This weekend Devin and I channeled our inner dork and traveled up to Boston to attend the MIT Sloan Sports Analytics Conference (more on that in the coming days). As fate would have it, the Nets played in Boston last night and we jumped on the opportunity to attend the game. With another highly capable [...]

Chris Trotman – Getty Images Ever since the beginning of Prokhorov-King-Johnson era, the Nets front office has sold a supposed “rivalry” between the Nets and the Knicks. The billboard wars, Prokhorov one-upping Dolan’s private jet, “turning Knicks fans into Nets fans,” Melodrama… It’s fair to say that this “rivalry” has had more off-the-court incidents than [...]

(Thanks to Garfield Minus Garfield) The Pistons’ first scoring play of the game looked all too familiar. Greg Monroe dumped the ball off to Rodney Stuckey for a quick pick-and-roll on the left side. Shelden Williams cut off Stuckey’s penetration and attempted a trap up top. But Detroit was ready, and Tayshaun Prince (who’d been [...]

7:55 PM:Five minutes or so to game time: I’m sitting in front of my TV at Casa Kharpertian, waiting for NBA League Pass to come on. I’m not sure how many of you have League Pass, but the music they have during “commercials” is horrible. It’s the most bland, generic power-chord-guitar music I’ve ever heard. [...]

Box Score – Knickerblogger.Net – Posting and Toasting – The Knicks Blog The twilight of an NBA season is never fun, especially when you root for a team who’s twilight is coming in the middle of April. All around you are signs of hope and optimism. There are 16 teams readying themselves for the NBA [...]

Box Score – Piston Powered – Detroit Bad Boys So let’s get this straight. The New Jersey Nets are a professional basketball team in the National Basketball Association. The Nets – this professional team – started Jordan Farmar, Sasha Vujacic, Mario West, Dan Gadzuric, and Brook Lopez. Stephen Graham was the first Net player off [...]

Have you ever watched Jack Johnson box? If not, take a few minutes to watch the video above. The man graced the ring with such power, force, and dominance. He was virtually unbeatable. It’s not a shot in the dark to compare him to the Miami Heat of today’s NBA — so vicious yet so [...]

Box Score – Philadunkia – Liberty Ballers You know it’s a bad day for the Nets when you look at the box score afterwards and say to yourself, “well, hey, at least Brandan Wright and Mario West showed us a little something tonight.” After Tuesday’s drumming at the hands of the Houston Rockets, Devin waxed [...]

Box Score – KnickerBlogger – Posting and Toasting The Nets played a great offensive game, led by as many as 16 but in the end could not score enough to beat the Knicks in a high-paced, fun game to watch at Madison Square Garden. Deron Williams seemed to show no signs of the wrist injury [...]

Box Score – Red94 – The Dream Shake When I was growing up, like most kids, I played town sports. Little League baseball, town basketball, even soccer. I played all three for much of my youth, and when you play low-level sports, there’s one constant: at least once, you’re going to get your ass kicked. [...]