The Trade Deadline: Where do the Nets Go From Here

Posted on February 18, 2014 | Leave a comment

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The most exciting time of the year is upon us.  The regular season is fun, but everyone loves the trade deadline. Simply put, it’s fun to play armchair GM, and it’s also thrilling to watch the rumor mill develop live on Twitter.  And this year, the deadline finds the Nets in an interesting position. Sitting at 7th in the east at 24-27, 2014 has been kinder than 2013, but it is clear that the season has not gone as planned. And that leaves the Nets in an interesting position. There are multiple approaches the Nets could take to the deadline, each with their own rationale, from as quiet as doing nothing to as bold as blowing up the roster. Here is a look at the possibilities, and my recommendations for Billy King and Mikhail Prokhorov, as we approach the deadline.

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Net’s cliches

Posted on December 25, 2013 | Leave a comment

It is very common for professional sports teams to talk to the media after a game in cliches. And it’s common for a reason: the media is an obligation for players. After playing a long game and discussing it as a team, guys can’t just go home. They have to talk to the media. And after an exhausting practice, guys cannot just relax: they must chat about it to the media. Combine that with the fact that much of what teams are really doing and much of what goes on behind the scenes (flaring tempers, chemistry issues) is meant to be proprietary, and guys cannot even tell the truth anyway. So what you get is the same cliche answers from game to game — I call them canned answers — only for the guys not to follow them the next game.

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Why are we here? Hint: He’s 6’3 and Makes $98.7 Million

Posted on December 25, 2013 | Leave a comment

 

The Nets are where they are today because of Deron Williams. And that means that to get to where they want and need to be, it is up to Deron Williams.

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Jason Kidd and the Cardinal Rule of Franchises

Posted on December 6, 2013 | Leave a comment

Since Lawrence Frank’s reassignment, the Nets have lost 111-87 and 113-83, to the Nuggets and Knicks at home. Clearly, this was not what Jason Kidd hoped for when he severed his partnership with his former mentor and friend.

This means something simple: The Nets must relieve Kidd of his duties, either by giving him a different organizational role or letting him go entirely. The Knicks have often been criticized for something that the Nets appear guilty of in hiring Jason Kidd: violating the cardinal rule.

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A 2-5 Start: So What’s Wrong

Posted on November 14, 2013 | Leave a comment

Needless to say, a 2-5 start is not what any Net fan envisioned this year. Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, and Andrei Kirilenko have come to play our weakest positions. Gone is Avery Johnson’s isolation regime, replaced with Jason Kidd and an all star staff of assistants. And with four starters back from last year (including our top three players), we did not lose much from what was a 49-33 group.

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