and I’m sure we’ll be fine. the idea that avery johnson can’t be the head coach of this team is ridiculous
worst defense in last 20 years, we lose he doesnt care
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 11:16 AM EST up reply actions
thats not surprising when you run guys like
petro out there…and gaines and morrow…judge avery when were healthy. i think thats fair enough
what is he sopposed to say?
Getting angry won’t help these guys play better. They all know they suck and they’ll resent him for the public lambasting.
I’m sure noone is “giving up” as some have suggested. They know they are limited, what can they do? They’re just not good. it’s Deron with a second and third stringers.
that team was unconscious
you also saw that team get beat by a 8th seed, and another disappointing run… like someone said before theres a reason he’s been unemployed for a few years
i want nothing more for Dwight to come here...
if we get Dwight with D-will and get some good supporting talent (especially defenders) we’ll be taking down the Knicks.
I dont care how good Jeremy Lin looks right now. He’s playing in D’Antoni’s system next to players who THRIVE next to a good point guard.
No doubt that Tyson Chandler and Amare are gonna play good next to him. I also believe Melo will too.
Put D-Will next to Dwight and he’s gonna kill it too. He’s killin it next to the crap we have on the floor. Imagine what he’d do with Dwight.
amare is on his way down..hes on the wrong side of his career
He looks slow and his explosiveness is going.
by 1stnamelastname on Feb 16, 2012 11:20 AM EST up reply actions
thats why we NEED Dwight.
Chandler and Amare will not match up with Dwight…who knows how long Amare is even gonna remain healthy with his recent health issues over the past two years.
when we win a championship in whatever year, describe your emotions.
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 11:17 AM EST via Android app reply actions
i would
1. pee myself
2. go on facebook and just make an overlyhappy status
3. laugh at the knicks fans
4. pee myself again
5. watch espn everyday for 3 weeks
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
#6
Pee on Knicks fans
A Nets fan deep in Knicks territory. SOS
by cprash on Feb 16, 2012 11:24 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Please at #5...
If we won the finals, espn would either ignore it or STILL talk more about the Knicks!
by JohnFromLongIsland on Feb 16, 2012 11:40 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Me...
1. Cry from happiness
2. Scream from the top of my lungs out of relieved frustration
3. Run around like a mad man
4. Take a shot to toast the victory
5. Take a deep breath
6. Then cry some more
7. No sleep for about a week
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.
Probably be happy but still get hate I could see Broussard and others sitting around and saying "the nets just won a championship, what is this world coming to hahaha"
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 11:23 AM EST up reply actions
I WILL BE ELATED!!!!!
And then i will wake up, and realize it was just a dream
Section15 Row 12 Seats 1&2
by Angelo Mihalitsianos on Feb 16, 2012 11:26 AM EST up reply actions
lol this is how the nets have caused us to think
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 11:27 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
I'd cry for about a week
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 11:26 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Take a piss on the Barclays Arena.
by Clayton Balch on Feb 16, 2012 11:27 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
ok now remember these emotions will last longer than the pain right now
Its ok guys..dwight still wants to be here
deron hasnt asked for a trade
As long as those 2 things are in our favor we are good..also WE HAVE HAD MAJOR INJURIES this season. We will all be feeling great whenever dwight gets here. Whether its in a few weeks or even better free agency..
by 1stnamelastname on Feb 16, 2012 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
get deliriously drunk
preferably in Brooklyn. run down the street screaming. cry hysterically in traffic. probably get arrested. worth it
by sheepareevil on Feb 16, 2012 6:27 PM EST up reply actions
so Kim k wants to go out with Lin. smh
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 11:27 AM EST via Android app reply actions
idk if it's credible, probably not. lemme find the link
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 11:28 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
ya i saw something on that too
I think she just wants to be seen as dating him, she doesnt even wanna really date him LOL
She’s such a POS
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 11:31 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
i don't think lin could handle her
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
haha lol just give me a shot
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 11:35 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Kim Kardashialin...?
Can you imagine the marketing possibilities.
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven"
Lol, Is there an app for that?
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven"
linrefic!!! coming soon lol
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 12:49 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Its Media Take Out
c’mon now.
Plus, Lin is a smart guy, he would never date her.
We'll Be Fine.
by JerseysFinest. on Feb 16, 2012 12:47 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
thats weird will this girl ever stop? I think she wants to get back and Kris Humphries or something
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 11:29 AM EST up reply actions
First tebow now this she is a media whore...she wants all publicity on her
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 11:30 AM EST up reply actions
get back with Hump
the fans need you!
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
Lin aint going for that stank.
A Nets fan deep in Knicks territory. SOS
by cprash on Feb 16, 2012 11:40 AM EST via Android app up reply actions 1 recs
okay
i hate knicks and everything they stand for, and I hate kim kardashian also.
BUT……if Jeremy Lin taps Kim Kardashian….man, props to him. Props. Not saying she’s good for him or whatever but whens’ the last time you’ve seen someone like her with an asian dude lik him,. props.
honestly i've been supporting lin for about a week and NOW...
i’m just sick of it. I cant stand seein him on TV anymore LOL. I want to see Dwill and Dwight take over Brooklyn and tear the HEART OUT OF KNICK fans….
i want to all those damn signs to disappear. i’m just sick of the Lin wordplay.
once they lose a game it will die down I believe..I hope they lose the next 4 games its possible
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 11:37 AM EST up reply actions
The Knicks 2nd half schedule
is brutal
it will prove to be a much tougher test
21 of 33 games vs teams over .500
At least they stopped with Blake and Tebow
lol
A Nets fan deep in Knicks territory. SOS
by cprash on Feb 16, 2012 11:39 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
if the Nets don't land Dwight
I might just turn to another NBA team to support. After Kidd and VC it’s all been broken promises. I think I deserve better.
I want to support a team that plays hard. A team that plays together. That’s really what got me into Kidd’s Nets anyway.
Hmm yea Portland seems good
Batum and Aldridge, Wallace plays real hard too
become a bulls or heat fan you wont be dissapointed
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 11:41 AM EST up reply actions
Portland are a tough team.
But I wouldn’t get your hopes they’d ever make it past the first round in the west. One of these years maybe.
ooooh Rubio to Love seems nice too!!
thanks for the tip
I watched their game last night too
Kevin love is a monster, hustles every play grabs the board on one end either drains a three or backs down for a inside shot. Those guys play, give them a few years I think they’ll be a top team
and its funny how hump shut him down
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 11:51 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
Haven't watched Twolves at all
but don’t they have Khan? Haha gawd
Dammit when are the knicks going to play a good team.
I’m sick of hearing about Jeremy Lin next game vs hornets. Only good team they’ve played is the laker and maybe miny and Lakers have 0 at pg.
When David Stern decides to stop rigging this league!
Otherwise, get used to the Knicks getting handed a playoff berth!
by JohnFromLongIsland on Feb 16, 2012 11:42 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Can't wait for another 20 point beatdown tonight
and then “our guys battled” in the post game press conference.
I thought when we fired Frank I wouldn’t have to hear press conference garbage like “gotta give (fill in NBA team) credit, they played hard tonight.”
Sigh.
It took 0-17 to fire Frank...this team just doesnt fire coaches
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 11:44 AM EST up reply actions
that was undeserving, we were injured with key players. we shoulda atleast waited for a healthy roster
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 11:46 AM EST via Android app up reply actions
0-16
"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 think the Knicks success will continue with these tougher teams
they’ve built chemistry, Lin is comfortable and the world is behind him. His teammates are playing great with him.
I just hope all this Lin-mania is fuel for a fire that Dwight and Dwill have within them to take NY by storm hopefully with a supporting cast that Billy King has in mind.
OT but cousins leads the league in charges
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 11:48 AM EST via Android app reply actions
lol this board is dead right now
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 12:03 PM EST via Android app reply actions
probably wes johnson and luke rid for gasol
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 12:07 PM EST up reply actions
Horrible horrible trade
Wes Johnson is a bust and Luke Rid is a run of the mill PG.
Pau is a borderline AS PF.
idn I cant see them trading love or rubio
by RandyOreens on Feb 16, 2012 12:11 PM EST up reply actions
Derek Williams would-be in the deal
Not Wes Johnson
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
by BEB on Feb 16, 2012 12:24 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
don't they have a log jam at pf/c?
by KillaHoose on Feb 16, 2012 12:08 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
maybe they are offering Beasley?
Beasley + pieces might be the only trade that somewhat makes sense… keyword being “somewhat”…
Here is a poster over at Pinstripe Post
This is what Otis should do..
1. Sign J.R. Smith with MLE
2. Along with Deron Williams telling the Nets he wants to go to the Magic to play with Dwight..put together a package consisting of some combination of Jameer, JJ, J. Rich, Q. Rich and Rhino (hate to see Rhino go but its hard to see the Nets okaying a trade for D. Will not with him included). The trade probably would have to be Jameer, JJ and Rhino and maybe a pick for D. Will
3. Sign Joel Pryzbilla for minimum to back up Dwight and play the 4 if we need to go to a twin tower look
I’m Ballin’ for real you pump faking it
Manhattan keep on Faking it Brooklyn Keep on taking it! Yeah!
Magic fans live in a fantasy world
where the Nets abandon their dreams of a Brooklyn dynasty to take on Jason Richardson and Jameer Nelson.
Fans like this actually exist lol.
getting tired of this
tired tired tired
"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."
Maybe you should change your signature...
Very depressing and might be bringing us bad luck…“Evil was born and followed the boy…”
Sounds good to me...
In The Myth of Sisyphus, Camus introduces his "philosophy of the absurd." The "absurdity" is Nets fans futile search for meaning in an unintelligible world devoid of God, eternal truths, values and wins. Does the realization of the utter absurdity and futility of Nets life mean we might as well just kill ourselves? "No!" Camus heroically answers. What is required of us is constant revolt against the absurdity of being a Nets fan.
