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2009-10 Season Preview: New Jersey Nets
The Nets have one of the game's best young point guard/center combinations, but the absence of a reliable wing scorer makes the playoffs a fantasy.

Picking Up The Pieces After The Carter Trade
The Nets are building a young core with the hope of signing a big name free agent, but is that a viable option?

Team Columns
30 Teams, 30 Days: New Jersey Draft Preview
The Nets look like they will have an excellent chance of returning to the playoffs in 2009-10, especially if they get the right fit with the 11th overall pick.

New Jersey Nets: Up Year, Down Year?
Devin Harris has improved substantially on the offensive end during the 2008-09 season and is a big reason why New Jersey has climbed from 25th to 12th in their efficiency.

Auditing The Nets 2007-08 Season
A Jason Kidd era that resulted in two appearances in the NBA Finals unceremoniously ended with the saga of a very complicated trade, but the Nets came out of it in a much improved long-term situation.

Lottery Summit: New Jersey Nets
The Nets are still feeling the effects of the Jason Kidd trade and fans believe that more moves are on the horizon.

The New Direction Of The New Jersey Nets
Despite the feeling that the Nets have gutted the roster by trading Jason Kidd, they are in fact left with a fairly talented team that won't be horrible now and could quickly improve in the future.

2007-2008 Season Preview: New Jersey Nets
The New Jersey Nets entered the summer wanting to address two needs following a 41-41 2006-07 campaign. They needed an interior presence; preferably offensively. They also needed another outside gunner who could hit open shots. The “Big Three” of Jason Kidd, Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson are better used driving and creating to the basket, not standing on the perimeter.

30 Teams, 30 Days: New Jersey Draft Preview (17th)
Most credible mock drafts have New Jersey selecting a post presence, and rightfully so.

Flagrant Victory For Cavaliers
Both the Nets and Cavaliers came out of the gate in Game 4 like punch-drunk brawlers, diving for loose balls, furiously contesting the lane, never letting the other get too far out of reach.

RotoFreak.com: New Jersey Nets Fantasy Preview
Jason Kidd is 33 years old and a member of the microfracture surgery alumni; however, JKidd's fantasy falloff has yet to happen. The core of JKidd's value lies in the combination of 3PTM, REB, AST and STL. LeBron couldn't match any of those totals last year, and he couldn't come close to the 2.4 turnovers per game that JKidd was giving his owners either.

Nets Need Size
What can the Nets do to fill the void in the frontcourt? Well, they have the mid-level exception to sign free agents and there are some solid big men still on the market. Four names that come to mind are Chris Wilcox, Drew Gooden, Melvin Ely, and Lorenzon Wright.

Antoine Wright's Lack Of Impact Disheartening
Antoine Wright wasn’t supposed to be a star. Drafted with the 15th pick overall by the New Jersey Nets, the Texas A&M product lacked the sheer athletic ability, aggressiveness, and instincts routinely seen by the game’s best. Yet, when general manager Rod Thorn tabbed Wright as his selection in the first round of the 2005 draft, he did so with the belief that Antoine could become a valuable member of what Rod hoped would become a top-of-the-line bench.

With The 15th Pick In The NBA Draft...
When Stern opened his mouth to announce the Nets' selection, it wasn’t a Danny. It wasn’t a Gerald. It wasn’t a Joey, a Jarret, or even a Hakim. It was an Antoine.

Nothing But Rim For Nets
For the first time all season, the Nets had their big three of Jason Kidd, Vince Carter, and Richard Jefferson firing on all cylinders Thursday night. But in the end, each missed wide-open shots that might’ve kept the Nets from falling into an 0-3 hole against the Miami Heat… a hole that no NBA team has ever climbed out of.

Signs of Life
Despite monster performances from Jason Kidd, Richard Jefferson and Vince Carter, the New Jersey Nets will enter Sunday's game versus the Heat down 0-3.

Playoff Dead End
Revamped New Jersey is having a tough time with the Eastern Conference champs.

The Nets Are Going To The Playoffs!
Nets fans thought their team was in a rebuilding mode, but now they are set to face the Miami Heat.

New Jersey Nets Are In The Thick Of It
The Eastern Conference playoff race is tight and the New Jersey Nets are posed to make a run.

The Playoff Push
The Nets' remaining schedule does not leave the playoffs out of the realm of possibility.

The Agony and the Ecstasy
It is going to take a major run for the New Jersey Nets to make the playoffs and once there, can they avoid the dreaded 8th seed?

Don’t Hold Your Breath For A Deal
For the New Jersey Nets, the deadline has brought both disparity and joy over the years. This season, though, will be different.

Nets Mid-Season Awards Show
The New Jersey Nets, winners of three consecutive Eastern Conference Atlantic division titles – as well as two Eastern Conference championships – were one of many teams over the years to overhaul their squad following an up-and-down season.

Must See TV At The Meadowlands
For some inhabitants of New Jersey, the week of February 13th was considered “Must See TV,” playing the Lakers, Sixers and Spurs.

Nets Looking For Size Upgrade To Control The Division Of Attrition
Size upgrade or not, The Nets are still winning this division. This is the attrition division. The division by default.

Nets Weekly Wrap
The Nets followed up last week’s terrific performance with their second three game winning streak in as many weeks

This Act is Getting Old
The Nets have claimed Elden Campbell off waivers. This should be a move that solidifies a thin, depleted front line and gives the Nets a chance to make a push for another Atlantic Division title.

Nets Weekly Wrap
The Nets are refusing to go away. Just as you begin to think that New Jersey is finally going to pack it in and play for the 2005-2006 season, they spend the week of January 16th completing their first three game winning streak of their 04-05 campaign.

The Path Ahead


Seven Power Forwards That Could Take The Nets To Glory


Vince Is Coming To Jersey, Will He Be Around In Brooklyn?


Rodney Buford: Worse Than Originally Thought


The Business vs. The Championship


Christian Tagaan


Joe Colucci


Joe Colucci


Daniel Kahn, Celtics Realgm Affiliate


New Jersey Nets: Hard Knock Life


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