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This was Kiki's night. Thorn may have had the final word on Brook Lopez (Dave D), but it was he who pushed the RJ trade believing Yi can become Dirk II. I would love to believe that, but the German government didnt put the kind of requirements on Dirk's off season that the Chinese are putting on Yi and Yao...and that is troubling. If Yi does become Dirk, this trade was a great deal. If not, it's a bad deal since there are no picks. It will also make Kiki look like a genius. He does love those foreign big men.
Speaking of foreign players, the Nets now have players from North America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
I have little hope for Bobby Simmons. He had surgery on both feet. Don't even think about him returning to his 2004 MIP levels.
I was a big Ryan Anderson fan before the draft. I watched a lot of highlights and came away thinking this kid would have gone lottery next year. He just turned 20 and like all three picks, has a lot of BBIQ if not great athleticism. Tough to pick him over Koufos, but 21 and 12 in the PAC-10 is nothing to dismiss. He has DEEP range. He IS Keith Van Horn...and a friend of Rod Benson's.
Why did CDR drop 20 places in the draft and when will we find out? This is a catastrophic drop.
The biggest thing that happened last night was Yi. I don't think anyone has yet grasped what a huge deal this is for the franchise. Go to njnets.com and the flash screen shows a photoshopped Yi in a Nets uniform (#9) and two buttons for ticket sales, one in English and one in Chinese. The biggest Chinatown in the US is one stop away from the new arena and there are 250,000 native born Chinese in Brooklyn alone. Ratner knows this...he publishes a quarterly magazine called Brooklyn Tomorrow and the current issue is where I found that fun fact. Ratner now has a new constituency to back his arena plans and a new marketing opportunity not just to sell tickets, but to sell sponsorships and suites, etc. Also go to hoopchina.com and the china.nba.com website. Yi, Yi, Yi. This is what Yi and his handlers wanted since the beginning...and dont forget, Stefanski made a presentation last year to the Chinese Basketball Association about how well Yi would do in the NY metro area.
First game in the Olympic basketball tournment: Team USA vs. China. In the Diamond Ball exhibition tournament in Nanjing at the end of July, its Serbia vs. China. In previous games between the two countries, Krstic has owned him.
Krstic will be low-balled, but I suspect he's staying. Diop is almost certainly gone if Dallas offers him the full MLE. Boki...who knows?
The Nets now have ELEVEN players under 26, SIX of them under 22 (the two Williams, Yi, Lopez, Anderson, and CDR). Boone is 23. If Marcus makes it to training camp, I will be amazed. The team's average age is 24.07 years, which would make it the youngest team in the NBA right now...and one of the youngest ever.
Hodge's chances of making this team dropped when the Nets took CDR.
The trade amounted to a savings of about $310,000, nothing so it won't effect the cap or luxury tax calculations. Nets are $20 million below the luxury tax threshold anyway.
Speaking of foreign players, the Nets now have players from North America, Europe, Africa and Asia.
I have little hope for Bobby Simmons. He had surgery on both feet. Don't even think about him returning to his 2004 MIP levels.
I was a big Ryan Anderson fan before the draft. I watched a lot of highlights and came away thinking this kid would have gone lottery next year. He just turned 20 and like all three picks, has a lot of BBIQ if not great athleticism. Tough to pick him over Koufos, but 21 and 12 in the PAC-10 is nothing to dismiss. He has DEEP range. He IS Keith Van Horn...and a friend of Rod Benson's.
Why did CDR drop 20 places in the draft and when will we find out? This is a catastrophic drop.
The biggest thing that happened last night was Yi. I don't think anyone has yet grasped what a huge deal this is for the franchise. Go to njnets.com and the flash screen shows a photoshopped Yi in a Nets uniform (#9) and two buttons for ticket sales, one in English and one in Chinese. The biggest Chinatown in the US is one stop away from the new arena and there are 250,000 native born Chinese in Brooklyn alone. Ratner knows this...he publishes a quarterly magazine called Brooklyn Tomorrow and the current issue is where I found that fun fact. Ratner now has a new constituency to back his arena plans and a new marketing opportunity not just to sell tickets, but to sell sponsorships and suites, etc. Also go to hoopchina.com and the china.nba.com website. Yi, Yi, Yi. This is what Yi and his handlers wanted since the beginning...and dont forget, Stefanski made a presentation last year to the Chinese Basketball Association about how well Yi would do in the NY metro area.
First game in the Olympic basketball tournment: Team USA vs. China. In the Diamond Ball exhibition tournament in Nanjing at the end of July, its Serbia vs. China. In previous games between the two countries, Krstic has owned him.
Krstic will be low-balled, but I suspect he's staying. Diop is almost certainly gone if Dallas offers him the full MLE. Boki...who knows?
The Nets now have ELEVEN players under 26, SIX of them under 22 (the two Williams, Yi, Lopez, Anderson, and CDR). Boone is 23. If Marcus makes it to training camp, I will be amazed. The team's average age is 24.07 years, which would make it the youngest team in the NBA right now...and one of the youngest ever.
Hodge's chances of making this team dropped when the Nets took CDR.
The trade amounted to a savings of about $310,000, nothing so it won't effect the cap or luxury tax calculations. Nets are $20 million below the luxury tax threshold anyway.