That which does not kill us makes us stronger...
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven"
Holy crap
I wrote an essay about the absurdity of being a Nets fan in existentialism class last year. I love that someone else drew the same parallel.
by Frigidevil on Feb 16, 2012 1:40 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
Sure, if I can find it
Got a new computer, didn’t transfer everything over
by Frigidevil on Feb 16, 2012 3:16 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
anyone see the Lin fortune cookie pic by MSG?
Distasteful… That’s the NYK!!
by kupalski on Feb 16, 2012 12:40 PM EST via mobile reply actions
Would like to see them win
but we all know the most likely outcome.
I love the Nets more than anything, and I really wish the team didn’t go out like this. Last thing I ever wanted was to see the Nets have another losing season in their last year in NJ. Obviously with D12 and injuries and such things have been crazy, but I mean it wouldn’t kill these guys to go out and give their all each game.
We'll Be Fine.
by JerseysFinest. on Feb 16, 2012 12:45 PM EST reply actions
I'm prepared for a winning season
We'll Be Fine.
by JerseysFinest. on Feb 16, 2012 12:50 PM EST up reply actions
On Avery
Fortunately for him and Unfortunately for us,
Avery will not get FIRED this year. I too wonder how loyal is BKing to Avery. I would be really impressed if BKing would pull a Game of Thrones Moment and CUT off one of the characters you think is UNTOUCHABLE when you least expected it.
One thing is for sure there are a couple of games regardless of OUR ROSTER we should have won. Yesterday was clearly one of them.
1) Why did he sit Brooks so long? Yeah he made some mistakes but they werent his fault. With limited Practice, run the plays the work. He is clearly more comfortable getting the ball on the right side of the KEY. Give the ball to him there FOR CHRIST SAKES.
2) Where was Jordan Williams? Clearly HUMP and PETRO on Speights wasnt working. Why not put JWill in as a change of scenery. SMH!!! There is no reason to use your WHOLE BENCH. We have BACK to BACKs play everyone.
3) I still dont know what Gaines does for this lineup. With Morrow, Brooks, Stevenson, and this new kid, who did IMO a good job for his first game with the team, there is no reason to play Gaines and Dwill together. You want Dwill to come off the ball run plays were the SGs pass the ball. And Farmar was out. SMFH!!!
Anyway I can waste my time with the FIRE AVERY RANTS.
I think I will
FIRE AVERY!!!!
FIRE AVERY!!!
FIRE AVERY!!!
Official member of the "DO NOT TRADE MARSHON "SWAG" BROOKS" Society!
The Sooner You Accept the Reality, The Easier the Transition!!
by SIC One on Feb 16, 2012 12:47 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
JR to NYK
Frank Isola @FisolaNYDN Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Knicks closing in on a deal for JR Smith, Daily News has learned. Need to cut a player. Two weeks earlier and it could have been Jeremy Lin
I am going love this
LOL!!!
Lin, Smith, Melo, Amare, Chandler
LOL!!!!
Please Happen!!!!! Please Happen!!!!!!
Official member of the "DO NOT TRADE MARSHON "SWAG" BROOKS" Society!
The Sooner You Accept the Reality, The Easier the Transition!!
they won't win a title
but they have too much talent for this Nets team.
Brooklyn we go hard...
by Fabio Villani on Feb 16, 2012 12:59 PM EST up reply actions
Of course
they have more talented players and it took Lin to make them relevant.
Now JR Smith. This is going to be Great.
I want to see Lin tell JR and Melo- You are not getting the ball this time up the floor. Broken Plays here we come.
Official member of the "DO NOT TRADE MARSHON "SWAG" BROOKS" Society!
The Sooner You Accept the Reality, The Easier the Transition!!
you're laughing?
They just added another scorer in a D’ANTONI system
I can’t be the only fan seeing the Knicks completely killing the Nets in every aspect of basketball right now? Are you guys that full of hate?
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:13 PM EST up reply actions
We need Smith in the worst way.
Play him at SF
Balkman or Walker?
Any one of those would be upgrade for the Nets :)
by Belarus4life on Feb 16, 2012 1:00 PM EST up reply actions
Although I know that's what we've been doing all season
it’s one thing to pick up scrubs but it will be a whole new low to pick up scrubs cut by the Knicks… But you are right, any one of those would be upgrade for the Nets…
Either one can be inserted into the
starting lineup at SF
I see you're beaming with optimism
We'll Be Fine.
by JerseysFinest. on Feb 16, 2012 1:00 PM EST up reply actions
Really
lol!!!!
SMH!!!!!
Sorry I root for the NETS. So no Dwill or Dwight wont change that. I like what we have Lopez, Brooks, and a nice pick is fine with me. I would have been ok with Favors, Lopez, Brooks, 2012 pick, GSW 2012 pick, and 2011 #3 pick too.
Official member of the "DO NOT TRADE MARSHON "SWAG" BROOKS" Society!
The Sooner You Accept the Reality, The Easier the Transition!!
by SIC One on Feb 16, 2012 1:08 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Count me in
Right there with you. No matter how bad, It changes nothing. Nets all the way!
by Belarus4life on Feb 16, 2012 1:32 PM EST up reply actions
what should i be optimistic about when your crosstown rivals are amking moves and billy king hasnt even amde a single statement on ANYTHING. good or bad. we have lost 7 GAMES IN A ROW, and not a thing has been said, thats just disrespect to us fans. atleast the knicks medis was telling tem that d antoni was going to be fired if they would have lost to us, Us in the other hand are kept in an embarrassing limbo. imagine hwne we have a “good team” and this starts to happen. who is going to speak for us?
I agree---
to top it off I got a friggin email today about buying more season tickets in Brooklyn. Is this a friggin joke? Spitting in my face
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 1:05 PM EST up reply actions
King and Prokhorov have a plan in place to get
one of the top 3 players in the game today. It was obviously expected with this roster that they weren’t going to win a lot of games as currently constructed. He doesn’t have to say anything, there is no doubt in my mind him and Marks know what they’re doing. Just gotta be patient.
We'll Be Fine.
by JerseysFinest. on Feb 16, 2012 1:23 PM EST up reply actions
OT
You’re not going to believe who will be in the celebrity game at All-Star Weekend. Go check ESPN.com right now.
Fire Johnson and hire Van Gundy - I'm telling you Thorn was smoking something when he let Van Gundy slip away in the night.
by diehardNFFLbarnone on Feb 16, 2012 1:07 PM EST reply actions
ahaha
maybe we can recruit him for the team
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 1:07 PM EST up reply actions
OT but ESPN poll on whether Melo is selfish
Colorado and apparently Utah: 83% says yes
NY(College) and Maryland(hometown): 56% and 51% respectively, says yes. Those are the lowest two.
Don't matter if we get Dwight or not..
….we’ll be looking up at the Knicks…fully re-loaded and likely the team to beat for the next 2 or 3 years. If we did get Dwight, Tyson likely does enough of a job on him while we’ll have nobody to check Melo or Stat, and we already know what Lin can do against DWill.
Thanks Billy. Great plan.
I’m beginning to think Plan B was the better option…
…Sign Chandler(would’ve kept him away from Knicks)…
….Keep BLo and MarShon/Morrow…
…sign a defensive minded SF or trade for one.
IF DWill wouldn’t have stayed with plan B, we’re still pretty loaded.
Then what would've happened?
Nets would be tied down to Tyson Chandler for the next five years, and the Nets would be a middle of the pack team for the next few years. They’d be knocked out in the first round each year.
We'll Be Fine.
by JerseysFinest. on Feb 16, 2012 1:27 PM EST up reply actions
knicks are the measuring stick for success
they have a 500 record with the easiest schedule in the NBA so far lmao
by William_H_HOLLA on Feb 16, 2012 1:25 PM EST up reply actions
i'm just annoyed fellas
…while the team across the river continues to make moves to be successful, we’re pinning our hopes on one dood. One dood who’ll cost our team our best assets other than DWill.
i keep tryin to tell myself that...
…but the team I hate the most keeps distracting me. LOL.
d-will has played against lin once and we're ready to say he'll scorch him every time they play??
stop. tyson chandler isn’t big enough to stop dwight 1 on 1 in the post either. he has never been able to do it before why would he now?
by William_H_HOLLA on Feb 16, 2012 1:24 PM EST up reply actions
listen i hate that our team is losing too but we’ve had injuries left and right and our best scorer has been out all year. i know it’s an excuse but it’s a legitimate excuse
yea, it sucks to watch them lose night in night out, but it might be for the best
let’s be honest they weren’t winning any playoff series even at full strength, this gives me a reason to get hyped for the draft
by William_H_HOLLA on Feb 16, 2012 1:33 PM EST up reply actions
we all understood what the team was doing between 2007 and 2010
breaking the team down, trying to get capspace, and preparing for brooklyn. So the losing we had to deal with those years was excusable.
In 2010/11 season, we failed in landing any of the big fish; Thorn left us with a few questionable acquisitions; but Proky and mgmt. preached there’ d be players to go after this past off season and we’d be in the playoffs THIS season.
But now the injuries….we’re not the only team suffering from injuries. But I get it…hard to get good when there’s no consistent starting lineup.
The toughest thing to swallow is that until we actually have a winning season; this organization will have as many excuses as they have lottery balls.
NY Knicks closing in on deal to add free agent shooting guard J.R. Smith
"Beware the Ides of March."
because why be a part of the 2nd class organization in L.A.
when you can joint the first class organization in NY?
remember how Tony Allen was showboating at the end of the game last night?
