The Nets game Monday will be the third big test of transportation planning at Barclays Center, but so far, so good. The horrible gridlock predicted at Atlantic and Flatbush hasn't materialized, even at the Barbra Streisand concert Thursday night.

Bojan Bogdanovic and Ilkan Karaman played only 27 minutes between them and came away with four points and three rebounds each in Fenerbahce's Euroleague win over Khimki of Russia. Neither started for the Turkish club. It was both teams' opening game.

"We have lots of finished ideas, we need to work on getting them published now," Brook Lopez said talking about his fledgling comic book career."We’ve been in a lot of meetings with a lot of different companies." Any details. Not a chance.

Andray Blatche had a choice last month, between the Heat and the Nets, between the world champs and the team with the NBA's worst record over the last three years. As it turns out, the decision matters. Blatche is playing well. Stefan Bondy reports.

John Holllinger likes a lot about the Nets ... IF Avery Johnson can get his players to defend and IF they remain healthy. He's not optimistic, but notes that if the Nets do play defense, they can be "very, very good" because they will score.

With the Nets schedule so tight, an injury now will keep a player out of several pre-season games. MarShon Brooks is suffering from tendinitis. With a prognosis of 7-10 days off, Brooks COULD miss all but the pre-season closer vs. the Knicks.

Avery Johnson has said he has a goal, but he's not talking. Some of his players are, however. In the last week, Deron Williams, Joe Johnson and Jerry Stackhouse have quietly said what their goal for the coming season is. More than 50 wins.

The Nets have overhauled their strength and conditioning program in hopes of avoiding injuries on the scale they experienced last season when they missed 255 games to injury, illness and personal reasons. Yoga, it turns out, is a solution.

Call it the Battle of Nets Shop. A Knick fan, dressed up in orange-and-blue, showed up at the Nets Shop at Barclays Center this week to engage in lively and loud (but good natured) debate with Nets Shop employees. As video shows, our guys battled.