By: Legacy <div align="center"> <span style="font-size:12pt;line-height:100%">The Struggles In Jersey...</span> </div> The New Jersey Nets came into this season with high expectations. Jason Kidd will have another monstrous season, Vince Carter will bounce back from his struggles in the post season, and the front court problem will finally be solved with the addition of Jamaal Magloire and Nenad Krstic coming back from an injury. Nets fans anticipated this season where they could have a heated rivalry with Celtic fans. It would be big 3 versus big 3, unfortunately for the Nets, they are on the surge of not even being in playoff contention. With the way things have been going thus far, Nets fans are less then satisfied. After an overtime win against the Chicago Bulls, Vince Carter and the Nets hosted the Toronto Raptors, then it got ugly. The Nets lost big time at home to Carter’s former team, 106-69. They then went on to win 3 in a row, but then they lost several in a row. Next, there were the issues with Nenad Krstic. Krstic played for the first few games, but he was no where near as good as he once was. Having averages of 4 points and 3 rebounds, Nenad knew that he came back from his injury too soon so he decided to sit out and go through extreme conditioning to get the feel of the game once again. He has not played again in this season so far, but looks to come back soon, once he is at 100 percent. For the first 14 games of the season, Richard Jefferson was the team’s leading scorer. Vince Carter was playing almost as bad as he was in last season playoffs. Carter had averages of 17 points, 5 rebounds, and 3 assists causing frustration for the Nets, especially Jason Kidd. Jason sat out a game due to a “migraine.” Sources were saying that he was on strike for a contract, mostly by his anger at the team. "It's not something that needs to be a big deal, but somehow it has turned into a bigger deal than it is," Kidd said. "We'll move forward and hopefully the migraine will go away." Since then, Carter has played much better as the offense ran through him rather then Richard Jefferson which caused the Nets to add a few more wins to their record. After the big 3 was in full swing, they realized that they were missing that x factor, then rookie sensation Sean Williams got playing time. Williams plays 20 minutes a night, scoring 7 points, 5 rebounds, and 2 blocks a contest. Lawrence Frank pushed his luck by playing another young big man in Josh Boone. In the past few games, Boone has had averages of 10 points, 8 rebounds, and a block. Currently, Josh Boone and Sean Williams have stared along with the big 3, leaving players like Malik Allen, Jason Collins, and Jamaal Magloire on the bench with fewer minutes. Another big story of this team is the disappearance of sharp shooting Boki Nachbar and the emergence of Antonie Wright. Nachbar is not having the season anyone expected, after playing so well last year. His averages are currently 10 points and 31 percent from beyond the arc. On the other hand, Antonie Wright is having a breakout season playing behind Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson. He is averaging 9 points a game, way more than anyone has expected. Not only is his scoring valuable, but so is his perimeter defense which slows opposing scorers down. On the bright sight, Marcus Williams is back from his injury and looks to be ready for his role of backing up the guards, Richard Jefferson has played phenomenal for the Nets and is leading the team in scoring and having the best season of his career, Vince Carter is slowly back to his regular self, Jason Kidd as always has been Jason Kidd, Sean Williams and Josh Boone are tearing it up, and Nenad Krstic will be back soon. Lawrence Frank may have his job on the line, Jason Kidd could get traded, or some miracle could happen. We can’t expect anything. The New Jersey Nets have a long season ahead of them, in the NBA, the amazing can happen.
Good stuff. You pretty much nailed everything with the Nets this season, nice to read something from someone that actually watches the team instead of "analysts" who claim to know the team.
