[B-Fly]

Dammit, they're not really this bad.

Harris should be back Saturday to play the Knicks in the Meadowlands, but if they lose that game, I could get pretty shaggy, as they've got a west coast road swing after that. Still, I'm confident that if Harris can stay reasonably healthy the rest of the season, they'll at least finish with more wins than NYK, MIN, CHA and MEM.

[Hammer]

nice

[Moonlight J]

I never thought you were a Hasidic Jew

[Piney Boy]

So your shooting for the BillBuckner look?

[Trautdiggity]

Grizzly Man here we come.

Anyone think there may be some foul play of the Nets trying to get a top pick to pair with LBJ if they can lure him?

[Hammer]

Originally Posted by Trautdiggity

Grizzly Man here we come.

Anyone think there may be some foul play of the Nets trying to get a top pick to pair with LBJ if they can lure him?

not on the players side. players play to win and this is beyond embarrassing.

[Judge Jude]

An 0-4 Thanksgiving Week West Coast trip can get them to 0-17, tying the NBA record for worst start ever.
Then a return home to face Dallas and Jason Kidd to "try" to break the record.

oowph

[Hornsby]

Originally Posted by Trautdiggity

Grizzly Man here we come.

Anyone think there may be some foul play of the Nets trying to get a top pick to pair with LBJ if they can lure him?

There is virtually no chance that Lebron signs with the Nets...they really have nothing to offer him other than money, and he can get that anywhere.

I'd give it about a 20% chance that he signs with the Knicks, again, money is not a factor, nor are endorsements. He plays in Cleveland, I live in Minnesota, and I can't turn on a TV and not see LBJ in a commercial.

[Judge Jude]

A crucial 'Brooklyn Nets' NY Court of Appeals decision (re eminent domain) may come in about 13 hours - or 37 hours.

Either way, Nets can't be in Brooklyn before fall 2012, if then.......

[onejayhawk]

This team is a lot better than the Dallas team just before they drafted Mashburn and Kidd. That team had 4 wins by Valentine's Day, and was overachieving.

J

[B-Fly]

Saturday was their first game this season with at least four of their five starters healthy, and it was only Harris' first game back. I frankly believe this team, when it's healthy, will prove better than NYK, CHA, MIN, MEM, SAC and maybe a few other teams before the season's done. That said, I'm not sure this road trip will be conducive to them snapping the season-starting losing streak. The key for the Nets future will be how this team performs in the second half of this season.

As for LeBron, I think if he's looking for a team that under his leadership can be developed into a perennial title contender, he could do A LOT worse than jumping in with Devin Harris and Brook Lopez at PG and C. Those are better complementary players for LeBron than any of the other teams supposedly "in contention" have to offer. I also think Jay Z has some real potential sway with LeBron, but we'll see.

[chancellor]

BTW, you have a duty to ourselves, our Rotojunkie nation and the world, a duty that should not be grudgingly accepted but rather seized gladly: post a pic of yourself with a full beard.

[B-Fly]

On Day 5 since I last shaved, it's looking pretty fugly. I'm thinking by the time I get back from the Thanksgiving Weekend, it will at least be starting to look like an intentional beard, lol.

[JudeBaldo]

Originally Posted by chancellor

BTW, you have a duty to ourselves, our Rotojunkie nation and the world, a duty that should not be grudgingly accepted but rather seized gladly: post a pic of yourself with a full beard.

I second this!!!

[Riff Raff]

Originally Posted by B-Fly

Saturday was their first game this season with at least four of their five starters healthy, and it was only Harris' first game back. I frankly believe this team, when it's healthy, will prove better than NYK, CHA, MIN, MEM, SAC and maybe a few other teams before the season's done. That said, I'm not sure this road trip will be conducive to them snapping the season-starting losing streak. The key for the Nets future will be how this team performs in the second half of this season.

As for LeBron, I think if he's looking for a team that under his leadership can be developed into a perennial title contender, he could do A LOT worse than jumping in with Devin Harris and Brook Lopez at PG and C. Those are better complementary players for LeBron than any of the other teams supposedly "in contention" have to offer. I also think Jay Z has some real potential sway with LeBron, but we'll see.

A man has to have a dream.

He can also go to Miami and pair with a superstar and Beasley with a serviceable PF in tow, and not pay much income tax. Heck, even 50 games with Jermaine (if he re-signs there). I think Miami has a better shot given he's buddies with Wade, the weather is awesome, and the tax incentives. Lopez and Harris are nice, but not in the same tier as what he can get in the south.

He'd never do it, but if Bosh flew the coop in Toronto he could take that cap space and play along side Calerdon, Hedo and Bargnani - again, IMO, a better set of players than can be found in NJ.

[Judge Jude]

Nets battled vs Kings, but now 0-16 with a Sunday night tilt vs Lakers.

B-Fly's sentence may be commuted next weekend, though, with Bobcats in NJ Friday and at Knicks 2 days later.......

[Trautdiggity]

Originally Posted by B-Fly

On Day 5 since I last shaved, it's looking pretty fugly. I'm thinking by the time I get back from the Thanksgiving Weekend, it will at least be starting to look like an intentional beard, lol.

[Judge Jude]

This should solve it - Nets fire their coach

"East Rutherford, NJ- The New Jersey Nets have relieved Head Coach Lawrence Frank of his coaching duties effective immediately, Nets President Rod Thorn announced today. Nets assistant coach Tom Barrise will assume the head coaching responsibilities for tonight’s game against the Los Angeles Lakers. A permanent replacement for Coach Frank has not been determined."

FYI, Frank won his first 13 games as a head coach - an NBA record.
Almost seems cruel to fire him before he breaks the record for most losses at the start of a season, too.

[Judge Jude]

Kobe 13, Nets 12 so far, but they'll win that one.
Lakers 27, Nets 12 - that's more problematic.....

Geesh, I guess I should get out there Wednesday.

[TS Garp]

Lakers up by 20 to open the second. A team with Devin Harris and Brook Lopez shouldn't be this bad, but Courtney Lee has been terrible, and giving away Ryan Anderson with Vince Carter looks even worse in light of the Yi injury. They'd have at least 3-4 wins if they'd kept Carter. It was probably still the right move to deal him, but that never seemed like the smartest trade.