The roll-out of the Nets new uniform gets curiouser and curiouser. First there was the figurine of Deron Williams in a home Nets uniform that looked a lot like what Jay-Z has said he wants for the Nets: Yankee-like in its classic simplicity.
A blogger for an online marketing firm looks at the Nets marketing of their Brooklyn brand and finds it working, but Brandon Koch of Main Street Host says that even with Jay-Z, Mikhail Prokhorov,...
Stefan Bondy writes about the Nets big change, the 180 degree turn, not just New Jersey to Brooklyn, but from suburban to urban, from Bon Jovi to Jay-Z.
The Nets are still practicing over in East Rutherford. Gerald Wallace arrived as Marshon Brooks departed for Russia and it turns out Tyshawn Taylor was there all week...just didn't get his picture taken.
In an extensive interview with Billboard Magazine, Brett Yormark hits all the themes he pushed the last few years, but he added one more. "We really didn't spare anything," says the Nets and Barclays CEO in discussing what a billion dollars gets you
Deron Williams was asked whether he thought he'd be on the cover of a new video game, "NBA Ballers Beats," if he was still living and working in Salt Lake City. "Probably not,” he replied. D-Will earns around $2 million a year in endorsements.
in our latest Off-Season Report, we examine Andray Blatche's past and hope for the future, the Nets latest roster math, Mirza Teletovic's toughness, our best guess on the new uniform; an examination of what Prohorov promised and delivered, etc.
Howard Beck uses the occasion of the Knicks' reveal of their "new" uniforms to question whether "New York’s original NBA team" is feeling the hot breath of Mikhail Prokhorov.
Now for something completely different .. or not: a New York Times Sunday Magazine feature on Jay-Z which is mainly about the man, his music, and some fashion but there's an indelible overlay of the Nets. The title is "The House that Hova Built."
The "Made in America" festival in Philadelphia this weekend became a fashion statement for the Nets when the two biggest names on hand, Jay-Z and Beyonce', showed up in a leather Brooklyn Nets cap (him) and a Brooklyn Nets jersey (her).
