Author Topic: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.  (Read 13427 times)

0 Members and 1 Guest are viewing this topic.

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #30 on: September 27, 2016, 10:41:33 AM »

Offline Granath

  • NCE
  • Bailey Howell
  • **
  • Posts: 2154
  • Tommy Points: 567
They didn't really make any major additions this summer.  Unless Anthony Bennett ends up a superstar, they should be really bad again this year.   The only thing to be worried about is them somehow sneaking in like 32 wins and playing out of the bottom 5. 
hmm, but isn't this the same roster (less Thad) that you proclaimed to be a playoff contender last year?
I never said that.
I thought Eddie had your quote under all of his posts.

He did. He's hoping you would have forgotten it.
Jaylen Brown will be an All Star in the next 5 years.

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #31 on: September 27, 2016, 01:10:14 PM »

Offline LarBrd33

  • Robert Parish
  • *********************
  • Posts: 21238
  • Tommy Points: 2016
They didn't really make any major additions this summer.  Unless Anthony Bennett ends up a superstar, they should be really bad again this year.   The only thing to be worried about is them somehow sneaking in like 32 wins and playing out of the bottom 5. 
hmm, but isn't this the same roster (less Thad) that you proclaimed to be a playoff contender last year?
I never said that.
I thought Eddie had your quote under all of his posts.
wrong.  Eddie had a quote of me being right about Brooklyn.  You are misremembering it.

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #32 on: September 27, 2016, 03:02:47 PM »

Offline celticsclay

  • Reggie Lewis
  • ***************
  • Posts: 15739
  • Tommy Points: 1386
They didn't really make any major additions this summer.  Unless Anthony Bennett ends up a superstar, they should be really bad again this year.   The only thing to be worried about is them somehow sneaking in like 32 wins and playing out of the bottom 5. 
hmm, but isn't this the same roster (less Thad) that you proclaimed to be a playoff contender last year?
I never said that.
I thought Eddie had your quote under all of his posts.
wrong.  Eddie had a quote of me being right about Brooklyn.  You are misremembering it.
eddies quote had lb embarrassing himself. We all had a good laugh.

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #33 on: September 27, 2016, 07:22:48 PM »

Offline LarBrd33

  • Robert Parish
  • *********************
  • Posts: 21238
  • Tommy Points: 2016
They didn't really make any major additions this summer.  Unless Anthony Bennett ends up a superstar, they should be really bad again this year.   The only thing to be worried about is them somehow sneaking in like 32 wins and playing out of the bottom 5. 
hmm, but isn't this the same roster (less Thad) that you proclaimed to be a playoff contender last year?
I never said that.
I thought Eddie had your quote under all of his posts.
wrong.  Eddie had a quote of me being right about Brooklyn.  You are misremembering it.
eddies quote had lb embarrassing himself.
Wrong.   It was a quote taken out of context from when I was probably first asked this question and I very lightly said something to the extent of, if Joe Johnson played the entire season, and their starting PG played 82 games, and if Rondae Hollis-Jefferson played the full season, and their depth didn't take a massive hit, they could maybe threaten to win enough games to play themselves out of the bottom 10.   That's all.  And of course, they spun it into some attack on the Celtics and some celebration of the Brooklyn Nets.  That never happened.

Of course, Johnson didn't make it through the whole season.  Their starting PG was limited to 32 games.  RHJ was limited to 17 games as a starter.... so their depth was basically non-existent and just as I predicted numerous times, they ended up in the bottom 5 like I fully expected.  I was 100% right. 

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #34 on: September 27, 2016, 08:30:32 PM »

Offline The Fawb

  • Oshae Brissett
  • Posts: 50
  • Tommy Points: 3
Trevor Booker and Rondae Hollis Jefferson are actually good productive players by advanced stats, but everyone else is a net (lol) negative. They tried to get some young talent in RFAS but failed. This team will be terrible. Lin has gotten worse by almost every metric each year, Lopez is not really that efficient or effective, and will probably be traded anyway.  If Scola gets lots of minutes this team will be epically bad. Sorry too hard to take nice for next year. I do think their front office is headed in the right direction

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #35 on: September 27, 2016, 10:23:53 PM »

