Back in 2009-10, after the Nets lost their first 18 games, there were legitimate fears that the Nets could break the 1972-73 Sixer record for ineptitude. The Nets won 12. So we wondered if the Nets are following Sixer path upward. Hopefully, they are
In a discussion of ESPN Radio in Salt Lake City Friday, sportscasters and the Jazz's leading beat writer agree that while Utah got some "intriguing pieces" for Deron Williams in 2011, Williams is a "superstar" and it's likely they lost the trade.
When was the last time the Nets and Knicks had homecourt advantage on the first weekend of the NBA playoffs? How about never? The city that never sleeps is dreaming a hoops dream as the two teams battle opponents a few miles and a river apart.
The movie "42" about Jackie Robinson's first season with the Dodgers ... and what it meant to sports, the nation and the world... premieres Thursday. For Jerry Stackhouse, the movie is more than just an interesting bio-pic. It's his number, too.
The Post's Marc Berman reports that Bernard King, the Brooklyn native who played with the Nets at the beginning and end of his career, has been elected to the Naismith Hall of Fame. The announcement will be made on Monday at the Final Four.
In that the Nets had a bad night in Denver and hope for a good night in Utah, it's probably a good time to re-visit the last time something good in Utah followed something bad in Denver. That would be the 2011 trade deadline.
Chris Charlier, the Nets CEO, told the New York-based France-Amérique, that the move to Brooklyn has "increased by ten times the marketing potential of the team" adding "If we sell the franchise today, we would have a huge increase in re-sale value."
Ray Williams, who played his best basketball for the Nets and Knicks, died Friday of colon cancer at a New York hospital. He was 58. His death ended a struggle that included him being discovered living in a car and then being diagnosed with cancer.
Fred Kerber has covered Jason Kidd as both a Net and a Knick. On Sunday, Kerber profiles Kidd on the occasion of his 40th birthday, which is next Saturday. In it, Kerber writes a lot about Kidd's time in New Jersey, quoting Rod Thorn and
When word came Friday that Brazilian legend Oscar Schmidt had been elected to the Hall of Fame, we decided to take a look at his role in Nets history, as the one who got away. Schmidt was the first international player ever drafted ... by the Nets
The Nets have embraced the legacy of the Brooklyn Dodgers and their special place in the integration of American life. Now, they are doing the same with the heritage of black basketball, honoring the Black Fives, the African-American pro hoops teams
European websties report the Nets may travel to Zagreb, Croatia, in October to honor the memory of Hall of Famer Drazen Petrovic, who died in an auto accident on a German autobahn 20 years ago this June. Nets officials deny any such plans.
Deron Williams has been an All-Star three times and the Nets have had an All-Star point guard every year but two over since 2001, missing out in 2010 and 2011. But D-Will doesn't think he deserves a roster spot this season. He might get one anyway.
Alex Kennedy of HoopsWorld reports that at one point over the summer the Nets "expressed interest" in Kenyon Martin but now, despite rumors that the Knicks and Lakers are considering him, the 36-year-old has no contracts waiting for him to sign.
The Nets on Saturday took down the new black and white championship banners that have hung at Barclays Center this season and replaced them with the old red, white and blue traditional banners. They were visible Sunday vs. the 76ers.
At the far end of the plaza at Atlantic and Flatbush, out by the traffic and across from where the Dodgers wanted to build a new stadium in the 1960's now stands the old Ebbets Field flagpole, re-dedicated Tuesday by the Nets and Dodger faithful.
In an article for ESPN, Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, Brooklyn (and LA) Dodger fan, applauds the Nets from bringing interborough rivalry back to New York, noting that as a kid, the Dodgers, Yankees and Giants all had loyal contingents of fans.
The Nets are making one more link to the Brooklyn past, dedicating a flagpole that stood atop Ebbets Field to honor the two teams' connection. The pole will be dedicated in a ceremony on the arena plaza Tuesday. Jackie Robinson's daughter will attend
It's a story that's been around, how in 1994, the Nets came thisclose to changing their name to the Swamp Dragons. With the Hornets changing their name to the Pelicans, it sounded like a good time to talk about a close call in taste.
PR week, the magazine of public relations professionals, takes a look at the Nets strategy in getting Barclays Center built. While it focuses on Barry Baum, the article talks about Bruce Ratner's role in getting things done. Is it time to forgive?
Nets vs. Knicks arguments often come down to how the Knicks have two (old) NBA championship banners hanging at the Garden while the Nets, who've been the Finals more recently, only have two ABA banners from the same era. So who was better back then?
Sundiata Gaines and Damion James are the latest New Jersey Nets to find work. Gaines linked up with Stephen Graham in China and James is now in the D-League. Seven members of the final 15-man roster are out of the NBA, including two out of the game.
The NBA All-Star Ballot is out and among the 120 players listed are the five Nets starters: Deron Williams and Joe Johnson are among the guards on the ballot and Brook Lopez, Kris Humphries and Gerald Wallace are among the front court players. VOTE!
In the bowels of Barclays Center Monday, Mikhail Prokhorov spoke with Herb Turetzky, his longest serving employee about the Nets history, his hometown of Brooklyn, Barclays Center and where to find the right woman. Turetzky recommended LIU.
The Nets will head into Brooklyn this week (or maybe swim) with a legacy of strangeness and worse in their past and some good-natured quirkiness in their present. The Post's Fred Kerber and Tim Bontemps take looks at both Monday morning.
You heard here first! OK,maybe not. Dwight Howard told ESPN radio that he wanted to be traded to the Nets, but that something or someone intervened and he wound up with the Lakers, where his "dream came true." Hollywood's like that.
