Game 27 - Nets vs. Pistons - Wednesday, February 8, 7:30 p.m.
by Net Income on Feb 8, 2012 6:53 AM EST
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PrintThe Nets had only eight players last week when they beat the Pistons by three points. When they play Lawrence Frank's charges again on Wednesday, they will have 10 players in uniform. Considering one of them is Anthony Morrow, who's scored 81 points his last three games, that's a big improvement.
The Pistons will be without the same three players they didn't have last week: Ben Gordon, Charlie Villanueva and Will Bynum. There's a chance Gordon and Bynum might play, but also there's also a possibility that Brandon Knight (broken nose) might not. Detroit is, of course, one of the NBA's worst teams, but the Pistons have won two straight, vs. the Bucks and Hornets, in close games, led by sophomore forward Greg Monroe.who's now averaging 16 and nine.
Morrow, who's returning from honoring his grandmother, hasn't missed a foul shot since January 16 and is second in the NBA in three pointers. Kris Humphries has also quietly been effective as a scorer, averaging 16 points and nine rebounds this month. Hump is also fifth in the NBA in offensive rebounds and ninth in total rebounds.
- New Jersey Nets Game Notes - New Jersey Nets
- Detroit Pistons Game Notes - Detroit Pistons
- Getting Inside - New Jersey Nets - Sports Xchange
- Getting Inside - Detroit Pistons - Sports Xchange
- Pistons-Nets Preview - Santosh Venkataraman - Stats LLC
- Nets know they can't brush off Detroit Pistons - Colin Stephenson - Star-Ledger
- Little big problem for no-Lopez Nets - Tim Bontemps - New York Post
- Nets looking for signs of life - Pete Caldera - The Record
- Brandon Knight becomes man in the mask for Pistons - Vincent Goodwill - Detroit News
- Pistons' forward Jason Maxiell eats less, plays more - Vince Ellis - Detroit Free Press
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Another W.
Hopefully .
When can i get my Dwight Howard Brooklyn Nets Jersey?
by AmbassadorAmeer on Feb 8, 2012 7:08 AM EST via mobile reply actions
I hear you mike...
“Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in
Are you aware the shape im in
My hands they shake my head it spins
Ah Brooklyn Brooklyn take me in”
Hang in there boys… We will be home soon.
Greg Monroe is a damn good player.
It’s too bad he’s surrounded with dreck. Wallace and Jerebko have played well, but that’s it.
Also, what the heck happened to Prince this year? He’s hovering around replacement-level.
Oh pissing blimey there's jam coming out of the walls!
Prince is old and finished...
And Detroit shot themselves in the foot with that contract they just gave him.
by JohnFromLongIsland on Feb 8, 2012 7:22 AM EST via mobile up reply actions 1 recs
another bad move by Dumars
who has made a few lately. Still drafts well, though.
"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.
Darko is not that bad
Just not worth the value with which he was drafted.
by ZR on Feb 8, 2012 9:55 AM EST up reply actions
Wasn't there talks of us giving him a contract
That was close to what Detroit gave him? Not quite as much but close enough. He would have taken it too if Detroit didn’t offer him the contract they did.
Dumars is on the hot seat
and deservedly so. He’s done little good since the Rasheed Wallace trade. Period. That team needs to cut ties with him desperately. Frank was hired at the new owner’s behest and against Dumars’ wishes.
WE WANT LOPEZ! clap clap clap clap clap
Dumars should've been fired
The Ben Gordon and Charlie Villanueva moves were so poor. Never understood them.
by ZR on Feb 8, 2012 9:54 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Stuckey has been playing well
and Knight is a prospect. They’re hoping they can combine Davis or Drummond with Monroe in the frontcourt. That would be a good foundation to build upon.
WE WANT LOPEZ! clap clap clap clap clap
I haven't heard a good argument to date as to why the Pistons should have brought Prince back
I think it’s just Dumars unwilling to let go of the past and clinging on to those championship years
FInally a W.
