LeBron James, Dwayne Wade, Carmelo Anthony, and Chris Paul are kicking off a four-city barnstorming tour in December, hitting Akron on December 1st, New Orleans on December 4th, Chicago on December 7th, and culminating in… East Rutherford’s IZOD Center on December 10th! According to the report, Chris Bosh will play in all four cities, and [...]

Obviously, this is a New Jersey Nets blog, however, the NAS crew absolutely love the NBA in general. So, every week, Mark, Devin, Justin, Danny, Vivek, and/or myself will answer questions regarding the L. 1) Has LeBron James turned a corner? He’s had ice water in his veins this postseason, so is this when he [...]

Obviously, this is a New Jersey Nets blog, however, the NAS crew absolutely love the NBA in general. So, every week, Mark, Devin,  Justin, Danny, Vivek, and/or myself will answer questions regarding the L. 1) Who wins the respective Conference Finals? Mark: In the East, my heart says the Chicago Bulls, but my brain says [...]

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 [...]

The New Jersey Nets lose to the Miami Heat for the third time this season — maybe I should hold off on that until they actually play the game, though, to keep things spontaneous. The Nets and Heat play tomorrow evening at 6 PM eastern in the Prudential Center. The Nets have lost nine of their [...]

Both Mark and I have made our opinions of Avery Johnson as coach of the Nets quite clear over the last few weeks, but we just couldn’t reconcile our differences. So we ruminated back and forth on the topic — because that’s what writers do. Here’s a transcript. Danny Savitzky: There was no doubt one [...]

The New Jersey Nets might not have won the offseason sweepstakes this summer in falling short of signing LeBron James, Dwyane Wade, Chris Bosh, Dirk Nowitzki, Amare Stoudemire, Carlos Boozer, Joe Johnson, and Rudy Gay. But there’s no doubt they wound up with one whale of a consolation prize. He’s a great basketball mind, a [...]

Nets owner Mikhail Prokhorov blogs about his first impressions of the NBA, and NetsDaily kindly provides us with a translation provided by Prokhorov’s Onexim. In the post, Prokhorov talks about the Miami Heat situation, and debates what might happen if other “stars” continue to join each other in the NBA: What’s also interesting is how [...]

Photo credits: Marc Serota/Getty Images North America Box Score – Hot Hot Hoops – The Heat Index Round two looked a lot like round one. Both the Heat and the Nets are brand-new teams looking to construct their identities. The Nets are future-oriented – young, developing, talented players who the front office is hoping will [...]

For the second time in the first six games, the Nets will take on the the SuperThree of Eddie House, James Jones, and Mario Chalmers. I think they have some other guys, too. The Heat come into this game 4-2, fresh off a loss from the still-unbeaten New Orleans Hornets in an unbelievably fun game [...]