The Nets most consistent player since the team arrived in Brooklyn has been Joe Johnson . Yet he doesn't seem to get the credit he is due. The wing is a seven-time All Star and is fresh off a fantastic playoff run where he averaged 21 points and shot 53% from the field, 41% from beyond the arc. Anyway, Johnson is rated 82 in NBA2K15, 51st best overall in the game. He is barely higher than his teammate...
ESPN reports that the Nets , who have three point guards under contract and hope to retain a fourth, are among a number of NBA teams interested in Toure' Murry, who played for the Knicks last season but could be an unrestricted free agent. The Knicks can make Murry a restricted free agent and increase their chances of keeping him by extending the Wichita State product a qualifying offer before June...
Eddie Johnson, who spent 17 seasons in the NBA and now offers analysis for USA Today and Hoopshype, says Jason Kidd 's demeanor could make him a "tremendous coach." "The guy's temperament is off the charts," argues Johnson. "But if he does get upset, you don't want to see him. You talk to the guys in the Nets locker room, like Kevin Garnett , Paul Pierce , Joe Johnson , they'll tell you he doesn't...
When the Nets made the decision to acquire Jason Terry , Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett , it was done for two reasons. The first was for the experience and leadership the trio provided. The second, and perhaps most important reason, was that they would help the team's spacing. If you think back to the series against the Bulls in 2013, the lack of spacing --primarily because Reggie Evans and Gerald...
News broke Wednesday afternoon that former Nets reserve Tornike Shengelia has signed with Baskonia of Spain. I can confirm @Eurohoopsnet report about Toko Shengelia to @Baskonia for the next three seasons. It is a done deal — Sportando (@sportando) May 28, 2014 Shengelia was traded from Brooklyn to Chicago in the Marquis Teague deal back in January after 36 appearances with the team in a year-and-a-half....
Adam Zagoria reports Lance Thomas , a 6'8" defensive specialist who played 106 games for the Hornets / Pelicans the last three seasons, has been invited to the Nets mini-camp next week. Thomas played for the Nets summer league team in 2010 but was cut in training camp. In three NBA seasons, the Brooklyn-born, New Jersey-raised Thomas averaged 3.0 points in 12.4 minutes. Early last season, he was cut...
Deron Williams underwent surgery on both of his ankles Tuesday morning and the Nets announced later in the day that the surgeries were "successful" in a full press release. Brooklyn Nets guard Deron Williams underwent successful surgery today on both ankles, General Manager Billy King announced today. The surgery was performed by Nets’ foot and ankle specialist, Dr. Martin O’Malley. Williams is expected...
Alexis Ohanian co-founded Reddit. He's a crusader for Net Neutrality ... and it turns out, for the Nets , too. Ohanian, who would love to own a (small) piece of his hometown's NBA team, never misses an opportunity to pump up the Nets. He did it again on CNBC Wednesday while talking to Carl Quintanilla of the business channel about New York's increasing role as a tech incubator. Asked specifically...
Here's the number: 123 million, 658 thousand and 89 dollars. That was the price tag attached to Joe Johnson on July 8, 2010 when he signed a lucrative deal with the Atlanta Hawks . At the time Johnson was an above average shooting guard fresh off his fifth straight season averaging at least 20 points per game in Atlanta, his fourth straight all-star appearance. He had just been named to his first...
Unless the president of the Philippines Benigno "Noynoy" Aquino III, vetoes a bill granting Andray Blatche citizenship, the Nets back-up center will become a dual citizen of the US and Philippines and be eligible for the country's national team in the World Championships this summer. National Team coach Chot Reyes tweeted out the news this morning... Blatche bill approved on third reading with affirmative...
Andray Blatche has played a huge role in the Nets ’ success their first two seasons in Brooklyn. He’s been their leading scorer off the bench both seasons, and oddly enough -- he’s one of the lowest paid players on the roster. The problem with Blatche: inconsistency. Blatche’s inconsistency is a mix of a ton of things. We know his talent is very broad, but he needs to play within himself. When he...
As we wrote 10 days ago, a New York Times survey of basketball fans showed that the Nets are the No. 1 team in only one county in the US, but that county is Brooklyn, where the Nets now have a 22-to-21 percent advantage over the Knicks ... after only two years in the city. The numbers are based on what one blogger called, accurately, an "imperfect proxy," that is Facebook "likes." Still, the Times...
In a recent workout for scouts, Duke forward Jabari Parker tried to stake his claim at the No. 1 spot....
Bojan Bogdanovic is playing well again. In four games, all wins, in the Turkish Cup, he's averaged 16.8 points a game in 25 minutes, shooting 14-of-27 from inside the arc and 9-of-20 outside it. He's also 12-of-12 at the stripe. That's a big improvement from the beginning of 2014 when he went into a monster slump after leading the Euroleague regular season in scoring. So what? Isn't he going to sign...
Andrei Kirilenko was thought to be Plan A this past offseason when the Nets nabbed him for the mini-midlevel exception. Kirilenko is a defensive stalwart who stimulates the offense through his off-ball movement and ability to pass. "AK-47" was expected to anchor the Nets bench unit and be a key cog in their championship pursuit. However, Kirilenko battled back spasms in the preseason and played only...
There wasn't much fanfare surrounding the Alan Anderson signing in the summer. He didn't make much of an impression in Toronto in his two seasons back from his stint overseas. He signed with the Nets in late July after Bojan Bogdanovic was unable to join the team. The numbers How was the 2013-2014 campaign for Anderson? Let's check the stats: 2013-2014 Alan Anderson Games Played 78 Minutes per game...
We're going to devote this week's Off-Season Report to how we see the Off-Season playing out. It's probably going to be boring With all the speculation of who may go where and what the Nets might be offered and for whom, one possibility isn't getting a lot of attention: Suppose everyone or just about everyone came back? Suppose the mantra of the Nets' off-season was preserving chemistry? Increasingly,...
It's buried in the Chicago Sun-Times story on the Bulls off-season planning, after the news that Taj Gibson has replaced Carlos Boozer , an amnesty candidate, on the team's depth chart at power forward, how Chicago could have three solid rookies, one Nikola Mirotic, perhaps the top young player in Europe, the others whoever they take at Nos. 16 and 19. The Bulls of course are in the market for Carmelo...
Buck Williams showed up at Game 4 in the Toronto series and the Nets put his face up on the scoreboard. In the last few days, the team's social media has referred his team records on multiple occasions. Now, Fred Kerber reports, the Nets all-time great may rejoin the team in a front office/ambassadorial role. Buck Williams, the greatest power forward in the history of the franchise, is being considered...
The report of the Cavaliers' concerns with Embiid's back comes a day after Embiid impressed during a workout infront of scouts. ...