Ratner: Rebuilding doesn't mean losing
Published 6/30/2008 at NYDailyNews.com - Basketball
Although the Nets traded Richard Jefferson last week in a move that had as much to do with finances as it did with strategy, Bruce Ratner insisted that the team is not giving up on the final two years in New Jersey.
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