Could i hear a N-E-T-S anybody??

[uconnhoopz123]

Yeh Baby!!

[JDPNYY]

Yeh Baby!!

You have to give them an awfuk lot of credit. If any team had a reason to just pack a season in it would be the Nets. They have been short handed for a long time and have been playing great. I'd be surprised if they didn't win the division. Wow.

[DaBoys4LifeNYY35]

Nah, I'll pass.

Even though they are crap right now, it's still all about the Lake Show...and LeBron--good grief, he is The MAN. Is there anyone out there who doesn't love LeBron? I don't see how it's possible not to.

[yankeegeek]

Nah, I'll pass.

Even though they are crap right now, it's still all about the Lake Show...and LeBron--good grief, he is The MAN. Is there anyone out there who doesn't love LeBron? I don't see how it's possible not to.

Bron-Bron is the man. No doubt about it. He is so talented it is insane. We haven't seen anything from him just yet.

[chanman7483]

Until he rips the heart out of a team numerous times.. like MJ to the knicks. But then again, i never hated MJ. I think Lebron will have the same characteristics throughout his career.

as for the N-E-T-S chants, cue the bandwagon ...

[yankeegeek]

You have to give them an awfuk lot of credit. If any team had a reason to just pack a season in it would be the Nets. They have been short handed for a long time and have been playing great. I'd be surprised if they didn't win the division. Wow.

They are an intresting team. They have been playing so undermanned it is sick. Most nights the can only dress 8 or 9 guys. Vince has been amazing. He is back to Vinsanity. He does it all. Shoots the ball, drives to the hole, and passess great. Did you see what he did in LA the other night.

[JDPNYY]

They are an intresting team. They have been playing so undermanned it is sick. Most nights the can only dress 8 or 9 guys. Vince has been amazing. He is back to Vinsanity. He does it all. Shoots the ball, drives to the hole, and passess great. Did you see what he did in LA the other night.

I completely missed it, but I heard about it. Is there a clip anywhere on the Web?

[Clive]

I completely missed it, but I heard about it. Is there a clip anywhere on the Web?

http://www.darilsheid.com/garbage/Vince.avi

This link will self-destruct in 15 minutes. (Please be kind to my bandwidth.)

[DaveK913]

How's their shooting been from long range? If they need a future upgrade, they should check this kid out.

He hit a 90 foot desperation shot at the end of the game to win it.

http://www.wral.com/sports/4150974/detail.html

Blew my mind.....

[#1Sportsfan]

N-e-t-s Nets! Nets! Nets!

[deranged2005]

Nets got SHAFTED on that 2nd technical on Vince the other night. If they had Vince, I think they would have won that game.

[#1Sportsfan]

Last week was a week of shafting. First Ian Eagle, then Vince.

[yankeegeek]

Nets got SHAFTED on that 2nd technical on Vince the other night. If they had Vince, I think they would have won that game.

This is what other teams are going to do all season long to the Nets. Get to Carter. The game before that one, against the Lakers, Chris Mihm(SP) pulled a flagrant foul on Vince.

Lots of crap like that angers me.

[#1Sportsfan]

This is what other teams are going to do all season long to the Nets. Get to Carter. The game before that one, against the Lakers, Chris Mihm(SP) pulled a flagrant foul on Vince.

Lots of crap like that angers me.

You spelled it right. I can't blame team for going after VC. Carter's making the "How to score 40 points for Dummies" book every game.

[yankeegeek]

You spelled it right. I can't blame team for going after VC. Carter's making the "How to score 40 points for Dummies" book every game.

The trade is looking more and more like a steal every day. Vince has been better than expected. He would have scored over 50 on Friday night if not for the dirty antics of Bruce Boden.

[#1Sportsfan]

The trade is looking more and more like a steal every day. Vince has been better than expected. He would have scored over 50 on Friday night if not for the dirty antics of Bruce Boden.

It was a steal from the get-go. It's turning into the second greatest trade in Nets history...behind the Marbury for Kidd trade. Did you see the Denver-Nets game? I heard the fans gave K-Mart a well deserved standing ovation

[Snatch Catch]

It was a steal from the get-go. It's turning into the second greatest trade in Nets history...behind the Marbury for Kidd trade. Did you see the Denver-Nets game? I heard the fans gave K-Mart a well deserved standing ovation

Wait till he gets hurt.

I'm just saying...The Marbury deal looked like a steal for my Knicks last year, too...

[#1Sportsfan]

Wait till he gets hurt.

I'm just saying...The Marbury deal looked like a steal for my Knicks last year, too...

