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.
In an extensive interview, Herb Turetzky talks about what he's seen from behind the scorer's table. Beyond recollections of Dr. J, Petro and J-Kidd, Turetzky says Keith Van Horn's bad hands drove Stephon Marbury crazy and self-centered.
It may take long-time fans a while to get used to what is becoming an unavoidable reality: the Nets are cool, the darlings of stage, screen and online. Wednesday was time to digest the SI cover and take a look at "The Association" clip.
What does this schedule remind you of? Six games in 12 days, then a week off. Sounds like the lockout, but it's not. It's the Nets pre-season schedule, starting Saturday. Looking for someone to blame. Try the offices of MSG at 33rd and 7th.
Anonymity is not something that's been associated with Kris Humphries the past two years. But at least on the court, he hasn't been the story in training camp. There's a lot been written about Brook Lopez, Andray Blatche. And that's fine with him
Deron Williams has been caught in a couple of debates this week. First, it was Mark Cuban who didn't show at a meeting. Now, it's DeShawn Stevenson who apparently thinks D-WIll was talking about him not caring after losses. Does he protest too much?
The Nets move to Brooklyn is big news around the NBA, as the latest cover of Sports Illustrated makes clear. D-Will adorns the cover in front of a Brooklyn mural featuring Dr. J, Jay-Z, Jackie Robinson and Fly Williams.
The promos continue. American Express has set up a booth on Daily News Plaza at Barclays Center so fans can record their best victory celebrations. The winner will get tickets to a Nets game in November. Deron Williams will judge the entries.
Zach Lowe presents the latest pre-season pundity, breaking the NBA down into 11 categories. The Nets and two other division clubs, he has in the "Exciting Upside, Too Many Questions." Most of the questions, as expected, have to do with defense.
Despite fears that Barclays Center would lead to a Traffic Armageddon in Brooklyn, so far, so good. Taking the subway to the arena has become cool. Mikhail Prokhorov did it. Jay-Z did it. Now, the LIRR has announced extra trains for Nets fans.