Get ready for some showboating from JR, Lin, Shumpert and Fields on Monday…these guys specifically.
a whole lotta that on Monday for sure...
…if he’s on the team already.
Meanwhile, DWill is like…“now I get it…where’s Cuban’s phone number?”
why are you guys so worried about the damn knicks? i'm more worried about CHI and MIA
who blow out the nets every single time they play. MIA vs Nets looks like a Harlem Globetrotters game every time. They might as well start bouncing the ball off farmar’s head for alley oops. You knew the Knicks would be decent this year. They couldn’t possibly suck as bad as they did for the 1st half of the season. What does JR Smith give them? Another shooter who plays no D. Who really cares? MIA has D WADE AND LEBRON.
by William_H_HOLLA on Feb 16, 2012 1:41 PM EST reply actions
True...
but the Knicks also just got Lin - who is starting to look like a 15pt/10 assist guy for nothing
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 1:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
meanwhile we got...
Bogans, blown ankle sweet
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 1:43 PM EST up reply actions
idk bro the Knicks have been beating crappy teams with the exception of the Lakers during that winning streak
they beat them WITHOUT
Carmleo and Amare… if you add up the salaries of the players that played in those games they won in the streak - it’s not that different from what we’re workign with
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 1:55 PM EST up reply actions
cool man, remember how good chris duhon and ray felton looked with d'antoni?
he’s put together a nice little stretch but that’s it. i doubt he is a 15pt/10 assist for long.
by William_H_HOLLA on Feb 16, 2012 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
It's definitely a PG friendly system...
…and it works.
exactlly
Moiso the knicks..Now we get to see how good lin/dantoni really is as a distributor. Melo, stat, smith, lin all need the ball.
J.r smith shouldve gone to chi or clippers. dumb move by him. Knicks are looking like the nuggets of old minus better coaching + bench. They wont do much not worried about them.
Im glad we’re going for dwight and not settling for mediocrity to win some season games make the playoffs then possibly get swept. thats what we’d be looking at now if we signed people this season. Plus no dwight sweepstakes. Come on he still wants to be here and dwill is still here and doesnt want to leave. Future guys lets look towards it. Its not like we’re being dumb to the plan .WE ALL KNOW THE PLAN!
by 1stnamelastname on Feb 16, 2012 1:45 PM EST up reply actions
why are you worried about CHI and MIA?
We can’t beat either team
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:14 PM EST up reply actions
that's the point, nets aren't winning anything at all until they can beat those 2 teams in a 7 game series
they are the measuring stick for success, not the .500 knicks
by William_H_HOLLA on Feb 16, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
OH...something I thought about regarding D12
The more the Knicks add players and if things mesh on that team, and they do become a top 3 team in the East…I’m pretty sure this would have some little affect on both DWill and D12. What kind of legacy would it be in Brooklyn if they’re looking up at the Knicks? Don’t just knock this down like it can’t happen. MSG has been electric as of light cuz of a streak from a once unknown player. There’s a lot on the line for D12 when it comes to choosing this next team if not Orlando. I’m telling you guys, the better the Knicks do, the more it hurts our chances of landing D12 and keeping DWill. You may think it’s not so, but just remember what other players have said in the past — when considering the NY area as a future destination, most players think Knicks and not Nets. And though Brooklyn could change that, if Knicks make a deep run in the playoffs, I’m almost certain D12 thinks twice.
think twice and go where though?
Where else can he get what he wants..which is a running mate top flight pg and a big market?
by 1stnamelastname on Feb 16, 2012 1:46 PM EST up reply actions
I don't think you can rule out what versifiervt is saying...
If the Knicks keep this hot streak going, everything meshes together. Brooklyn is going to be the Clippers of the past 10 yrs - you think Dwight wants to be the sad stepchild? I don’t think so
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
oh no i completely understand what hes saying
However if hes cowardice to not want to take a challenge like that on with dwill then i dont want him here. Me personally though id want to take them down to BE the talk of the town.
by 1stnamelastname on Feb 16, 2012 1:51 PM EST up reply actions
D12 is not waiting for the playoffs to see where he's landing. He is out of ORL by Mar 15.
As much as we would like him to come via FA, that is not happening.
Orl Owner is a business man, and he did not make his donuts by being stupid.
He is trading his behind before deadline, that is 100%.
we continue to use "where else can they go if not Brooklyn to get that big market exposure.."
But the risk of being 2nd fiddle I think is bigger than the ‘big market’ mentality. And if those D12 had to choose between possibly being 2nd fiddle vs. just staying in Orlando(where you’re comfortable and just request the coach get fired); while DWill can just walk to Dallas to play with Dirk while Cuban finds ways to upgrade the team before Dirk gets old, then yeah, both players have options.
yeah which is why i think bk will push to trade for him in a few weeks.
by 1stnamelastname on Feb 16, 2012 1:57 PM EST up reply actions
we need him now
there’s no question. u can not ride into brooklyn with this garbage. it’s over. They just emailed me and said seats opened up because people RE-NEGED on their 3 yr commitment… I am NOT making this stuff
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 1:58 PM EST up reply actions
hahah
yeah but let other folks tell it, Dwight is coming here no matter what
Net Income let that warning be heard and people choose to ignore it. Anything can happen. The Knicks are looking like they are set to dominate this market…Dwight and Deron may feel it would be better to take their brand to Dallas. Big Texas market, no massive competition in the conference whereas in the East you have NY, CHI, MIA to get past to make the Finals. The West is looking like it will be wide open
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:33 PM EST up reply actions
Dallas
I can see them contemplating what it will take to get to Dallas. They’d have a far easier time in the West than they would in the east playing 2nd class citizens to the Knicks
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:19 PM EST up reply actions
Thank God D12 and Dwill
aren’t scared lil pansies like some Net fans seem to be. Yeah so the Knicks might be good,
just like we expected after getting Chandler. So what? The truth is the BK is still a huge
Market with a clean slate. I highly doubt this makes any difference to Howard and Dwill.
Money and Market and options are more important to whatever is going on in MSG.
With Knicks locking up a team and having no room for anyone else, BK looks just fine
to future free agents.
Thnak god no one really knows what’s going to happen besides Dwill and Howard.
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.
Just a random thought
Nets and Cavs both were trying to get Bron. Both failed. Cavs went the route of re building through draft and hired a good coach and now they are better and more atheletic.
Nets on the other hand got a super star and hired a mediocre coach and are worst than ever.
remember they also got incredibly lucky with the ping-pong balls though
so lucky made everyone scream conspiracy. CLE only has 3 wins better than us with most players healthy. Situation is bad but don’t make it sound worse than it is.
And if Brook doesn't get hurt we are a respectable team
And we don’t get Okur and use that money on a SF. We got dealt a bad hand. The team is doing the right thing. Dwight Howard wants to play for your team. You have to stay the course.
by Rodney Buford on Feb 16, 2012 1:49 PM EST up reply actions
Nets are taking the better approach
Cavs also got the #1 pick and they may be getting more “competitive” but they are no closer to winning a title than we are.
Nets have been cost cutting and clearing space to make a run at DH which is the right thing to do. Nene/Chandler would’ve helped us like the Cavs to become more competitive but they wouldnt bring a championship.
Stay the course, Nets/..
You're right
“Dwight and D-Will” or not, I’d say Nets would be a better team than Cavs no matter what 2 years down the road.
yea
a win % in the .200 range…solid approach.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:25 PM EST up reply actions
And everyone wanted Byron gone when he was here. It's the same thing with Avery now. Fans are FICKLE
by Rodney Buford on Feb 16, 2012 1:50 PM EST up reply actions
Nets got a star...
…and decided to hold out for another star instead of building around the star they already have.
you have to understand that’s the model now get two or more superstars on you’re team like miami, the clips etc. if we don’t get dwight then dallas would be looking to do the same thing
Yes...that's true
but you also have to remember that the Knicks started to get a winning mentality with just having Stat on their team and before Melo.
HOw many think that Melo still wants knicks if NY was bad as ever with Stat and the team looked dysfunctional? Most will likely jump the gun and say Melo would’ve still wanted NY. I’m not so sure about that.
Players want to see that they’re going into a good situation. D12 looking at Nets and despite the injuries, he’s wondering, “what exactly do they have if they weren’t injured? Last i checked Nets have been bad for years!”
yeah but he would also know that D-will is there and it def won’t be the same team heading into Brooklyn i put the farm on that
again...D12 will be giving up a lot for the 'unknown'
even with DWill…there’s a major unknown factor on this team. Both these guys play the sport. They both know what it takes to win. It’s not as easy as D12 being traded here and off we go. Both guys have to be wondering what the real future of this team can be and is it worth it for them to commit. this brings me back to the Knicks situation hurting the Nets….the more the Knicks win, the more cloudy that Brooklyn future looks. shouldn’t be related to each other but in a big way, because of the current perception of both teams, the KNicks play a factor in who we get going forward…they always have and always will. And I hate that fact.
you can say that with any team Dwight gets traded to that it’s an unknown. take the Lakers for example. if he gets traded there who’s to know that he won’t get the ball over there or how many elite years does kobe have left. he won’t really be losing out on much because it’s not like the team he’s on now is a championship level team because if it was he wouldn’t be asking for a trade
whoa...we're comparing the Lakers situation to the Nets?
Nets are a bigger unknown period. But if you wanna compare the Lakers…everyone knows what they are. There’s a bunch of championship banners hanging at Staples in case anyone forgets. Lakers are known for building championship teams.