But all I’m waiting for is this game against the Magic at home. This game could be a turning point in the Dwightmare (like Melo visit at the garden last year). Let’s show some love to the big man.
Theres never a guaranteed W
for the Nets lol. Don’t ever expect the W when we are playing a bad team because we ourselves are pretty bad and have too many injuries ourselves. If you expect the W and we lose you will be very disappointed lol. We should have a great chance of winning tonight though!
I will be at the game tonight!!!
I hope we get the “W”! We need it! Team Hump stand up tonight! Let’s go Nets!!!
by bbatts30 on Feb 8, 2012 7:47 AM EST via mobile reply actions
but they still lost
thats crazy how does a guy have 48 points and yet his team still loses
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
Like a guy having 42 and the Net still lost
Plan A all the way: Brook, Brooks, Dwill, Dwight and MKG
by John at the Jersey Shore on Feb 8, 2012 9:17 AM EST up reply actions
Comments have really dropped recently.
When can i get my Dwight Howard Brooklyn Nets Jersey?
by AmbassadorAmeer on Feb 8, 2012 8:36 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Big game tonight
About as big as any other game in this lock out shortened season. For what feels like the third year straight, this team is just going through the motions, knowing full-well that this team will NOT be the same after the trade deadline or into the offseason. Gotta be hard playing for/with guys that won’t be around in a few weeks.
“men!!!! 50 of you are going into the jungle. 25 of you ain’t coming back”
Must be hard to be paid millions knowing at any time you could be shipped of to (gasp) Sunny Orlando!
“Brook I know it’s hard to come to work and collect your $3.5 million salary when you could be traded to a place that has Disney World, your former best friend as a budding star, and of yeah they have no income tax down there.”
Brook: “But I don’t want to go I’ll miss my friends. You know, those 3 consistent fans that have shown up to see the Nets these past four years?”
“Don’t worry Brook, Paul Ernstein will be sure to drive up from Del Ray once in a while to check up on you.”
WE WANT LOPEZ! clap clap clap clap clap
by BrooklynNets on Feb 8, 2012 9:09 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
Actually, I think the team is playing surprisingly nhard despite the all the negatives
Much different that last year. But there is still an air of hopelessness, due to all the injuries.
Plan A all the way: Brook, Brooks, Dwill, Dwight and MKG
by John at the Jersey Shore on Feb 8, 2012 9:20 AM EST up reply actions
Last year
We had devin Harris who really didn’t care too much this year
by fabol0us16 on Feb 8, 2012 9:57 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
I don't think they are just going through the motions at all
There is a lot of fight in these guys. More so than in years past.
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
by BEB on Feb 8, 2012 9:52 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
Everyone outside of deron williams, who shows up 4 out of 5 games...
I don’t really mean mailing it in on the court every night, but being a team. Getting excited on the sidelines, playing with enthusiasm and energy when they do make it onto the court. FAST BREAK BUCKETS DRIVE FANS INSANE and we average what? 8ppg in the paint, maybe half that on fast break scores?
Let's win some of these winnable games, and stay afloat; we're only 3 games back of 8th spot.
I think that is the only available spot.
1-7 are out of the question IMO, unless ORL has a free fall post-trade.
lesdoit
this is a MUST WIN
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
absolutely
BOTH tonight and Friday are absolutely 10000% MUST WIN games. A loss is completely unacceptable. We can be 10-18 on Saturday morning.
D-WIll + D12 = NETS 2012 Champs (with lots of luck)
by corky_romano4life on Feb 8, 2012 9:15 AM EST up reply actions
Deron/Morrow/Hump
needs to go H.A.M!
Petro needs to be a good cheerleader.
Mets/Jets/Nets/Lakers OFWGKTA. FREE EARL. twitter @ampatel11
KOBE BRYANT IS/WAS/WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER A BETTER BASKETBALL PLAYER THAN STEPHEN GRAHAM.
Adam Morrison got his team multiple championships barely trying, if that's not a great player...I don't know who is.
