nypost.com - 11/2/2008
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In the East, Sean Williams is out of the rotation for the Nets, even though they picked up his third-year option. He wishes they hadn't. Out West, Marcus Williams is out of the rotation for the Warriors, who declined to pick up his fourth-year...
nytimes.com - 10/29/2008
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nytimes.com —
According to popular thinking, the Nets are strategically
holding back to put themselves in proper financial position...
for 2010, when the free-agent class may include coveted players like LeBron James, Dwyane Wade ... Vince Carter apparently has not been informed of the plan.
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Nets Are Vince Carter and 11 Other Guys
sports.yahoo.com - 10/29/2008
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sports.yahoo.com —
BOSTON With tens of millions of dollars in
annual operating losses and a $3.5 billion Brooklyn arena...
and real estate deal in peril, New Jersey Nets owner Bruce Ratner has listened to overtures of two prospective foreign ownership groups, two league ...
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Sources: Foreign owners eye Nets - NBA - Yahoo! Sports
nba.com - 10/30/2008
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nba.com —
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reserved. No portion of NBA.com may be duplicated, redistributed...
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Sean Williams, Seeking More Money, Asked Nets to Decline Option
FanHouse —
... doesn't quite fit in any of this talk. As a late first-rounder, he could be locked in for four years at low salary. He's good enough to justify the few million N.J. will spend. But he thinks he's better, and he wants to hit that beloved second contract sooner. How bad does he want it? Fred Kerber of the New York Post reports Williams asked the Nets front office to decline his third-year option, an otherwise guaranteed $1.6 million for the '09-10 season. Williams' logic? ...
Sean Williams Would Like His Money Sooner, Rather Than Later
SLAM Online —
... So, the Nets picked up the option on second-year forward Sean Williams last week. This pretty standard procedure for most franchises and their players (who aren’t complete dogs) in the League, and it’s designed largely to protect teams financially.
Rookie-scale salaries ensure that guys have to wait a bit longer to really get paid. This, evidently, does not sit well with Mr. Williams.
From the NY Post:
“I told Rod I didn’t want him to pick up my option,” said Williams, whose third year - 2009-2010 at ...
A.I. debuts for real this time
PistonsNationBlog.com —
... ) … Chauncey makes his Denver debut on ESPN at 10:30 … The Golden State game (11/13) has been added to TNT … Sean Williams upset Nets picked up option … ...
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sports.yahoo.com 10/15/2008 — New Jersey forward Sean Williams dropped by English DJ Tim Westwood's BBC studio this week to discuss a wide range of topics, from Jay-Z to the "Anglo-Saxon Nets" — you know, Najera, Yi — to dogging it in practice to giving back ...
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withleather.uproxx.com 11/12/2008 —
In an attempt to lure fans to the arena during these economically lean times, the New Jersey Nets are offering free tickets to unemployed people .
[T]he basketball team will give unemployed fans who submit their resumes to the Nets Job Bank up ...
Comments from the Other Side - Nets
celticsgreen.blogspot.com 10/20/2008 — Not a lot of comments because the majority of Nets fans couldn't watch the game. It wasn't on YES and no online feed was working for them. It is safe to say they didn't miss too many Nets' highlights. Enjoy the few comments I could find Nets ...
Bids For the Nets? From Russia, With Ca$h
nba.fanhouse.com 10/29/2008 — Yesterday morning, the Essentials pointed to a New York Daily News report which indicated Nets controlling owner Bruce Ratner -- the dude building Brooklyn's monument to commerce and basketball -- might be looking to sell off his NBA team. Yahoo!'s ...
New Jersey Nets send out-of-the-mix Williams to 'D' League
nj.com 12/30/2008 — NOTEBOOK The Nets sent Sean Williams to the NBA's equivalent of Siberia Monday, shipping him to the Colorado 14ers of the Development League, a place from which few players return. The move is the culmination of Williams' quick fall...
LeBron James to New Jersey Nets?
guardian.co.uk 11/17/2008 — Nets co-owner Jay-Z can surely only take so much mediocrity before he tries to bring his good friend LeBron James to New Jersey
Nets not getting much love at home
nydailynews.com 12/12/2008 — Though the Nets - who host the Raptors Friday night - have gotten used to receiving little or no support in their home arena, which they moved into in 1981, they seem to be especially affected by it this season.
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 ...
Warriors Not Picking Up Williams’ Option
ibabuzz.com 10/31/2008 — According to a source close to point guard Marcus Williams, the Warriors are not going to pick up the option of the third-year guard out of UConn, meaning he will become a free agent at the end of the season.
The Warriors had until today to pick up ...
New Jersey Nets NBA Preview 2008
andregomes.apostaganha.pt 10/21/2008 — Is it possible for a team to enter the 2008/2009 season already thinking more on the 2010 season than in this season? If that’s possible, then the Nets are clearly doing that. The Nets were one of the biggest disappointments of the league last season, ending the season with a 34-48 record, when ...
NETS SHOW THEIR YOUTH IN LOSS TO WARRIORS —
NY Post: Sports 11/2/2008
Welcome to the 2008-09 New Jersey Nets. Last night's home-opening, 105-97 loss to the Warriors could well be a vague blueprint of what lies ahead. They were competitive in the first half. Rancid in the third quarter. Utterly spirited and exciting...
Warriors sign F Kurz (AP) —
Yahoo! Sports - NBA News 11/3/2008
The Golden State Warriors signed forward Rob Kurz on Sunday night, transferring guard Monta Ellis to the suspended list to make room. Kurz averaged 4.5 points and 3.8 rebounds while appearing in four preseason games with Golden State. He also hit the ...