Offline Granath

  • NCE
  • Bailey Howell
  • **
  • Posts: 2154
  • Tommy Points: 567
They didn't really make any major additions this summer.  Unless Anthony Bennett ends up a superstar, they should be really bad again this year.   The only thing to be worried about is them somehow sneaking in like 32 wins and playing out of the bottom 5. 
hmm, but isn't this the same roster (less Thad) that you proclaimed to be a playoff contender last year?
I never said that.
I thought Eddie had your quote under all of his posts.
wrong.  Eddie had a quote of me being right about Brooklyn.  You are misremembering it.
eddies quote had lb embarrassing himself.
Wrong.   It was a quote taken out of context from when I was probably first asked this question and I very lightly said something to the extent of, if Joe Johnson played the entire season, and their starting PG played 82 games, and if Rondae Hollis-Jefferson played the full season, and their depth didn't take a massive hit, they could maybe threaten to win enough games to play themselves out of the bottom 10.   That's all.  And of course, they spun it into some attack on the Celtics and some celebration of the Brooklyn Nets.  That never happened.

Of course, Johnson didn't make it through the whole season.  Their starting PG was limited to 32 games.  RHJ was limited to 17 games as a starter.... so their depth was basically non-existent and just as I predicted numerous times, they ended up in the bottom 5 like I fully expected.  I was 100% right.

What never happened were all of those caveats. Plain and simple you were touting the Nets as a quite possible playoff team while the rest of us said they'd stink. You were wrong.

Just like you've been touting for years how the Philly rebuilding plan was a far better approach than the Cs. Meanwhile, Hinkle was fired and the Cs are seen as a strong playoff team with the 4th best title odds going into the season.

It's bad enough that you make these absurd assertions. It's even worse that you lie about making them later on.
Jaylen Brown will be an All Star in the next 5 years.

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #36 on: September 27, 2016, 10:40:39 PM »

Offline LarBrd33

  • Robert Parish
  • *********************
  • Posts: 21238
  • Tommy Points: 2016
They didn't really make any major additions this summer.  Unless Anthony Bennett ends up a superstar, they should be really bad again this year.   The only thing to be worried about is them somehow sneaking in like 32 wins and playing out of the bottom 5. 
hmm, but isn't this the same roster (less Thad) that you proclaimed to be a playoff contender last year?
I never said that.
I thought Eddie had your quote under all of his posts.
wrong.  Eddie had a quote of me being right about Brooklyn.  You are misremembering it.
eddies quote had lb embarrassing himself.
Wrong.   It was a quote taken out of context from when I was probably first asked this question and I very lightly said something to the extent of, if Joe Johnson played the entire season, and their starting PG played 82 games, and if Rondae Hollis-Jefferson played the full season, and their depth didn't take a massive hit, they could maybe threaten to win enough games to play themselves out of the bottom 10.   That's all.  And of course, they spun it into some attack on the Celtics and some celebration of the Brooklyn Nets.  That never happened.

Of course, Johnson didn't make it through the whole season.  Their starting PG was limited to 32 games.  RHJ was limited to 17 games as a starter.... so their depth was basically non-existent and just as I predicted numerous times, they ended up in the bottom 5 like I fully expected.  I was 100% right.

What never happened were all of those caveats. Plain and simple you were touting the Nets as a quite possible playoff team while the rest of us said they'd stink. You were wrong.
I never touted the Nets as a playoff team.  That never happened.  In conversations I've had for the past year, I always said Brooklyn would finish in the bottom 5.  Call Sean Hannity and he'll confirm. 

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #37 on: September 27, 2016, 10:52:02 PM »

Offline celticsclay

  • Reggie Lewis
  • ***************
  • Posts: 15739
  • Tommy Points: 1386
They didn't really make any major additions this summer.  Unless Anthony Bennett ends up a superstar, they should be really bad again this year.   The only thing to be worried about is them somehow sneaking in like 32 wins and playing out of the bottom 5. 
hmm, but isn't this the same roster (less Thad) that you proclaimed to be a playoff contender last year?
I never said that.
I thought Eddie had your quote under all of his posts.
wrong.  Eddie had a quote of me being right about Brooklyn.  You are misremembering it.
eddies quote had lb embarrassing himself.
Wrong.   It was a quote taken out of context from when I was probably first asked this question and I very lightly said something to the extent of, if Joe Johnson played the entire season, and their starting PG played 82 games, and if Rondae Hollis-Jefferson played the full season, and their depth didn't take a massive hit, they could maybe threaten to win enough games to play themselves out of the bottom 10.   That's all.  And of course, they spun it into some attack on the Celtics and some celebration of the Brooklyn Nets.  That never happened.