Got a group of 7 going to the game tonight
lets get it NETS!!!!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!
they look bored/exhausted
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Not bored
exhausted. Overmatched. Hump has definitely arrived as an above average (sorry for the alliteration) level power forward.
WE WANT LOPEZ! clap clap clap clap clap
agreed
D-WIll + D12 = NETS 2012 Champs (with lots of luck)
by corky_romano4life on Feb 8, 2012 9:17 AM EST up reply actions
Somebody agrees with me on this site?!
Well there’s a first time for everything.
WE WANT LOPEZ! clap clap clap clap clap
Must have misunderstood your post
jk
Plan A all the way: Brook, Brooks, Dwill, Dwight and MKG
by John at the Jersey Shore on Feb 8, 2012 9:22 AM EST up reply actions
LOLZ
I actually agreed with you, homie!
D-WIll + D12 = NETS 2012 Champs (with lots of luck)
by corky_romano4life on Feb 8, 2012 9:45 AM EST up reply actions
im loving hump's effort this year
i wish deron’s was the same earlier this year, he has gotten better, but you can still tell sometimes he isn’t giving it his all
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Deron needs more weapons around him to be truly effective
so I wont place the blame there. It’s nice to watch a player become so much smarter on the basketball court. When Humphries first came to the Nets he just didn’t know how to play effectively. He seems to have really learned from Avery and put in the hard work.
Thing is he still sounds pretty dumb but I guess you don’t have to be a genius to figure out how to play basketball after doing it professionally for six or seven years.
WE WANT LOPEZ! clap clap clap clap clap
They've been killing themselves
And have next to no support. The Nets need Marshon and Lopez back ASAP.
by ZR on Feb 8, 2012 9:57 AM EST up reply actions
Derong doesn’t deserve a lift because he’s not a superstar.
by OTRWaldo on Feb 8, 2012 3:27 PM EST via Android app up reply actions
why would he say that now?
stevekylerNBA Steve Kyler · Follow
"I’ll sell everything, all my assets when I become president and donate almost all of the money to charity." – Mikhail Prokhorov’
......................
say whaaaaaaaaaaat
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Here is the article ... Sheridan is not giving up ....
Chances of Proky winning are as big as Nets winning the chip this year (that’s pretty lenient)
by d2d on Feb 8, 2012 9:21 AM EST up reply actions
Actually
The Nets chances of winning a championship are probably thousands of times greater than Prokhorov becoming President.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
question has been asked before
BUT if porky was to get elected and that would mean a much better life for russians would you want him to win?
keep in mind if he won he would sell the nets.
Mets/Jets/Nets/Lakers OFWGKTA. FREE EARL. twitter @ampatel11
KOBE BRYANT IS/WAS/WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER A BETTER BASKETBALL PLAYER THAN STEPHEN GRAHAM.
Adam Morrison got his team multiple championships barely trying, if that's not a great player...I don't know who is.
of course. there's more to life than basketball and seeing a people who want/need a change and a more healthy enivorment in this world potentially get it?
yes.
though sadly, that will not happen as he will not win.
If he sells the Nets *after* we get Dwight, another billionaire be the buyer.
Plan A all the way: Brook, Brooks, Dwill, Dwight and MKG
by John at the Jersey Shore on Feb 8, 2012 9:36 AM EST up reply actions
Porky?
I love the Nets...too bad they don't love me...
by BEB on Feb 8, 2012 10:02 AM EST via mobile up reply actions
yeah typo
Mets/Jets/Nets/Lakers OFWGKTA. FREE EARL. twitter @ampatel11
KOBE BRYANT IS/WAS/WILL ALWAYS BE BETTER A BETTER BASKETBALL PLAYER THAN STEPHEN GRAHAM.
Adam Morrison got his team multiple championships barely trying, if that's not a great player...I don't know who is.
by YoungMoney24 on Feb 8, 2012 10:11 AM EST up reply actions
The Stadium and Fan Issue
OK, let’s say we do get Dwight in a trade in March. Now we have D-Will and Dwight – to top 10 players – on our team. Will that change this issue of opposing teams fans just running through our stadium like they own it? Because I’d be very curious to see a home game against the Bulls, Celtics, or the Knicks with Deron and Dwight on the floor. If we don’t show up with Dwight and Deron on our team, that would be the ultimate embarrassment.
