THIS is the Antoine Wright we drafted

[Dumpy]

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The Nets should have had more patience. It was a dumb move, primarily because of 1) the risk that he would play well and 2) the replacement value will be greater than what the Nets would have paid him next season: $2.56 million. He had shown enough to worth that minimal risk.</p>

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Only because the Nets don't find productive players in unconventional ways. For instance, I hear that Denver's Diawara plays pretty good defense--as does his new teammate, Bobby Jones--and neither would command that salary. Now, if Wright can attack, hit 50% of his shots and 80% of his FTs, he might be worth it. But then again, I doubt he's worth MORE than $2.5 million to anyone--especially when the league sees what Mikki can do without Kidd and Carter around--and so regardless, I think he's going to return to the team.</p>

 

[adisodes]

I think he's going to return to the team next season but prob in the 3 million range so dumb move on the Nets' part to not exercise the option. I've been saying to my friends ever since the beginning of last season that Wright is going to be good.His defensive is excellent, but his jumpers were lacking and it looks like he finally is getting it together. You can never go wrong when you're Antoine Wright.</p>

And yeah, VC sucked last night shooting was terriblebut his statline was 24 pts 9 reb 6 ast 2 stl 2 blk thats a good game in my book.</p>

 

[Dark Defender]

How about giving the Nets props for picking up his 3rd year option after his disastrous rookie year.</p>

That speaks for itself.</p>

 

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I think he's going to return to the team next season but prob in the 3 million range so dumb move on the Nets' part to not exercise the option. I've been saying to my friends ever since the beginning of last season that Wright is going to be good.His defensive is excellent, but his jumpers were lacking and it looks like he finally is getting it together. You can never go wrong when you're Antoine Wright.</p>

And yeah, VC sucked last night shooting was terriblebut his statline was 24 pts 9 reb 6 ast 2 stl 2 blk thats a good game in my book.</p>

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Welcome, adisodes!</p>

Sure, it might have been a dumb move for the Nets to not extend Antoine...but who knows what would have happened if they had. He might have had a lax attitude, and not done as well on offense.</p>

 

[Jizzy]

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[SportsTicker]

Wright is now shooting 6 for 11 from three point land...that's 54.5%. More importantly, the six three's in two games represent about 30% of his career total of 26.</p>

It's that deep shooting plus defense that will win him bigger bucks as long as he continues it. The way I read it, fyi, the Nets have his Bird Rights, but cannot pay him more than what they would have paid him him if they had exercised his option. So if they want to pay him $2.56 million or more, they will have to pay him out of the MLE.</p>

 

[Dark Defender]

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What are you talking about, he had a good game yesterday.</p>

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[Universe]

He outscored Boki who is expected to turn into a 'star'</p>

 

[kdub]

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He outscored Boki who is expected to turn into a 'star'</p>

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Agree.</p>

 

[JCB]

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And we're back.</p>

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What was that you were saying?</p>

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[Dumpy]

There was a long stretch in this game where Wright didn't touch the ball at all. That's no good.</p>

 

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There was a long stretch in this game where Wright didn't touch the ball at all. That's no good.</p>

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So...you're saying that it wasn't Wright's fault he only scored 10, it's Frank's/Kidd's/Carter's?</p>

 

[Dumpy]

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There was a long stretch in this game where Wright didn't touch the ball at all. That's no good.</p>

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So...you're saying that it wasn't Wright's fault he only scored 10, it's Frank's/Kidd's/Carter's?</p>

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it was obvious they weren't calling any plays for him, but when he was standing around on the perimeter for ten minutes, they could have funelled the ball through him a few times to keep the defense honest. Carter in particular never looked for him.</p>

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There was a long stretch in this game where Wright didn't touch the ball at all. That's no good.</p>

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So...you're saying that it wasn't Wright's fault he only scored 10, it's Frank's/Kidd's/Carter's?</p>

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it was obvious they weren't calling any plays for him, but when he was standing around on the perimeter for ten minutes, they could have funelled the ball through him a few times to keep the defense honest. Carter in particular never looked for him.</p>

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Dushbags. What's the point of having him out there if they're not gonna use him?</p>

In the "motion offense" we're supposedly using, wouldn't it be a good idea to have everyone touch the ball at least every few possessions, like you said, to keep the defense honest?</p>

