Hump: Basketball Is My Therapy

The Nets did not make Brooks available to talk to the media, saying his status will not be updated until Feb. 12.

http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2012/02/marshon_brooks_tests_broken_to.html?utm_medium=twitter&utm_source=twitterfeed

He speaks the truth. I spent many a nights, just me and basketball.

“Basketball,” he added. “What do they say? ‘My girlfriend is Spalding.’”

“Basketball is where you can just go and not think about anything and just let loose”

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“Basketball is where you can just go and not think about anything and just lose”

Alex Kennedy: "(Howard) will be on the Nets, it’s just a matter of how and when."
http://netsarescorching.com/2012/02/05/nastv-alex-kennedy-i-do-think-dwight-ends-up-on-the-nets/

When asked about the latest he’s heard in the Dwight Howard trade rumors:

"The Nets are the front-runners. I do think he ends up on the Nets, at some point. I’ve been told by people in Dwight’s life that he will be on the Nets, it’s just a matter of how and when."

On the draws of playing in Brooklyn, with Deron:

"Brooklyn’s part of the draw, he definitely wants to go to a large market." "Him and Deron are getting closer, which helps." He wants to create a legacy of his own without being a second fiddle… he wants help, but he wants to be the face of the franchise." "Deron has done a good job selling it: ‘you can be the face of the franchise.’ Deron realizes that Dwight is a top-3 player in the game."

On the reports that Dwight could waffle on his thought process:

"I’ve read those reports that say Dwight’s been changing his mind every day, and that he’s constantly waffling, but I honestly haven’t seen it. It seems like Dwight knows what he’s doing. "As far as right now, I think (Dwight’s) been pretty consistent." "It’s not like Dwight’s sitting here not knowing what he’s going to do. He knows that he doesn’t want to be in Orlando." "They’re saying he wants to be on the Nets, he wants to put on a Nets uniform."

On the possibility of Orlando holding on to Dwight until the off-season:

"If Orlando tries to hold onto Dwight and call his bluff in July, saying ‘we don’t think you’re going to leave $30 million on the table, go sign elsewhere if you want to,’ I’m hearing that Dwight would do that. He’s not afraid to leave $30 million on the table."

On the Lakers and their chances with Dwight:

"He (Dwight) and Kobe had a conversation and Kobe basically told him ‘you can come in here and be the third option behind me and Pau Gasol. You can be our Tyson Chandler and play defense and rebound." "Dwight’s interest in L.A. may have been a little bit overstated." "The Lakers could still emerge, however, July is a long time from now."

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http://www.sbnation.com/nba/2012/2/7/2782053/nba-cut-day-guaranteed-contracts

“that’s what freed the fish!”

Nets play a game on Feb 11th then next one on Feb 15th. Brooks n B Lopez both will be back on Feb 15th against Memphis.

During these 4 days off Nets can do few nice practice sessions with the full squad.

for starters, how you review 2pt/3pt shot(1pt differential) but not review goaltending(2pt differential)? Shouldn’t you do it at least in the final 2 mins or so? NBA needs to have coach’s challenge. I’m sick of officials messing up games. And I’m even sicker of people who talks about “other 47.5min”. How the heck does that matter? That’s like saying “well this lady had a cancer so I shoot her in the face”.

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Kris Humphries fighting to have TV cameras broadcast his divorce trial

Sources tell us … Kris and his lawyer, Lee Hutton, want to “expose the M.O. of reality TV” by proving Kim had no intention of staying married to him, but just wanted big ratings for her reality show.

Now here’s the irony. The duo wants to prove their point by asking the judge to allow TMZ and TV stations to broadcast the trial — something that the judge might find a tad hypocritical … not that we’re complaining.