Eddie Gill, Brian Hamilton, Julius Hodge and Keith Van Horn Waived

No Surprises as Nets Make Cuts

<small>October 23, 2008, 6:40 pm</small> The Nets announced Thursday that they have waived Eddie Gill, Brian Hamilton, Julius Hodge and Keith Van Horn to cut the roster down to 15, which is the allowed maximum. They were apparently unable to use Van Horn’s contract in a deal and will now be left with only Devin Harris and Keyon Dooling at the point.

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It's too bad we couldn't make use of the KVH contract. All cuts were pretty much expected.

 

yeah, bummer. now we REALLY need to get working on a trade or something. we need a 3rd point. dooling's out tomorrow, and devin is probable with a sprain, but in this scenerio that leaves us as...vince as starting point? and ?? as backup point?

 

All the more reason to use the last preseason game to practice some pick and roll basketball between VC and Brook, some Brook postups, and Vince postups with Anderson at the 4 feeding him in the post. CDR can bring the ball up if Devin sits.

 

I was really rooting for Hodge. Seemed like a really neat dude.

 

from what I've seen, he did not impress me.

 

IMO everyone needs to work on the pick n pop/roll. It shouldnt only be Lopez. I want to also see ANderson and Yi pick and Pop. Boone and S.Will pick and roll.

 

Good for Ager. He beat them all.

 

True, but the guaranteed contract also helps.

 

I'd like to see them work on defending the pick and roll.

They're putting the points up people... we need some fuckin' defense!

 

Don't think Hodge got a legitimate shot as a player. They expected him to play point, which he just can't do. It's like asking Richard Jefferson to play point guard, think how many turnovers he'd have! What I saw of Hodge when he wasn't expected to run the team seemed to be a good, lanky defender with a decent ability to score. I think he could've done well for the team in that kind of role. He was terrible as a point guard, though.

 

As much as I am for more defense, If you cant defend, you have to out score.

I think the other issue is the TOs. I think it is because of this new offense.

 

If you can't defend you might as well call it a career.

 

Then 30% of the NBA should hang it up?

 

So much for this years "comeback guy". I was really rooting for Hodge, infinitely more so than I was Jay Williams or Allan Houston, but he simply didn't do enough to justify eating Ager's contract on top of paying his salary. Hopefully we can bring him in later in the season if we move some pieces around and need some more depth.

Good luck Julius!

 

If their mindset is that they are never going to play defense and just out score people, then yes they should. Unless they are specialist off the bench surrounded by other great defenders. But they don't have to hang it up. They can go play for the Globetrotters.

In all seriousness, I want a team that is going to fight for a championship at some point and if the main young guys that are currently on this team are not going to buy into playing defense then we are in real trouble.

 

WoW!! I would say more like 40 or 50%!

 

As much as it was a no brainer, this team always bought into defense until "You know Who" was bought here. Perimeter D has been a problem ever since when. Frank is to blame for that too. Harris Defense is bad right now, but he isnt the only guy on the perimeter.

If the main guy isnt a decnt defender, what do u expect.

Frank is one foot in and one foot out of Playing the Defense he preaches every year.

 

One more reason to trade Swift to Minny for Collins. He can help all these young guys get the rotations down.

We've seen Frank's defensive philosophy work very well when players know how to execute it. These guys just aren't getting it. Offenses are just way more difficult and the players way faster and more talented on the NBA level and these young guys get confused, but they can't abandon trying to get it figured out. Sometimes it looks like Devin has already given up. And Carter isn't that bad a defender. He's slightly above average for an all-star level SG that has to carry the bulk of the teams offense. I think he's better than players like Redd and Ray Allen and not on the level of Kobe or Rip.

 

I think you give him more credit then he deserves on the defense. Allen is a much better defender.