D-Will > Carmela
doesn't matter
they are moving to BK. I’m pretty sure that when/if we trade for Dwight, there will suddenly be a lot more Net fans coming out of the woodworks.
Just be proud on the day of the trade that you made it through this brutal process. I know that I will be
by MrDollarBills on Feb 8, 2012 9:38 AM EST up reply actions
God, I hate bandwagon fans…. As much as it’ll be great to sell out the barclays center… I’m gonna be annoyed b/c us loyal fans have gone through so much w/ this team throughout the years but those bandwagon fans will just be there for the good… it annoys me.
that's life
be proud that you survived 12-70.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 8, 2012 9:44 AM EST up reply actions
"I survived 12-70"
If this was a t-shirt logo I’d buy it….and wear it proudly!
by njnetsfanatic on Feb 8, 2012 9:48 AM EST up reply actions
Here's what bandwagon fandom gets you
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwvTPNMEEGI
On one hand, you have a larger surplus of attractive women (although I’ve been impressed at Nets games so far this year).
On the other hand, you have people who think Sanchez is on the Giants.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
UGHHHHHHHHHH
That video is SO disturbing, painful.
That blows away anything dumb Michael Scott has ever said or done in The Office.
by ZR on Feb 8, 2012 9:59 AM EST up reply actions
If the season ended this morning...
we would be tied for the 5th worse record in the NBA.
Is that a good or bad thing ? This season might be the one that finally does me in…(LOL)
If the season ended this morning
It means we have kept all of our assets and now have cap space to sign Dwight outright, plus a lottery pick.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
by eLonepb on Feb 8, 2012 9:56 AM EST up reply actions 1 recs
No excuse not to win tonight
None. They need to stop the bleeding and they need to go out there with some pride. I think that Ammo returning will be a spark for this team.
A lot of the good progress that we made to stay within the playoff race has been squandered. I’d like to see that stop right here.
No more blow out losses. Blow outs are a lack of effort, not injuries.
I say we win by 5 tonight
detroit is always a must win
just like the last game against them we need to have a good start
ITS A VVVVVVVVVVVVVVCCCCCCCCCCCCCC THREEEEEEEEEE
every game needs a good start
hustle and effort from the opening tip. imo, anyone who isn’t giving 100% at all times should be benched. It does not matter who the player is.
by MrDollarBills on Feb 8, 2012 9:43 AM EST up reply actions
This is good!
Nets PR Dept. @Nets_PR
MarShon Brooks increased court activity w/o contact. Out until at least 2/12.
2/12 is nothing. Great news.
D-WIll + D12 = NETS 2012 Champs (with lots of luck)
by corky_romano4life on Feb 8, 2012 9:46 AM EST reply actions
that just means he's definitely not coming back till sunday.
he’s likely out longer than that.
Hahaha
S**t Magic Fans Say:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wp6b27JwLek
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
Anyone want to make one for the Nets?
I’m in.
Section 18, Row 7 at The Rock!
"Your 2010-2011 New Jersey Nets - It Is What It Is"
It would go viral!!
Get a guy dressing up to looki like that big Kid in that youtube video going nuts after DWill sunk the shot against the Celts last year. Then do a bunch of clips using the countless comments from Netsdaily — melo stuff from last year, D12 stuff, Proky’s 5 year guarantee. After acting out each positive comment about the nets, cut to the actual footage of that big kid, then cut back to being down about a nets loss….then cut to having a bag over your head. Great roller-coaster ride of a video. Might even get new Nets fans on board!!! Oh and in the background have a Dwight poster with a big Heart drawn around his face.
Omg there would be so much material
D-WIll + D12 = NETS 2012 Champs (with lots of luck)
by corky_romano4life on Feb 8, 2012 9:50 AM EST up reply actions
LOL...Those guys are pretty funny...
