This was Kiki's night. Thorn may have had the final word on Brook Lopez (Dave D), but it was he who pushed the RJ trade believing Yi can become Dirk II. I would love to believe that, but the German government didnt put the kind of requirements on Dirk's off season that the Chinese are putting on Yi and Yao...and that is troubling. If Yi does become Dirk, this trade was a great deal. If not, it's a bad deal since there are no picks. It will also make Kiki look like a genius. He does love those foreign big men. Speaking of foreign players, the Nets now have players from North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. I have little hope for Bobby Simmons. He had surgery on both feet. Don't even think about him returning to his 2004 MIP levels. I was a big Ryan Anderson fan before the draft. I watched a lot of highlights and came away thinking this kid would have gone lottery next year. He just turned 20 and like all three picks, has a lot of BBIQ if not great athleticism. Tough to pick him over Koufos, but 21 and 12 in the PAC-10 is nothing to dismiss. He has DEEP range. He IS Keith Van Horn...and a friend of Rod Benson's. Why did CDR drop 20 places in the draft and when will we find out? This is a catastrophic drop. The biggest thing that happened last night was Yi. I don't think anyone has yet grasped what a huge deal this is for the franchise. Go to njnets.com and the flash screen shows a photoshopped Yi in a Nets uniform (#9) and two buttons for ticket sales, one in English and one in Chinese. The biggest Chinatown in the US is one stop away from the new arena and there are 250,000 native born Chinese in Brooklyn alone. Ratner knows this...he publishes a quarterly magazine called Brooklyn Tomorrow and the current issue is where I found that fun fact. Ratner now has a new constituency to back his arena plans and a new marketing opportunity not just to sell tickets, but to sell sponsorships and suites, etc. Also go to hoopchina.com and the china.nba.com website. Yi, Yi, Yi. This is what Yi and his handlers wanted since the beginning...and dont forget, Stefanski made a presentation last year to the Chinese Basketball Association about how well Yi would do in the NY metro area. First game in the Olympic basketball tournment: Team USA vs. China. In the Diamond Ball exhibition tournament in Nanjing at the end of July, its Serbia vs. China. In previous games between the two countries, Krstic has owned him. Krstic will be low-balled, but I suspect he's staying. Diop is almost certainly gone if Dallas offers him the full MLE. Boki...who knows? The Nets now have ELEVEN players under 26, SIX of them under 22 (the two Williams, Yi, Lopez, Anderson, and CDR). Boone is 23. If Marcus makes it to training camp, I will be amazed. The team's average age is 24.07 years, which would make it the youngest team in the NBA right now...and one of the youngest ever. Hodge's chances of making this team dropped when the Nets took CDR. The trade amounted to a savings of about $310,000, nothing so it won't effect the cap or luxury tax calculations. Nets are $20 million below the luxury tax threshold anyway.
Good points all around! My brother-in-law has already started talking about buying a ticket package for the 09 season. Forget Chinatown, the entire population of Fort Lee will be enough to fill up the arena. There are so many Chinese folks in the suburbs that the Nets might sell out quite a few amount of games. Hell scoop up the Rockets-Nets game tix right now. You could probably scalp em for double the price The only thing that I think the Nets really need to do right now is get some young talent on the perimeter. We got lots of bigs, but I've never been a big fan of combo guards (no matter how good they are), and I just don't see any real depth in the 1 or 2 spot.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NetIncome @ Jun 27 2008, 09:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Krstic will be low-balled, but I suspect he's staying. Diop is almost certainly gone if Dallas offers him the full MLE. Boki...who knows?</div> I disagree. Bringing in Brook Lopez and Yi on one day IMO clearly proves that Nenad is not in the nets' long term plans. We might offer him a 6 year contract of 5mill per year, but he won' take that. Krstic will look to get a 1 or 2 year contract to prove his worth before signing a long term deal. He can take the 1 year 2,7 mill qualifying offer, but I think he can do better somewhere else with his short contract, since he would probably play behind Brook and Yi in NJ. He can find a place wher he can at least get PT.
its not the nets fault that krstic got hurt... and frank gave him plenty of chances last year to show that he has return to form... if he is lowballed cuz thats what hes worth....
krstic...OUT. looking forward to see more Swat next season, and im looking forward to see lawrence frank kill our new team once again.
