- Nets Euro rookies Mirza Teletovic and Tornike Shengalia went head to head today in a Eurobasket game. Teletovic’s Bosnia defeated Shengalia’s Georgia 107-103, but both players had solid games. See the boxscore.
- More on Teletovic: Wendell Maxey of Ridiculous Upside takes a look at Teletovic’s lights out performance thus far at Eurobasket and declares Tele to be a “steal.”
- During a visit to a Fort Worth high school, Avery Johnson spoke about the Brooklyn Nets and their upcoming season, using the oft-used term “good on paper” to describe the Nets and said they have “a lot of work to do” before being considered a championship contender.
- Meanwhile, NBA.com’s Sekou Smith gives his own take on the Nets being “good on paper vs. real life” debate.
- The Nets: playing in Brooklyn, practicing in Jersey and living in Manhattan. Looks like it.
- It looks like Jay-Z is spreading the Brooklyn swag to his wife Beyonce. No word on Blue Ivy. Yet.
- Unpopular opinion alert: The character of Omar in The Wire was one of my least favorite on that show. But, here’s Brooklyn native Michael K. Williams (Omar) representing the borough in a Brooklyn Nets fitted during a recent photo shoot.