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CDR on twitter - Jan. 14, 2010
Chris Dougey-Roberts on twitter Well today, I had a meeting with our head coach. Ummmm...the media is trying to make me look like a jerk. Let me tell y'all why... Earlier in the year,every loss would make me really upset.I was walking around w/a stress headache daily.Fa real.I was taking my anger...
Measuring Shawne Williams
Shawne Williams took a chance, leaving Memphis after one year. His basketball skills thrilled those who scouted him in high school and his numbers at Pre-Draft Camp were solid if not eye-popping. His maturity...not so much. He measured 6′8.75″ in sneakers and 227 pounds–about the same as what he...
Highlights - Frank Coverage
Nets guard Chris Douglas-Roberts knew something was up when he entered the meeting room at the team hotel Sunday morning and didn't see Lawrence Frank standing in front wearing his usual Nets T-shirt and Nets track pants. Douglas-Roberts and his teammates knew Frank was no longer their head coach...
10 Questions for 2009-10?
1. DEE-fense? Devin Harris says it's his top priority: returning to that ballhawk Rod Thorn so loved when he traded Jason Kidd for him 20 months ago. Thorn loved Courtney Lee for the same reason. Will he bring it as well? Then there's the bigs: Brook Lopez promises he will emulate his brother,...
The Thorn Report Card - Off-Season Edition
Note: Grades based on long-term consequences of the trade as well as cost-benefit to the team. As the years roll by, they change. Some go up, some go down. We could have (should have?) called it the Thorn-Vandeweghe Report Card, but Rod remains in charge and Thorn-Vandeweghe is too long. RodKiKi?...
Nets vs. Knicks – Cap Space
"We currently have the most cap space available of any team.’’ --Kiki Vandeweghe, GM, New Jersey Nets, October 11, 2009 "We have the most room in the league. That's good. We're No. 1." --Donnie Walsh, GM, New York Knicks, September 26, 2009 So who's right? Firstf of all, it's highly unlikely that...
If I Were a Rich Man…
When Mikhail Prokhorov becomes principal owner of the Nets--we're no longer saying if, the team’s fortunes will change. That’s a no-brainer, but how? A lot has been written about how a Prokhorov-owned Nets team would immediately be the front runner for Lebron James’ services, perhaps even a...
Basketball News!
Buried in the avalanche of news about the team’s sale was a lot of basketball news that didn’t get much attention. So we’ve pulled some of the best quotes and tried organizing them. On 2009-10: Rod Thorn: "We don’t look that strong on paper, but we will be better than a lot of the pundits think...
NetsDaily Off-Season Report #24
Every Sunday, we’ll be updating the Nets’ off-season with bits and pieces of information, gossip, etc. to help take the edge off missing the playoffs, relying on the Nets’ beat reporters and others who have slipped interesting stuff into larger stories and blogs. Red Dawn Twenty three weeks of...
NetsDaily Off-Season Report #22
Every Sunday, we’ll be updating the Nets’ off-season with bits and pieces of information, gossip, etc. to help take the edge off missing the playoffs, relying on the Nets’ beat reporters and others who have slipped interesting stuff into larger stories and blogs. Twitter News from the Night...
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