A better argument for you prolly would’ve been Dallas just cuz Dirk is old and they’ll be in the same position as Nets this offseason…bunch of expiring contracts and not knowing who’ll be on the team next season. But even with Dallas, there’s a ‘known’ factor with them…Cuban has always put a winning team on the floor.
cause another star wants to come here
not just a regular star a SUPERSTAR..im with billy on this..gotta take that gamble..
by 1stnamelastname on Feb 16, 2012 1:58 PM EST up reply actions
Reminder: Brook Lopez is out currently and we have no bench help
since no decent player wanted to come here amid Dwightmare(i.e. “Would I finish this season in NJ or ORL?”)
And for all the "Knicks will own the city" talk.
I could not care less.
As long as we get Dwight and Deron locked up for the next 5 years, we are good.
Winning is all that matters. And we will have 5 years to build around them and win a trophy.
I don’t care if nobody cares. Winning is what creates a fan base. And it will take time.
I’m not worried about the Knicks winning a chip in the next 3 years.
If we get Dwight and Deron locked up, I’m only worried about Chicago and Miami.
It will always be a Knicks city, they have been around longer. It’s nothing new to Nets fans.
But we can still win a title regardless. Dwight or Bust.
by Rodney Buford on Feb 16, 2012 2:02 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
you better really really hope
that this losing mentality and Orlando’s winning doesn’t flip the who is going where story
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 2:04 PM EST up reply actions
it shouldn’t esp since Dwight had his mind made up since the beginning of the season as to where he wanted to go
Not that I agree but I think his point is that D-Will might join Howard in Orl
I don’t agree because we would give them
1. good location
2. owner w/ deep pocket
3. control over personnel decisions(for better or worse)
The attitude about this team will change once #11 is back
by Rodney Buford on Feb 16, 2012 2:05 PM EST up reply actions
yup
whether it’s 11 or 12 for the rest of the season. We should expect to see better basketball very soon.
by Rodney Buford on Feb 16, 2012 2:09 PM EST up reply actions
yep agree
And im not worred about the knicks..LOL @ jr smith taking them over the top. lateral move if you ask me.
by 1stnamelastname on Feb 16, 2012 2:04 PM EST up reply actions
Winning + Proper Marketing
In early 2000s we were winning but poor marketing… Now we are marketing left and right but can’t buy a bucket
look at what has happend to the pacers lately
Without one of thier main guys and their beggining to struggle nets been going through this the whole year
by Pure baller15 on Feb 16, 2012 2:15 PM EST via mobile reply actions
LOL
Like seriously, the Knicks are now even better. And Baron Davis and Melo are set to come back. Knicks look poised to be 10 deep, they will probably get up to the 5th seed, and they are a dangerous first rd match up.
Good luck Prokhorov. No one in NY will give a flying luck about the Nets regardless if Dwight comes here…stop kidding yourselves. Jay Z will probably be sitting courtside come playoff time watching the Knicks…the team he grew up rooting for in BK. Like most BKers.
i know its rough right now
but (if) after we get dwight players will follow..like the knicks are doing now
Jersey Strong, Brooklyn Ready
by BrooklynNets8 on Feb 16, 2012 2:20 PM EST up reply actions
of course
Our core will be a center and a distributor at PG. It will be much easier to get high quality wing players.
by Rodney Buford on Feb 16, 2012 2:24 PM EST up reply actions
not just any center, the best center
a very likeable guy. perhaps even the best player in the game
Jersey Strong, Brooklyn Ready
by BrooklynNets8 on Feb 16, 2012 2:32 PM EST up reply actions
Good luck Prokhorov. No one in NY will give a flying luck about the Nets regardless if Dwight comes here.
Heh. I hope you don’t honestly believe that.
by Dopeness on Feb 16, 2012 2:25 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
This
Dwight is a bigger name than anyone currently playing basketball in New York.
Dwight would change everything about this franchise.
hahah bigger than Jeremy Lin RIGHT NOW?
No he is not. You guys are cracking me up here
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:27 PM EST up reply actions
You're kidding right?
Jeremy Lin is a hype machine right now and the biggest STORY in all of sports…
What will be sustainable? DWIGHT HOWARD or Jeremy Lin. Please.
hey
if he keeps it up, what will you say? meanwhile, we are HOPING that Howard gets traded here.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:42 PM EST up reply actions
i live in the present
as do you…or are you some type of time traveler….
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:43 PM EST up reply actions
GLOBAL LOVE?
http://www.time.com/time/covers/asia/0,16641,20120227,00.html
This is the cover to the latest TIME magazine…the one that gets published in ASIA.
Keep dreaming my friends. Don’t say I didn’t warn you
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:30 PM EST up reply actions
Dwight has been moved to the backpage.
It’s YESTERDAY’s news. No one cares.
But with that said, I’ll be glad to have him because he’s the only thing that can save this embarrassing franchise.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:31 PM EST up reply actions
I dont want to sound racist but would this happen if he wasnt a Asian?
I am an indian asian. Just a thought. No offense to anyone.
of course not
he’s the first Asian-American player to succeed in the NBA. Its huge, he’s breaking lines in the sport. I wish him the best…I’m not going to hate on him or the Knicks because they have their stuff together and the Nets don’t, I want my team to be like them.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:38 PM EST up reply actions
Wait a Minute
Like the Media forgets that we were in the Finals 10 years ago, but we are the WORST team in NBA history.
The Media has forgotten who Yao Ming is.
Official member of the "DO NOT TRADE MARSHON "SWAG" BROOKS" Society!
The Sooner You Accept the Reality, The Easier the Transition!!
if that kid keeps it up
“Linsanity” will not stop for awhile..by a long shot. And I wager that he will be bigger than YAO because he is an ASIAN-AMERICAN.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:42 PM EST up reply actions
ok.
he is asian-america wow..we get it.. he is good, we get it,
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
you're mad
I get it.
Don’t get mad at me because I’m being real about the stuff. This is bad for the Nets, no matter how you put it.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:44 PM EST up reply actions
im mad
because everyone keeps bringing this up, its so annoying we get it he is good, we get it the Nets suck how many times are you going to keep bringing this up? i come to netsdaily to get away from Lin and when i get here its more Lin than Nets
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
well what else are we going to talk about bro?
how many points we’re going to get duffed out by tonight?
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:49 PM EST up reply actions
we can talk about the future or hey...
lets talk about the actual game tonight, what are the keys to the game, players to look out for…last time i checked this isn’t the Lin fan club
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
good point
how sure are you that Dwight will be a Net?
what ifs…what ifs…all I know is that right now, the Knicks have the most popular player in the sport and they are winning games.
If the All Star balloting was done over, this kid would be the leading vote getter by a landslide. It’s crazy how fast this situation has soured
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:39 PM EST up reply actions
if the Knicks are winning big and taking the town by storm?
you really think that lifelong New Yorkers, NY Knick fans will convert if the Knicks are killing?
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:27 PM EST up reply actions
I never believed that Knicks fans would convert.
Mind you, I was saying that the Knicks would be in the ECF three weeks ago (when everyone was panicking). I expected them to be good. The Nets are aiming for the global appeal.
yeah
right now, they need to aim for some damn wins lol
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:37 PM EST up reply actions
i'm talking about in general(assuming we trade)
The pick will already be a top 3 pick at this rate. Orlando will get a solid pick from us.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:40 PM EST up reply actions
Nobody is converting
there are millions of Brooklynites who will gladly support the Nets if they have a superstar duo and a winning team.
Sarcasm?
You really don’t believe the Nets, with Dwight Howard and Deron Williams, would get great support as the first pro franchise in BROOKLYN in 55+ years?
If the Nets go into BK in the current disaster state
nobody will give a ****. If they go into that building with superstars and a winning team, it will be great.
Knicks vs Nets will actually be a rivalry worth talking about.
if we do this, if we do that
when will we say “WE DID THIS. WE DID THAT”
see what I mean?
promises are meaningless until action fulfills them.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:48 PM EST up reply actions
Again
what is today’s date? what is the important date in all of this?
Have a LITTLE more patience because YOU KNOW you will be doing cartwheels if the Nets pull it off.
Watching these games is painful but hopefully it pays off soon.
a little patience?
yeah, I have no patience. I have just been a fan of this garbage since 1991-92
and try saying something positive about the Nets without saying the word “if”. I dare you :-D
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:53 PM EST up reply actions
and so far that has got us 8 wins whens the last time dwight said anything about the nets
More MarShon Please
by kory raymond on Feb 16, 2012 3:01 PM EST up reply actions
theres nothing in the past that makes me think the nets can pull this off
More MarShon Please
by kory raymond on Feb 16, 2012 2:53 PM EST up reply actions
do you really think that Knick fans will hop over to the Nets if this keeps up?
Oh sure, we’ll be great I think with Dwight, but I’m talking about fan support.
Good luck building a fanbase in BK if the Knicks are tearing ish up is all I’m saying.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:29 PM EST up reply actions
YEP
And I think that we can.
But the difference is here is that the Nets do not have anything set in stone, while the Knicks will undoubtedly have their core locked up for the foreseeable future.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:36 PM EST up reply actions
yeah they do. but they too much invested in that core. money-wise plus amare’s knee etc. they don’t have much leeway if they wanted to make trades except Melo which is a part of their core while we on the other have stockpiled picks, have young players, a new arena, deep pocket owner, etc
and all of that means jack spit until
…the NETS ACTUALLY DO SOMETHING WITH IT
Sorry. I’m just tired of the talk, promises, wait for next year, etc.
And if they whiff on Howard, then what?
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:47 PM EST up reply actions
oh of course
but businesswise, it will be the end of the world for the Nets.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:49 PM EST up reply actions
you dont’ know that, neither do i or anyone else. if it happens then you’re right but until then it’s just another “if”
umm I think he's right.
