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Donte Greene’s Injury Jeopardizes His Chances Of Playing With The Brooklyn Nets

Filed: August 29, 2012 10:42 PM CDT by
Filed under: NBA, New Jersey Nets
Cary Emondson-US PRESSWIRE

BROOKLYN — Talk about bad timing. After getting a training camp invite from the Brooklyn Nets, Donte Greene would go down in a pick-up game in Charlotte on Wednesday. MRIs would reveal that the injury appeared to be a simple fractured ankle, and many are hoping that is the extent of it. Although Greene has [...]

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Shelden Williams to Play Overseas Next Season

Filed: August 29, 2012 9:43 PM CDT by
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BROOKLYN — It’s well known that Shelden Williams is the husband of WNBA (Los Angeles Sparks) and Euroleague (UMMC Exaterinburg Club) superstar Candace Parker. And after we found out, we all, including myself, asked: How? One would think that one of the greatest WNBA players of all time would choose to marry a man that [...]

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Ranking the NBA Atlantic Division

Filed: August 28, 2012 12:02 PM CDT by
David Butler II-US PRESSWIRE

Possibly the best division in the NBA Eastern Conference, the Atlantic Division, will come down to three teams. That are the Boston Celtics, New York Knicks and the new Brooklyn Nets. The Philadelphia 76ers might be another team that could sneak above either of those teams to get a high seed in the post-season. The [...]

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Joe Johnson is Somehow the Sixth Highest Paid NBA Player in History

Filed: August 27, 2012 11:44 PM CDT by
Filed under: NBA, New Jersey Nets

Inking a three year, $34 million contract last month, Kevin Garnett officially became the highest paid player to ever play the game of basketball. With total career earnings of $328,562,398 (not including endorsements), Garnett shows us all why not going to college isn’t always too bad. But all kidding aside, in just 17 years of playing, [...]

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Brooklyn Nets: Brook Lopez, Joe Johnson Have Eyes Set On Championship

Filed: August 27, 2012 7:01 PM CDT by
Debby Wong-US PRESSWIRE

The Brooklyn Nets are changing the forefront on what Nets basketball is. The future of the Nets is bright, something that has not been said of the Nets in a long time since they are tied with the Minnesota Timberwolves for having the worst record in the NBA over the past three seasons. Center Brook [...]

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Brooklyn Nets’ Europeans Shine Overseas

Filed: August 27, 2012 5:50 PM CDT by
Filed under: NBA, New Jersey Nets

The Brooklyn Nets have had one of their most productive off-seasons to date this past summer, acquiring four European players in the process. The four Euro-players each represent and play for a different country: Mirza Teletovic with Bosnia, Tornike Shengelia with Georgia, Ilkan Karaman with Turkey, and Bojan Bogdanovic with Croatia. All four players, participating [...]

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Donte Greene: What Does He Bring to the Brooklyn Nets This Season?

Filed: August 27, 2012 11:31 AM CDT by
Filed under: NBA, New Jersey Nets

It’s hard to believe that the Brooklyn Nets‘ starting lineup for most of last year’s season consisted of Deron Williams, Marshon Brooks, DeShawn Stevenson, Kris Humphries and Shelden Williams. Experts and fans alike agreed that this abysmal team was headed nowhere unless they landed Dwight Howard, who would lift them out of years of turmoil. [...]

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Brooklyn Nets talking NBA Championship

Filed: August 25, 2012 7:35 PM CDT by
Debby Wong-US PRESSWIRE

The Brooklyn Nets have yet to play a single game as a Brooklyn franchise or even unveil their uniforms but they’re already targeting a championship in year number one. Newly resigned center Brook Lopez believes the Nets can compete for a title right away. “Obviously our main goal is no question the NBA championship. I think [...]

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NBA Rumors: Derrick Rose close to starting on-court activity

Filed: August 24, 2012 2:34 PM CDT by
Rob Grabowski-US PRESSWIRE

Chicago Bulls guard Derrick Rose still has a long road to recovery from a torn ACL that crushed the team’s chances in the 2011-12 NBA Playoffs. However, by all accounts Rose has been ahead of schedule, and sources have indicated that the All-Star guard will begin light on-court activity soon, according to Sam Amick of Sports [...]

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Nets Prokhorov Talks Trash, Calls Knicks James Dolan “Little Man”

Filed: August 21, 2012 12:59 PM CDT by
The Star-Ledger-US PRESSWIRE

Hello, Brooklyn! Brooklyn Nets owner and billionaire mogul Mikhail Prokhorov has fired the first shots against the New York Knicks. In a new interview conducted by NYMag.com, Mikhail requests James Dolan be referred to as ‘little man’. “He also made sure that I heard him call Dolan “that little man.” – Will Leitch   Whether [...]

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