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June 26, 2008
O'Connor: Nets, Knicks envision a future with LeBron
Bergen Record
by Ian O'Connor
As a franchise, the Nets have rarely dealt in the currency of good luck. So there was a time recently when it appeared the Dodgers would be playing home games in Brooklyn before the Nets did.
Then something funny happened on the way to an abandoned project and another quarter century or more of self-loathing in the East Rutherford marsh.
The Supreme Court, of all entities, decided to play ball with the Nets. The justices decreed that property owners and tenants in and around Atlantic Yards had no right to stop Bruce Ratner, Nets owner, from building a Brooklyn arena for his team and a fresh set of skyscrapers that would serve as a monument to himself.
In other words, the Supreme Court allowed the Nets to resume their slow-break into New York City, longstanding home of the God-awful Knicks.
“That was a big one, a good one,” Nets president Rod Thorn said of the eminent domain ruling that would alter the dynamic that exists between his team and the Knicks.
“If we’re in Brooklyn, then [the rivalry] might be entirely different. Then we’re competing for the same people and the same turf.”
NoLandGrab:
Memo
From: Brett Yormark
To: Rod Thorn
Subject: "If" vs. "When"
Rod —
Bruce only wants us to use "when" when talking about Brooklyn. Never "if." Only "when." Got it?
— Brett
P.S.: Good luck with the draft 2nite.
Posted by eric at June 26, 2008 9:38 AM