I was just checking out the boxscores of today's games and I came up with the New Jersey vs. Portland game and it looked so ugly! At the half, Portland is leading 30-25. The first quarter ended with NJ leading 10-9. RJ is their starting shooting guard and we could see how great of a shooter he is in the Olympics. He is 1-8 today. NJ shot 28% from the field and Portland 26%.

After all that was said in last playoffs I don't feel bad for the Nets. But I do feel bad that, as always, when one of this two teams, talking about the Knicks and the Nets, looks to be improving and moving in the winning direction, the other goes south. It would have been nice to finally have a good rivalry between this two teams. Now, the Knicks are getting younger, more athletic, and more exciting, while the Nets, with injuries and trades, can't score and are just awful.

Just a thought, after watching such terrible stats in that game...

[Edited by - KnicksFan on 11/28/2004 19:27:05]

life is back to normal... that 3-4 year nightmare is over

Well, at least they made 71 points after all that trouble scoring. Now they have lost 9 straight and are 2-11. Ouch!

raptors lost....
nets lost...
celtics lost...

LOLZ

that title of the atlantic division is in our reach now xD

Nets are not the worst team in the league, but they have to be the worst team in the league to watch right now. A lot of low scoring, defensive struggles. They will be better once Kidd is back, but they've lost too many of their horses.

the thing that irritates me as a citizen is that Ratner is going to get his Brooklyn arena deal and he is just using ownership of an NBA team as a means to getting the arena.

Its sad, really.

I haven't watched any of there games in entirity- but I've been surprised at how competitive they have been in stretches and would not be surprised if when kidd came back they would not be a decent team- though I am sure he will be traded.

Posted by franco12:

the thing that irritates me as a citizen is that Ratner is going to get his Brooklyn arena deal and he is just using ownership of an NBA team as a means to getting the arena.

Its sad, really.

not hte first time an nba franchise is used to make some money (read donald sterling).

at least, the nets proved one thing, with competent persons in charge and the will to win, you can always improve.

they've been a nice story, and again, i'd have tremendously enjoyed that the knicks were so bad during that period. could've been a lot of great fights between them and us.

instead, they destroyed us last yr in the playoffs and we'll roll them over soon.

Posted by Knicksfan:

Posted by franco12:

the thing that irritates me as a citizen is that Ratner is going to get his Brooklyn arena deal and he is just using ownership of an NBA team as a means to getting the arena.

Its sad, really.

I haven't watched any of there games in entirity- but I've been surprised at how competitive they have been in stretches and would not be surprised if when kidd came back they would not be a decent team- though I am sure he will be traded.

They do seem to play good defense because, while they have a very hard time scoring, there are some stretches where the opposing team experiences the same thing (example: NJ 10, Port 9 1st Q). If it was hard to watch that team, when they were playing fine, because of those gray uniforms, its a punishment to have to do it now.

Kidd can change that team, but as you mentioned, will he be there qhen he returns from his injury? I don't care because after last playoffs, which Knick fan can worry about the Nets? I like the fact that here Isiah is doing the best to make us a winning team again, unlike what's happening on the other side of the river. I really hope that NY keeps getting better and better and that they play great games when they go up against NJ.

Our Knicks may still not be championship material, but they are just some pieces away from that. The Nets are losing their pieces pretty fast...

how come were not championship material?? i mean what could we be missing??

dude, they had like 50 lottery picks and it all amounted to crap until jkidd came to town.

the only reason i hope they continue to lose is b/c of RJ. he's a heck of a player but i just hate him.

Number one the Nets are in great Shape they are going to be able to either get some nice players back in a deal for Jason, or they are going to trade him for expiring deals. Which means the team will continue to lose, and there draft status will improve....

Lets say the nets are awful the rest of the way and they make a deal and get perhaps josh howard and an expiring deal, they have a good nucleus

What happens if the Nets get the #1 pick. Then they have chris paul, with rj in place and can go make some moves perhaps get a stro swift, and another servicable big

Paul
Howard
RJ
Swift
Mourning (if he is around)

That team is not that bad, its exciting its young and the nets are int he process of rebuilding

Here we go again with this draft pick non sense. Ratner isn't doing anything signifcant as far as talant upgrade, unless it comes cheap. His major concern for the next 5 years is bringing an areana to brooklyn, and thats where is major $ will go into. Once they get that straighten out, look for those losers to make a run in 2008/9.

Miami should look to trade wade for kidd. As nice as wade is he will not have the experince to take this team past the 2nd round regaurdless of shaq. Wade is what marbury was when he played with KG( not as selfish) but extremely talanted, but only averages around 5 ast.

Kidd instanly makes the most average player around him better, and is a much wiser player. with both shaq and eddie at the peak of there careers, miami will instantly be a title contender, and probbly favorites to win it. I know the cap hardly works, and miami will probably need to gut out the rest of the team, but kidd and shaq...man.. thats a sight to behold.