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May 31, 2012
NBA Draft Lottery Fail: Dominoes Tumbling for Brooklyn Nets?
Many Brooklyn fans complain about Jay-Z's underwhelming logo and color scheme ... wait till they see the Nets' opening-night roster
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by Pete Tenney
Couldn't have happened to a nicer, neighborhood-bulldozing team.
NBA Draft Lottery conspiracy theorists were sure the league would slip a little luck Brooklyn's way. How can the NBA afford to risk a bust at Barclays Center?
We'll admit it — we fully expected the draft lottery to be rigged for the Nets. Guess even the Atlantic Yards project holds the occasional nice surprise.
No Elvis sightings, no alien coverups, no frozen ping-pong balls for the Nets… And because they didn't move up in the lottery to a top-3 spot, their 6th overall pick goes to Portland as part of the Gerald Wallace trade.
Are we about to see a gut-wrenching chain reaction ruin the team's welcome party in Brooklyn?
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Yahoo! Sports, Sources: Getting Anthony Davis won't be enough for the Nets to hold onto Deron Williams
Well, guess this one's moot, anyway...
All-Star point guard Deron Williams has made one decision about his free agency: If the Brooklyn Nets win the No. 1 pick in the NBA's draft lottery on Wednesday night – and the chance to secure Kentucky center Anthony Davis – it won't be enough for Williams to sign a contract extension, league sources told Yahoo! Sports.
"It's Dwight Howard or bust," said a league source who has spoken to Williams.
NoLandGrab: Then bust it is.
Posted by eric at May 31, 2012 12:53 PM