Wow, this sorta makes me question the chemistry of this team, alot. We pretty much have a breakout player in Wright, and we're not even using him.</p>

I know this is pretty out there, could it be that Carter's nervous Toine's gonne outplay him or something?</p>

 

[Universe]

He got the ball a lot in the third I think but really was only there to dribble once and pass it. Like Dumpy said, get Wright to drive or shoot a couple times and you can get players to stay honest.</p>

 

[GrandKenyon6]

Wright looks terrific. He's aggressive, confident, and his defense is really something. Hopefully he keeps it up.</p>

 

[Dumpy]

I think Carter in particular needs to get used to what to do. He was givnign the ball to RJ, Kidd, and on occassion, Boki. RJ and Boki nearly always shot or turned it over every time they touched it. I was paying attention, because, you know, I had just picked Wright up.</p>

 

[kdub]

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There was a long stretch in this game where Wright didn't touch the ball at all. That's no good.</p>

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So...you're saying that it wasn't Wright's fault he only scored 10, it's Frank's/Kidd's/Carter's?</p>

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it was obvious they weren't calling any plays for him, but when he was standing around on the perimeter for ten minutes, they could have funelled the ball through him a few times to keep the defense honest. Carter in particular never looked for him.</p>

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Dushbags. What's the point of having him out there if they're not gonna use him?</p>

In the "motion offense" we're supposedly using, wouldn't it be a good idea to have everyone touch the ball at least every few possessions, like you said, to keep the defense honest?</p>

Wow, this sorta makes me question the chemistry of this team, alot. We pretty much have a breakout player in Wright, and we're not even using him.</p>

I know this is pretty out there, could it be that Carter's nervous Toine's gonne outplay him or something?</p>

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I think you're overreacting a bit, don't you think?</p>

 

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Dushbags. What's the point of having him out there if they're not gonna use him?</p>

In the "motion offense" we're supposedly using, wouldn't it be a good idea to have everyone touch the ball at least every few possessions, like you said, to keep the defense honest?</p>

Wow, this sorta makes me question the chemistry of this team, alot. We pretty much have a breakout player in Wright, and we're not even using him.</p>

I know this is pretty out there, could it be that Carter's nervous Toine's gonne outplay him or something?</p>

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I think you're overreacting a bit, don't you think?</p>

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If I thought I was "overreacting", I wouldn't have said it.</p>

I don't think I'm overreacting at all. When I watched parts of the games with Antoine in, there were a few plays where he coulda done something with the ball, or he was simply open, and Vince took a stupid shot with multiple defenders. If he had passed it to Antoine, there would have been a greater chance at a good shot.</p>

Also, Antoine has shown he's producing now, why not feed him the ball? Vince isn't gonna be here forever, and RJ might even be gone (you never know), so why not continue Antoine's development while allowing him to contribute to the team?</p>

 

[pegs]

shimmy shimmy ya</p>

 

[#1_War_Poet_ForLife]

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shimmy shimmy ya</p>

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shimmy shimmy na.</p>

 

[kdub]

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Dushbags. What's the point of having him out there if they're not gonna use him?</p>

In the "motion offense" we're supposedly using, wouldn't it be a good idea to have everyone touch the ball at least every few possessions, like you said, to keep the defense honest?</p>

Wow, this sorta makes me question the chemistry of this team, alot. We pretty much have a breakout player in Wright, and we're not even using him.</p>

I know this is pretty out there, could it be that Carter's nervous Toine's gonne outplay him or something?</p>

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I think you're overreacting a bit, don't you think?</p>

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If I thought I was "overreacting", I wouldn't have said it.</p>

I don't think I'm overreacting at all. When I watched parts of the games with Antoine in, there were a few plays where he coulda done something with the ball, or he was simply open, and Vince took a stupid shot with multiple defenders. If he had passed it to Antoine, there would have been a greater chance at a good shot.</p>

Also, Antoine has shown he's producing now, why not feed him the ball? Vince isn't gonna be here forever, and RJ might even be gone (you never know), so why not continue Antoine's development while allowing him to contribute to the team?</p>

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Oh, I don't disagree that Wright was not paid enough attention by the other Nets players during certain stretches, but I think it's a little far fetched to think that the chemistry is lacking between players that have been on the team together for 3 years, or that Carter, a 10 year vet, is nervous about Wright overtaking him. Especially only 3 games in.</p>