If they come into Brooklyn with complete garbage, you cna pretty much count out fan support for the next 5+ yrs. There is no way people are going to get off the Disney movie that is the Knicks for the garbage that is the Nets right now. It literally will be the Lakers vs. Clippers of the past 10 years, just absolutely garbage
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 3:26 PM EST up reply actions
Nets fans...not that some of you weren't already....but
…it may be time to start preparing for the worse. Everything that could go against the Nets this year has done so. Nothing has given me any reason to believe that the misfortunes of this team is going to end any time soon.
And in NY it seems when one team is riding high, the other is riding real low. Giant win, Jets are laughing stock again. Yanks always rule; Mets losing money. Rangers are hot; Isles stink. Think about it.
i hear ya man...
…just saying…the fact the team keeps getting injuries seems like other factors are at play here.
yeah
Never
End
The
Sorrow
They should’ve change the name.
It goes both ways would you rather be a distant third on Dwight's list
With a healthy team? Or would you rather not be in the Dwight discussion still playing in Newark possibly being contracted in the next few years? We are lucky to be getting a brand new arena and have a billionaire owner and in the position that we are in to acquire Dwight not sure how you can say where unlucky considering our history. If I was Dwight I would probably go somewhere else as would most of you.
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
I mean at this point in time yes the Knicks are doing there thing and stealing headlines right now
But if we were truly unlucky D-will would have already demanded a trade and the arena would have stopped being built or some crazy scenario like that. I will wait and see how the Dwight scenario plays out before I go into the we have bad luck cursed talk.
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
Everyone is too caught up in the moment
Do what I do: talk to all my friends that are Yankees and Knicks fans about the Giants. We suck and the Knicks are hot but it won’t always be that way. Nets have gained tremendous traction as a franchise by working hard to build excitement for the Brooklyn move – that shouldn’t be overlooked. There is GENUINE interest in this organization for the first time ever. So what if the product sucks now? It’s been about 2012 for two years now and the payday is getting nearer.
WE WANT LOPEZ! clap clap clap clap clap
by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 2:41 PM EST up reply actions
football season is over
and that genuine interest has been killed within a two week span
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:52 PM EST up reply actions
I think Melo will dispel Linsanity
I’m not selfish but I need the ball all the time and want to take the last second shot. If that’s a running fade-away with 3 defenders on me, so be it.
Mets are out of money because of their incompetent ownership
and the Jets are a laughingstock because their coach is a loudmouth. People seem to be jumping ship around here as if this managerial regime was ruining our future. Of all the moves that Billy King has made, the only one I can really question was the Courtney Lee for Troy Murphy deal (and that was admittedly a trade that was made out of necessity more than anything else).
Yes this team is terrible but because of injuries and not overpaying for B list talent. Deron Williams and Marshon Brooks have been brought on board and most importantly there are no longer any Travis Outlaw’s, Bobby Simmons’, Yi Jianlian’s. If fans are fed up with losing the alternative was years of rebuilding. This is a shortcut and it looks painful but until it fails you HAVE to just let it play out.
WE WANT LOPEZ! clap clap clap clap clap
by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 2:36 PM EST up reply actions
couldn’t agree more. nothing is final yet. just stay calm
by avilanets85 on Feb 16, 2012 2:38 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
just stay calm
You receive a rec for these succinct words of wisdom :)
WE WANT LOPEZ! clap clap clap clap clap
by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 2:42 PM EST up reply actions
Shawne Williams being signed is King's worst move
no one cares about that bum Courtney Lee
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:54 PM EST up reply actions
ugh "worse"
see i’m so pissed I can’t even spell
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:55 PM EST up reply actions
AGAIN,
one of the best coaches in the league (Stan Van Gundy) asked that the team make a trade to address a position of weakness (starting point guard) because of him.
Fire Johnson and hire Van Gundy - I'm telling you Thorn was smoking something when he let Van Gundy slip away in the night.
by diehardNFFLbarnone on Feb 16, 2012 3:00 PM EST up reply actions
Can some of us chill for a change !!!
gremLIN is not changing everything. Like some mentioned, this is like Nets had that 14 game winning streak.
D12 + D-Will + whoever >>>>> gremLIN + Melo +Chndler +Stat etc.
This is not even a debate.
You will have plenty of players who would love to play with D-Will and D12 if that combo ever materializes.
All this gremLIN hype is aided by winning, and once they start losing it will flatten down.
It’s a hype; that’s all it is. D12 is a legitimate SUPERSTAR.
Freaking Yormarket will do wonders with D12…..take a back seat and enjoy. We are done for this year regardless.
As a Net fan I was enjoying an almost-win last night. We will have some good ball games with Brook back, and we will certainly enjoy the rest of the season if D12 is here (even though we’re not in the playoff run, the hype towards brooklyn will start).
ENjoy the ride ……NetsFans
by d2d on Feb 16, 2012 2:28 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
you sound like you're hating
and D12 is not on the Nets yet.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:35 PM EST up reply actions
As a Net fan I was enjoying an almost-win last night. We will have some good ball games with Brook back, and we will certainly enjoy the rest of the season if D12 is here (even though we’re not in the playoff run, the hype towards brooklyn will start).
I agree with this wholeheartedly. They played a great game despite being undersized and outmatched athletically. They don’t have great crunch time execution but what do you expect from a team that is still learning how to play with one another and hasn’t had a training camp?
In the end the loss sucked but it shows Deron this team can be competitive when healthy and we are one loss closer to a lottery pick to add to the equation.
WE WANT LOPEZ! clap clap clap clap clap
by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 2:46 PM EST up reply actions
As a Net fan I was enjoying an almost-win last night
.
This is sad on so many levels.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:55 PM EST up reply actions
It's sad, but true. Weren't you excited till the last 2 minutes?
I’m not hating as I like the kid on the other team, but my hate for the Nix super-supersedes anything else.
GremLIN was a joke as that name is entering in every shape and form. Ask M I K E if you don’t believe me …..
Relax ….
The Nets have no choice
they have to trade for Howard at the deadline. Letting both Dwight/Deron hit FA is outright suicide.
no they’re not. if we get dwight it’s back on track. if we dont’ we still have lopez, brooks and multiple draft picks
If we don't get Dwight
it’s likely Deron would pick up his option and give us at least one more year to build the team.
WE WANT LOPEZ! clap clap clap clap clap
by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 2:47 PM EST up reply actions
From everything that he's said
I think he wants to make it work here first. His family is settled and he loves what the organization has done so far. Dallas is not the appealing destination it was just 6 months ago, Dirk’s decline is permanent.
WE WANT LOPEZ! clap clap clap clap clap
by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 3:30 PM EST up reply actions
Then don't post on a thread
because all this space is is pure speculation about what the Nets will do in the future.
WE WANT LOPEZ! clap clap clap clap clap
by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
yeah and if we get dwight it would be awesome while across the Hudson the knicks are stuck with huge contracts with a broken down PF, a ball hog SF, and a offensive depleted center.
I try to preach this to myself all the time to try to feel better about this NBA season but in reality, the Knicks are playing well and will be in the playoffs….and for all we know, they probably make a run at it.
yeah and if we get dwight it would be awesome while across the Hudson the knicks are stuck with huge contracts with a broken down PF, a ball hog SF, and a offensive depleted center.
You can't argue with A'mare
Chandler is playing the best basketball of his life and good for him, I’ve always liked his style of play. However, I’m not sure he can keep it up. If Melo gets a better coach he always has the potential to be transformed into an unstoppable monster but D’Antoni is not the man for the job.
Knicks are going to play a lot better and they have a semi-likable team but I don’t think they will ever be a truly elite team with this group.
WE WANT LOPEZ! clap clap clap clap clap
by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 2:51 PM EST up reply actions
"if"
again with the ifs.
The Nets front office has us programmed with all of their baseless and worthless “iffing”
if them
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:51 PM EST up reply actions
Its funny
How the Clippers were the joke of the West for many years n after they aquired Paul in that trade.. all of a sudden it made them relevant n ppl wanting to play for them..All we need is Dwight n am Sure everything will change for the better just look at the Clippers, They are no Longer a Joke..
by BrooklynKid19 on Feb 16, 2012 2:36 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
EXACTLY
All this knicks love has transpired in a few short weeks. So much can change in the next 40 games. Not to mention next season.
by Rodney Buford on Feb 16, 2012 2:39 PM EST up reply actions
Also,
The hype, as much as it’s helping them it is also raising expectations.
NY Fans are expecting to contend. If they get a bad playoff exit, all this will be turned around. Just in time for us to make the splash, which again it’s all IF D12 is here …
i can't believe jr smith is going to the knicks NETS GET YOUR HEAD OUT OF YOUR A$$
i sure hope billy king knows something we don’t cause if dwight doesn’t come ill be forced to never watch this trash again
More MarShon Please
is he really?
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
Earlier in the thread
Frank Isola @FisolaNYDN Reply Retweet Favorite · Open
Knicks closing in on a deal for JR Smith, Daily News has learned. Need to cut a player. Two weeks earlier and it could have been Jeremy Lin
because while 'luck' is giving our team the middle finger
‘lady luck’ is making out with the Knicks.
we are paying child support there names are sha and she williams
More MarShon Please
by kory raymond on Feb 16, 2012 2:55 PM EST up reply actions
and petro
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
w.e let them get him
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
Ugh
that’s not good.
WE WANT LOPEZ! clap clap clap clap clap
by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 2:51 PM EST up reply actions
diehard Nets fans have seen the worse...
…have lived through the worse….should expect the worse.
This isn't THAT bad considering all the injuries
At the end of the day, we either get a great pick or Dwight.
And possibly both
Which is what I think will happen.
WE WANT LOPEZ! clap clap clap clap clap
by BrooklynNets on Feb 16, 2012 2:52 PM EST up reply actions
That certainly is the best scenario
but to minimize the risk… I’d be happy to get Dwight via trade and lose some assets.
I dont believe people here
are caving because a undrafted player, a denver refugee and the F’en NY Knicks.
