They were out on the West Coast right up until Thanksgiving morning, but the Nets did their holiday duties, with players serving meals to the needy before they left and Brett Yormark organizing a Hurricane Sandy relief effort while they were away.
No one will accuse Deron Williams of fashion sense based on his purchase of what might be loosely described as pocket books. But since these were meant not to improve the "look" of Tyshawn Taylor and Toko Shengelia, it's probably not a faux pas.
Andray Blatche has been out of the news since signing with the Nets. Not anymore. A couple of embarrassing moments have now intruded on that anonymity. A video of him sitting on the floor of the Nets chartered 737 eating chicken has gone viral.
The Brooklyn Nets, Barclays Center, Forest City Ratner Companies and the Brooklyn Community Foundation have each pledged $100,000, for a total of $400,000 to create the Brooklyn Recovery Fund, which will help low-lying areas of Brooklyn hit by Sandy.
Deron Williams spoke by phone to Sports Center Wednesday about his ankle, tried to dismiss worse case scenarios while at the same time seeming to disclose that his inflammation, synovitis, is due to bone spurs. Williams said he may NOT need surgery.
Deron Williams told Jimmy Fallon how excited he's been about playing for the Nets in Brooklyn. "it's a whole new thing...a quick phenomenon," he told Fallon. D-WIll also talked about his charity work for autism and his new video game, Baller Beat
The Nets and the rest of the basketball operations staff were planning to visit the 9-11 Memorial on Monday to honor those lost in the 2001 terrorist attack, but due to the threat posed by Hurricane Sandy have postponed their trip.
Deron Williams talks to John Schuhmann of NBA com on how much family played into his decision to stay with the Nets, stay in New York. The answer: it played as big a role as anything else. And critical to it all was his wife Amy's comfort level.
It's not that often the Nets entire team does something together. There's always someone injured or unavailable. Tuesday, all of them were at Maimonides Medical Center in Brooklyn, their new hospital, for a visit with pediatric patients and staff.
As part of Comedy Central's Night of Too Many Stars, Deron Williams has agreed to get a temporary tatoo if New York Collaborates for Autism raises $100,000. The tatoo, which he would sport vs the Knicks on Opening Night, could feature Betty White.
