<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NetsDaily)</div><div class='quotemain'>In a somewhat rambling discussion of the Nets and Knicks after Monday’s blowout at the Garden, new Mavs’ point guard Jason Kidd lamented that he played on the “wrong side of the Hudson”. But it’s hardly clear, at least from the Post account, whether his regret has to do with what team he wanted to play for or where.</div> Jason Disses Jersey - Marc Berman - New York Post IMO he's not even dissing Jersey, he's more about dissing the media and the fact that they basically ignore New Jersey. Can't argue with him, tho.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>"We were on the right side. If we were on the left side, I think things would have been funer.</div> Maybe he really is dumb. Anyway that's enough running your mouth, Kidd.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Mar 12 2008, 12:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>That sounds like a comment about the number of people in the stands.</div> I agree and I think it hurts all of them.
We all diss Jersey and how the Izod center is a piece of shit in the middle of no where. Even during the Finals Era, it still felt like we were second to the Knicks. Kidd is expressing the same exact opinion.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GMJigga @ Mar 12 2008, 11:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>"We were on the right side. If we were on the left side, I think things would have been funer.</div> Maybe he really is dumb. Anyway that's enough running your mouth, Kidd. </div> that writer is dumb, he typed it, kidd SAID it
who wouldnt want to play in NY even though they have a bad team? guys like ben wallace, kobe, artest wanted to play in NY, NJ sucks, nobody wants to play in a swamp infront of 10 fans for a bad team with a bad coach
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jizzy @ Mar 12 2008, 02:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GMJigga @ Mar 12 2008, 11:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>"We were on the right side. If we were on the left side, I think things would have been funer.</div> Maybe he really is dumb. Anyway that's enough running your mouth, Kidd. </div> that writer is dumb, he typed it, kidd SAID it </div> Exactly, isn't that what editors are for anyway? Nothing bad said about the Nets or Jersey here from what I see...only a reminder of the known fact that even if the Knicks beat the WNBA all-stars and the Nets beat the entire USA team, the Knicks'll still get more coverage and media spotlight.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (kobimel @ Mar 12 2008, 03:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Nothing bad said about the Nets or Jersey here from what I see...only a reminder of the known fact that even if the Knicks beat the WNBA all-stars and the Nets beat the entire USA team, the Knicks'll still get more coverage and media spotlight.</div> I disagree completely. It was a total slam on Nets fans for not filling the arena. As for the media coverage, that isn't true either. Just remember who built the New York Times' new building
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Mar 12 2008, 02:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (kobimel @ Mar 12 2008, 03:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Nothing bad said about the Nets or Jersey here from what I see...only a reminder of the known fact that even if the Knicks beat the WNBA all-stars and the Nets beat the entire USA team, the Knicks'll still get more coverage and media spotlight.</div> I disagree completely. It was a total slam on Nets fans for not filling the arena. As for the media coverage, that isn't true either. Just remember who built the New York Times' new building </div> Hey, you can't say they don't deserve the slam. We have one of the worst crowds in the league, I'm sure you agree...there's a bunch of hard-core fans (like the guys on S2), but most of our fans sit on their asses all game long and get up only to buy another hot-dog/chips/fries/drink. Maybe I'm too used to the crazy Euro fans by now, but still...you can't even compare our crowd to Sacramento's, Houston's or Golden State's.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (kobimel @ Mar 12 2008, 03:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Mar 12 2008, 02:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (kobimel @ Mar 12 2008, 03:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Nothing bad said about the Nets or Jersey here from what I see...only a reminder of the known fact that even if the Knicks beat the WNBA all-stars and the Nets beat the entire USA team, the Knicks'll still get more coverage and media spotlight.</div> I disagree completely. It was a total slam on Nets fans for not filling the arena. As for the media coverage, that isn't true either. Just remember who built the New York Times' new building </div> Hey, you can't say they don't deserve the slam. We have one of the worst crowds in the league, I'm sure you agree...there's a bunch of hard-core fans (like the guys on S2), but most of our fans sit on their asses all game long and get up only to buy another hot-dog/chips/fries/drink. Maybe I'm too used to the crazy Euro fans by now, but still...you can't even compare our crowd to Sacramento's, Houston's or Golden State's. </div> Sure the crowds aren't great, but that doesn't make it any less of a slam on fans that held use to hold you up on a pedestal.