Nets: Brooklyn Nets will compete for conference le..

[Rogue]

The Nets have been a ty franchise since the NJ days and it got even tier after moving across the hudson bay. It must suck to be a New Yorker and a basketball fan imho

[Calispursfan11]

One does not simply talk down to Leon Black without repercussions

I'll bet that first chick on your sig has been the recipient of some vigorous ty ing tbh . She was built for it imho.

[Calispursfan11]

People are hyping this up like the 2012 Lakers. Yes, you have big names in your starting 5 and everyone's been an all-star at some point of their careers, but you need to take into count that Pierce,KG and JJ are not that young and are not in their primes, Deron hasn't been the same since his Utah days and Brook Lopez has his foot issue. Then you look at their bench, it sucks ass.

IMO in the East making the playoffs ain't gonna be an issue, problem will be injuries, can everyone stay healthy come playoff time? If they're healthy and J.Kidd turns out to be a decent coach they might be a contender, but it's a big IF right now.

I'm certainly interested in seeing how the Nets do next season, I might be watching them quite often to see how KG and D-Will play together but I'm not gonna act like they have a shot at beating Miami until they actually play the games.

I'd like to replace that focking hawt mo in' babe on tha' right's necklace with a custom pearl necklace tbh. Dayum!

[Thebesteva]

I'll bet that first chick on your sig has been the recipient of some vigorous ty ing tbh . She was built for it imho.

I think its all the same girl in my sig except the fake blonde. The fake blonde is Valeria Orsini aka the aesthetic fitness model. The other girl is an amateur.

[Seefourdc]

So a younger KG, Allen, Rondo, and Pierce that couldn't beat the Heat 2 years ago is somehow basically going to be redubbed into the Nets without an Allen to challenge for something? Furthermore your coach is a first time coach and not a top level coach like Doc Rivers?

Nets are more likely to be this season's LA Lakers than anything else.

[TheRealCB]

JJ is a better player than Allen,Williams is a better player than Rondo when motivated and not getting stuffed with cheeseburgers and they got Brook Lopez too. Not saying they will beat the Heat,but they are not the 12-13 Lakers either.

[blkroadrunners]

If it were 2007, I could agree w/ the Nets competing for a le. However this team just looks slow on paper. Teams like Chicago or Miami will run them out the court.

[Seefourdc]

JJ is a better player than Allen,Williams is a better player than Rondo when motivated and not getting stuffed with cheeseburgers and they got Brook Lopez too. Not saying they will beat the Heat,but they are not the 12-13 Lakers either.

JJ is a better player than Allen?! At what? JJ over his career .442 fg%, .369 3 pt% and .798 fg%. Last season he was worse than his career average in fg%. At Age 36 in his last season at Boston Ray was better than JJ has ever been. In Ray's rookie year he was better than JJ has ever been.

JJ has not nor will he ever be a better player than Ray Allen.

Rookie coach, fat PG, not one single player in their prime. This team has no chance. At best they get into the playoffs #4 and survive 1 round.

[TheRealCB]

JJ is a better player than Allen?! At what? JJ over his career .442 fg%, .369 3 pt% and .798 fg%. Last season he was worse than his career average in fg%. At Age 36 in his last season at Boston Ray was better than JJ has ever been. In Ray's rookie year he was better than JJ has ever been.

JJ has not nor will he ever be a better player than Ray Allen.

Rookie coach, fat PG, not one single player in their prime. This team has no chance. At best they get into the playoffs #4 and survive 1 round.

JJ in his prime (29) was better than 34 yo Allen,that's all I'm saying.

[jermaine]

We're talking about a bunch of veterans. Im sure they want a ring, so I'm sure they will all play their rolls just to make sure the Heat doesn't 3peat. An you have to believe KG wants to stick it to Ray Allen. But with this m9ve the pressure is all on the Heat, Bulls, an Pacers. We all seen that the Heat cant handle anyone with a inside gm. An when you put Lopez (who could be a Duncan if he wants to be) an KG whos on his way out but still no slouch. Thats alot of beef. An on top of that, KG wont have to bang like He did with the Celtics. Thats going to be mainly on the younger Lopez. KG free to shoot midrange an play good defense. If they're healthy, their going to win the east easy.

[Calispursfan11]

What I don't understand is Garnett going to slaughter with nary a beef. I thought he walked tall. No. His belly is draggin'.

Crawl, mother er, crawl.

Would you say DA has raped as well now?

[Calispursfan11]

Although I don't think it's going to be as disastrous as the Lakers, it's not gonna be great either. There are a bunch of ball dominant guys and that hasn't always worked well. If they can do something like the 2011 Mavs did with all those names, maybe, but I just don't see this team as well rounded for some reason. On paper they look great but I am not convinced.

[LakerHater]

[LethalLebron]

I have them ranked here:

1- The Champs
2- Indy
3- Okla
4- Chi-city
5- SA
6- HTown wit Dwight
7- BK
8- LAC
9- NYK
10- Griz

[Mr.Bottomtooth]

No athleticism. bench. They're not going anywhere.

[Basketballgirl25]

As I Nets fan I'm excited and iffy about this all at the same time. Pierce and KG can't be any worse then the Nets starting lineup of last year. I'm sure it will take time, but if they stay healthy and if Kidd get good help learning to coach they could be good.

And they Nets aren't much worse for cap space. Still pretty much same time frame, with this just a little less cap space then what they would have had without it

[Thread]

^You like geezer, sweetheart?

[Rogue]

Pierce will turn out to be a catalyst to their chemistry imho. They don't lack talent but they just failed to organize those talents the right way last season. Pierce will bring some leadership and experience to this team, things they were severely lacking in the prior season

[LakerHater]

I dont think the bench could be as bad as Miami!

[hyhy]

I think they should plan their season to be the 8th in east.
They get rest for their main players throughout the season, and they fight the heat fresh in the first round.
Rather that, than tire their 5 players getting into the 2nd spot, den running them to the ground until the ECF, where most probably they will all be dead, before facing Miami heat.

[mudyez]

Trade in a nuts :

Nets really improve for about 1,5seasons without threatening Miami. After that Prokorov may loose interest after finding out how skrewed up the franchis is at this point.
Boston gets some nice pieces but still needs to get shred a boatload (Lee, Bass, Wallace) of bad contracts and might loose Rondo to arange just that.

[Basketballgirl25]

geezer? Last I heard Brook was young and I like him so

[Basketballgirl25]

Trade in a nuts :

Nets really improve for about 1,5seasons without threatening Miami. After that Prokorov may loose interest after finding out how skrewed up the franchis is at this point.
Boston gets some nice pieces but still needs to get shred a boatload (Lee, Bass, Wallace) of bad contracts and might loose Rondo to arange just that.

how are Nets skrewed up? yeah nj nets were, but if you follow basketball you will know the since the move to brooklyn it's been different

[Rogue]

The nets are a ty franchise on either side of the Hudson river

[mudyez]

how are Nets skrewed up? yeah nj nets were, but if you follow basketball you will know the since the move to brooklyn it's been different

trading away every possible pick and handing out insane contracts while still remaining a middle in the pack team isn't skrewing it up?