You guys forget that
THEY ARE THE KNICKS. FAILURE is the Inevitable.
Lin has not played any serious competition. Melo has to have the ball in his hand to be effective. JR Smith… DO I HAVE TO SAY MORE!!!!!
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by SIC One on Feb 16, 2012 2:47 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
Ooops
Typo
LINEVITABLE
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by SIC One on Feb 16, 2012 2:49 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
call me when lin goes up against a team with a premiere guard with a respectable paint D
the nets don’t count and neither do the lakers,
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
give him some credit
7 straight wins is more than anyone on this team can say about themselves. No I don’t think he’s Jesus Christ but I think he’d settle into 15/7 guy with his limitations and lots to learn going forward with his career.
take him out of the Dantoni system
and he becomes a 7.5 and 3.5 guy. Don’t forget that.
I agree
They still haven’t proved anything yet. They are a good team. I am not convinced they can compete for a championship yet. If they resign Lin, This is their core for the next 3 years at least, and Amare won’t last long. I can see Knick fans calling for Dantoni’s head in the spring after another 1st round exit. We’ll see.
by Rodney Buford on Feb 16, 2012 2:51 PM EST up reply actions
but but but
Lin is the best PG in the world
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
It amazes me that a NETS FAN has the audacity to say that “FAILURE is the Inevitable” about ANOTHER TEAM
LMAO…SIC you made my day bro
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:56 PM EST up reply actions 5 recs
seriously
Look…the truth are in the #s. It’s as easy as that. Stock brokers make calculated risks based on their knowledge of any given number of companies. And they live off of being right.
Same can apply to any other part of life.
Same can be applied to sports.
- Knicks and Nets have never been great teams at the same time
- Nets have been a losing team for so much of their history
- Will it surprise anyone if CP3 or Griffin suffers and season ending injury and the clippers go south again?
- The Knicks success shouldn’t be a surprise cuz as recent as the 90s they had it goin. The Nets had it goin in the first decade of the new century…so then it’s the Knicks turn again.
So if I were a betting man, I’d say the nets are in trouble.
In this world
people forget or choose to forget things to easily
I will not forget the we were in the Finals 10 years ago. I will not forget that we had a 12 win season. I will also not forget that regardless of all the hype Knicks havent one a playoff game in past 10 years.
So all this Knicks are better then the Nets is all comedy to me. Even the comments on these boards make me laugh. Melo and Amare alone should have won at least ONE playoff game.
The difference between Knicks and Nets even though they are BOTH businesses THE KNICKS ARE WANT TO MAKE MONEY where the NETS IMO are trying hard to WIN A CHAMPIONSHIP and MAKE MONEY.
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yeah…the Knicks didn’t sign Amare/Melo/Chandler to win a championship….are you okay today man? That doesn’t make sense
and sorry..i’m done clinging to the 2 finals appearances….those days are long gone, no one cares
Today….we have 8 wins, and an if-load of empty promises and snake oil bottles
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 3:37 PM EST up reply actions
Yeah it might be out there but I heard they just raised the ticket prices recently for Lin.
The same team that traded Ewing for Glen Rice.
The Knicks dont do things for the apparent reasons.
You need a PG and the top one has already said he wants to be a Knick. So you go out and get a Player that needs a PG to be successful blowing the money you could have used to get that PG. All CP3 had to do was say it was Knicks or Bust. Once they got chandler they lost that position. What happens then? Knicks are in a downward spiral. Then D’Antoni gets lucky and rolls the dice. Go out there Lin.
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They did raise ticket prices
I think by 20%, they’re discussing season ticket prices again next week and will probably raise them again.
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 6:58 PM EST up reply actions
Why would anyone continue to watch this trash the nets put on the floor???
by ballsohard2012 on Feb 16, 2012 2:49 PM EST via mobile reply actions
The better Lin does...
the better it might be for the Nets.
Deron and Dwight see now first hand what winning in NYC can get you.
If Lin was doing this in any other city no way does he get this much fame…
Plus having a strong rivarly with a good Knicks teams will make the Nets so much more revelant once in Brooklyn.
name one time both the Nets and Knicks were in the top half of the conference...
…and could’ve been considered real rivals for each other?
In the early 90s they were both consistent playoff teams
That’s the last real time I can think off. I won’t count the Sweep of the Marburry knicks.
by Rodney Buford on Feb 16, 2012 2:57 PM EST up reply actions
Knicks were a top 3 team
Nets were barely making it in. Not a real rivalry when Nets were the little brother getting picked on all the time.
so glad you brought that up
cuz when everything was looking right…the hiring of Daly. The development of Petrovic, Anderson, Coleman…
…it all came crashing down. And that hurt most nets fans big time on that one night Petrovic was killed.
Point is, the Knicks were still the team in the area back then even when the Nets had a couple decent seasons. And as was expected in those couple seasons, the success wasn’t expected to last cuz the Nets just didn’t have luck go their way.
If the Nets don't...
get D-12 and lose D-will. The 1st Nets-Knicks game in Brooklyn will most likely be 80% Knicks fan. You thought it was bad in Newark, wait till the Nets cross the river.
or
Dwight and Deron could see that the Knicks own this area, and will seek to establish their brand in Dallas.
I doubt that though, but it could happen.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 2:58 PM EST up reply actions
These guys have too much pride to concede such a thing.
I think Deron wants to beat them badly.
by Rodney Buford on Feb 16, 2012 2:59 PM EST up reply actions
I do three
You play to win the game!
by stevieboyNETS on Feb 16, 2012 3:01 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
you beat me
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by SIC One on Feb 16, 2012 3:20 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
I would do 9
following a 6 on a fine young upton chick. I meant uptown.
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I don't think that's financially feasible...one
Dallas really isn’t a major market…two. And are you telling me he’s going to be the “closer” as long as they have Dirk?
by ZR on Feb 16, 2012 3:25 PM EST up reply actions
Thank you guys
I needed to vent. i was livid that the Knicks just signed JR Smith and I had to let it out
GO NETS!!!!
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 3:00 PM EST reply actions 1 recs
Why?
We can’t do anything about what the Knicks do. Right now they are an appealing franchise and possibly a contending team. We know our future is tied to a certain center currently playing in Orlando, so this changes nothing
by SovietBrooklyn on Feb 16, 2012 3:10 PM EST up reply actions
yep
our future is tied to a guy that is not on our team
yikes.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 3:11 PM EST up reply actions
And if we get him it was the right gamble
The problem is from the outside we don’t know how well informed this gamble is. I like to think that we are very confident that we will get our man more than we are just desperate to get him. Why ?B/c the one constant in all the reports about Dwight is that Brooklyn is his top choice Also,Billy and Prokhorov have spoken to Dwight and his agent and still decided to go this route. I’m not worried. Impatient and frustrated, sure, but this is the path we choose and I’m not mad about it unless something changes that dashes my hopes and J.R. Smith going to the Knicks ain’t it
by SovietBrooklyn on Feb 16, 2012 3:29 PM EST up reply actions
"if"
that word should be considered a curse around here.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 3:35 PM EST up reply actions
Ditto
and will end up watching the game again tonight hoping for the best.
sadly i watched every game
More MarShon Please
by kory raymond on Feb 16, 2012 3:12 PM EST up reply actions
same here
i actually look forward to watching the games, i get so excited
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
same bro i get real excited and then let down instantly last night was great i was actually happy watching a whole game for once but let down at the end
im so fing sick of it
More MarShon Please
by kory raymond on Feb 16, 2012 3:16 PM EST up reply actions
It's not hopeless and BK is doing fine
No one expected Lopez to get hurt. No one expected DJames to get hurt. No one expected Marshon to get hurt. No one expected Brook’s replacement to get hurt. No one expected Shawne to be hurt.
Billy didn’t sign Petro, the most hated Net.
We would not be in this scenario or feeling this way if the best center and only small forward on our roster were actually playing. To think that DWill or anyone thinks that this situation is hopeless because of some injuries or because of what some upstart player on a rival team is doing is nuts. DWill doesn’t give a moiso about the Knicks and nor should we. Fine they signed JR, good luck. Maybe they’ll make the second round now instead of getting bumped in the first. That’s their season not ours. I could care less about the Knicks, yelling at BK about the Knicks, or complaining about DWill’s postgame face after a hard loss.
If you can’t get the Knicks out of your mouth then go be a fan of theirs, and if you can’t find any positives then go take a shower.
"Mercer pushes it, Buford streaking, the dish...OOOOOOOOOH A MAN'S JAM!!!!"
Classic NETS.
i hate Shawne Williams
way more than Petro. WAY MORE.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 3:15 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
Shawne Williams has been disappointing
but expecting a lot out of guy who put up inflated scoring numbers in the Mike-Dan-Tony “shoot it in the first 4 seconds of the shot clock” offense wasn’t going to pan out. It’s unfortunate that we don’t have any SF’s right now and he is forced to play more minutes that he should be.
"Mercer pushes it, Buford streaking, the dish...OOOOOOOOOH A MAN'S JAM!!!!"
Classic NETS.
Um he’s being paid 3 million dollars and he isn’t productive. There’s no excuse.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
Still don't know why we gave a guy 7 mil when he averaged just over 7 points
last season…….in a DiAntoni system!
good stuff
BK is doing a good job. I think people just lost sight, everyone was optimistic before Lopez went down.
by Rodney Buford on Feb 16, 2012 3:17 PM EST up reply actions
Thanks Rodney
Could you give a what’s up to Ron Mercer, Eric Williams, and Jacque Vaughn when you see ’em? Thanks bro.
"Mercer pushes it, Buford streaking, the dish...OOOOOOOOOH A MAN'S JAM!!!!"
Classic NETS.
