No Shortage Of Confidence As Melo, Knicks Head Home For Game 5
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The reeling Celtics needed a spark of optimism and a surge of offense to keep their season going. Jason Terry provided both in Boston’s 97-90 overtime win over New York on...
View ArticleBack For Game 5, J.R. Smith Counting On Celtics’ Overdue Elimination
GREENBURGH, N.Y. (CBSNewYork/AP) — J.R. Smith may have altered a series with one poor decision. He certainly forced his midweek plans to change. When he dropped Boston’s Jason Terry with an elbow to...
View ArticleKnicks Awful In Game 5 Loss As History Starts To Beckon Celtics
Jeff Green scored 18 points and the Boston Celtics stayed alive in the NBA playoffs, cutting the New York Knicks' lead to 3-2 with a 92-86 victory Wednesday night.
View ArticleAnthony Comes Up Big When It Matters, Eliminated Celtics Pondering Future
BOSTON (CBSNewYork/AP) — It’s been a long time since the Knicks won a playoff series. Before Friday night’s clinching Game Six, the last time they won a series was in 2000 when Patrick Ewing and...
View ArticleKnicks Guard J.R. Smith Fined For Flopping
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — New York Knicks guard J.R. Smith has been fined $5,000 by the NBA for a flop during Game 1 of their playoff matchup against the Indiana Pacers. Smith was defending Pacers...
View ArticleReport: Done Deal! Nets Agree In Principle On Deal That Brings Garnett And...
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – After losing in the first round of the NBA Playoffs this past season, general manager Billy King was determined to improve his club for the 2013-2014 campaign. And with the...
View ArticleNets Select Duke Forward Mason Plumlee 22nd Overall
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Brooklyn Nets selected Duke forward Mason Plumlee with the 22nd pick in the NBA draft as they worked to acquire Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce from the Celtics. The...
View ArticleLichtenstein: Nets’ Blockbuster Garnett, Pierce Trade Worth The Risks
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns I’ll say this about Nets general manager Billy King — he likes to make the offseason as exciting as the games. Thursday was supposed to be about tinkering around...
View ArticleNets To Acquire Pierce, Garnett In Mega-Deal With Celtics
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Brooklyn Nets will acquire Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett from the Boston Celtics in a deal that was still developing as the NBA draft ended, a person with knowledge of...
View ArticleLawrence Frank Returns To Nets As Assistant Under Jason Kidd
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Former Nets coach Lawrence Frank will return to the team as an assistant under new coach Jason Kidd. The Nets said Friday that they also agreed to terms with assistants Roy...
View ArticleReport: Nets Interested In Bringing Back Center Jason Collins
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – It just keeps getting more and more interesting in Brooklyn. One night after acquiring Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce and Jason Terry from the Celtics in a blockbuster trade, Nets...
View ArticleSilverman: Nets May Think They Hit Lottery, But Celtics Trade Could Backfire
By Steve Silverman » More Columns Some things are just too good to be true. It’s easy to look at the Nets on Friday and say they are one of the elite teams in the Eastern Conference and they may join...
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...
View ArticleLichtenstein: Prokhorov Has Gone All In, And The Expectations Have Risen
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns And we thought Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov went all in last summer when he committed about $330 million of his vast fortune on player contracts for his Barclays...
View ArticleNets, Celtics Finalize Deal That Sends Pierce, Garnett To Brooklyn
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — It’s official. The blockbuster breakup of the Celtics is complete. Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett are Brooklyn-bound. The Nets and Celtics finalized their draft-night trade...
View ArticleNets Introduce New Stars Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce At Barclays Center
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Welcome, welcome! Paul Pierce stared straight ahead, an occasional smile or laugh interrupting the otherwise distant look on his face. Now a Net, it’s clear he’s still...
View ArticleGlaring Omission: Pierce Leaves Out Knicks When Naming East Contenders
NEW YORK (WFAN) – Paul Pierce was introduced by the Nets on Thursday afternoon at Barclays Center, in addition to former ex-Celtics Kevin Garnett and Jason Terry. Among the many questions he took from...