Of course, Johnson didn't make it through the whole season.  Their starting PG was limited to 32 games.  RHJ was limited to 17 games as a starter.... so their depth was basically non-existent and just as I predicted numerous times, they ended up in the bottom 5 like I fully expected.  I was 100% right.

What never happened were all of those caveats. Plain and simple you were touting the Nets as a quite possible playoff team while the rest of us said they'd stink. You were wrong.
I never touted the Nets as a playoff team.  That never happened.  In conversations I've had for the past year, I always said Brooklyn would finish in the bottom 5.  Call Sean Hannity and he'll confirm.

You were wrong. I agree with everyone else. The lame caveats are pathetic at this point. A mid first round pick only started 17 games. What a travesty!

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #38 on: September 27, 2016, 11:09:24 PM »

Offline kraidstar

  • Rajon Rondo
  • *****
  • Posts: 5368
  • Tommy Points: 2478
They didn't really make any major additions this summer.  Unless Anthony Bennett ends up a superstar, they should be really bad again this year.   The only thing to be worried about is them somehow sneaking in like 32 wins and playing out of the bottom 5. 
hmm, but isn't this the same roster (less Thad) that you proclaimed to be a playoff contender last year?
I never said that.
I thought Eddie had your quote under all of his posts.
wrong.  Eddie had a quote of me being right about Brooklyn.  You are misremembering it.
eddies quote had lb embarrassing himself.
Wrong.   It was a quote taken out of context from when I was probably first asked this question and I very lightly said something to the extent of, if Joe Johnson played the entire season, and their starting PG played 82 games, and if Rondae Hollis-Jefferson played the full season, and their depth didn't take a massive hit, they could maybe threaten to win enough games to play themselves out of the bottom 10.   That's all.  And of course, they spun it into some attack on the Celtics and some celebration of the Brooklyn Nets.  That never happened.

Of course, Johnson didn't make it through the whole season.  Their starting PG was limited to 32 games.  RHJ was limited to 17 games as a starter.... so their depth was basically non-existent and just as I predicted numerous times, they ended up in the bottom 5 like I fully expected.  I was 100% right.

Oh, you rascal, you!

Even Sean Hannity is not confirming this one.

Brooklyn was fairly healthy last year aside from Jack. We got to see Lopez beast, Thad was decent, JJ was old but occasionally effective, and yet they were still really, really bad.

Pretty much what most of us predicted, the roster just wasn't good at all.

I compiled a little list of some of your greatest hits (I included the Porzingis-for-Lawson quote for bonus fun, don't know if you were kidding there or not):



Knicks (17 wins):  Melo is back.  Melo made the playoffs the first 9 years of his career.  Typically 50+ win seasons.  Go ahead and knock him, but the guy has talent.   They added Aaron Afflalo and Robin Lopez.  Kyle O'Quinn is a serviceable starting PF with quality defense.  Point guard is a concern.  Who are they playing there... Jerian Grant or something?  I imagine Porzingus comes off the bench.   Maybe they should move Porzingus for Ty Lawson or something.  Not unthinkable that team will win 40+. 


Brooklyn (38 wins):  That team showed real life down the stretch with Brook Lopez back in the starting lineup and the addition of Thad Young.  Everyone seems to think they are toast.  I don't get it.  They have been a playoff team two years in a row. I expect them to be back in the playoffs next year.
 

guys this is seriously getting ridiculous. I cant find a single sportsbook that has the nets at over 33 wins. If you really think they will 35-40 games go place a huge bet and rub the money in our face. Otherwise, you kind of just come off like a jerk. If i say I think the Patriots are going to make the playoffs i don't really need to give much of an explanation. Everyone expects and agrees they most likely will. On the opposite end of that, if I said I thought the Jets would make the playoffs i would need a hell of a lot of advanced statistics and reasoning to make an argument that was compelling against all other predictions and statistics. In the case of the nets backers here, you are the jets fans. Every sports site has the Nets bottom of the east. You feel differently, burden is on you. Dont call people homers for agreeing with the general consensus.
THis is year 4 of people expecting the Nets to bottom out.  People have been writing them off since KG and Pierce had a slow start.  Whatever.  There's no incentive for them to be bad.  You're more likely to see Boston change gears and tank than you are to see Brooklyn end up at the bottom of the standings.