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (kobimel @ Mar 12 2008, 02:37 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Mar 12 2008, 02:34 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (kobimel @ Mar 12 2008, 03:31 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Nothing bad said about the Nets or Jersey here from what I see...only a reminder of the known fact that even if the Knicks beat the WNBA all-stars and the Nets beat the entire USA team, the Knicks'll still get more coverage and media spotlight.</div> I disagree completely. It was a total slam on Nets fans for not filling the arena. As for the media coverage, that isn't true either. Just remember who built the New York Times' new building </div> Hey, you can't say they don't deserve the slam. We have one of the worst crowds in the league, I'm sure you agree...there's a bunch of hard-core fans (like the guys on S2), but most of our fans sit on their asses all game long and get up only to buy another hot-dog/chips/fries/drink. Maybe I'm too used to the crazy Euro fans by now, but still...you can't even compare our crowd to Sacramento's, Houston's or Golden State's. </div> In the first twenty years of the Nets being in New Jersey, tell me what kind of initiatives the Nets took to try to build up a fanbase. Were they considered "fan friendly?" Did it not hurt us that our arena was in the middle of a swamp only accessable by car and bus as opposed to an arena being in the city accessable by train like other facilities around the league? I blame the Nets for not establishing a fanbase. I grew up in New Jersey. I realize the Knicks cast a large shadow. But David Stern said himself, that anywhere with a sizeable population would make for a great NBA franchise, and we're the most densely-populated state in the US. If the NHL can succeed in Newark there is no reason why the Nets couldn't here.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Jizzy @ Mar 12 2008, 03:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GMJigga @ Mar 12 2008, 11:09 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE </div><div class='quotemain'>"We were on the right side. If we were on the left side, I think things would have been funer.</div> Maybe he really is dumb. Anyway that's enough running your mouth, Kidd. </div> that writer is dumb, he typed it, kidd SAID it </div> Wow. Wait, who's the dumb one? And how did people miss this? priceless.
Maybe the Nets should just get the inevitable out of the way and switch to NY Nets. Doubt it has a much of a negative impact on hardcore fans that are left. Already have NY Jets and NY Giants playing in the swamp with good fan support. You get the existing fans use to rooting for them as a NY team before the move (less dramatic than a name change AND a move happening simultaneously), plus you probably get more NYers taking interest in the team before the move. If they are rebuilding they better due something to attract a new fanbase before they have to move literally into the Knicks shadow and are an inferior team (I think i just threw up in my mouth).
That's why LBJ would not entertain the thought of coming to the NJ Nets, but the Brooklyn Nets.....hey, hey, that's a different story. Blame the media and NBA on that.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kidd Karma @ Mar 12 2008, 03:52 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>That's why LBJ would not entertain the thought of coming to the NJ Nets, but the Brooklyn Nets.....hey, hey, that's a different story. Blame the media and NBA on that.</div> After everything that's gone down the ownership would be idiots to use the name Brooklyn over the name New York. Using anything other than NY pushes them down to an outer market team even if it is a boro in the same city. Using NY puts them side by side with the Knicks, which is the only thing they should entertain. Brooklyn is a cool concept that will become a novelty in a few years. Plus NJ fans are use to rooting for NY teams, not so much Brooklyn. It's like rooting for the Islanders.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (GMJigga @ Mar 12 2008, 11:23 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Don't blame the writer for transcribing what he heard; blame Kidd for using a make-believe word.</div> <div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (MyNetsForLife @ Mar 12 2008, 11:35 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Yeah, I think some people didn't realize that "funner" isn't an actual word.</div> Thank you. I ask again, who's the dumb one?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Netted @ Mar 12 2008, 12:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (cpawfan @ Mar 12 2008, 12:09 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>That sounds like a comment about the number of people in the stands.</div> I agree and I think it hurts all of them. </div> All 12 of them? In all seriousness, Kidd really should stop talking down to New Jersey and the Nets organization. This is the second time I've seen something from him in the past couple of days. Sure, what he is saying may not necessarily be wrong, but it's just disrespectful. Just leave it alone, Kidd.
