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January 6, 2012
Struggling Nets Still More Sideshow than Legitimate Contender
Brooklyn Daily Eagle
by John Torenli
The Eagle, obviously, hasn't figured it out. The Nets aren't just not legitimate contenders — they're arguably the worst allegedly professional sports team extant.
The New Jersey (soon-to-be-Brooklyn) Nets were hoping this lockout-shortened 66-game campaign would be more about building excitement for their much-anticipated arrival at the still-under-construction Barclays Center in November, rather than their continued futility on and off the hardwood.
After doubling their win total from an embarrassing 12 to 24 last season under the guidance of coach Avery Johnson and the ownership of Russian presidential candidate Mikhail Prokhorov, Nets general manager Billy King vowed last month that the franchise was through with running out the clowns.
“There will not be a circus atmosphere like we had last year,” King insisted, referring to the Nets’ fruitless pursuit of a deal that would have landed Brooklyn native Carmelo Anthony in Jersey.
Well, that's true — circuses are fun, at least for the audiences.
It’s hard not to hear circus music when the team owner is making an allegedly serious run for the presidency of his home country, the team’s top rebounder has turned into “America’s Most Notorious Ex-Husband,” and the on-the-court product remains substandard.
NoLandGrab: Wow, if that's "substandard," we sure wouldn't want to lay eyes on bad.
Posted by eric at January 6, 2012 11:49 AM