Hartnett: Amar’e Stoudemire Is The Knicks’ Missing Man
‘Hart On Hoops’ By Sean Hartnett » More Columns Amar’e Stoudemire and Carmelo Anthony sat emotionless on the Knicks’ bench after they were pulled for the entire fourth quarter during Sunday’s 106-94...
View ArticleNo Shortage Of Confidence For Brooklyn’s Title-Talking Nets
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – MarShon Brooks stood wearing his brand-new uniform in front of a green screen on the Brooklyn Nets’ practice court, screwing up his face and making kissy lips at the camera....
View ArticleNets Open Barclays In Style, Defeat Raptors In Home Debut
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – The chant was 55 years in the making, delayed a couple days by disaster, and delivered by a sold-out crowd that wasn’t missing this party no matter what it took to get there....
View ArticleLichtenstein: Nets Come Up Big In Brooklyn Home Opener
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns So much for last year’s NBA lockout goal of closing the competition gap between the big and small market teams in the League. After living in squalor for two years...
View ArticleLichtenstein: Nets’ Second-Half Offense Has Avery Johnson On The Hot Seat
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns The Avery Johnson watch is officially on. While I have expressed my frustrations with the Brooklyn coach’s isolation-heavy offense in my rants here, someone far...
View ArticleBucks Continue Mastery Of Nets, Earn 13th Straight Victory In Series
MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Bucks used the 3-pointer to extend their dominance over the Brooklyn Nets. Brandon Jennings scored 25 points, Monta Ellis added 20 points and a season-high six steals,...
View ArticleLichtenstein: Brooks’ Kobe-Esque Performance Begs For An Encore
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns There are times when I watch sophomore Brooklyn guard MarShon Brooks and I think back to a young Kobe Bryant. To reiterate an important caveat I wrote in the...
View ArticleNets Rain 3s, Get Huge Games From Johnson, Watson, Light Up Nuggets
NEW YORK (AP) — The Brooklyn Nets were staring at second-half collapses similar to the one that did them in during Sunday night’s loss to the San Antonio Spurs. This time Joe Johnson and the Nets were...
View ArticleNets Erase Double-Digit Halftime Deficit, Surprise Bucks
Updated at 12:23 a.m., Feb. 21, 2013 MILWAUKEE (AP) — Five points separated the Nets and the Bucks in their home-and-home set, and Brooklyn came away with two straight last-second victories. Deron...
View ArticleReport: Nets Make Offer For Celtics’ Pierce; Howard Staying In LA
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The Nets had their eyes on Celtics forward Paul Pierce, but Brooklyn’s trade proposal wasn’t enough for Boston to pull the trigger, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of Yahoo!...
View ArticleLichtenstein: It’s Time For P.J. Carlesimo To Pare The Cast
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns For the Nets, it’s back to the drawing board. It’s not the first time during this rollercoaster campaign that they’ve had to take a harder look at their inner...
View ArticleLichtenstein: Nets Hit Road For Season-Defining Trip
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns 17 days. Eight games. All on the road. Monday night starts the defining portion of the Nets’ schedule. The Nets said goodbye to the not-so-friendly confines of...
View ArticleLichtenstein: Nets Fortunate To Avoid Burn From Lowly Suns
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns I could feel it coming as soon as the fourth quarter buzzer sounded on Saturday night. Despite being encouraged by the Nets’ inspired basketball in a 101-95 loss in...
View ArticleLichtenstein: Bulls Comeback Puts Nets, Carlesimo On Brink
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns Years from now there will be many who’ll remember Game 4 of the Nets/Bulls Eastern Conference quarterfinals as ‘The Nate Robinson Game”, calling yesterday’s game...
View ArticleNets Ready For ‘Biggest Game In Brooklyn’ Game 7
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Time for the Nets’ biggest game in Brooklyn. The Nets have brought their first-round series against Chicago to a Game 7, a victory away from equaling the largest playoff...
View ArticleLichtenstein: Carlesimo’s Attempt To Alter Conversation Doesn’t Alter Nets’...
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns P.J. Carlesimo obviously has a lot of time on his hands. The former Nets interim coach, who was terminated back on May 5 following Brooklyn’s Game 7 loss at home to...
View ArticleLichtenstein: Trading Brooks For Late Pick Would Be A King-Sized Mistake
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns Tuesday was Half-Christmas, which might explain why the Nets are rumored to be in such a giving mood — while at the same time ready to give up on one of their...
View ArticleLichtenstein: Blatche Re-Signing Looms Large As Nets Restock Bench
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns Even in this economy, $3 million doesn’t get you very far in today’s NBA. Certainly not if your team is spending $80-some million on its starting five and needs to...
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