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There has never been more innovative and creative ways to describe the New Jersey Nets, not even during the glory days of only a few short years ago. In this case I’ll get right to the point: Oh and Eighteen.

I could have gotten cute, but decided, “Neyt.” I could be derogatory, but just recall Beavis and Butt-head’s favorite expression. The cold facts smack the Nets square in the face harder than any wind chill. They stand alone, below the 0-17 1988-89 Miami Heat and 1999 Los Angeles Clippers, in NBA infamy.

They are the league’s worst team in scoring (86.6 ppg) and shooting (.406). They had no recourse but to fire a workaholic and passionate basketball coach named Lawrence Frank, who in the post Kenyon Martin seasons had the Nets playing better than expected.

This was 10 games into Lawrence Frank's tenure as Nets head coach. There was always an intriguing story behind him, but he started the season an anonymous assistant coach to Byron Scott. By the time we sat down for an exclusive interview he had become the flavor of the month in the New York metropolitan area.

The background: During the 2003-04 it was the Nets' policy to not make assistant coaches available to the media, so it was Scott who was the lead mouthpiece to a team off two straight Eastern Conference championships to address the team's underachieving play on the court and speculation of a rift between he and star point guard Jason Kidd.

One game i covered was a Sunday afternoon when they defeated the Boston Celtics to move to 22-20 and snap a five-game losing streak. Scott was ejected