2012 49 wins
2013 44 wins
2014 38 wins
2015 ? wins

Seems to be a trend there. Lost one of their better players in DWill and jettisoned some other useful pieces to save money. The Russian has made a huge profit on paper if he wants to sell.

Why do they need an incentive to be bad?
Lopez inexplicably spent the bulk of the season coming off the bench.  When he started next to Thad young they played at a 56 win pace.
11-9 when they started together in regular season, 13-13 including playoffs. Neither is a 56 game pace.
Brooklyn finished the season 13-5.  My bad... that's a 59 win pace.  I was just going off memory from the last dozen times we've had threads on this wishful thinking topic.   

But nice point about the playoffs.  Based on playoffs, Boston will go 0-82 this season.

I wouldn't count on Brooklyn sucking.  They finished the season strong.  Brook Lopez and Thad Young made a difference.  I think our pick from them will end up in the 12-17 range.

This is exactly what I thought too. Then they traded Plumlee, KG left, Teletovic went down, Johnson got older and had his 5th straight season of decline.

I'm getting pretty bored of this topic, but i'll just briefly touch on this.

- Plumlee was irrelevant in the second half of the season.
- Swapping KG for Thad Young gave them a major positive Jolt
- Teletovic?  Lol
- Johnson... eh... still a solid player
- Lopez was beasting over the past three months of the season.  That makes a difference as a healthy Lopez is a force down low.

Agree to disagree.  Hope you guys end up right.

I still think they can hover around .500 this season.

I still think they can hover around .500 this season.
right, but by comparison you think the C's will suck ::)

I think the C's probably win 40-45.

I think Brooklyn probably wins 35-40.    The pick should be in the 12-17 range.

I've never said the C's will suck.   It's a phenomenally coached group of role players.  I've been on board with the David Lee addition since it was announced... poor man's Kevin Love.   The team obviously will not contend, but it's not going to suck.  Should be firmly mediocre.  It's a bloated roster filled with ok players.  If we manage to combine a handful of those ok players/picks and land a superstar, stuff will get interesting around here.   

Just not buying the idea that Brooklyn is a bottom team now, though.  If they stay healthy, they will be ok.

Chicago and the Spurs might be the best Eastern and Western conference teams in the league.   Glad to see Brooklyn start the season 0-2, but I'm still not giving my hopes up.

Double bonus for the Bulls prediction in that last post.

Your sins are laid bare, my friend, repent!

 :D
« Last Edit: September 27, 2016, 11:14:52 PM by kraidstar »

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #39 on: September 27, 2016, 11:18:29 PM »

Offline LarBrd33

  • Robert Parish
  • *********************
  • Posts: 21238
  • Tommy Points: 2016
They didn't really make any major additions this summer.  Unless Anthony Bennett ends up a superstar, they should be really bad again this year.   The only thing to be worried about is them somehow sneaking in like 32 wins and playing out of the bottom 5. 
hmm, but isn't this the same roster (less Thad) that you proclaimed to be a playoff contender last year?
I never said that.
I thought Eddie had your quote under all of his posts.
wrong.  Eddie had a quote of me being right about Brooklyn.  You are misremembering it.
eddies quote had lb embarrassing himself.
Wrong.   It was a quote taken out of context from when I was probably first asked this question and I very lightly said something to the extent of, if Joe Johnson played the entire season, and their starting PG played 82 games, and if Rondae Hollis-Jefferson played the full season, and their depth didn't take a massive hit, they could maybe threaten to win enough games to play themselves out of the bottom 10.   That's all.  And of course, they spun it into some attack on the Celtics and some celebration of the Brooklyn Nets.  That never happened.

Of course, Johnson didn't make it through the whole season.  Their starting PG was limited to 32 games.  RHJ was limited to 17 games as a starter.... so their depth was basically non-existent and just as I predicted numerous times, they ended up in the bottom 5 like I fully expected.  I was 100% right.

Oh, you rascal, you!

I never said any of that stuff.  Call Sean Hannity.

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #40 on: September 27, 2016, 11:21:51 PM »

Offline Boris Badenov

  • Rajon Rondo
  • *****
  • Posts: 5227
  • Tommy Points: 1065
I'd reach through this computer and hand you a cold beer if I could, Kraidstar.

