We look at what's going on with the coaching search, post some draft notes, peer into the future of commuting from Manhattan and New Jersey to Brooklyn, examine how the Nets are aggressively marketing the Islanders and review the Emory College thing.
"The Association: Brooklyn Nets" is back and in the most intriguing bit, Billy King is seen working the phones at the trade deadline, listening as Danny Ferry, the Hawk GM tells King the Nets proposal for Josh Smith isn't enough.
We update our listing of the Nets trade assets, not that we hear there's a trade afoot! It's just that we haven't updated things since the last signings and cuts. We look at where the Nets are in terms of salary, draft picks, draft rights and cash.
Overall, you'd have to give them an "A" for the off-season, maybe even an A+. We grade each of the Nets moves since Billy King and Bobby Marks took over. We try to avoid "Incomplete" because you could give that grade to all the moves at this point.
we look at numbers from Friday re: the lack of congestion and unruly behavior; share what we hear about who's doing well; update roll-outs; congratulate Jake Appleman on his book contract to pen the definitive history of the Nets; plus a final note.
With Thursday's expected signing of Josh Childress, the Nets off-season will be over. So, in eleven weeks between the draft and now, the the Nets have committed $335.7 million in cash money to 14 basketball players.
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.
It's getting exciting. It's September 1. On October 1, training camp opens (for the next to last time in New Jersey). On November 1, the Brooklyn Nets will battle the New York Knicks, the first time two New York teams have faced each other since 1977
Leo Spekowitz of SLAM is the latest pundit to congratulate the Nets on their off-season, calling them the best of "five teams ready to make the biggest leaps forward in the ’12-13 season."
Billy King describes how the Nets used the iPad AND the iPhone to get their players signed on July 11. It wasn't just to show off the Nets' digital dexterity, says King. It was the most efficient way to meet deadlines under the CBA.