Does anyone think we make any trades at the deadline?
I would like to hear what guys think. I honestly wouldn’t even mind Stephen Jackson if we can get him for cents on the dollar.
"Mercer pushes it, Buford streaking, the dish...OOOOOOOOOH A MAN'S JAM!!!!"
Classic NETS.
Well, you know, other than Dwight.
Maybe make some sensible trades like NBA teams do to make their roster better and win the game of basketball, in a professional sense, of course.
"Mercer pushes it, Buford streaking, the dish...OOOOOOOOOH A MAN'S JAM!!!!"
Classic NETS.
I know...I was joking around
Stephen Jackson potentially if the Nets don’t have to take back Hedo.
by ZR on Feb 16, 2012 3:28 PM EST up reply actions
that's like trying to get the clap
because you just missed out on herpes
"Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa." -- Casey Stengel
by calling all toasters on Feb 16, 2012 3:37 PM EST up reply actions
I'm sorry. I wasn't trying to be mean
I just sometimes forget to use the sarcasm font. My b, man. MY B
"Mercer pushes it, Buford streaking, the dish...OOOOOOOOOH A MAN'S JAM!!!!"
Classic NETS.
Speaking of Jax
since he’s not really playing – we should trade Shawne and
I think
we dont do anything.
BKing has probably been showing Dwill NCAA video tape too. Top 10 prospects we might get if we dont trade the pick.
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HAHAHA REC
"We're not there yet, but we're going somewhere," Johnson said. "And we're going to Brooklyn. We're not going to contract. We're going to Brooklyn."
Thank you
We lost by 5 to a western conference playoff team, we should all be taking that one right in stride.
"Mercer pushes it, Buford streaking, the dish...OOOOOOOOOH A MAN'S JAM!!!!"
Classic NETS.
wait...how many games have we lost in a row?
I’m all for being positive….but sticking my head into the sand is another matter entirely.
If you want to feel comfort in meaningless moral victories, feel free to do so. But stop getting mad when someone else is telling you that it’s raining outside because you choose to ignore the rain drops.
“Moral victories are for minor league coaches”
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 3:32 PM EST up reply actions
We can all agree the roster is pretty dirt
so why give ourselves heart attacks because of it? Roll with the punches and it will get better.
"Mercer pushes it, Buford streaking, the dish...OOOOOOOOOH A MAN'S JAM!!!!"
Classic NETS.
it's not even about that specifically
i love how people assume the Nets are “betraying the franchise” and disrespecting the fans. Obviously it’s hard to watch now, but it’s all apart of the plan. The team is garbage outside of maybe four guys, I can’t understand how people get riled up when they lose. The Nets know what they have to do, they aren’t twiddling their thumbs watching Jeremy Lin. Things will work out, people just have to relax a little bit, geez.
We'll Be Fine.
by JerseysFinest. on Feb 16, 2012 3:42 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
tell that
to the guy below that just spazzed because he paid for a 3 year season ticket plan and the Nets have put out a garbage product on the floor.
Tell him to chill about the Nets wiping their rear ends with his money. Go on.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 3:45 PM EST up reply actions
Umm...
Look I agree with you, I knew. It’s my fault - totally agree. I knew what I was getting into. But fool me once … fool me twice (well you know how it goes). So if they want a fanbase that was willing to take the plunge with them and put their money where their mouth is, then they better play their part too.
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 4:04 PM EST up reply actions
Why you guys complaining about season tickets prices...
To get that kind of entertainment value for your buck you would have to go to a funeral or something like that, and you know how expensive they are these days…
i know there’s something we can always agree on and that is we will always support the Nets no matter what (unless they get contracted lol) at the end of the day i would go to war with these Net fans because we don’t bandwagon over here
screw that...
if something doesn’t change in the next 1yr I’m getting off this. I’ll say it again - I dont’ mind being a fan, but when you’re being screwed by management then why should you stay on. It’s a betrayal of trust
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 3:31 PM EST up reply actions
Later
Man
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I'm going to guess you disagree...
Look I get flexibility, I get all the pluses and minuses, I’m all on board for Dwight. But you can’t tlel me to sign a 3 yr contract and then play the flexibility game for 3 yrs. I’m paying for tickets with money I earned by sweating it out. It’s unfair to put out a totally ridiculous product year in and year out and go for the gamble. Are they going to give me a free year in year 4 if things go well? I don’t think so… so it’s ridiculous for them to put out a 20% winning team for 3 years
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 3:33 PM EST up reply actions 2 recs
anyway I'm clearly letting my emotions run high so...
i’m just oging to cool off
by anothernetsfan on Feb 16, 2012 3:34 PM EST up reply actions
you have every right to say that
out of anyone, the season ticket holders here have a right to be pissed off about this. Say your part man, you are free to do so and don’t let anyone deter you.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 3:40 PM EST up reply actions
I understand
as a ticket holder you should be upset.
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I've stuck with the Mets through the last few years so I'm sure I will continue to support the team
But it’s hard to imagine how I would react to the crushing blow of losing Deron and missing out on Dwight. I’ve built this move to Brooklyn as the turning point in this franchise’s history and bit my tongue the last few years knowing there is a bigger picture. if it flops it will be very hard to go back to rooting for the team as we go back to square 1.
by SovietBrooklyn on Feb 16, 2012 3:38 PM EST up reply actions
For "long term" Net's fans...
"The mind is its own place, and in itself can make a heaven of hell, a hell of heaven"
by aunt-B on Feb 16, 2012 4:14 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Official sponsors of the NJ NETS...
He have more stiffs on this team then your local big city morgue.
Fickle fanbase
I’ve noticed around here.
by ProfessaPackMan on Feb 16, 2012 3:45 PM EST reply actions
Man
if we still had rodney buford and his middle-part braids (a rarely utilized braid option) we wouldn’t even be having this conversation.
Does anyone remember how utterly awful we were in 2000? What happened next year? We were amazing. Bruce Willis drank all the beers in the world and was praising us courtside. Slam magazine slapped Todd freaking MacCullough on the cover. It was high times, ladies and gents. It will come back.
"Mercer pushes it, Buford streaking, the dish...OOOOOOOOOH A MAN'S JAM!!!!"
Classic NETS.
i'm not gonna sit here and harp on and on about how the nets suck every year, etc
i’m just gonna shut my mouth and stop giving the nets money. they deserve to have their arena taken over by fans of every visiting team. the team has been an embarrassment for the past 5 years and they never show signs of getting better. who i really feel for are the people who got suckered into buying season tickets at face value, they’re surrounded by people who bought their tix off stubhub for like 80% off face value or simply got them for free.
by William_H_HOLLA on Feb 16, 2012 3:46 PM EST reply actions 2 recs
yeah
funny how the people who are telling others to chill aren’t season tix holders.
I stopped paying for this crap 5 years ago.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 16, 2012 3:47 PM EST up reply actions
The reality is our ownership doesn't care about New Jersey
I don’t even mean that despairingly, b/c I would do the same if this was my investment. The investment Prokhorov made was in the Brooklyn Nets and any success of the New Jersey Nets is secondary to the long term success of the Brooklyn brand
by SovietBrooklyn on Feb 16, 2012 3:56 PM EST up reply actions
Hey you can be a huge fan of a team
and still realize it’s not a good deal financially to buy season tix at face value.
"Mercer pushes it, Buford streaking, the dish...OOOOOOOOOH A MAN'S JAM!!!!"
Classic NETS.
Wait,
so Brook might play today
"Our greatest glory is not in never failing, but in rising up every time we fail." - Ralph Waldo Emerson
To think that some people actually paid full face-value price for the season ticket...
viable defense to murder?
I think we should try trading Shawne and Petro
for Jackson – he’s not playing any way and they’ll save some money and years. It’s actually a good deal for Milwaukee.
Jackson is barely playing - salary dump
Shawne may play better in a different place – not unheard of. Petro is a filler to get slaries closer and they could use another 6 fouls – Bogut is out
who else hates the deron post up play
where hump johan or shelden hold the ball at the three point line for 15 seconds
MARSHON!!!!!!
I dunno...but I think I would rather them hold the ball...
then try to pass it, dribble it, or shoot it.
Yeah
Never any good spacing on that play.
Why dont they just ISO and have him back into a post up?
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paul george, shumpert, budinger and derrick williams in dunk contest
i have a strange feeling its gonna be good this year
MARSHON!!!!!!
Terrence Williams
Shouldve been there instead of chase Budinger.. We would win in my opinion
by BrooklynKid19 on Feb 16, 2012 4:30 PM EST up reply actions
Ehhh
A couple good athletes like George and Williams, but it is really lacking any sizzle
by SovietBrooklyn on Feb 16, 2012 4:36 PM EST up reply actions
Don't know about you guys...
but I’m treating this game tonight like the seventh game of my High School bowling finals.
We gonna strikeout !
LETS GO NETS !!!
Yeah I know... pretty inspiring...I usually don't get this excited and upbeat before a game...
but I consider tonight a must win.
We need two wins before the ASG…Get into double digit wins before 2nd half of season starts.
I want a win tonight…and I think we will get it.
I'm calling for a win
because statistically….we should win one by now. lol.
Hello Fellow Nets Fans
There’s a lot of angst and anger, frustration and disappointment, disgust and just down right rage at how the nets are performing both from a basketball fan of the game and as a fan supporting the NJ Nets with hard earned money in a semi-recessive economy. I myself was honestly depressed a few weeks ago when the Nets lost to the timber wolves and then again to the Knicks with Lin’s career starting win. Since then we’ve lost another 5 straight, some to teams we shouldn’t have (Pistons) others to teams we knew we were going to lose (Bulls, Spurs, Grizzlies). With Linsanity everywhere you look in the tri-state area it’s hard not to feel jaded or forgotten by the Nets FO because of how the team is performing and how others are viewing the Nets. The game against OKC was honestly dis-heartening especially the way they were disrespecting us with alley-oop dunks, off the backboard fast break dunks and delay of game dunks after the ball was scored.
