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Posted: Nov 19th 2009 2:00 AM ET by Chris Tomasson (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Clippers, Heat, Nets

MILWAUKEE -- As the
New Jersey Nets are ringing up losses, Scott Hastings has a vested interest.
Hastings, you see, was on the expansion 1988-89
Miami Heat that set the record for most losses to start an NBA season at 17. So Hastings is hoping the
Nets will knock the
Heat out of the record book, right?
Try again.
"Absolutely not,'' Hastings said. "We were a bad team. We deserved our record, and I'm disappointed any time anybody gets close. Go Nets.''
Posted: Nov 17th 2009 6:00 AM ET by Matt Watson (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Nets, NBA Fans

Most struggling teams tend to gloss over their losing ways when trying to sell tickets, but with winning in
short no supply this season, the 0-10 New Jersey Nets have accepted that ignoring
the big, fat goose egg in "W" column is no longer possible ...
... which is why they've unveiled the "10 is Enough" promotion, which involves giving every season ticket holder two free tickets to Tuesday's game and selling a bunch more tickets to the general public for $10 a pop. Yes, losing streaks are now fuel for advertising taglines.
Posted: Nov 14th 2009 11:04 PM ET by Brett Pollakoff (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Heat, Nets, NBA Videos

The Nets have had a string of injuries take away their chance to be at all relevant the first part of this season, and in fact, they were winless through nine games heading into Miami to face
Dwyane Wade and the Heat on Saturday. They appeared to have a chance to get their first win of the season, though, thanks to a sluggish effort from a Miami team that was missing Jermaine O'Neal from the start, and
Mario Chalmers after five minutes due to injury.
New Jersey led by three with 30 seconds remaining, before
Quentin Richardson accidentally banked in a three-pointer to tie the game at 78. The Nets got the lead back, thanks to a tip-in from
Brook Lopez with just under four seconds remaining.
But unfortunately for the Nets, Dwyane Wade plays for the Heat. And even though he hadn't made a shot the entire second half, he drained a three with 0.1 left on the game clock to make sure that New Jersey stayed winless.
Video after the jump(er).
Posted: Nov 13th 2009 11:35 PM ET by Tim Povtak (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Magic, Nets

ORLANDO -- Magic center
Dwight Howard arrived at Amway Arena for Friday night's game against the New Jersey Nets to find a handwritten note in his locker.
It was signed by the same guy who had been prodding him the past couple days, criticizing him for his lack of energy, his rebounding drop off and his sudden inability to block shots.
Howard read the note twice, then left it where he could see it again at halftime. He also saw it after the game, and he smiled.
"There is no one better or smarter in the NBA. All you need to do is play with great energy and enthusiasm,'' the note said. It was signed "Stan,'' as in Coach Van Gundy.
Posted: Nov 13th 2009 5:25 PM ET by Tim Povtak (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Magic, Nets

ORLANDO -- It doesn't matter how much you poke, prod, lead, bait or beg New Jersey guard
Rafer Alston during a conversation, he just sticks to the high road.
Alston has every reason to be upset -- or at least frustrated -- by the way he was treated a few months ago, yet he just shrugs and smiles, still thankful to be living his dream in the NBA.
Alston rescued the
Orlando Magic when he came from Houston at midseason, giving them a starting veteran point guard who guided them all the way to the
NBA Finals. After
Jameer Nelson was lost for the season with a shoulder injury in late January, the
Magic were desperate, sinking without a ball handler, and Alston delivered big time.
Then, two weeks after the Finals, they threw him overboard. Or even worse, they sent him packing to New Jersey, the worst team in the league.
Posted: Nov 12th 2009 2:05 PM ET by Rob Peterson (RSS feed)
Filed Under: 76ers, Bobcats, Nets, Pistons, NBA Videos
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t's rare that we have back-to-back Stinkface. As a matter of fact,
yesterday's Stinkface and today's are the first time we've gone back-to-back.
That's fine by us.
NBA teams go back-to-back an average of 20 times a season. Far be it from us to complain about it.
Also, we have an excellent reason for our quick turnaround: Detroit's
Will Bynum.
Video after the (two-footed) jump.
Posted: Nov 11th 2009 11:55 AM ET by Rob Peterson (RSS feed)
Filed Under: 76ers, Grizzlies, Kings, Nets, Trail Blazers, Warriors, NBA Videos

Rookies. What do they know?
Not much except that, with the per diem paid over the table in
NBA instead of under it in college, they need to get the donuts before practice, carry their teammates' bags and stay out of the way of the veterans.
Oh, about that last part? The
Nets'
Terrence Williams, rookie out of Louisville, may need to work on it a bit.
Video after the jump.
Posted: Nov 7th 2009 5:15 PM ET by Tom Ziller (RSS feed)
Filed Under: Nets, NBA Injuries

H1N1 has hit the NBA. The Nets announced Saturday afternoon that starting two-guard
Chris Douglas-Roberts has come down with the dangerous virus, putting the player out of action and the rest of the team at risk.
Though the Nets have stunk, Douglas-Roberts has had a solid start to the season, a follow-up on a disappointing rookie campaign in which the University of Memphis product got little opportunity for New Jersey. CD-R missed Friday's game at Philadelphia
with flu-like symptoms ... a rather prophetic diagnosis.
The Nets are limited to eight or nine players due to injury (
Courtney Lee tweaked his groin Friday), so the team can't exactly afford to lose any others to illness. There have been no reports of the virus spreading in Nets locker room, and Nets PR says every precaution has been taken.
Later in the evening, Douglas-Roberts
tweeted that he was in good spirits as the Nets hosted the Celtics: Let's go Netttsss!!! Cheering from the bed. I'm the flyest person who will ever have Swine Flu.