Around the Nets: Transition Thursday

  • Your Morning Draft Watch: The Cleveland Cavaliers lost to the Wizards last night, all but guaranteeing that the Nets won’t get included in a tie for the 3rd-worst record. The Cavs, Hornets, and Kings would all have to win tomorrow and the Nets lose for a 4-way tie. The Cavs play the Bulls (loss), the Kings play the Lakers (probable loss), and the Hornets play the free-falling Rockets (toss-up).
  • Most likely scenario: the Brooklyn Nets (nice to start using that officially) end up the only team in the NBA with a 22-44 record, giving them the outright sixth-best chance at the lottery (6.3% chance for the #1 pick, 21.5% overall chance of the top 3). If the Hornets win, the Nets’ chances jump to 7.5%/25.3%, if the Hornets and Kings win those jump to 9%/29.5%. Small, but not insignificiant.

  • I’m not entertaining what happens if the Nets win tomorrow, because it’s just too sad. We’ll cross that bridge when it draws up and hits us in the face.
  • Gerald Green adds to the plethora of language that suggests that Green will don a Brooklyn Nets uniform next season. This time, it comes with some added positive words on Gerald Wallace and DeShawn Stevenson.

  • Jayson Williams: “Alcohol is the cause of all my problems.”

  • Michael Bloomberg says the Barclays Center will provide roughly 2,000 jobs to Brooklyn residents, but Norman Oder finds that number a bit fishy: “Presumably many of the jobs are low-skilled part-time jobs, with relatively low wages and benefits that differ significantly those accompanying full-time jobs.” Net Income of NetsDaily is less concerned about those issues: “There hasn’t been a major building project in the city’s history that didn’t offend someone.”

  • A Dallas Mavericks beat writer thinks the chances are very good that D-Will goes to Dallas.

  • This guy seems pretty pissed that the Nets are moving to Brooklyn for a lot of weird reasons. His closing line: “Enjoy living in the Knicks’ shadow in mediocrity.” As opposed to what they do now?

  • Are the Toronto Raptors going after Sasha Vujacic?
  • The NBA D-League will hold four national tryouts in May. One MassLive writer suggests that it might be due to Dennis Horner‘s success.