It didn’t take long for the Nets to oust their coach after they were bounced from the playoffs by the Chicago Bulls.
”The Brooklyn Nets organization would like to thank P.J. for his efforts with the team in his roles as both head coach and assistant, and for his contributions to the team’s success both on and off the court. We wish P.J. and his family only the best in the years to come,” general manager Billy King said in a statement.
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Hard Cap NBA: New York Knicks
I recently started a series of posts about my exploration of an NBA with a hard salary cap and other features.
Here’s how the 2011 offseason in such a hard cap world worked out:
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To Be King…Bernard Makes the Hall of Fame
Over the weekend, I saw a quick spot that mention that Bernard King had made the basketball Hall Of Fame. When I saw that, a smile came over my face.
Bernard King and I never met, and I saw his younger brother Albert a few times when we were growing up in Brooklyn. Their father used to work in the Fort Greene housing projects were we lived. I remember one day a friend of mine and I ran into Mr. King. He was so happy and proud of Bernard getting drafted in the NBA and even more happy that he was going to be playing close to home. Bernard was drafted by the New Jersey Nets.
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The Heat Are on Fire…14 in a Row
The Heat claim another victim…this time it was the New York Knicks. To be fair, the Knicks have beaten the Heat twice this season, which was two more times than anyone would have given the Knicks; so to ask the Orange and Blue to do it three times in a season especially when the Heat are on a roll and riding the shoulders of a steam rolling LeBron would have been asking a lot.
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New York Knicks vs Brooklyn Nets Part 1: Nets Win the Battle in Brooklyn…For Now
The battle in Brooklyn was played last night and the winner was…the Brooklyn Nets 96-89 in a game that went into overtime. The New York Knicks were without Jason Kidd and that might have been the difference throughout this game for the Knicks. He has been the catalyst in the Knicks start to the season on both ends of the floor. Maybe it also had an effect on Ray Felton, who had a chance to win the game in regulation and missed.
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My NBA Preseason Championship Predictions: 2012-2013
With the NBA season only a week away from tipping off, let’s look at the teams that I picked to make the playoffs from each conference in my NBA season preview (found here) and make some preseason playoff predictions:
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2012-2013 NBA Preview
With training camps opening and the preseason right around the corner, it’s almost NBA season once again. Time for my top 8 teams in each conference:
Eastern Conference
1) Miami: The defending NBA champs hardly need an introduction. LeBron James is back fresh off of a gold medal winning summer for Team USA and Dwayne Wade as well as Chris Bosh are getting healthy for the start of the season. Continue reading
AJ Burnett – The Latest We Love to Hate
New York is a tough city to play professional sports in. You are expected to succeed each and every time you are on the field. If you are not, the fans let you know it. If you are a high priced player and you fail, the fans will never forget to remind you that you are not living up to their expectations. As Ol’ Blue Eyes sang, if you can make it here, you can make it anywhere. Continue reading
Who Are The Indiana Pacers?
They are for real, folks. This is definitely a good basketball team. Are they a great basketball team? That may be too early to decide.
If you asked me before the season started, I’d have told you Indiana is still a team on the rise, but I don’t expect them to get a playoff seed higher than five or six. The reason? They only have one truly above average defender in Paul George. They’ll get their points, sure. They’ll score the ball. But when are they going to get stops? Continue reading
At It Again: The Curious Case of Kevin Garnett
Shaking my head.
I love Kevin Garnett. I loved him as a player before he was traded to the Celtics. I respected him as a man crying because of his loyalty to a losing franchise. I’ve always respected the passion and the intensity that make him the player that he is. But when is it enough? When does the passion and intensity become more of a burden than an advantage? Maybe I’m wearing green goggles and I just don’t realize that we’ve already passed that point with Garnett. Continue reading