<div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">John Hollinger of ESPN and the New York Sun let loose with a blistering attack on Rod Thorn and his lack of off-season moves Friday. Calling the Nets' GM complacent and the team lucky to have won as many games as it did last season, Hollinger calls the off-season "another amazingly unproductive summer from Rod Thorn" and expects no more than a .500 season and a lot of second-guessing come spring. Marc Stein agrees that the Nets didn't do much, but realizes that not much could be done.</div> SourceSource2 I really want to know what they would of done if they were in Thorn's postion. Their's not much to be done, and I don't think the off-season was bad. I just want to know what moves they think Thorn should of done and how.
I'm not as satisfied as most of you, but to say Thorn hasn't done a good job would just be lying. We have four incoming rookies who have the potential to contribute this season. Plus we picked up Eddie House. That's productivity in my eyes.
Personally, I would have made some moves to avoid a second round exit, but quiet offseason also mean more chemistry with the players getting to know each other better.
Marc Stein put us at 12 in off-season rankings for the East. <div class="quote_poster">Quote:</div><div class="quote_post">They haven't done a lot, but they weren't expected to. Bringing back Clifford Robinson, after Uncle Cliffy's drug suspension in the playoffs, shows just how limited the Nets' flexibility is. They simply won't be able to do anything drastic to the roster unless Rod Thorn decides to move Richard Jefferson, and I concur with Thorn's sense that it's not quite time to break up the three-man core of Jason Kidd, Carter and R.J. So I can understand why the Nets went for pedestrian tweaks, such as signing Eddie House and trading for Mikki Moore, while maintaining hope that Nenad Krstic continues to develop and that rookie center Mile Ilic (another Serbian big man) and rookie point guard Marcus Williams (to lessen the toll on Kidd) have a bigger-than-expected impact.</div> Source
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting TheCh0sen0ne238:</div><div class="quote_post">what is this guy saying? is he saying we were stupid during the offseason or smart?</div> Marc Stein is saying the Nets didn't do much, but he realizes that not much could be done anyway. Hollinger and the New York Sun are the idiots.
Hollinger's one of the smarter one's out there, he's a stats man. Saying he expects no more than a .500 win season shows his bias though.
Where do I sign up to wager with Hollinger on his .500 win percentage for the Nets this season? The Nets won 49 games last season and easily won the division. I don't see any reason for them to not win their division again, and win AT LEAST 45 games. As for the offseason criticism from Hollinger, it really goes unwarranted. What move were the Nets supposed to make to vastly improve their team? Was he counting on them to bring back the malcontent known as Kenyon Martin? Or maybe Zach Randolph would be the solution in the low post, until he gets busted for joyriding with unregistered fire arms in Jersey? Of course then fans could refer to him as New Jersey Drive, nicknamed after the 1995 Spike Lee film. The Nets weren't in a position to make a move, but they did get a steal in the draft and bringing back Uncle Cliffy for another Tour of Duty isn't a bad move. He knows the system, he's hungry to win a title, and he brings veteran leadership and marijuana to the locker room. Hollinger needs to stick with his PER and stop his sensationalist articles.
<div class="quote_poster">Quoting shapecity:</div><div class="quote_post">Where do I sign up to wager with Hollinger on his .500 win percentage for the Nets this season? The Nets won 49 games last season and easily won the division. I don't see any reason for them to not win their division again, and win AT LEAST 45 games. As for the offseason criticism from Hollinger, it really goes unwarranted. What move were the Nets supposed to make to vastly improve their team? Was he counting on them to bring back the malcontent known as Kenyon Martin? Or maybe Zach Randolph would be the solution in the low post, until he gets busted for joyriding with unregistered fire arms in Jersey? Of course then fans could refer to him as New Jersey Drive, nicknamed after the 1995 Spike Lee film. The Nets weren't in a position to make a move, but they did get a steal in the draft and bringing back Uncle Cliffy for another Tour of Duty isn't a bad move. He knows the system, he's hungry to win a title, and he brings veteran leadership and marijuana to the locker room. Hollinger needs to stick with his PER and stop his sensationalist articles.</div> Couldn't resist could you.
