Comments on: The Nets are Between a Rock and a Hard Place http://netsarescorching.com/2009/10/27/the-nets-are-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/ NetsAreScorching is a NBA blog that follows the New Jersey Nets Thu, 29 Jul 2010 11:34:01 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dan http://netsarescorching.com/2009/10/27/the-nets-are-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/comment-page-1/#comment-2727 dan Tue, 27 Oct 2009 19:54:23 +0000 http://netsarescorching.com/?p=3521#comment-2727 enjoyed the post, mark. i wanted to chime in re: your point about the losing culture in nj. i think if you set out to rebuild properly, you need to accept that you won't be competitive. even with vince around it's hard to see this year's team competing for anything more than 7/8 in the east, and i'm happy that we're committing to building a long-term playoff team rather than a perennial bubble team. i really like the pieces we have in place, even if nobody is a bona fide superstar. harris and lopez are studs, and twill/cdr/lee/yi project as solid role players if not better. we have our draft pick plus the dallas pick next year, and enough cap space to pick up a big offensive producer to take the heat off of devin. all in all i think we could be competing for 4-8 in the east sooner rather than later. only wish we had a gm nets fans trusted with decision making (morey, preston, pritchard, et al) and a coach who knew what to do with all the young talent. enjoyed the post, mark. i wanted to chime in re: your point about the losing culture in nj. i think if you set out to rebuild properly, you need to accept that you won’t be competitive. even with vince around it’s hard to see this year’s team competing for anything more than 7/8 in the east, and i’m happy that we’re committing to building a long-term playoff team rather than a perennial bubble team.

i really like the pieces we have in place, even if nobody is a bona fide superstar. harris and lopez are studs, and twill/cdr/lee/yi project as solid role players if not better. we have our draft pick plus the dallas pick next year, and enough cap space to pick up a big offensive producer to take the heat off of devin.

all in all i think we could be competing for 4-8 in the east sooner rather than later. only wish we had a gm nets fans trusted with decision making (morey, preston, pritchard, et al) and a coach who knew what to do with all the young talent.

]]> By: NetsAreScorching – New Jersey Nets Blog – Nets News, Rumors, Analysis, Podcasts, Salaries, & Statistics » Blog Archive » My Concerns For The Season http://netsarescorching.com/2009/10/27/the-nets-are-between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/comment-page-1/#comment-2710 NetsAreScorching – New Jersey Nets Blog – Nets News, Rumors, Analysis, Podcasts, Salaries, & Statistics » Blog Archive » My Concerns For The Season Tue, 27 Oct 2009 17:24:54 +0000 http://netsarescorching.com/?p=3521#comment-2710 [...] of getting you prepared for the season, which couldn’t be closer.  Mark already talked about one of his concerns for this year, and I decided that I would follow suit and give you some of mine.  The following is [...] [...] of getting you prepared for the season, which couldn’t be closer.  Mark already talked about one of his concerns for this year, and I decided that I would follow suit and give you some of mine.  The following is [...]

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