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April 16, 2007
It's official: Nets in, Knicks done
The Staten Island Advance
If a team owner claps in the players' lounge, does he make a sound? He does if a reporter is on hand.
Only the "buoyant" creator of MetroTech could get real excited about a losing season, as the NJ Nets manage to limp into the playoffs.
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. -- As it became official, Bruce Ratner was standing behind a black leather couch in the players' lounge, where Vince Carter was seated beside his cousin, Jeff Scott. The Nets owner watched the clock tick down at Miami, where the Pacers would lose by four measly points, and suddenly his five loud claps filled the small room.
"Congratulations, everyone," the perpetually buoyant owner said to the 15 people around him, most of them Nets employees. "That was one tough season, but we made it."
Posted by lumi at April 16, 2007 8:02 AM