You'll have to settle for a TP instead.

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #41 on: September 27, 2016, 11:25:09 PM »

Offline LarBrd33

  • Robert Parish
  • *********************
  • Posts: 21238
  • Tommy Points: 2016
They didn't really make any major additions this summer.  Unless Anthony Bennett ends up a superstar, they should be really bad again this year.   The only thing to be worried about is them somehow sneaking in like 32 wins and playing out of the bottom 5. 
hmm, but isn't this the same roster (less Thad) that you proclaimed to be a playoff contender last year?
I never said that.
I thought Eddie had your quote under all of his posts.
wrong.  Eddie had a quote of me being right about Brooklyn.  You are misremembering it.
eddies quote had lb embarrassing himself.
Wrong.   It was a quote taken out of context from when I was probably first asked this question and I very lightly said something to the extent of, if Joe Johnson played the entire season, and their starting PG played 82 games, and if Rondae Hollis-Jefferson played the full season, and their depth didn't take a massive hit, they could maybe threaten to win enough games to play themselves out of the bottom 10.   That's all.  And of course, they spun it into some attack on the Celtics and some celebration of the Brooklyn Nets.  That never happened.

Of course, Johnson didn't make it through the whole season.  Their starting PG was limited to 32 games.  RHJ was limited to 17 games as a starter.... so their depth was basically non-existent and just as I predicted numerous times, they ended up in the bottom 5 like I fully expected.  I was 100% right.

What never happened were all of those caveats. Plain and simple you were touting the Nets as a quite possible playoff team while the rest of us said they'd stink. You were wrong.
I never touted the Nets as a playoff team.  That never happened.  In conversations I've had for the past year, I always said Brooklyn would finish in the bottom 5.  Call Sean Hannity and he'll confirm.

You were wrong. I agree with everyone else. The lame caveats are pathetic at this point. A mid first round pick only started 17 games. What a travesty!
I don't agree with your definition of "wrong". 

Some stalker quoting me two weeks before Deron Williams left Brooklyn for Dallas is completely out of context.  Obviously, opinions change based on new information.  Predicting 38 wins out of Brooklyn two weeks before Deron Williams was bought out and fled Brooklyn makes such a prediction obsolete, as new information changes the opinion.   I was firmly in the "Brooklyn will be in a Bottom 5" camp all season.  Call Sean Hannity.

If I spent the time to dig through and quote everyone here every time they made a out-of-date observation or flat out wrong prediction, I'd have enough to fill an encyclopedia... But I'd never do that... mainly, because I generally don't pay attention to what specific comments specific people have said here as most of the people here just kind of merge into one blob of text for me.  That and I have the memory of a 93 year old woman with dementia.  But I do admire that my fans are so impressed with my previous comments that they have cataloged them for reference.
« Last Edit: September 27, 2016, 11:36:49 PM by LarBrd33 »

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #42 on: September 27, 2016, 11:30:07 PM »

Offline Ilikesports17

  • Don Nelson
  • ********
  • Posts: 8595
  • Tommy Points: 842
They didn't really make any major additions this summer.  Unless Anthony Bennett ends up a superstar, they should be really bad again this year.   The only thing to be worried about is them somehow sneaking in like 32 wins and playing out of the bottom 5. 
hmm, but isn't this the same roster (less Thad) that you proclaimed to be a playoff contender last year?
I never said that.
I thought Eddie had your quote under all of his posts.
wrong.  Eddie had a quote of me being right about Brooklyn.  You are misremembering it.
eddies quote had lb embarrassing himself.
Wrong.   It was a quote taken out of context from when I was probably first asked this question and I very lightly said something to the extent of, if Joe Johnson played the entire season, and their starting PG played 82 games, and if Rondae Hollis-Jefferson played the full season, and their depth didn't take a massive hit, they could maybe threaten to win enough games to play themselves out of the bottom 10.   That's all.  And of course, they spun it into some attack on the Celtics and some celebration of the Brooklyn Nets.  That never happened.

Of course, Johnson didn't make it through the whole season.  Their starting PG was limited to 32 games.  RHJ was limited to 17 games as a starter.... so their depth was basically non-existent and just as I predicted numerous times, they ended up in the bottom 5 like I fully expected.  I was 100% right.