It is still a steal. The only problem is the players around him.

[Snatch Catch]

It is still a steal. The only problem is the players around him.

Right now it is.

However Carter is one of the most injury prone player's in all of sports, and he also quit on his team when the going got tough.

Don't get me wrong: I love watching him play and jumping out of my seat when he does something incredible, but you have to be honest and objective here.

If he remains injury prone, then the 2 1st rounders they gave up for him loom huge.

If he contnues to remain healthy and play the way he has recently, then it is a steal.

[#1Sportsfan]

Right now it is.

However Carter is one of the most injury prone player's in all of sports, and he also quit on his team when the going got tough.

Don't get me wrong: I love watching him play and jumping out of my seat when he does something incredible, but you have to be honest and objective here.

If he remains injury prone, then the 2 1st rounders they gave up for him loom huge.

If he contnues to remain healthy and play the way he has recently, then it is a steal.

I'm not worried about the 2 first rounders because the Nets still have 2 first rounders in next year's draft and the way Philly and The Clippers are playing, the Raps won't use those picks for another two years. I can understand the injury part and the quitting part. However, He was traded to what was a last place team in the Nets, and Richard Jefferson is gone for the season. VC could have quit on the team at that moment. I believe he just wanted to get out of the Raptors.

[#1Sportsfan]

Nets just made a bad deal trading 2 second round picks for Cliff Robinson.

[Sam2448]

Let's Go Knicks...

On second thought, lets just forget about basketball and wait until pitchers and catchers report tomorrow.

[yankeegeek]

Nets just made a bad deal trading 2 second round picks for Cliff Robinson.

I think that it is a decent deal. Uncle Cliffy is a good defensive player. He can hit the glass and is just still an above average player. Nets game up two 2nd round picks. So what. Good second round picks are a not many.

[DontHateOnNumber2]

Let's go Sixers! Sorry, I love The Sixers and think if they get it going not even the Nets can stop them.

[chanman7483]

I think that it is a decent deal. Uncle Cliffy is a good defensive player. He can hit the glass and is just still an above average player. Nets game up two 2nd round picks. So what. Good second round picks are a not many.

Yup. Plus, he gives the Nets something they never really had.. a big guy who can step out and hit 3's. It'd allow Vinsanity to drive and kick to Cliff who would be waiting on the elbow to shoot a 3.

i need a new team to root for. I can't stand watching the Knicks play. everything that could ever go wrong with them this season in crunch time has. I can't take these heart breaking losses anymore

[yankeegeek]

Yup. Plus, he gives the Nets something they never really had.. a big guy who can step out and hit 3's. It'd allow Vinsanity to drive and kick to Cliff who would be waiting on the elbow to shoot a 3.

i need a new team to root for. I can't stand watching the Knicks play. everything that could ever go wrong with them this season in crunch time has. I can't take these heart breaking losses anymore

Come to the dark side. It's great here!!! Here is the defference between the two teams. One has TONS of heart and the onther has none. The teams looses K-Mart, Kittles, and Harris in the off season. Jefferson goes down with an injury. You hear no complaints from the players. No excuses. They pick up Carter REAL CHEAP. Now they are the team to beat. The most feared team in the division. The Knicks loose Houston and all the excuses come. The Nets played many games this season with less than 10 men available and still win games.

The true difference is Kidd. He is a winner and Meberry isn't.

[GIDP]

does half-man-half-amazing emerge if jefferson isn't hurt? what happens when jefferson comes back? magic, or confusion? what's the future of the nets here? btw, is jefferson back for playoffs?

[yankeesrule2000]

Nets Suck!!!

Lets Go Knicks!

[yankeegeek]

Hope is still alive. At least one of my teams is doing well and showing heart. Nets control their own desting as far as the playoffs go. Lets go Nets!!!!

[dabomb2045]

this is the best ball Carter has played since the 2001 Playoffs....when he single-handedly beat the Knicks in 5, and almost beat the Sixers in 7....he is just playing awesome bball

I hope they get in....and I hope Jefferson can come back and give them an added boost against the Heat

with that said....the Heat will beat them in 5

[dabomb2045]

Come to the dark side. It's great here!!! Here is the defference between the two teams. One has TONS of heart and the onther has none. The teams looses K-Mart, Kittles, and Harris in the off season. Jefferson goes down with an injury. You hear no complaints from the players. No excuses. They pick up Carter REAL CHEAP. Now they are the team to beat. The most feared team in the division. The Knicks loose Houston and all the excuses come. The Nets played many games this season with less than 10 men available and still win games.

