The debate is an old and tired one: If you could have any player taking the last shot for you in an NBA game who would it be? LeBron? Kobe? Melo? All nice choices. Except for the fact that there is a player who has proven time and again to be significantly more clutch than […]
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Nets and Heat reveal nickname jerseys
The Nets and Heat will wear jerseys with nicknames on the back for their game on January 10, and today, Slam Magazine has released a few of the images. A few of the Nets jerseys are as follows: The @BrooklynNets will be rocking these @adidasHoops nickname jerseys Jan 10 vs the Heat. Thoughts? pic.twitter.com/S9Oqn0M1Dl — […]
KG doesn’t know where he fits in the offense
Well, it finally happened. Kevin Garnett spoke with reporters today and admitted that he isn’t sure what his role is in the Nets offense. The Nets beat writers recorded the exchange on Twitter. The Daily News’ Stefan Bondy presented the quotes as follows: An introspective Kevin Garnett said today that this is the most frustrating […]
Andrei Kirlenko listed as probable
Per Brooklyn Nets PR, Andrei Kirilenko is listed as probable to play tonight against the Spurs. Kirilenko has been out since Nov. 8 with back spasms. Tyshawn Taylor is also listed as out with a mild haram string sprain. Update: Kirilenko is a go and will play 10-12 minutes at SF.
Stan Van Gundy is not impressed
Stan Van Gundy, former coach of the Orlando Magic, had some choice words on the Brooklyn Nets. Van Gundy said: “I think with all the injuries it’s been hard to evaluate Jason Kidd. It’s been easy to jump on him not just because of the record, but the things coming out of their locker room, […]
Terrence Williams to sign with Lakers D-League affiliate
Terrence Williams, who The Brooklyn Game previously reported may be signing with the Springfield Armor, has signed a deal with the Lakers affiliate, L.A. D-Fenders. Williams, of course, was drafted by the Nets in 2009, and has been a bust for several teams, including the Lakers and Celtics. The signing would have been a return […]
Brook Lopez to have surgery Jan. 4
The Brooklyn Nets announced yesterday that Brook Lopez will surgery on his fifth metatarsal on January 4th. Lopez broke the foot in last weeks lost to the Philadelphia 76ers. Billy King since announced that the center is out for the season. The Nets stated that more details on the surgery will be forthcoming as is. […]
More Doc on Nets trade
Rod Boone from Newsday interviewed Doc Rivers on the Paul Pierce/Kevin Garnett trade, and Doc had some nice things, again, to say about his former players. With Paul, Doc believed that the trade to the Nets would “rejuvenate his career.” There are tons of good quotes in the article, but here are some highlights: “Brooklyn […]
Kidd to use Elysium to help with coaching
In today’s worthless news story of the day, Jason Kidd revealed at the premiere of the movie Elysium (yeah, I’ve never heard of it either) that he plans to use the plot of the movie to help with his coaching style. Okay. Here’s some quotes. Growing up did you have any futuristic movies or books […]
Kidd: Nets to open season in Cleveland
Jason Kidd appeared at a season ticket holder event Monday and spoke about the upcoming season and upgrades to the Nets roster. Not being a season ticket holder, I was not at the event, but lucky for us, there were some folks tweeting. And they got us covered on quotes. All of these are from […]
Do Pierce and Garnett have anything left? Let’s ask Doc.
In an interview from Gary Washburn, Doc Rivers spoke at length about his former players in Brooklyn. And if anyone knows what these two had left, it’s Rivers. He believes they will have an impact in Brooklyn, but he didn’t stop there. “I get very emotional whenever I talk about Kevin and Paul. To see […]
WOJ: Nets sign Alan Anderson
The Nets, who apparently stole Entertainment 720’s money printing machine, have signed G/F Alan Anderson to a two-year deal worth an, as of right now, unknown amount of money. This is borderline crazy because a vet-minimum deal (which is probably what this is) would cost something around $5M out of pocket for Mikhail Prokhorov due […]
