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Three Bigs Look for New Start
No one's saying they're the answer to the Nets' long quest for a starting power forward, one that stretches back eight years since Kenyon Martin left for Denver, but three forgotten big men have some potential to fill out the roster when and if there's a season.They are all 6'10" and between the...
NetsDaily Off-Season Report #23
While there's never a lack of news with Mikhail Prokhorov, Jay-Z, Kris Humphries Kardashian and the Williams family of Istanbul, this week's report is a bit short because of much of the news has been out already. So we add what he can in terms of analysis. So here's this week's agenda: Is it better...
Globalization This Week
Deron Williams arrived in Istanbul this week and Sundiata Gaines signed with B.C. Armia of Georgia (whose sponsor is the Georgian Army), but that wasn't (officially) part of the Nets globalization agenda ...although it can't hurt to have six Nets in four countries. The big event on the official...
Johnson Helps Russian Players, Coaches at Moscow Clinics
For Avery Johnson, it was a chance to coach anyone...and he looked thrilled to be doing so. For Mikhail Prokhorov, it was a chance to begin fulfilling his promise to use the Nets expertise to help Russian basketball. Johnson and Popeye Jones spent time Wednesday working with both Russian kids and...
Avery: "Mikhail Played Really Well!"
Avery Johnson enjoys playing with his boss, thinks the guy has skills. At the end of Tuesday's charity game in Moscow, the Nets coach said of his 6'9" teammate: "Mikhail played really well today! It’s my first time I’m playing with him but it looks like we have been playing for a...
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