Nets Team Report
(Sun, 21 Mar 2010 00:40:34 PDT)
Yes, they are looking to finish the season with respect. And yes, they hope to get additional experience for their young players. But overriding everything else in a season seemingly born and fostered in Hell for the Nets is getting three more wins.
Three wins will insure the Nets will not go down as the worst team in NBA history. That inglorious handle would remain with the 1972-73 Sixers who compiled a near-inconceivable—at least until this season—9-73 record.
"My goal really is trying not to get that record. That's the only goal we should have. No individual goals, just breaking that record—we do not want to do that," Chris Douglas-Roberts said of the Nets, who are 7-62 with 13 games remaining.
And they are two games behind the Sixers' pace.
Bosh scores 36 points, slumping Raptors find Nets the perfect opponent, 100-90
(Sat, 20 Mar 2010 21:03:42 PDT)
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. - With the Toronto Raptors in the midst of a slump, Chris Bosh got a little pep talk from Jarrett Jack, Antoine Wright and Marcus Banks before their game with the woeful New Jersey Nets.
Bosh has 36 points, Raptors hand Nets loss No. 62
(Sat, 20 Mar 2010 20:07:21 PDT)
With the Toronto Raptors in the midst of a slump, Chris Bosh got a little pep talk from Jarrett Jack, Antoine Wright and Marcus Banks before their game with the woeful New Jersey Nets. The message was simple. Play some basketball, have some fun and score 30 points. Bosh did that and more, scoring 23 of his 36 points in the second half and the Raptors kept the Nets on the road to an NBA single-season...
Nets' Harris and Yi expected back on Saturday
(Fri, 19 Mar 2010 13:11:20 PDT)
The New Jersey Nets are getting reinforcements in their bid to avoid the worst record in NBA history. Point guard Devin Harris and power forward Yi Jianlian practiced Friday and both said they will play for the Nets (7-61) on Saturday against the Toronto Raptors at the Izod Center. Harris has missed the last two games with an upper respiratory infection.
Can the New Jersey Nets make it to 10 wins?
(Fri, 19 Mar 2010 12:00:17 PDT)
The regular season has about 3 1/2 weeks left, and in that span, the New Jersey Nets will have 14 chances to win...
Grizzlies not letting Gay go
(Thu, 18 Mar 2010 02:50:06 PDT)
Memphis Grizzlies forward Rudy Gay will become a restricted free agent this offseason and the New York Post is...
76ers beat Nets to snap losing streak at 5
(Wed, 17 Mar 2010 19:31:28 PDT)
Andre Iguodala went back to basic for the Philadelphia 76ers. Two nights after missing 17 shots, including all seven of his 3-pointers, and finishing 5 for 22 in a loss to New York, Iguodala responded in a big way this time by driving to the basket against New Jersey. Iguodala scored 20 points, Jrue Holiday added 19 points, seven rebounds and seven assists and the Philadelphia snapped a five-game...
Knicks' Harrington wants to be a Net
(Wed, 17 Mar 2010 04:24:12 PDT)
The New Jersey Nets have only won eight games so far this season, but that's not stopping players from...
Crawford's big 2nd quarter leads Hawks over Nets
(Tue, 16 Mar 2010 19:54:30 PDT)
Jamal Crawford had one of those second quarters that made it a lot easier for the Atlanta Hawks to play without Joe Johnson for the first time this season. Crawford hit a 30-footer at the buzzer to cap his game-breaking, 15-point period and the Hawks ran away from the woeful New Jersey Nets, 108-84 on Tuesday night.
Nets point guard Devin Harris out with bad cold
(Tue, 16 Mar 2010 15:47:27 PDT)
Nets Point guard Devin Harris is going to miss the New Jersey's game with the Atlanta Hawks with an upper respiratory illness. Nets interim coach Kiki Vandeweghe announced about 90 minutes before Tuesday night's tip-off that Harris would not play. Keyon Dooling replaced him in the starting lineup.
Scola carries Rockets past Nets
(Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:08:27 PST)
Luis Scola glanced at the scoreboard during the second half of Saturday's game against New Jersey and the night he was having finally started to sink in. Scola finished with a career-high 44 points and grabbed 12 rebounds and the Houston Rockets beat the Nets 116-108 to keep their fading playoff hopes alive.
Durant sets franchise mark for 30-point games
(Fri, 12 Mar 2010 21:19:36 PST)
Kevin Durant pulled up just inside the 3-point line, crossed over and scored his 30th point. Just as he has so many times this season -- and now most in franchise history. Durant scored 32 points, surpassing 30 for a franchise-best 36th time this season, leading the Oklahoma City Thunder to a 104-102 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Friday night.
Protests mar groundbreaking for NJ Nets' NYC arena
(Thu, 11 Mar 2010 15:52:21 PST)
Officials broke ground Thursday on a much-delayed 22-acre development project that will bring the NBA's New Jersey Nets to Brooklyn. As protesters chanted and staged a mock funeral for the "soul" of Brooklyn, supporters enjoyed a lavish spread catered by developer Bruce Ratner. "Today is a great day for Brooklyn and for the soul of Brooklyn, which is very much alive," said...
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(Thu, 11 Mar 2010 06:15:24 PST)
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(Wed, 10 Mar 2010 07:45:19 PST)
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Nets forward Yi Jianlian out with sprained ankle
(Mon, 08 Mar 2010 09:07:51 PST)
Forward Yi Jianlian did not accompany the New Jersey Nets on a four-game road trip because of a sprained left ankle. The Nets open the trip in Memphis on Monday night with a game against the Grizzlies. Yi was hurt Saturday night in the first quarter of the Nets' win over the Knicks, their seventh of the season.
Knicks' Lee headed to Nets?
(Mon, 08 Mar 2010 04:25:05 PST)
New York Knicks forward David Lee is an unrestricted free agent this summer. And he sounds like he wouldn't...