PF - Yi Jianlian, Josh Boone, Sean Williams, Stromile Swift C - Nenad Krstic, Brook Lopez Diop is all but gone (unfortunate - I'd rather keep him and dump Nenad). But even with Diop going... we still have a glutton of big men. That's even strange to say! But I can't see us going into the season with all those guys. I imagine Kiki Thorn have something cooked up.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (fefe @ Jun 27 2008, 10:12 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NetIncome @ Jun 27 2008, 09:44 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Krstic will be low-balled, but I suspect he's staying. Diop is almost certainly gone if Dallas offers him the full MLE. Boki...who knows?</div> I disagree. Bringing in Brook Lopez and Yi on one day IMO clearly proves that Nenad is not in the nets' long term plans. We might offer him a 6 year contract of 5mill per year, but he won' take that. Krstic will look to get a 1 or 2 year contract to prove his worth before signing a long term deal. He can take the 1 year 2,7 mill qualifying offer, but I think he can do better somewhere else with his short contract, since he would probably play behind Brook and Yi in NJ. He can find a place wher he can at least get PT. </div> A $40 million contract is NOT low balling him. He would take that in a heartbeat and there is, I suspect, NO team out there that would even come close. I am not giving up on him, in spite of al Iannazzone's unsubstaniated claims they will do a sign and trade. If he goes elsewhere and then returns to his 2006 form, the Nets will have made a HUGE mistake.
No matter who runs the front office, Frank is still the coach of this team. And his MO is to favor what he knows over what he doesn't, absent compelling reasons to do otherwise. If Krstic is on the team, he will be a favorite for a starting position (along with Boone) and will have ample playing time and opportunities to prove his worth and the extent of his recovery. That is especially true now since he is the longest tenured Nets big man and the one with the most NBA experience (!) (if you discount Swift). But he has to produce this year when given the chance, no excuses, no more waiting, and, if he doesn't, he will fade away by midseason and find his minutes usurped and his NBA future much more bleak than it once was.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Angelo1405 @ Jun 27 2008, 10:55 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>krstic...OUT. looking forward to see more Swat next season, and im looking forward to see lawrence frank kill our new team once again.</div> Shouldn’t we have one vet big on the team to mentor Yi, SWill, Boone, Lopez? Would Stro set the right example for our young bigs?
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid Chocolate @ Jun 27 2008, 11:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Ryan Anderson = 21 and 10, not 21 and 12.</div> In PAC-10 games, he was 21 and 12.
damn when are the press conference for the rookies? and bout the trade? i know yi is with the chinese national team... i wonder when he gets introduced
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (danxcr @ Jun 27 2008, 12:59 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>damn when are the press conference for the rookies? and bout the trade? i know yi is with the chinese national team... i wonder when he gets introduced</div> According to Netsdaily, all 3 rookies will sign their contracts and meet the press on monday. It's going to be available on the nets website. Link: http://www.netsdaily.com/?p=6103
Pretty random that a mere couple months ago we had a former Cal player with a former Stanford twin. Today, we are in the same situation.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (NetIncome @ Jun 27 2008, 01:57 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid Chocolate @ Jun 27 2008, 11:45 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>Ryan Anderson = 21 and 10, not 21 and 12.</div> In PAC-10 games, he was 21 and 12. </div> Ah, thanks.
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid Chocolate @ Jun 27 2008, 06:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>21.1 PPG, 10.3 RPG in the Pac-10. http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-baskbl/stat...8/confonly.html</div> Why is it that all of Ryan's stats point to him being better than Lopez?
I still would rather Lee. Hes also a shooter at a position of need. Its going to bother me to see a top 21 pick riding the bench for at least the 1st half of the year Actually, I should shut up bc there are some deals on the horizon, we dont really know who will be on the team yet We could still trade Marcus and Stro for Earl Watson and our 2nd round pick back
<div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (pegs @ Jun 27 2008, 07:16 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'><div class='quotetop'>QUOTE (Kid Chocolate @ Jun 27 2008, 06:43 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}></div><div class='quotemain'>21.1 PPG, 10.3 RPG in the Pac-10. http://www.pac-10.org/sports/m-baskbl/stat...8/confonly.html</div> Why is it that all of Ryan's stats point to him being better than Lopez? </div> Lopez's presence down low is going to get Anderson some nice looks from the outside. I wanted one guy with some post moves and I was hoping for Hickson, but Lopez will do just find. Probably the only 2 in the whole draft with solid moves in the post.
