northjersey.com - 8/29/2008
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Training camp starts for the Nets four weeks from Friday, a camp that is filled with questions more than optimism. Many people I've run into who follow the Nets say it's back to the old days â pre-Jason Kidd and pre-Richard Jefferson. This will be the first Nets' camp that features neither since 2000, when Stephon Marbury was their point guard and Kenyon Martin was a rookie. That team won 26 ...
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First Cup: Friday
ESPN.com - TrueHoop —
... Al Iannazzone of The Record: "Publicly, the Nets are saying they're going to be OK. But there are some doubts privately. One source said they probably will struggle because of their youth, but added they're not done making changes. A potential good sign for the Nets is that Carter and Harris orchestrated a team workout last week -- they may have been prodded -- in an effort to build chemistry, familiarity and an us-against-the-world mentality. Fourteen of 15 roster players were there. Only Yi Jianlian, a member of the Chinese Olympic team, wasn't. They ...
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LOY's PLACE a celtics green blog —
... This will be the first Nets' training camp since 2000 that will include neither Richard Jefferson or Jason Kidd. There are plenty of questions swirling around this Net's team and although they are outwardly saying things are going to be great, there are some doubts that they actually will be. They have gotten very young and Celtics fans know all about that. A good sign for the Nets though is that Vince Carter and Devin Harris put together a team workout last week in an effort to build chemistry just as the Celtics did last season. 14 of the 15 players on the Nets' roster ...
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