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Results for tag: Carlos Boozer
Posted by:
Al Iannazzone
on Jun 29, 2010 at 11:11:19 PM
LeBron James wants to see the Nets first. That has to mean something. No one is saying the Nets are the frontrunners to sign James in free agency. For the longest time, most NBA experts dismissed the Nets. Only recently have you started hearing they are ahead of the Knicks and in the race. Our feeling is the Nets do have a shot at the biggest fish in the free-agent pond. James may decide to go somewhere else like Miami or Chicago. He could stay in Cleveland. A plausible scenario would be for James to re-sign for three years in Cleveland and then join the Nets when they’re in Brooklyn. But the Nets shouldn’t be discounted now just because they were 12-70 or are playing in Newark for a few years or are about to lose invaluable and largely irreplaceable team president ...
Posted by:
Al Iannazzone
on Jun 25, 2010 at 12:45:06 AM
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. –- The Nets went into the NBA Draft with free agency on their mind and a big part of whatever they did. They may have taken it to the extreme. They got a James in Thursday night’s draft and a power forward who likens himself to Amar’e Stoudemire. Next week the Nets hope they can get the real Stoudemire and the only James that anyone has been talking about in NBA circles for the last few years. For now, the Nets are happy to say they drafted the super athletic Derrick Favors with the No. 3 pick. They think they have a future All-Star in the Georgia Tech power forward who turns 19 in three weeks. They also think they made a good deal in sending the No. 27 and 31 picks to the Hawks for 6-foot-7 forward Damion James. That’s up for debate. But ... |
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