The true difference is Kidd. He is a winner and Meberry isn't.

well the Knicks have no talent...the Nets have one of the best PGs ever....one of the best players in the league when he is motivated and healthy....and they have alot of gritty role players....Jefferson is a rising star as well (I hope he makes it back for the playoffs)

what do the Knicks have?? Marbury....thats about it....Crawford is one of the most overrated players ever....he plays no defense and takes more horrible shots then any player I've ever seen....he has no concept of team basketball...Tim Thomas is another joke

[chanman7483]

On the bright side, the Knicks just got rid of any hope of coming out from under the cap by acquiring Malik Rose and Maurice Taylor.

[rock]

It's a pretty good accomplishment if the Nets make the playoffs. However they will most likely get swept by the Heat in the 1st round. VC is pretty amazing. I never realized he was that good of an outside shooter and passer too.

[ruthianblast]

It's a pretty good accomplishment if the Nets make the playoffs. However they will most likely get swept by the Heat in the 1st round. VC is pretty amazing. I never realized he was that good of an outside shooter and passer too.

I used to like the Nets, but ever since they got VC I will hate them for enternity, VC is not worthy of the breath he takes. This is a guy who was given a great contract, had an entire team that relied on him for leadership and was the face of a franchise, and yet he admitted he did not give 100% basically ever; was always injured and never in a rush to come back. I have no respect what so ever for VC, he is a waste of a human.

[yankeegeek]

It's a pretty good accomplishment if the Nets make the playoffs. However they will most likely get swept by the Heat in the 1st round. VC is pretty amazing. I never realized he was that good of an outside shooter and passer too.

I too never realized just how great Vince was. I think alot of it is Jason Kidd. Jason makes good players great and great players amazing. That is the effect of a great point guard. Jason plays at the highest level at all times, he demands the same the same from his teammates. Vince realizes this and is playing the best basket ball of his career.


The future of this team is incredible. Jefferson will be back at full strength next season. Nenad Kristic will improve from his terrific rookie season. You have Vince and Kidd. They need a PF. This summer they will have cap room for a good PF. Swift or Shareef are the targets for the Nets. Plus they have 2 picks in the draft. Not bad.

[BillBuckner]

That was great, they totally raped the Sixers. If they RJ back for the playoffs, watch out.

[dabomb2045]

That was great, they totally raped the Sixers. If they RJ back for the playoffs, watch out.

RJ or not....they go down to the Heat in 5

[rock]

Maybe if Shaq is at 50% with his thigh injury, Nets will have a chance.

[yankeegeek]

Maybe if Shaq is at 50% with his thigh injury, Nets will have a chance.

Against the Heat, the Nets have no real chance. I give it 6 games. I would still be proud of this teams accomplishments if they got swept.

[Bub]

Against the Heat, the Nets have no real chance. I give it 6 games. I would still be proud of this teams accomplishments if they got swept.

If Richard Jefferson comes back, which it seems he may be this week, and if Shaq isn't 100%, which he isn't right now, it's not going to be a cakewalk.

I'm not a huge basketball fan, so maybe somebody will know this. There are stats in this game: Points, assists, rebounds, steals, blocked shots. If somebody gets a "triple-double," does it mean 3 of these 5? Has anyone every had a quadruple-double? Anyone ever been close to a quintuple-double?

[yankeegeek]

If Richard Jefferson comes back, which it seems he may be this week, and if Shaq isn't 100%, which he isn't right now, it's not going to be a cakewalk.

I'm not a huge basketball fan, so maybe somebody will know this. There are stats in this game: Points, assists, rebounds, steals, blocked shots. If somebody gets a "triple-double," does it mean 3 of these 5? Has anyone every had a quadruple-double? Anyone ever been close to a quintuple-double?

A triple double is 10 or more points, 10 or more boards, and ten or more assists.

[yankeegeek]

And it comes down to one game. How friggin' awsome is this. If the Nets win tomorrow,in Boston, they are in. If they loose and the Cav's loose they are in. If the Nets loose and the Cavs win the Nets are out. Game 82 and it is all on the line!!!

[dabomb2045]

If Richard Jefferson comes back, which it seems he may be this week, and if Shaq isn't 100%, which he isn't right now, it's not going to be a cakewalk.

