jon abbey said:10-21 now after tonight's blowout in SA (down 95-63 at one point), 10-22 after the next game in OKC. Kidd and Woodson are somehow keeping each other in jobs, as they circle interlockingly down the drain.
I'll take that top 7 pick over a first round exitRudy Pemberton said:It's inevitablw but it's still gonna suck in two weeks when the Knicks and nets are tied for first and the celtics are mired in a 15 game losing streak.
riboflav said:I told you. Same as last year.
"I show up everyday and I try to be a professional and give everything I have. You put Father Time on top of that, it doesn't help," Garnett told Stefan Bondy of the New York Daily News. "The most frustrating thing about me is I could see if wasn't hitting shots and I wasn't in here working or taking [expletive] days off but I put time into my craft for it to come out. But then that's rhythm on offense. And I don't have that right now."
I think he's talking about practice maybe? Cause the last two sentences seem to indicate he's not doing it in the game.wutang112878 said:I hate to see KG end his career this way, he certainly never talked about 'father time' when he was hear but he is beginning to recognize his athletic mortality:
Its great to see that he still thinks he is hitting his shots he is shooting 36% for the season.
lars10 said:I think he's talking about practice maybe? Cause the last two sentences seem to indicate he's not doing it in the game.
Given what this collection did last year, we never should have expected the Nets to contend in 2014. If these players all played as well this year as they did last year, the Nets—given their allocation of minutes in 2013-14—should still only be on pace to win about half their games. But the team is not quite reaching that pace. Although most players on the Nets are producing at a level similar to what we saw last year (again, suggesting that coaching doesn’t matter much), there are three players—Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Reggie Evans—who have caused the Nets to fall short of even the meager record we might expect. What does this trio have in common? These are three of the four oldest players on the roster. So it appears that the Nets are being done in by aging stars and a predilection for unproductive “scorers,” not bad coaching
wutang112878 said:Pretty scary situation huh? And we have 2 of those picks, its great stuff. This could go down as Dannys best trade ever
BigSoxFan said:Brooklyn should be looking to buy every late 1st / early 2nd round pick they can get their hands on and just hope they hit the jackpot on somebody.
Deron Williams is out.wade boggs chicken dinner said:Shaun Livingston played 51 minutes? Where did that come from?
86spike said:Deron Williams is out.
Perhaps that's correlation though. Probably the veterans needed time to get going and for the overall team to gel as well.jon abbey said:The Nets are quietly 30-12 since Jan 1 if they hold on against Houston tonight, 13 in a row at home. Addition by subtraction is always fascinating in the NBA, Lopez might be the best two-way center in the league when healthy but somehow they have been much better without him, and the last month or so has been without Garnett also.
wade boggs chicken dinner said:So if I am the Pacers, I think I "let" the Heat get 1st seed so the Heat can play Brooklyn in the second round. It is pretty likely they stay in the 4-5 game - they are three games up of 'Zards for 5th spot and 2 games behind Toronto for the 3rd spot, and it seems like having the Heat and Brooklyn go at it in the second round is worth home court advantage?
Interesting decision though.
86spike said:Only team to ever sweep LeBron in a regular season series.
jon abbey said:Don't think this is true, they showed a graphic yesterday that the Bulls and Spurs had both done it. Those were only 3 and 2 games, though, so they are the first one to win 4.
It is worth noting that the four games were 3 one point wins plus a double OT win. Still impressive, but that is as close as 4-0 gets to 0-4.
Nice. Who is Brooklyn's Langston Hughes?jon abbey said:Changed the topic title for you, though.
Well yeah... That's why I never objected to the thread title until now. LolCaptainLaddie said:In fairness, they were a dumpster fire for the first part of the season.
86spike said:
Nice. Who is Brooklyn's Langston Hughes?
Hold fast to KiddTony C said:heh-heh -- well played.
Grin&MartyBarret said:
Fixed that for you. Pacers are a sinking ship.
86spike said:
First 4 game sweep of Bron, thanks.
And yeah, they were all nail biters.
Nice. Who is Brooklyn's Langston Hughes?
Well yeah... That's why I never objected to the thread title until now. Lol
With the playoffs approaching, the Nets still struggle with young/fast/athletic teams (Toronto has been a problem) and they are pretty awful on the second night of back-to-backs. Age is a bitch.
There are no back-to-backs in the playoffs, so that's good... But I do worry about the quicker teams the Nets may face.
Rudy Pemberton said:Guess it's time for a postmortem on the Nets. It seems like this season ultimately ended the way you'd expect it would...they simply do not have the talent to beat the Heat (and frankly, I'm not sure anyone other than the Spurs does). Where do they go from here? KG looks cooked, Pierce clearly not the player he once was but probably worth keeping around for less.
Seems like the Nets are stuck in the position the C's were the last few years...good, but with no real chance of beating the Heat and no clear way to build a team that can.
This season couldn't have been scripted any better for Boston and the 3 future unprotected firsts of theirs we own (one being a swap option). KG is done, Lopez injured again, Pierce on the first flight to Clipperland, and Iso Joe quickly approaching 40,000 NBA minutes.Rudy Pemberton said:Guess it's time for a postmortem on the Nets. It seems like this season ultimately ended the way you'd expect it would...they simply do not have the talent to beat the Heat (and frankly, I'm not sure anyone other than the Spurs does). Where do they go from here? KG looks cooked, Pierce clearly not the player he once was but probably worth keeping around for less.
Seems like the Nets are stuck in the position the C's were the last few years...good, but with no real chance of beating the Heat and no clear way to build a team that can.
Brickowski said:Prokorhov missed the boat when he hired Billy King.