Category: New Jersey Nets

Archive for the ‘New Jersey Nets’ Category

Lack of Carmelo Anthony Doesn’t Keep New Jersey From Making Blockbuster Deal

Thursday, February 24th, 2011

If at first one blockbuster trade does not succeed, try try again. At least that appears to be the philosophy of the New Jersey Nets. The Nets, and general manager Billy King, were once hopeful they'd find a way to bring in Carmelo Anthony from Denver. Then the team declared itself ...

Carmelo Anthony On Meeting With Nets Again This Weekend “That’s new news to me. I haven’t heard that one.”

Friday, February 18th, 2011

It's been the most talked about, debated, and often chronicled trade saga that has dominated the sporting world since LeBron James decided to take his talents to South Beach. Carmelo Anthony wants out of Denver, he doesn't think he can win an NBA title there. The word around the NBA ...

Mikhail Prokhorov Says Carmelo Anthony Deal Is Now Buried With Jimmy Hoffa

Thursday, January 20th, 2011

After four months and many failed attempts to trade for Carmelo Anthony, the Nets are pulling themselves out of the MeloDrama. It appeared that the Nets had the players and the picks to bring the Nuggets All-Star to New Jersey, but instead it was another failed attempt to land a ...

Avery Johnson Believes That Things Will Turn Around in New Jersey

Friday, December 10th, 2010

The New Jersey Nets were the worst team in the NBA last year. Not only that, they were historically bad.  That is a fact. However, things could be headed in the right direction in New Jersey. Despite missing out on all the big-time free agents in the offseason, the Nets ...

Avery Johnson on Derrick Favors: “I think he can be a smaller version of Dwight Howard”

Friday, June 25th, 2010

The New Jersey Nets were the worst team in the NBA last year and they were historically bad.  That is a fact.  However, things could be headed in the right direction in New Jersey.  Not only do they have a new owner with very deep pockets, but they also have ...

Mikhail Prokhorov Brings the “Element of Surprise” From Russia to Newark

Thursday, May 20th, 2010

I believe in Mikhail Prokhorov. I was worried about a possible language barrier, yet this ended up being the most intriguing sports radio interview that I have ever listened to. Never mind that he is ten times richer than Mark Cuban, he is ten times cooler and ten times more ...

Jay Z: “The goal is to get to Brooklyn”

Friday, May 14th, 2010

Jay Z is best known for making beats, his piercing rhymes and selling out concerts, but he also happens to be an avid sports fan. He's a part-owner of the New Jersey Nets and a good friend of LeBron James and countless other big-name athletes.  The Nets may seem like ...

Brook Lopez Has Seen the “Light at the End of the Tunnel”

Wednesday, March 31st, 2010

They did it! Congratulations to the New Jersey Nets for finally winning their tenth game of the season to escape the record books as the worst single-season NBA team of all-time. More importantly, congrats to the Nets for making some great draft choices recently, most notably by stealing Brook Lopez with ...

Coach K Has No Interest in Leaving Duke Right Now

Tuesday, February 16th, 2010

Mike Krzyzewski is one of the most successful coaches in College Basketball history, he has the court named after him at Cameron Indoor Stadium, and he runs a highly successful program every single season. On top of that, he is one of the most prominent faces of College Basketball. Yet ...

In Two Short Years in the NBA, Courtney Lee Has Seen Both Extremes of the NBA

Friday, January 22nd, 2010

When your team is 3-38 at the halfway point of the season and are on pace to set an NBA record for fewest wins in a season, things are tough all over. It’s probably hard to find anything positive about your team and at that point players could be on ...