I'm not a huge basketball fan, so maybe somebody will know this. There are stats in this game: Points, assists, rebounds, steals, blocked shots. If somebody gets a "triple-double," does it mean 3 of these 5? Has anyone every had a quadruple-double? Anyone ever been close to a quintuple-double?

yes triple double is 3 of those 5 major stat category

obviously the most common is points/rebounds/assists....but points/rebounds/blocks have been done before.....im not sure about points/rebounds/steals

I have seen quadruple-doubles before...not common at all....I remember Olajuwon getting one sometime during the 90s, pretty sure it was points/rebounds/assists/blocks

actually Tim Duncan almost got one in Game 6 of the 2003 Finals against the Nets....I believe he had 23 points 20 rebounds 10 assists and about 8 blocks

[dabomb2045]

And it comes down to one game. How friggin' awsome is this. If the Nets win tomorrow,in Boston, they are in. If they loose and the Cav's loose they are in. If the Nets loose and the Cavs win the Nets are out. Game 82 and it is all on the line!!!

I think the Nets will win....they are on a roll and Boston has nothing to play for....Pierce and Walker prob wont play more then 25-30 minutes each

[Bub]

yes triple double is 3 of those 5 major stat category

obviously the most common is points/rebounds/assists....but points/rebounds/blocks have been done before.....im not sure about points/rebounds/steals

I have seen quadruple-doubles before...not common at all....I remember Olajuwon getting one sometime during the 90s, pretty sure it was points/rebounds/assists/blocks

actually Tim Duncan almost got one in Game 6 of the 2003 Finals against the Nets....I believe he had 23 points 20 rebounds 10 assists and about 8 blocks

Thanks. For some reason, my 11 year-old has become a huge Nets fan over the last 2 years, so I'm watching basketball a lot more because of him. Big night tonight.

[b-ball-lunachick]

Thanks. For some reason, my 11 year-old has become a huge Nets fan over the last 2 years, so I'm watching basketball a lot more because of him. Big night tonight.

The same year Kidd went to the Nets, a vendor gave me free front row tickets...I was a peripheral basketball fan but followed the Knicks when I did follow it...but sitting front row at a major sporting event for free seemed like fun, no matter what team. I was ticked that Van Gundy had left and the final straw was when they gave Houston all that money -- everyone knew then it was a bad bad move...even still, i could never watch an entire game on tv, only in person...

anyway, I went to that game and watching Kidd up close and what he did with Martin, Jefferson and making them and all the other guys so much better around him, I was totally on their bandwagon from that night on...I'm still not as huge a fan of basketball as I am of baseball, but that team and their style of play got me able to watch an entire game...maybe your son is attracted to that energy and style of play too.

[b-ball-lunachick]

Against the Heat, the Nets have no real chance. I give it 6 games. I would still be proud of this teams accomplishments if they got swept.

I agree..although Shaq is not quite right now and should be out of shape...still not a real prayer though...

I'm hoping Philly melts down tonight and the Hawks win by some miracle as well as the Nets so we can get a shot at Detroit who we came so close to beating last year...

I really think next year with a healthy Kidd all year, Jefferson, Carter (well, that's a big stretch ) and Krestic (sp?) this is a really good team...

[BillBuckner]

Does anyone know when they're being moved to Brooklyn?

[yankeegeek]

I really think next year with a healthy Kidd all year, Jefferson, Carter (well, that's a big stretch ) and Krestic (sp?) this is a really good team...

I just read that Shaq MIGHT not be ready for the first game. When he does return he won't be at full strength. Intresting. Very intresting.

They have cap room and draft picks. This could be an intresting off season. I

[b-ball-lunachick]

Some conspiracy theories being tossed around about tonight on WFAN:

1) Will Doc Rivers stand by what he said about not playing Pierce and Walker any significant minutes, especially in the 4th quarter? Will he be pressured by the players, fans and front office to play them to try to knock the Nets out of the playoffs because of bad history?

I don't think that will happen -- they would look pretty bad since they just did that the night before and it doesn't even guarantee the Nets would be out even if they lost...

2) Will the Celtics be pressured by the league to play their stars tonight full minutes to get a better chance at getting Lebron in the playoffs -- especially vs Shaq? Have the league told the officials tonight that they'd rather have Lebron's Cavs in than the Nets?

I don't see this happening either...what happens if one of them gets hurt -- then what can the league say...also, what's better for the league -- Lebron and a team of nobodies in the playoffs or Kidd and Carter? I think they have a better shot of making it a series than the Cavs do...if they said anything to the officials, well that's just effed up...

3) Will Toronto lie down against the Cavs to hurt Carter's chances of going to the playoffs?

Can't see that happening either...but who knows...they seemed pretty ticked this year as did their fans this week and I can't say I blame them...I just don't see them doing that...

I'm not really one for conspiracy theories I guess but this should be an interesting night in basketball...