netsdaily.com - 10/29/2008
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For past three seasons, NetsDaily has used Dumpy as our stats guru and systems/process guy. He’s taken looks at the team’s statistical performance and analyzed how the draft might go based on historical trends and the preferences of team management. Now he’s taking a ...
THE NETS ARE DESPERATE
withleather.uproxx.com 11/12/2008 —
In an attempt to lure fans to the arena during these economically lean times, the New Jersey Nets are offering free tickets to unemployed people .
[T]he basketball team will give unemployed fans who submit their resumes to the Nets Job Bank up ...
Blogger Q&A: Joe Netsfan.com
truthaboutit.net 10/29/2008 — In anticipation of tonight's Washington Wizards opener against the New Jersey Nets, Mike at JoeNetsfan.com was kind enough to answer a couple questions about their team. Enjoy. 1) Vince Carter is much maligned around the league....how confident ...
Comments from the Other Side - Nets
celticsgreen.blogspot.com 10/20/2008 — Not a lot of comments because the majority of Nets fans couldn't watch the game. It wasn't on YES and no online feed was working for them. It is safe to say they didn't miss too many Nets' highlights. Enjoy the few comments I could find Nets ...
Brook Lopez - California to the Core
netsdaily.com 10/13/2008 —
To those with an untutored East Coast ear, when Brook Lopez speaks…they hear this… dude .
But Brook Lopez is no surfer dude, no Jeff Spicoli. That’s not to say he’s any less West Coast than, say, the Beach Boys. He is a Californian, ...
Nets Have Options in Krstic Negotiations
netsdaily.com 12/22/2008 — Rod Thorn said Friday the Nets intend to take the full week to decide whether to match the Thunder’s offer sheet for Nenad Krstic . They won’t get the offer sheet til Monday. Offer sheets must have all the contract details. All that’s been ...
Nets' Defensive Struggles Continue - Basketball News & NBA Rumors -
hoopsworld.com 10/21/2008 — New Jersey's Sean Williams, Stromile Swift and Josh Boone all stand 6-10 and possess good leaping ability. Yi Jianlian and Brook Lopez are each 7-0 even. They can all defend the rim, bang inside and clog the paint. What the Nets big men can't do is ...
The Curse of Thorn - Scarier than Ever
netsdaily.com 1/13/2009 —
You could call it the “Curse of Thorn” – an affliction that affects players once they are traded bought out or otherwise let go by the Nets’ President of Basketball Operations.
Rod Thorn has had an uncanny ability to tell when his players are on ...
Devin Harris Takes Many Shots and the Nets Improve Slightly
dberri.wordpress.com 1/12/2009 — The New Jersey Nets - led by Dr. J. — won the final ABA championship in 1976. The next season - without Dr. J. - the Nets won only 22 games in their inaugural NBA campaign.
That first NBA season proved to be a harbinger of things to come. In ...
Celtics coach likes look of Nets
nydailynews.com 10/20/2008 — Critics have been, uh, critical of the Nets so far. But even before seeing them play a single meaningful game, Celtics coach Doc Rivers likes - no, make that loves - the Nets, at least their makeup.
Keep in mind that Rivers said this before the ...
BOONE FEELS LIKE A NETS OLD-TIMER —
NY Post: Sports 10/29/2008
WASHINGTON - It is weird, Josh Boone admits. He officially enters his third NBA season tonight when the Nets open the season here with the Wizards. He is a veteran of 131 games, 53 starts. And yet he is second in seniority on the team to Vince...
CARTER LEADS NEW-LOOK NETS PAST NO-ARENAS WIZARDS —
NY Post: Sports 10/30/2008
Vince Carter scored 21 points to lead his rebuilding New Jersey Nets to a 98-85 season-opening victory Wednesday night over a Washington Wizards team missing Gilbert Arenas. Carter - whose teammates elected him the Nets' captain, coach Lawrence...