Abdur-Rahim East Rutherford, NJ (August 9, 2005)- The New Jersey Nets have rescinded their trade with the Portland Trail Blazers for forward Shareef Abdur-Rahim, Nets President Rod Thorn announced today. The Nets and Trail Blazers had agreed on a deal, pending a physical, that would have sent the nine-year veteran to the Nets in exchange for the Nets first round pick in 2006, lottery protected, and the team?s trade exception as a result of the Kerry Kittles trade to the Los Angeles Clippers in 2004. ?We were anticipating adding Shareef to our roster,? said Thorn. ?However, during the course of his normal physical examination, some questions arose that gave us cause for concern. After consulting with several noted specialists, we feel that rescinding the trade is our best course of action. We will now look in other directions for ways to improve our team for the upcoming season.?
Now WHAT! people were back to ZERO again! I guess the "wnated power forward" sign is still hanging in east ruthurford right now! im very disapointed with what happend with SAR! we wasted all summer for this and we end up with nothing! DAMMM!
If this is true the Nets are in trouble. They needed SAR for that PF spot. Now they have a huge hole in their frontcourt.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">EAST RUTHERFORD, New Jersey (Ticker) - Shareef Abdur-Rahim will not be playing home games in the Meadowlands next season. The New Jersey Nets on Tuesday called off their trade for the Portland Trail Blazers forward, five days after team president Rod Thorn announced the deal was on hold after "a question arose" concerning Abdur-Rahim's physical examination New Jersey had until August 12 to complete a sign-and-trade with Portland for Abdur-Rahim. The Nets and Trail Blazers had agreed on a deal, pending a physical, that would have sent the nine-year veteran to the Eastern Conference squad in exchange for New Jersey's lottery-protected first-round pick in 2006 and the team's trade exception as a result of the Kerry Kittles deal to the Los Angeles Clippers in 2004. "We were anticipating adding Shareef to our roster," Thorn said Tuesday. "However, during the course of his normal physical examination, some questions arose that gave us cause for concern. After consulting with several noted specialists, we feel that rescinding the trade is our best course of action. We will now look in other directions for ways to improve our team for the upcoming season." Abdur-Rahim was to receive a six-year contract worth $38 million in the sign-and-trade. </div> Source Note this is the <u>correct</u> way to post an article. Thanks.
Wow. I still don't get it. First Shareef says he commits, then he doesn't want to be a Net, then Nets management and Shareef kiss and make-up, and now the Nets management don't want him. It doesn't make much sense that they stated opposing opinions every other day. The team takes a huge blow from this, but knowing Thorn, it probably was the best thing to do. This "physical" situation probably was serious, and Thorn didn't want to take the chance.
Without Shareef, I doubt that the Nets will even make the playoffs. The Eastern Conference has improved a lot, but the Nets are back where they started the offseason off at. In the end of the day, I think Rod Thorn had to do this move. He must have learned from his mistake with Zo and made sure not to handicap his team. Too bad though, since the Nets probably went from possible division champs back to fighting for the 8th spot. Also, this whole trade fiasco is really going to affect Shareef's value on the free agent market. I bet the team he signs with won't offer him anything remotely close to what he would have gotten with the Nets.
I would not hit the panic button just yet, you have to have faith in Rod Thorn, he is one of the smart GMs in the NBA. I'm sure he already has a backup plan completed in principle, after he found out SAR had a knee problem. Reggie Evans could be a nice Plan B for the Nets.
yea evans may fit well here, but at least this won't kill our offense, because it's still prety good. I still think we're going to win the atlantic though.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting shapecity:</div><div class="quote_post">Reggie Evans could be a nice Plan B for the Nets.</div>Evans should have been Plan A. He can actually play D and rebound. SAR doesn't bring much besides scoring, which is something that they have under control without him. Reggie Evans and Jason Collins would be one tough combination in the paint.
Wow. This is a big blow to the Nets, if they can't get Reggie Evans, then who do they go after? They need frontcourt help and SAR would've provided that, Nets' fans need to pray that they get Evans now.
No SAR! Well this came as a little bit of a surprise! From some of the articles I've read, I actually thought the Nets were going to sign him today?! Oh well, it's not the end of world. I guess we'll just have to wait a little longer and hope Thorn has something up his sleeves before this season begins! P.S. Does anyone know whom can we aquire now???
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting FanBball:</div><div class="quote_post">P.S. Does anyone know whom can we aquire now??? </div> Gooden, Lo Wright, Rasho (he would provide some offense but mostly defense), Dale Davis (again mostly defense). Those are just some FAs or guys being shopped, I'm sure if you made a decent offer then you could get a PJ Brown or Juwan Howard type of player.