If you’re fans like me, for the most part however well the nets do, is however well my mood or well-being is. We’re sick of losing and I agree with that, but the positives from last game is simply we actually looked like an NBA team. Don’t get me wrong, we lost the game for ourselves. Grizzlies didn’t even want the win that badly, we just kept turning the ball over and lost the game. I don’t mind losing (it’s a hard statement) but I don’t, not as a Nets fan of the 12-70 season and 24-58 season. You can’t be a nets fan and mind losing, what I can’t STAND is losing by 20 and playing basketball you would normally see at a LA Fitness Gym. I don’t spend my time and patience, love and fandom for games at LA Fitness.
With that being said, I hope for those of you that have given up, I implore you to take a break for a few weeks. And when you come back, cheer as best as you can for a team that you know you love and support.
For those of you that are on the rocky road to giving up, I ask you to be patient yet again, Not because I’m the Nets FO asking you to, or Avery johnson asking you to give our “Battling” guys another chance, but as a fellow brethren, a fellow nets fan.
In a few short weeks to maybe another Month, we will know exactly where we stand in the future. Whether we get Dwight in a trade, whether Dwight goes to another team in a trade, Whether Deron Williams stays with the Nets, whether Brook Lopez comes back and shows us why we missed him this entire season so far, whether Dwight will stay with Orlando for the rest of the season and come in FA, whether DWight and Deron will most likely walk in FA. Whether Deron Williams requests a trade.
You’ve waited this long, let’s wait together for just a little while longer. Let’s see this to either our horrible end in oblivion, or our grand entrance into a championship franchise for years to come.
LETS GO NETS!!!
by Roccor420 on Feb 16, 2012 5:05 PM EST up reply actions 1 recs
gonna retire with the all-time HR record
"Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa." -- Casey Stengel
by calling all toasters on Feb 16, 2012 5:04 PM EST up reply actions
I used to think he was one of the greatest all time players...
until I found out about the steriods…Once he stopped doing them he’s half the player he used to be and always hurt. I wonder why ?
WHAT???
plus he’s tearin up all the hot tang out there
Jeter gets far better women. Way better taste.
by Anthony Perez on Feb 16, 2012 6:18 PM EST up reply actions
HES DEREK JETER
the poster boy for incredible women and staying single and living your life with whatever hot woman you want and also winning. WINNING
by Andrew Flynn on Feb 16, 2012 6:19 PM EST up reply actions
I think
he meant the odd man out.
Before Lin Melo was considered the outsider. The person ruining everything. If he comes back and doesnt accept his new role, he will be the Pre-2009 A-Rod.
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The Sooner You Accept the Reality, The Easier the Transition!!
A stretch as A-Rod is the most talented player, but I see the point ...
Melo is not winning jack till he gets his Jeter and Mariano.
Stat and niL are not them, so no champ anytime soon….
I see what you did there.
Stat and niL
I like it.
If this LINfactuation continues, I might change my name to
SIC LIN
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The Sooner You Accept the Reality, The Easier the Transition!!
damn
"Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa." -- Casey Stengel
by calling all toasters on Feb 16, 2012 5:25 PM EST up reply actions
favorite memory
some Pirate (Mike Easler, maybe) charging towards home. Carter gets the throw with time to make the tag. Easler isn’t going to slide— the Kid drops into a crouch and catches Easler’s hip on his shoulder. Carter stands up with Easler dangling, balanced on his shoulder, slaps the tag on his ass, and drops him.
"Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa." -- Casey Stengel
by calling all toasters on Feb 16, 2012 5:30 PM EST up reply actions
feh
Easler was in the AL by then. Maybe RJ Reynolds.
"Good pitching will always stop good hitting and vice-versa." -- Casey Stengel
by calling all toasters on Feb 16, 2012 5:33 PM EST up reply actions
they hate us already hahaha
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More MarShon Please
I am a confident NET fan
I can say with all the confidence that we will be blown out by INDIANA tonight. psycho T is going to destroy us. We will be down by 20 in first half. We will BATTLE back get with in single digit and lose in last 5 minutes. Avery post game comments – " We batlled. Guys are fighters"
i doubt..
He will turn the ball over like 3-4 times in first half and never see a min in second. Avery dont have patience with rookies.
heh
officiating was suckin bad last night
"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."
I know...I was at the game
Ridonkulous. Can’t buy a call at home.
by Anthony Perez on Feb 16, 2012 5:55 PM EST up reply actions
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Brook Lopez says he feels ready to play tonight. But he’s not sure when he’ll be back.
by Andres B on Feb 16, 2012 5:44 PM EST reply actions 5 recs
Play Him Monday
Show the Knicks Fans what happens when you insert a Player that hardly played all year.
Brook Goes for 40pts 15 rbs 5 asts blocks Lin 5 times.
The Headlines would say
Lin Brooked or LINterrupted or BrookLINed
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Anyone else find it weird that most of these
Injuries are happening outside of the actual games? The Lopez injury especially interests me. Most people can feel the pain of a broken bone. When I broke my finger playing sports I definitely showed signs of pain. I played through it but you could see it bothered me. A broken bone in the foot of a 7 ft 265 lb center should at least warrant some sins of discomfort. I saw none during that Knicks game. I understand Lopez is a professional athlete with the best health and nutrition drs in the world but a broken bone is a broken bone. I don’t think he has super human adrenaline.
by sour grapes on Feb 16, 2012 5:48 PM EST via mobile reply actions
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Same starting lineup tonight at Indiana: Stevenson, Hump, Shelden Williams, Brooks, D. Will
I think it's fine.
so when are shaq and charles barkley drafting the teams for the rising stars game?
by netsyankees4life on Feb 16, 2012 5:59 PM EST reply actions
Nets win tonight!
Don’t tell me how, but they will, i can feel it.
GO NETS!
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.
John Hollinger new article: BAD rating (terrible production from one position)
Guess what? Worst in the league…NJ Nets at SF!
Here’s what “BAD” is: He started with every player with a PER below 12, subtracted that player’s PER from 12, and multiplied by that player’s minutes played. For example, a player with a PER of 10 and 200 minutes played would add 400 BAD points for his team
Anyway, the Nets’ SF “BAD” rating was higher (worse) than that of 18 other TEAMS!
This actually means that with a decent (no, not amazing, not ever good, just decent) SF this Nets team would be WAY better. Just thought that was interesting.
On Gary Carter ...
I had a chance to meet him a couple of years ago. He is one of the nicest and most genuine people I’ve ever spoken too. Truly tragic loss. R.I.P.
by nynjlawyer on Feb 16, 2012 6:16 PM EST via mobile reply actions
OT - Which Knicks scrap will be the next New Jersey Net?
Toney Douglas, Mike Bibby and Renaldo Balkman are candidates to be released to make room for J.R. Smith.
The New York Daily News is reporting that Smith’s to the Knicks is essentially a done deal. Douglas opened the year as the starting point guard and fantasy sleeper, but flopped miserably. He’s been a DNP-CD in four of the last five games as Linsanity has taken hold.
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
sure hope he goes to the clippers
though I would love to see jr just destroy that team by showing up, I bet its bibby who goes.
by Andrew Flynn on Feb 16, 2012 6:20 PM EST up reply actions
if i was to pick a player it would be balkman
but i sure dont really want any of them
Please, please, please, please god not Mike Bibby
by Dolphins_Nets on Feb 16, 2012 6:22 PM EST up reply actions
Bibby is pure dog ish
I don’t remember the last time I’ve seen him make a shot.
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
Are you kidding me????
I dont understand how the knicks and the clippers are front runners to land JR SMith??? Like either of these teams need him…smh
Nets Suck........
I’m so sick of this moiso…….I give you guys credit for having such a high tolerance here in Fantasy Land………The nets want a player…..They tell us fans that they are interested , the fans get excited and then it never happens but they pick up a scrub to patronize us fans……The Knicks are getting better all the time and now they have a young star out of nowhere and then out of the blue they grab JR Smith on their way to the playoffs……..A player that most of us wanted to play here……..This Franchise SUCKS……….
too early to say most of those things
“and then [dwight] never happens” —> too early, Magic won’t give him up before they have the ASG, it’d be a colossal screw up.
Jeremy Lin a young star? He’s looked great, but it’s too early
Knicks headed to the playoffs? too early. this is a hastily made pseduo superteam. they made piss poor contract decisions to get them there. I wouldn’t be jealous
by Dolphins_Nets on Feb 16, 2012 6:39 PM EST up reply actions
Holy Moiso...enough about the Knicks
2 weeks ago they were a mess, and they haven’t won a playoff game in a decade. Now all of a sudden they fans are acting like they are run like the Yankee or Patriots. You’re complaining that we are taking the same approach you are applauding the Knicks for. They got their star player (Amare) that other players want to play for like we did (Deron) and they maintained cap room for a second star. The only difference is they already have the NY market appeal. Lin turning out to be a star could the luckiest moment in NBA history…but we complain when we fill in roster spots with D-League guys. If the plan works out and we get Dwight, you don’t think the JR Smiths of the world will want to join up?
by SovietBrooklyn on Feb 16, 2012 6:46 PM EST up reply actions
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FavoritedFavorite · Close Open Details Shawne Williams out indefinitely with left leg and shoulder issues. Farmar doubtful for tonight.
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
Just go have that surgery, Shawne
You’re not really helping anyway
happy birthday
drink, drink, drink all you can and you do not have to work today!
by njnetsfanatic on Feb 16, 2012 7:41 PM EST up reply actions
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