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Brooklyn Nets Looking at Paul Pierce?

Posted on: February 20th, 2013 by Devin Kharpertian 1 Comment

 

Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo! Sports reports that the Brooklyn Nets and Boston Celtics have discussed a trade that would send Boston Celtics forward Paul Pierce to the Brooklyn Nets, with the Nets offering Kris Humphries, MarShon Brooks, and a first-round draft pick. The Celtics apparently want a "more substantial" package, requesting forward Mirza Teletovic and potentially another pick, but the Nets balked at paying that price.

The Nets have have discussions with the Celtics before about Pierce, though it's unlikely that Boston would want to trade him to a division rival for an underwhelming package. Adding Pierce would create an additional logjam at small forward for the Nets, who already have Gerald Wallace signed for four years at around $40 million.

From the report:

"The Celtics still highly value Pierce and it wouldn't make sense to trade him for that kind of a package if they're keeping Kevin Garnett," one league source said.

Wojnarowski added that the Celtics, reportedly looking to bolster their guard rotation, also inquired about backup point guard C.J. Watson, but were rebuffed by the Nets.

Read More: NBA trade deadline buzz: Nets make offer for Celtics guard Paul Pierce

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Morning Shootaround

Shootaround: Garnett blasts Humphries, No rest for D-Will

Posted on: November 30th, 2012 by Devin Kharpertian 2 Comments

 

  • First and foremost comes the most super-important part of today, both for this site and our current political climate: I'm now doing Nets Power Rankings for New York Magazine every Thursday. Tease: two members of the bench mob make the top five. One invented palindromes.

  • We didn't really touch on this when it happened, but holy Joe Johnson:

    (note: per request from @elonepb, I've switched out the NBA's version -- which had the Celtics call -- with Ian Eagle. Because, I mean, it's Ian Eagle.)

  • Kevin Garnett has some choice words for Kris Humphries: "Dude's always been known to be out of control. He's always tried to play the tough guy or whatever role you want to do it. It was a little extra, but it comes with the territory and it comes with the game. ... I guess they're trying to hold up to the whole Brooklyn mentality."

  • Even with Deron Williams' bumps and bruises, Billy King says there's no plan to rest his point guard.

  • The Manhattan/New York Knicks are #1 in the NBA jersey sales... unless you count fairly.
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Waxing Poetic

The Boston Celtics: A Portrait in Fugazi

Posted on: November 29th, 2012 by Mark Ginocchio 5 Comments

 

The phrase “Fugazi” – Mafia slang for “fake tough guy” per the movie Donnie Brasco – should be a familiar one to long-term Nets fans. Following a game 2 Nets demolition of the Manhattan Knicks during the 2004 NBA Playoffs, then-Knick Tim Thomas, injured by a hard foul from Nets center Jason Collins, referred to Collins’ teammate Kenyon Martin – long considered the heart, soul and tenacious grit of the back-to-back finals team – as a “Fugazi.” Martin, ever the diplomat, said he would welcome being locked in a room with Thomas to see who would emerge in one piece. That surprisingly did very little to quiet the heat between the Nets and Knicks.

What I’ve always found preposterous about Thomas’ words was the fact that Martin’s tough guy act helped his team win, and only went on to emblemize in that playoff series how much more battle-tested and prepared the Nets were than the Knicks –- a team that had taken a punch and essentially refused to fight back. If Jason Kidd hadn’t suffered a debilitating knee injury in the second round of that postseason, the Nets and their “Fugazi” spirit probably would have made a third consecutive trip to the NBA Finals. There was nothing "fake" about Martin and those Nets.

Of course the reason why I’m fixated on “Fugazi” today is based on last night’s Brooklyn Nets victory in Boston over the Celtics. The Celtics, who are only a few months removed from taking the Miami Heat to a competitive fourth quarter of Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Finals, put on a clinic in “Fugazi” last night... MORE →

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Nets News & Analysis

Nets-Celtics: Morning Brief

Posted on: November 28th, 2012 by Devin Kharpertian 1 Comment

 

Deron Williams Brooklyn Nets, Leandro Barbosa

SHOTS! (AP/Kathy Kmonicek)

The Brooklyn Nets are in Boston tonight to take on the Boston Celtics. Here's some info to help you parse tonight's game.... MORE →

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Nets News & Analysis

The Brooklyn Basics: Nets-Celtics, 8 P.M. (TNT)

Posted on: November 15th, 2012 by Devin Kharpertian No Comments

 

AP/Kathy Willens


The Brooklyn Nets (4-2) take on the Boston Celtics (5-3), tonight at 8 P.M. at Barclays Center. Here's all you need to know, and probably some stuff you don't.

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