View ArticleLichtenstein: Deron Needed To Answer Questions At Press Conference
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns “The secret of basketball,” as Isiah Thomas told Bill Simmons in Simmons’ tome “The Book of Basketball,” “is that it’s not about basketball.” For some reason, that...
View ArticleTeti: An Inside Look Into The Battle For The Big City’s Hoops Crown
By Ian Teti » More Columns Last season, the Nets beat the Knicks twice in the four games that they played against each other. Brooklyn proved that they could compete for the Big Apple’s basketball...
View ArticlePierce, Garnett And Nets To Head Back To Boston In Preseason
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett will be back in Boston even before the NBA regular season starts. The Brooklyn Nets will visit the Celtics for an Oct. 23 preseason game, part...
View ArticleNets Agree To A Deal With Swingman Anderson
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Brooklyn Nets have agreed to a deal with 30-year-old journeyman swingman Alan Anderson, continuing their busy offseason. Agent Mark Bartelstein says Friday that Anderson...
View ArticleLichtenstein: Nets Must Address 3 Issues To Make Move On Miami
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns With last week’s signing of free-agent reserve swingman Alan Anderson, the Nets have officially concluded Part II of their version of Extreme Makeover. That ragtag...
View ArticleLichtenstein: Nets Won’t Knock Knicks Off City Perch Despite Pierce’s Boast
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns At his introductory press conference last month, newly-acquired Nets forward Paul Pierce had the body language of someone who was forced to give away his dog. It...
View ArticleJ.R. Smith: Knicks Are ‘Still The Marquee Team In New York’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – The Knicks-Nets rivalry is continuing to heat up. The Nets made the more significant splash this summer, acquiring future Hall of Famers Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce — along...
View ArticleFelton Responds To Pierce, Declares Nets ‘Will Never Take Over The City’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Brooklyn Nets small forward Paul Pierce has been pounding his chest during the offseason about how the Nets are going to win the hearts of New Yorkers. New York Knicks point...
View ArticleIt’s That Time, Again: Lichtenstein’s Nets Training Camp Primer
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns Most sports fans focus on baseball and football during October. For the new-look Brooklyn Nets, however, this just might be their most important month until April....
View ArticleGM Billy King: ‘This Is The Window’ For Nets To Push For A Championship
DURHAM, N.C. (CBSNewYork/AP) — The time is now. Billy King put together this Brooklyn Nets team to win right away. The Nets general manager said Wednesday that he’s not worrying yet about the future...
View ArticleNets Finish Five-Day Training Camp At Duke
DURHAM, N.C. (AP) — Jason Kidd’s first training camp as a head coach went down as a success. None of his Brooklyn Nets got hurt — even though most everybody got tired. The Nets wrapped up their...
View ArticlePaul Pierce: Nets ‘Can Be Talked About In NBA History’
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — Paul Pierce has seen it happen. He played on one of those teams that started as potential and turned into potent, the 2007-08 Celtics winning 66 games and an NBA championship...
View ArticleWilliams Sharp In Preseason Debut; Nets End High With Rout Of Heat
Deron Williams scored 11 points in 10 minutes, Alan Anderson scored 17 points, and the Brooklyn Nets finished the exhibition season with a 108-87 win over the Miami Heat on Friday night.
View ArticleLichtenstein: Brooklyn Nets 2013-14 Preview: It’s All Or Nothing
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns The journey begins tomorrow. When the Nets tip off in Cleveland tomorrow night, they’ll start their marathon that will culminate in either an appearance on the...
View ArticleLichtenstein: Nets Are Still Waiting For Defensive Consistency From Lopez
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns Forgive my bias, but Brooklyn’s Brook Lopez is the best offensive center in the game. The great players are known to augment their skills each season, whether it be...
View ArticleLichtenstein: Dawn Of Kidd Era Has Been Nets Fans’ Worst Nightmare
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns Nearly two minutes into the third quarter of the Nets’ inexcusable 107-86 loss in Sacramento on Wednesday night, Brooklyn had shaved three points off the Kings’...
View ArticleLichtenstein: Nets’ Offense Under Kidd Has Been Totally Offensive
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns In a word, the best description of the Nets offense this season is that it’s been offensive. That is, to the eyes of their fans who expected far more from a roster...
