Turf war! Nets buy giant billboard near Madison Square Garden
By Trey Kerby
Thus far, free-agency recruiting pitches have been mostly benevolent affairs. Whether it be from teams or fans, the people trying to lure their favorite basketball players to their favorite basketball teams have been content to say how great their city is, rather than bashing other teams. It's been kind of sweet, actually. Surely that would have to change sooner or later.
Naturally, the first sign of conflict will center around the New York Knicks and brash owner of the New Jersey Nets, Mikhail Prokhorov. In a bold and hilarious move, the Nets have purchased ad space for an enormous mural right by Madison Square Garden, home of that one team that desperately wants to sign a few free agents. As you can imagine, the Knicks aren't too happy to see gigantic versions of Prokhorov, Jay-Z and the Nets logo on their home turf. From the Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski:
The Nets are serious contenders for James - far outdistancing the neighboring New York Knicks who awoke to a 225-by-95-foot mural of Prokhorov and Jay-Z outside Jim Dolan's office window at Madison Square Garden. The Knicks have already called the league office, grumbling about its arrival.Pretty awesome plan by the Nets, I'd say. Putting a gigantic billboard right next to your compe ion is something straight out of a movie. Also awesome is the Nets' reaction to the Knicks getting mad. From the New York Daily News' Julian Garcia:
"When we went to our ad agency and said, 'Give us some available billboards,' they came to us with this location. Obviously we felt it was a bold statement but we decided to go for it," said Yormark, one of at least five recruiters, including Prokhorov and Jay-Z, expected to make a pitch to James in Thursday morning's wee hours. "If (the Knicks are) upset, they're upset, but I can't suspect they really are. They don't think about us."[More on the Nets' plan to make LeBron a billionaire]
Yes, that's certainly a "bold statement," and I love that whoever was tasked with getting billboards went straight for Madison Square Garden. Well played, but don't be so hard on yourselves, Netsers, the Knicks should be worried about you. And according to Wojnarowski, they are.
Knicks owner Jim Dolan was so angry over a bigger-than-life 227-foot billboard of Nets owners Jay-Z and Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov on the Eighth Avenue side of the Garden that sources say Dolan called Jay-Z and declared the mural was "intimidating to his employees."So funny. Both the fact that the billboard was intimidating and that Jim Dolan called Jay-Z to address it. I guess if you want things changed you have to go to the guy who owns all of 1 percent of the team. He surely is in charge of advertising. Way to not freak out, Jim.
[Photos: International superstar Jay-Z performing]
Let's just hope the Nets' "blueprint" is a reference to the first Jay-Z album of the same name, and definitely not the most recent one because that would just mean they're a slightly behind-the-times mess of ideas. But I guess that kind of makes sense now that I think about it.
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gonna be even worse when Lebronze signs there....under the table Russian deals to pimp Prokolov merchandise at 100 million / yr for the 2 yr New Jersey sacrifice...and not a dam thang Stern can do about it either...I'd cheat the system as well if I was Lebronze...why not...Cheating is the American way...and if you're not cheating you're not trying...that was my school years motto...
You really are obsessed with LeBron James. When you aren't talking about the Lakers, you're talking about LeBron.
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My hawking your balls?and when you're not sucking my your hawking my balls...
Sucking on Kobe's 24/7 must have made you re ed.
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You finally spelled you're correctly.
Got anymore gay jokes? Or are you going to tell me how many championships the Lakers have? Or how gangster you are because you brag about the Lakers on an nba forum?
Or you could put me on your little ignore list and put it in your sig, because that makes you a badass.
You finally spelled you're correctly.
Got anymore gay jokes? Or are you going to tell me how many championships the Lakers have? Or how gangster you are because you brag about the Lakers on an nba forum?
Or you could put me on your little ignore list and put it in your sig, because that makes you a badass.
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Rhetorically? Isn't that too big of a word for a re ed wigga who threatens people over the internet?
I've never directly threatened a soul...that's not my style but glad to see you can read between the ing lines...but I can see how a pussy like you could feel skurrddddd......and if you're gonna use the word have some ing balls and use it...the word is you pussy.... N-I-G-G-A....
just remember the question is : What Happened To That Boy? keep that mind ho...
Could Koolaid be indian..?
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