Comments on: Team Focus: New Jersey Nets http://www.basketballfreeforall.com/2009/12/09/team-focus-new-jersey-nets/ basketball. period. Wed, 11 Aug 2010 10:58:55 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: plonden http://www.basketballfreeforall.com/2009/12/09/team-focus-new-jersey-nets/comment-page-1/#comment-565 plonden Fri, 11 Dec 2009 01:42:54 +0000 http://www.basketballfreeforall.com/?p=2000#comment-565 ^ You HAVE to take John Wall with the number one pick. They would either have to trade down or trade Devin. He's just too damn good to pass on. ^ You HAVE to take John Wall with the number one pick. They would either have to trade down or trade Devin. He’s just too damn good to pass on.

]]> By: John-o http://www.basketballfreeforall.com/2009/12/09/team-focus-new-jersey-nets/comment-page-1/#comment-563 John-o Fri, 11 Dec 2009 00:42:14 +0000 http://www.basketballfreeforall.com/?p=2000#comment-563 I wonder if the Nets would take John Wall with the #1 pick... (assuming the lottery ball bounces their way) I wonder if the Nets would take John Wall with the #1 pick… (assuming the lottery ball bounces their way)

]]> By: silentjim http://www.basketballfreeforall.com/2009/12/09/team-focus-new-jersey-nets/comment-page-1/#comment-560 silentjim Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:58:44 +0000 http://www.basketballfreeforall.com/?p=2000#comment-560 Good read. It can't help the Nets that there are a half a dozen teams looking to spend major money on big free agents next season. How do you compete with 1 or 2 cities, let alone 5 or 6? Good read. It can’t help the Nets that there are a half a dozen teams looking to spend major money on big free agents next season. How do you compete with 1 or 2 cities, let alone 5 or 6?

]]> By: plonden http://www.basketballfreeforall.com/2009/12/09/team-focus-new-jersey-nets/comment-page-1/#comment-559 plonden Thu, 10 Dec 2009 16:06:07 +0000 http://www.basketballfreeforall.com/?p=2000#comment-559 The Nets are disintegrating and it sounds like there is absolutely no team chemistry. "It's mind-boggling sometimes when you don't see the guys behind you doing that," he [Rafer Alston] said, after the Nets fell to 2-20. "That's more hurtful than anything, is to not cheer your teammates on who are out there trying to get the job done. That's the way I was taught to do it: Play together and root for your teammate, whether you're in the game or not. The good teams do that. They stay together, no matter how the game is going." http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/2009/12/09/2009-12-09_alston_rips_mates_after_latest_net_loss.html The Nets are disintegrating and it sounds like there is absolutely no team chemistry.

“It’s mind-boggling sometimes when you don’t see the guys behind you doing that,” he [Rafer Alston] said, after the Nets fell to 2-20. “That’s more hurtful than anything, is to not cheer your teammates on who are out there trying to get the job done. That’s the way I was taught to do it: Play together and root for your teammate, whether you’re in the game or not. The good teams do that. They stay together, no matter how the game is going.”

http://www.nydailynews.com/sports/basketball/2009/12/09/2009-12-09_alston_rips_mates_after_latest_net_loss.html

]]> By: plonden http://www.basketballfreeforall.com/2009/12/09/team-focus-new-jersey-nets/comment-page-1/#comment-556 plonden Thu, 10 Dec 2009 14:52:05 +0000 http://www.basketballfreeforall.com/?p=2000#comment-556 Very interesting assessment, Red. It reminded me of a blurb I read about Nets rookie Terrence Williams. There HAS to be some serious consequences to this kind of long-term losing. “He’s not seeking advice from veterans,” point guard Rafer Alston said. “He’s getting advice from guys in their first and second year, who don’t know. “Every day he comes in, he just looks like he’s in a funk and he looks like he’s just not there. I asked him yesterday on the bus how he’s doing, and he just had nothing to say. He had this blank look on his face, like he’s just confused.” http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2009/12/nj_nets_mull_discipline_for_te.html Very interesting assessment, Red. It reminded me of a blurb I read about Nets rookie Terrence Williams. There HAS to be some serious consequences to this kind of long-term losing.

“He’s not seeking advice from veterans,” point guard Rafer Alston said. “He’s getting advice from guys in their first and second year, who don’t know.

“Every day he comes in, he just looks like he’s in a funk and he looks like he’s just not there. I asked him yesterday on the bus how he’s doing, and he just had nothing to say. He had this blank look on his face, like he’s just confused.”

http://www.nj.com/nets/index.ssf/2009/12/nj_nets_mull_discipline_for_te.html

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