View ArticleNets’ Paul Pierce Out 2-4 Weeks With Broken Bone In Right Hand
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Nets’ nightmarish season just continues to get worse. Paul Pierce will be out two to four weeks with a broken bone in his right hand, the biggest loss yet for the...
View ArticleLichtenstein: Let’s Hold Off On Nets’ Obituary Following Lopez Injury
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns This whole season in Brooklyn hasn’t gone as planned, so why should we start now? After the Nets’ second consecutive offseason spending spree, I had joined many who...
View ArticleGM Billy King Says Nets Won’t Go Into ‘Panic Mode’ Following Lopez Injury
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (CBSNewYork/AP) — General manager Billy King said Sunday that the Brooklyn Nets are disappointed by the latest injury to Brook Lopez, but are not in panic mode. Lopez broke his...
View ArticleLichtenstein: Jason Kidd Shows Growth With His DNPs
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns For anyone analyzing the Nets’ 103-89 win over San Antonio at Barclays Center on Thursday night, the obvious place to start would be the list of Spurs who did not...
View ArticleNets Trade Jason Terry, Reggie Evans To Kings For Marcus Thornton
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork/AP) – The Nets have made a deal a day ahead of the NBA trade deadline. The Nets have agreed to acquire guard Marcus Thornton from the Sacramento Kings for Jason Terry and Reggie...
View ArticleLichtenstein: Nets’ Trade For Thornton Fails To Address Main Concerns
By Steve Lichtenstein » More Columns As far as impact trade-deadline deals go, I see the Nets’ acquisition of guard Marcus Thornton as more of that figurative adage about replacing worn deck chairs on...
View ArticleSchmeelk’s Stance: NBA Preview
By John Schmeelk » More Columns For some reason putting three superstars on one team has made this one of the most anticipated NBA seasons in recent memory. I’m not quite sure why, but one thing is...
View ArticleNets Looking For ‘W’ In Avery’s Return To Dallas
DALLAS (AP) — Winning streaks like the one the Dallas Mavericks are riding were common under Avery Johnson, but his inability to regularly translate that success into deep playoff runs ultimately led...
View ArticleMavericks Eliminate Lakers, Phil Jackson Heads Into Retirement
DALLAS (AP) — Phil Jackson walked off the court with a tight smile, shaking hands and accepting congratulations like he has after so many series-ending playoff games. Never like this, though. His team...
View ArticleNowitzki, Mavericks Hold On To Beat Thunder 93-87
OKLAHOMA CITY (AP) Dirk Nowitzki scored 18 points during an off night for both of the game’s superstars, and the Dallas Mavericks built a huge lead early before hanging on for a 93-87 victory over the...
View ArticleHeat Meltdown Hands Mavericks Game 2 Of NBA Finals
MIAMI (AP) — Dwyane Wade and LeBron James were rejoicing for the entirety of their walk from the Dallas bench to the Miami bench. Heat players spilled onto the floor, many with fists in the air. Miami...
View ArticleReally Big D: Mavericks Top Heat For NBA Title
MIAMI (AP) — The season began with LeBron James taking his talents to South Beach. It ended with Dirk Nowitzki taking the NBA championship trophy there for a late-night celebration. Soaked in champagne...
View ArticleLin Leads Knicks Past Defending Champion Mavericks, 104-97
NEW YORK (AP) — Jeremy Lin had 28 points and a career-high 14 assists, Steve Novak made four 3-pointers in the fourth quarter and the New York Knicks ended the Dallas Mavericks’ six-game winning streak...
View ArticleKnicks Key Man J.R. Smith Facing Potential Suspension
BOSTON (CBSNewYork/AP) — The Knicks moved to the brink of their first playoff series victory in 13 years, routing the Celtics 90-76 on Friday night in Game 3 of the first-round series. They could be...
View ArticleKnicks J.R. Smith Suspended One Game For Elbowing, Misses Game 4
BOSTON (CBSNewYork/AP) — The NBA suspended Knicks guard J.R. Smith on Saturday night for Game 4 of New York’s playoff series against Boston for elbowing the Celtics’ Jason Terry in the chin. It’s a...
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