King was "resistant" to Coach Kidd ... at first
In a particularly rich give-and-take with Ian Eagle, Billy King and Jason Kidd talked about the Nets future --and King's decision to hire Kidd-- before a group of Barclays Center sponsors Tuesday morning. He had good news to report on Andray Blatche.
Yormark: new Nets radio deal near
In talking to Barclays Center sponsors, Brett said the Nets are near a new radio deal with a "major station" in New York that would increase broadcast coverage of the Nets beyond the actual games.
Deadlines and Commitments - LXXXI
With the hiring of Jason Kidd as coach, new dates get put on our calendar and others take on more significance. Kidd will be at PNY Center again Wednesday and Thursday for more Draft workouts, his first real assignment.
Barclays Center releases images of NHL layout
On Tuesday, Barclays Center released an instagram montage of the Barclays Center with its hockey pad ... and a reminder to buy tickets for Brooklyn's first NHL game, an exhibition match between the Isles and Devils on September 21.
Chad Ford's latest has Nets taking Snell
Tony Snell is the latest prospect to be taken by the Nets in recent mock drafts by the ESPN Draft writer.
King was "resistant" to Coach Kidd ... at first
In a particularly rich give-and-take with Ian Eagle, Billy King and Jason Kidd talked about the Nets future --and King's decision to hire Kidd-- before a group of Barclays Center sponsors Tuesday morning. He had good news to report on Andray Blatche.
Yormark: new Nets radio deal near
In talking to Barclays Center sponsors, Brett said the Nets are near a new radio deal with a "major station" in New York that would increase broadcast coverage of the Nets beyond the actual games.
Deadlines and Commitments - LXXXI
With the hiring of Jason Kidd as coach, new dates get put on our calendar and others take on more significance. Kidd will be at PNY Center again Wednesday and Thursday for more Draft workouts, his first real assignment.
Barclays Center releases images of NHL layout
On Tuesday, Barclays Center released an instagram montage of the Barclays Center with its hockey pad ... and a reminder to buy tickets for Brooklyn's first NHL game, an exhibition match between the Isles and Devils on September 21.
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The Music That Defines Brooklyn
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Nets considering Team Russia coach? "Nope"
David Blatt is a Boston native, Princeton graduate and veteran European coach who's coached Euroleague teams in Israel, Russia, Turkey, Greece and italy as well as Team Russia, where he won FIBA Europe in 2007 and Olympic bronze medal in 2012.
Kidd: "working as hard as I can" on Frank
In an interview with Greg Kelly and Rosanna Scotto on Good Day New York Monday, Jason Kidd touched on a number of the same issues he talked about at last week's press conference, including his recruitment of Lawrence Frank as his lead assistant.
How Danny Green almost became a Net
In a discussion Sunday night, Avery Johnson revealed a bit of Nets history we would like to un-hear, un-know: that the Nets were thisclose to getting Danny Green. Sad for us.
The Turnaround
From skepticism to buy-in, how Jason Kidd and the Nets turned me around 180 degrees.
What Jason Kidd means to long-time Net fans
Jason Kidd and his return brings joy to long-time Nets fans, but it's not just about nostalgia. It's about hope
With Kidd on the job, Nets push for assistants
Jason Kidd was dressed in sweats Monday as the Nets worked out and interviewed six draft prospects, including first round possibilities Tony Mitchell and C.J. Leslie. But the big news may have been going on behind the scenes.
For Evans, Father's Day is everyday
In a late Father's Day posting, Jared Zwerling of ESPN New York writes about how Reggie Evans' extensive charity work is driven by his recollection of a tough childhood, when his father, Reginald, was mostly missing, in jail.
Kidd, D-Will the critical connection
There's no doubt the relationship between Jason Kidd and Deron Williams is critical to the team's success. How much of a change will Williams have to make to have it succeed? Is it about x's and o's or more the "fire in the belly?"
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In Jay-Z's first extended video since he agreed to sell his interest in the Nets, he repped Brooklyn by wearing his Mitchell and Ness leather cap. The video, shown at halftime of Game 5, was a...
Kidd plus for Nets, minus for Knicks - Chandler
Tyson Chandler has been Jason Kidd's teammate for two of the past three years, with Dallas and the Knicks. He won the NBA title with Kidd. He knows Kidd's value. He thinks the Nets decision was smart and will help Brooklyn. As for the Knicks ...
Jason Kidd, the Nets' shiny new watch
The Brooklyn Nets made a big splash in hiring Jason Kidd as their new head coach. That was the point, and that's the problem.
Armor start process of restocking roster
D-League executives, including the Nets' Milton Lee, were on hand at Basketball City in Lower Manhattan Saturday, looking at 200 prospects who had paid $300 each to show their wares. It's the first step in the D-League re-stocking process.
Magic to J-Kidd: Be prepared to be patient
Mark Murphy of the Boston Herald writes about how great point guards transition from seeing the floor as a player to seeing it as a coach ... and how the difference could be crucial in determining how successful Jason Kidd will be as a head coach.
Kidd talks basketball and life with Post
The media roll-out of Jason Kidd continues with the Steve Serby interview in the Post. Serby, who's done some of the better sports interviews in recent years, gets into with the new Nets coach.
D-Will: Knicks weren't "just another game"
Deron Williams was at a Nike event in Brooklyn Saturday when Jared Zwerling caught up with him. D-Will admitted that he and his teammates didn't tell the truth last season about the Nets rivalry with the Knicks. It wasn't "just another game."
Stack, Iggy, Andre all endorse Kidd
As we note in Off-Season Report, there is near unanimity among the skeptics that the Jason Kidd hire is at best a big risk but among players, the reverse is true: near unanimity that it can and likely will work.
NetsDaily Off-Season Report #6
This week, we try to wrap our heads around the concept of "Coach Kidd," devoting most of the Off-Season Report to his hiring, particularly the rift between pundits and players on Kidd's elevation. One group is skeptical, the other ecstatic.
King wants athletes, shooters, back-up PG
Billy King spent a lot of time in front of microphones the last two days and now as the quotes get posted here and there, a picture of what the Nets objectives this off-season have begun to emerge. He's looking for shooters, athletes, back-up PG.
Prokhorov: Kidd "born coach" and "star"
The other day, when Mikhail Prokhorov was announcing that he won't be running for Mayor of Moscow and that he was repatriating his interest in the Nets back to Russia, he also responded, in Russian, to some questions about the Nets' new coach.
