Nets Are Scorching

This offseason is going to be an exciting one for the New Jersey Nets, but before we can move forward we must look back.  Over the next couple of days, I am going to be looking at the Nets who will (most likely) be back, and review their year, from what they did well to what they didn’t.  Today we are going to look at the  Nets’ Player To Watch Next Year:  Terrence Williams.

The Positives

Versatility

I was all for Terrence Williams ever since the Nets made him the 11th overall pick in last year’s draft.  While I didn’t look too smart during the first half of the season with Williams really struggling, towards the end of the year, Nets’ fans got to see why I was so excited with the Terrence Williams, his versatility.  Terrence Williams has the skills of a point guard in the body of a Small Forward, and his athletic ability allows him to do some pretty incredible things on the court.  What makes his (and any player who has his kind of) versatility so important is that it creates so many problems for a defense.  A pretty good example is from his triple-double game against Chicago:

Read more…

So what if the Nets get stuck with the #4 draft pick this summer? Ben Couch looks at some of the best #4s in NBA history.

Mikhail Prokhorov could be approved as Nets owner just in time for the lottery. Will he bring the franchise luck?

Oh, Lawrence Frank. Don’t you know what live television is?

Over at this Rookie Chronicles blog, Terrence Williams discussed his first pro season. Here’s a fact that surprised me when asked about his favorite player: Besides CDR (Chris Douglas Roberts), Bobby Simmons has got to be my favorite guy on the team. He taught me everything as far as basketball at this level. He taught me the part about basketball that most don’t teach…Like how to pay attention to other greats. Instead of watching Kobe and guarding him and trying to stop him, he advised me to learn him. He told me to learn what he does good and try to mimic it.

Hoopsworld asks if John Wall is really the consensus No. 1 pick.