What never happened were all of those caveats. Plain and simple you were touting the Nets as a quite possible playoff team while the rest of us said they'd stink. You were wrong.
I never touted the Nets as a playoff team.  That never happened.  In conversations I've had for the past year, I always said Brooklyn would finish in the bottom 5.  Call Sean Hannity and he'll confirm.

You were wrong. I agree with everyone else. The lame caveats are pathetic at this point. A mid first round pick only started 17 games. What a travesty!
I don't agree with your definition of "wrong". 

Some stalker quoting me two weeks before Deron Williams left Brooklyn for Dallas is completely out of context.  Obviously, opinions change based on new information.  Predicting 38 wins out of Brooklyn two weeks before Deron Williams was bought out and fled Brooklyn makes such a prediction obsolete, as new information changes the opinion.   I was firmly in the "Brooklyn will be in a Bottom 5" camp all season.  Call Sean Hannity.
on October 5th it appears you were in the hover around .500 camp.

Williams was waved in the beginning of July.
Quote from: George W. Bush
Too often, we judge other groups by their worst examples while judging ourselves by our best intentions.

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #43 on: September 27, 2016, 11:31:13 PM »

Offline LarBrd33

  • Robert Parish
  • *********************
  • Posts: 21238
  • Tommy Points: 2016
They didn't really make any major additions this summer.  Unless Anthony Bennett ends up a superstar, they should be really bad again this year.   The only thing to be worried about is them somehow sneaking in like 32 wins and playing out of the bottom 5. 
hmm, but isn't this the same roster (less Thad) that you proclaimed to be a playoff contender last year?
I never said that.
I thought Eddie had your quote under all of his posts.
wrong.  Eddie had a quote of me being right about Brooklyn.  You are misremembering it.
eddies quote had lb embarrassing himself.
Wrong.   It was a quote taken out of context from when I was probably first asked this question and I very lightly said something to the extent of, if Joe Johnson played the entire season, and their starting PG played 82 games, and if Rondae Hollis-Jefferson played the full season, and their depth didn't take a massive hit, they could maybe threaten to win enough games to play themselves out of the bottom 10.   That's all.  And of course, they spun it into some attack on the Celtics and some celebration of the Brooklyn Nets.  That never happened.

Of course, Johnson didn't make it through the whole season.  Their starting PG was limited to 32 games.  RHJ was limited to 17 games as a starter.... so their depth was basically non-existent and just as I predicted numerous times, they ended up in the bottom 5 like I fully expected.  I was 100% right.

What never happened were all of those caveats. Plain and simple you were touting the Nets as a quite possible playoff team while the rest of us said they'd stink. You were wrong.
I never touted the Nets as a playoff team.  That never happened.  In conversations I've had for the past year, I always said Brooklyn would finish in the bottom 5.  Call Sean Hannity and he'll confirm.

You were wrong. I agree with everyone else. The lame caveats are pathetic at this point. A mid first round pick only started 17 games. What a travesty!
I don't agree with your definition of "wrong". 

Some stalker quoting me two weeks before Deron Williams left Brooklyn for Dallas is completely out of context.  Obviously, opinions change based on new information.  Predicting 38 wins out of Brooklyn two weeks before Deron Williams was bought out and fled Brooklyn makes such a prediction obsolete, as new information changes the opinion.   I was firmly in the "Brooklyn will be in a Bottom 5" camp all season.  Call Sean Hannity.
on October 5th it appears you were in the hover around .500 camp.

Williams was waved in the beginning of July.
"Can" hover.  I said they "COULD" hover.  Not that they "WOULD" hover.  Big difference.

That was contingent on them trading for an all-star mid season.   I made that clear in private conversations with Sean Hannity.

Btw... saying that a team "CAN" hover around .500 (obviously contingent on a number of things) is a far cry from "touting them as a playoff team"... so I appreciate that you guys have gone out of your way to defend me.

Re: Convince me that the Nets are gonna be good/average this year.
« Reply #44 on: September 27, 2016, 11:37:04 PM »

Offline kraidstar

  • Rajon Rondo
  • *****
  • Posts: 5368
  • Tommy Points: 2478
I'd reach through this computer and hand you a cold beer if I could, Kraidstar.

You'll have to settle for a TP instead.

Funnily enough, I just opened one right before I read your post. It's in my hand now. Very cold and very good. Must have picked up your good vibes through the ether.

Either that or I am just an alcoholic.