Hard to predict how the season will go, we could be horrible, or we could be a bit of a surprise and be not so bad. Now, I like the young talent we have now. Love Brook, Devin can be a dominant PG in the Eastern Conference, Lee has a tremendous upside, I was truly happy the Nets drafted Terrence Williams, and Jarvis Hayes may be the most important player on the team. There are three main questions; first can Devin really lead a team? Dirk was the team leader in Dallas and Vince was our leader last year, so this will really be a different role for him. Second, how differently will teams play Harris and Lopez without Vince Carter to worry about and, full disclosure, I’m no fan of Lawrence Frank, how will Coach Frank and the team adjust to that and how will he develop Terrence Williams? Will he let him play and develop or will there be stretches where Williams doesn’t see the floor at all the way Frank screwed up with Ryan Anderson last year?

I see the Nets being somewhat of a surprise team, and if Lawrence Frank doesn’t screw it up, they’ll be exciting to watch, something like the Blazers were two seasons ago with all their young talent. Oh, and I wouldn’t mind seeing Glen Davis in a Nets uniform. I was pulling for the Nets to draft him although even I did not see him as a 1st rounder then. The Nets drafted Sean Williams. Compare those stats.

I’d like to see Ike Diogu on the team next season. Given that he can be signed at or near the minimum, I see no downside.

Let’s look at the other Guys-with-Size still floating around. By and large they fit either or both of two classes:
1. Too old — Lorenzen Wright, Juwan Howard, Mikki Moore, Brian Skinner, Jarron Collins; and
2. Too limited — Robert Swift, Shav Randolph, Ced Simmons, Johan Petro, Shelden Williams.

There aren’t many others left. The most promising of that number is Glen Davis. I’m not a Baby fan, as I may have mentioned. Overpriced. Overweight. Weak rebounder for his size/position. Crap from the line, and on and on.

Neither Davis nor Diogu has reached his ceiling yet, and exactly how good they can be remainst unknown. We do know this, though: Diogu outperforms Davis — often by a great margin — in every statistical measure I can find save for Steals% (small disparity) and Assist% (great disparity).

As for assist%, past performance suggests Diogu’s ’08/’09 season was aberrant, but in any case would be slightly lower than GD’s. Davis is also 2.5 years younger.

My argument in favor of Diogu might pass the smell test even if they commanded equal compensation. But at 1/6th the cost, I don’t know how the Nets couldn’t consider taking a flyer on Ike.

Thank you, and good night.

Who owns this franchise, yeah, Ratman, cheapest owner of the universe….

We would be the only team with 25 mil$ roster next year, that would be our only achievement….

And we are not all that down with Thorn moves, Devin Harris and 2 1st for JKidd was masterful, Yi for RJ was Ok(I still think Yi has potential) but Courtney Lee for VC and Ryan Anderson was one of the worst salary dumps of the history….

You have to draft a legit superstar in this league in order to contend for the championship (see for example Howard in Orlando, Roy in Portland, and likely Durant in OKC). So I don’t have a problem with where we’re at right now, but Thorn needs to make sure the next draft or two absolutely counts.