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May 20, 2008
Open Look: New Jersey Nets
Possession Arrow
by Dan Waraska Jr.
Basketball blog Possession Arrow offers up an off-season checklist for the Nets, with recommendations for trades, draft strategy and... real estate.
(4) FORGET BROOKLYN: With the proposed Barclays Center in Brooklyn light years behind schedule, the Nets need to face the facts and realize they will NOT be moving to Brooklyn in time for the 2009-2010 season, the 2010-2011 season or EVER. They will no doubt be in the Izod Center until their recently signed lease extension runs out at the end of 2012. Facing the public relations nightmare of a Brooklyn move gone horribly wrong, Bruce Ratner should sell the club to someone interested in keeping the team in New Jersey. The new management should look to team up with the Devils yet again and take up residence in the Prudential Center in Newark. Repairing the fractured relationship with their NJ fan base should be paramount for the Nets in the coming years as they look to return to Eastern Conference dominance.
NoLandGrab: Possession Arrow describes itself as a "basketball blog that focuses on metric analysis." They've obviously run the numbers, and concluded, like many Atlantic Yards critics, that a Newark move makes increasing sense with each passing day.
Posted by eric at May 20, 2008 3:49 PM