Why did we trade Courtney Lee ?… Ryan Anderson is a beast… but why did we trade Courtney Lee ?
Link?
D-WIll + D12 = NETS 2012 Champs (with lots of luck)
by corky_romano4life on Feb 8, 2012 9:53 AM EST up reply actions
yo
I AM CRACKING UP the Knicks one is hilarious and so accurate
D-WIll + D12 = NETS 2012 Champs (with lots of luck)
by corky_romano4life on Feb 8, 2012 10:01 AM EST up reply actions
"Toney Douglas or Derrick Rose?"
D-WIll + D12 = NETS 2012 Champs (with lots of luck)
by corky_romano4life on Feb 8, 2012 10:07 AM EST up reply actions
“Moiso Blake Griffin, Jared Jeffries just got in the game!”
D-WIll + D12 = NETS 2012 Champs (with lots of luck)
by corky_romano4life on Feb 8, 2012 10:08 AM EST up reply actions
"Yo is that Drake on the Knicks?"
“That’s Landry Fields.”
LOLOL I CANT
D-WIll + D12 = NETS 2012 Champs (with lots of luck)
by corky_romano4life on Feb 8, 2012 10:09 AM EST up reply actions
Logo Reveal?
Wasn’t there supposed to be some big announcement this week on that?
by jerzymook on Feb 8, 2012 9:50 AM EST via mobile reply actions
In case anyone wants to vomit repetitively
Check out this video of a superstar (sarcasm font)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0oaqWMLdwk&feature=related
D-WIll + D12 = NETS 2012 Champs (with lots of luck)
by corky_romano4life on Feb 8, 2012 10:06 AM EST reply actions
W - I - N
I’m sure of this one…………because of one reason………Lawrence Frank
Sorry guys for the interruption.....
SB*NATION was just doing some backup test procedures so they will be fully prepared for the day we land Dwight Howard.
Fron Nets Basketball
We’re hoping that he’ll be back by late February – he’s been working hard to get back on the floor!
Question was:
Is there any update on Brook Lopez. 6 weeks are gone and 7th is running. How soon he will be back? Thanks.
Official Member of the "DO NOT ABUSE BROOK LOPEZ" Movement
Over at si.com under truth and rumors, there's an interesting rumor...
…about The Lakers trading Gasol to Boston for Rondo.
by NuttinBut on Feb 8, 2012 11:58 AM EST via mobile reply actions
Not going to happen.
Boston would not do that.
Official Member of the "DO NOT ABUSE BROOK LOPEZ" Movement
Well according to them there is mutual interest
Who knows though?
by NuttinBut on Feb 8, 2012 12:02 PM EST via mobile up reply actions
Why would the Lakers do that?
To get younger? Rondo doesn’t make them better.
WE WANT LOPEZ! clap clap clap clap clap
Maybe Kobe feels Bynum is enough to rebound his shots and put up some points himself
Supposedly their new system, unlike the Triangle, requires a good PG Just as important is to have somebody to match up against Westbrook.
he's not going to be back before February ends
recovery time is 6-8 weeks and he definitely needs the full 8, then he has to be cleared for non-contact drills, then full contact practice as well as getting adjusted to running again and getting back in game shape
so you might as well wait until March 1st. Marshon and Memo should be back in February hopefully
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 8, 2012 12:20 PM EST up reply actions
I sense a loss
I don’t know. The defense is atrocious. Monroe will torch them and if Knight plays, forget it. Nets don’t win so much as the other teams lose, if you know what I mean. Unless Deron is shooting 60% we lose.
pretty much
deron has to go into beast mode for us to have a chance against even the worst teams.
poppin my netsdaily virginity
Lol wats up guys been reading nets daily for a while now been a nets fan since dc and Kenny days so I have seen the ups and downs and watch all the games even the unbearable ones like the last one
by xxblazindroxx on Feb 8, 2012 2:41 PM EST via iPhone app reply actions
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