<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">Without Shareef, I doubt that the Nets will even make the playoffs. The Eastern Conference has improved a lot, but the Nets are back where they started the offseason off at.</div> This may be a huge blow, but don't be so excited about us not making the playoffs. You say the east has improved? I don't think it's improved so much. Let's take a look see: Cleveland: UP(Hughes, Marshall) Chicago: DOWN(they're gonna lose either Chandler or Curry, and may have lost Duhon to Toronto) Boston: DOWN(lost Walker, got nearly nothing in return for the present) Indiana: UP(got Saras, healthy) Miami: ?(still need to see if Walker and Williams will mesh with the team, and Shaq ain't getting younger) Detroit: DOWN(did nothing in the offseason, AND lost coach brown) Washington: SAME(lost Hughes, their best defensive option and a key offensive player, but got Butler and Daniels, and lost a cancer in Brown) Orlando: DOWN(Hill is one year older, did nothing in the offseason 'cept getting Dooling, got virtually nothing from the draft, lost DeClerq) Atlanta: UP(had a strong draft, but still suck) Charlotte: UP(read Atlanta) Milwaukee: UP(got Simmons and Bogut, but lost Gadzuric) Toronto: DOWN(may have signed Duhon, resigned Pape Sow, but haven't really improved in anything, and lost a key player in Marshall) Philly: SAME(did nothing in the offseason, cept resigning Korver, Green, and Dalembert, which doesn't really change the team) NY: UP(got Q-rich, coach brown, and jerome james) NJ: UP(got a dependable shooter in Wright, filled the backup PG spot with McInnis, didn't lose anybody, healthy) So, let's see: Without counting NJ: UP=6 DOWN=5 SAME=2 ?=1 Out of the 6 that improved, at least 3(Charlotte, Atlanta, Milwaukee) aren't playoffs threats(yet), while NY are a maybe, but I would go with a 50/50 chance of them making the playoffs. Two (Indy, Cleveland) are locks for the playoffs. Out of the 5 that went down, 2(Chicago, Detroit) are locks for the playoffs, and two(Boston, Orlando) can get into the playoffs, but are not locks. Only one isn't a playoff threat(Toronto). Of the two that stayed the same, both aren't either locks or lottery destined. Miami, we all know, whether the trade they made helps them or not, will be a top 3 team in the east. So I don't see how you say the east improved A LOT. Of the 9 teams that didn't make the playoffs last season, only 2(Cleveland, NY) have really become a threat. Of the 8 teams that DID make the cut, only one(Indiana) has really improved for SURE (Miami is still a maybe). Of course that doesn't include us, as we've improved too. Also, 3/8 went the opposite direction(Detroit, Boston, Chicago). The east may have improved but not by a lot, and the facts are, in the teams that threaten a playoff spot most to us, haven't improved. In fact, 3 went down, 3 went up, without Miami included. So this is how I think the playoffs will play out, not including New Jersey(no particular order): LOCKS Miami Indiana Detroit Cleveland Chicago Philly Washington, New York, or Boston Then, there's room for us, too. We're have a better chance of making the playoffs than New York, Boston, Philly, and Orlando right now, even without SAR( I may be a tad biased, but I think it's very true). So, we're probably a lock for the playoffs. Feel free to argue, but this is my honest opinion.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting playmaker14:</div><div class="quote_post">we just traded for marc jackson, but I would wan;t to get Gooden or Lo Wright.</div> Well then you can just settle with Marc Jackson.
I would never have guess Marc Jackson was plan B, but at least the Nets bulked up on the inside. He's obviously a downgrade from SAR, and he won't be able to fill the wing on fastbreaks. The 76ers are gambling with this trade, because they don't really have anyone to back up Dalembert. This deal could actually end up hurting both teams. Looks like the Atlantic Division is back up for grabs at this point.
Acquiring Marc Jackson isn't a bad move; he's servicable. Right now the thing that I keep thinking is this: I didn't like the decision to draft Antoine Wright even when it appeared that Reef was heading to NJ. Now, that decision looks even worse.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting Schaddy:</div><div class="quote_post">Acquiring Marc Jackson isn't a bad move; he's servicable. Right now the thing that I keep thinking is this: I didn't like the decision to draft Antoine Wright even when it appeared that Reef was heading to NJ. Now, that decision looks even worse.</div> I agree, the Nets have to be second guessing their draft pick decision. I was expecting a trade to be announced on draft day, but the Nets obviously saw something they liked with Wright. Steven Hunter, sure would look nice running with Jason Kidd and company. He's still on the market, the Nets should definitely pursue him.
I don't care what the Nets do. They just need to fill that gap with a defensive play forget the offense and leave that to VC, RJ, Kristic and Kidd. We need a blockerRebounder not a scorer a player like Rodman, Ben Wallace, and Oakley (one of my favorite Knicks). Brian Grant wouldn't be that bad if we can get him cheap. But i would prefer a young atlethic big body or small body rebounder. Or we can go with the early chicago bulls train of thought just get like 3 serviceable big that can rotate spots at power forward and center position. Like when they had Longley, Wennington, and Cartwright (or who ever they used to use) and it worked for them, be it granted that we don't have Jordan but we do have Kidd. On of Lawrence Franks couching pluses is that he knows how to rotate players really well given the situation. Then the Nets can have a 3 headed monster.
