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Nets, Avery Johnson reach verbal agreement

June 9, 2010

The New Jersey Nets took another big step in their re-building effort as they reached a verbal agreement with Avery Johnson to take over as the Nets’ new head coach.

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Wizards win NBA Draft Lottery

May 18, 2010

While the lowly New Jersey Nets had a 25% chance of winning tonight’s NBA Draft Lottery, their luck continues to fall short. You would think an abysmal 12-70 record would get you something. While the Nets will be able to improve with the third pick in the upcoming draft, the top pick went to a [...]

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Tiny Trades: Najera and Armstrong on the move

January 11, 2010

We keep hearing rumblings of big names to be dealt before February’s trading deadline, but haven’t seen any action yet. While today didn’t bring any updates of Al Jefferson, Chris Bosh, Tracy McGrady or Antawn Jamison on the move, we did see a couple of minor deals go down.
The most notable trade occured between the [...]

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Saturday’s Soundbites: 1/2

January 2, 2010

Nate Robinson on his feelings of being asked to enter the game after being benched for the past 14. Oh, and then he went on to drop 41 points…ridiculous. (from AP)
“I got nervous. Butterflies. I don’t know. I felt kind of sick. I was just real, real nervous. I was just going to do everything [...]

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Fantasy Focus: Yi Jianlian edition

December 27, 2009

Throughout the Nets’ horrific start to the season, Yi has been largely absent from their lineup. After starting the first four games of the year, Yi was sidelined with a right-knee injury,  certainly adding to New Jersey’s woes. Just before making his return to the lineup, a collision with Sean Williams in practice led to [...]

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Saturday’s NBA Soundbites: 12/19

December 19, 2009

Wizards’ coach Flip Saunders on his team’s questionable shot selection (from Wizards Insider):
“I’ll say this, in all my years in coaching — 15 years in the NBA and the CBA, college — I have never yelled at a player for taking bad shots in a game — until this year,” Saunders said. “It’s a catch-22. [...]

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