1st game thread of the new season

The pre-season finally begins tomorrow, and even though its just pre-season lets give the Nets a taste of whats gonna come during the season and lets whoop their asses

[Edited by - NYK3 on 10-14-2005 12:50 PM]

I'm all for the Knicks smacking the Nets tomorrow.

I had a Nets fan friend IM me last night, bragging about how those chumps beat the Hornets. I had to laugh at him!

This is what we all have been waiting for! Feels like it was yesterday for the last time we saw the Knicks play...Well maybe a little longer, heh.

Posted by Pharzeone:

Will the game be televised on NBATV? or League Pass?

I got 6 tickets and I dont know if im going to use 2 of them. If I find out tomorrow morning that im not, I'll give them away for free to whoever wants them, well just exchange emails and ill leave them at the ticket office.

Is Curry or Frye playing? I wanna see how they play against Krstic since Nets have been feeding him the ball like nuts in the first qtr. Something Knicks refused to do with Sweetney. That was a shame.

Posted by JUNKMEIN:

Briggs,

I sent you an email in reference to the two tickets. If they open up let me know.

Oh man, I logged on specifically this morning to see if anyone wanted to go and no one responded. I just spent the last 45 minutes trying to give them away and they were finally taken by our neighbor. I apologize, I was surprised no one answered back, but I didnt want them to go to waste.

Posted by JUNKMEIN:

Ahh man, too bad. Well I mean it's good for your neighbor of course. Sigh


If anything changes let me know. Preciate it.

I was a little surprised that no one took the offer. I thought maybe no one wanted to drive up to Connecticut or something, but I didnt want to waste them. Thats stinks that we missed connection but I appreciate the reply.

Anybody read the Daily News today?

Nets not ticked by Knick talk



BY OHM YOUNGMISUK
DAILY NEWS SPORTS WRITER

After so many laughable blowouts and a first-round sweep that will be best remembered for Tim Thomas' whining, the Knicks had become a boring afterthought here in Nets' camp.
Even when the Knicks dominated headlines for a week with their courting and hiring of Larry Brown, Richard Jefferson says he paid attention to it about as much as what the Atlanta Hawks were doing.

"I was more excited about who we were getting and what was going on with our franchise," Jefferson said. "I wasn't looking at what was going on across the river. It's funny, when you're kind of on top or you've been the front-runner for so long, you aren't necessarily looking at people behind you. I'm looking at what's going on with San Antonio and Miami. That's not a knock on (the Knicks) by any means.

"I think the Knicks will be a playoff team and they'll be right there in the hunt in the Atlantic Division. But you can't worry about everyone behind you or you're not going to get any sleep."

That's not to say the Nets will be sleeping on the Knicks this season.

"I believe they are a playoff team," said Jefferson, who will see the new Knicks tonight for the first time in the preseason in Bridgeport, Conn. "There's no doubt. I believe there's going to be some more fire back in our rivalry, some excitement back and forth. And it's good for the area, good for basketball."

Since Kidd arrived in 2001, the Nets are 17-3 against the Knicks, including 2004's first-round sweep. So any change has to be a good one for the Knicks when it comes to playing the Nets.

"He's going to have that team ready, playing hard," Jason Kidd said of Brown, who nearly recruited Kidd to Kansas. "They have the weapons, the capabilities of making the playoffs, of being a good team. There will be a lot of improvement from the Knicks."

But can Brown do for the Knicks what Kidd has done for the Nets?

"When I first got here they were the bosses," Jefferson said of the Knicks. "We were trying to chase them, we were doing everything we can. They had been in the playoffs 15 consecutive years, they were signing players left and right, one of the highest payrolls, everything was golden. Then it changed."

Geez man....I just wanna slap the **** out of RJ sometimes. You'd think he has 5 championship rings. I just want the Knicks to destroy the Nets by 50!!! I hope Q, or one of the Bigs dunks right on his head. Even Better I want to see RJ try to get to the basket with Knick James in the lane!!!

Cocky bastard!!! He's worse than Kobe.

Sucks that this game isn't on TV. I wouldn't be able to see it anyway if it was on MSG (going to college in MA) but still sucks. Anyway, I'm counting on you BRIGGS for a good analysis of the game since you will be there

Don't be surprised to see us struggle tonight--the players will be adjusting to a whole new system as well as each other... It would be great to see us dominate but let's not jump the gun if we struggle early this season because of all the adjustments.

Posted by Knight:

Don't be surprised to see us struggle tonight--the players will be adjusting to a whole new system as well as each other... It would be great to see us dominate but let's not jump the gun if we struggle early this season because of all the adjustments.

Not to mention that Richardson, Marbury, and Frye are questionable tonight.