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Nets swingman Vince Carter believes that the team can make the playoffs this season despite having traded both Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson in the last seven months.

"I think this is a year to just get back to where we were," Carter said Friday. "Sitting out of the playoffs wasn't fun. I think we had the ability to (make the playoffs) last year regardless of what happened through the year.

"We still gave ourselves a chance to win. Maybe our desire wasn't there," he added. "I don't know. It was a tough year. It is still a reachable goal, the playoffs, and this year it is our goal to make the playoffs."
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Jacoby_Ellsbury said:
Him and what army?
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Vince doesn't need an army when he's motivated. Also this team right now is built for Vince. Vince needs good shooters around him (which he has now) and he'll definitely give them many open looks. Then if teams stop cheating off the other players on the court Vince can go to work.

Personally I don't think the Nets will make the playoffs but who knows, crazier things have happened.
 
Any team that is 'built for Vince' is in deep shit.
 
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They can contend for one of the last few playoff spots, but a lot would have to go right for them to make it. For one thing, some other teams will have to underacheive--or at least not live up to expectations. Also, since the Nets will probably start out relatively slowly--a 10-18 start wouldn't be unexpected--they sould obviously have to play around .550-.575 ball the last 2/3 of the season, which while possible will leave little room for error. They will have to beat every team that they are expected to beat, and every team that is hovering around .500.
 
Even if we can't, it's still nice to see Vince come out and talk positively about the team like this. He has really matured from his Toronto days and is the leader of this young squad.
 
i really think that if everything goes well we can get the 7 or 8. i think we can do alot better than most ppl think.
 
You know how?

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That's how.
 
The East has gotten harder recently, it's within the Net's potential, but it is harder than it was in recent years.
 
MisterMontross said:
True, but if things break right, Nets can make the playoffs.
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There need to be some key injuries. How well will the Wizards play until Gilbert comes back? What happens to Toronto when JON goes down? What about Brand? All teams suffer injuries.
 
MisterMontross said:
He's right. Nets can make the playoffs.

Whether they will or not is another issue.
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I agree with you.

They CAN make it, but in my opinion, they won't.

But we have seen teams in the past just make that one year run, so who knows? Maybe the Nets can provide as much energy as the Warriors did a year ago. Not that they are equal in talent, but the one year playoff run could be them.
 
David Thorpe says Jermaine O'Neal is killin it in Toronto. I would fear that team.
 
the raptors do have a reallly reallly goood team, they will contend with boston for the atlantic. i mean calderon, oneal, bosh, kapono, moon, bargnani, parker, and graham(although hes disappointed) thats a reallly really goood rotation/core of players.
 
Boston owns the Atlantic Division. Nobody is touching them.

Celtics, Cavs, Pistons, Magic, Sixers, Raptors, and Wizards are in, in no particular order.

Then you have the Heat with a healthy Wade, Marion, and Beasley. The Pacers now they got rid of O'Neal. The Hawks are going to be interesting since they lost Childress. So we're looking at three teams that didn't make the playoffs last year competing for the last three playoff spots.

There are a lot of things that are going to have to happen for the Nets to make the playoffs that are out of their control.
 
I think Posey going to N.O will hurt Boston more than people think. Either way, this optimism from VC and the crew I like, but then again, this time last year, I remember mr. migrane saying "this is the best team I've played on"
 
soul driver said:
I think Posey going to N.O will hurt Boston more than people think. Either way, this optimism from VC and the crew I like, but then again, this time last year, I remember mr. migrane saying "this is the best team I've played on"
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Agreed about Posey, but they're gonna win at least 55 games this year barring injuries, Toronto won't beat them out for the division.
 
Real said:
Celtics, Cavs, Pistons, Magic, Sixers, Raptors, and Wizards are in, in no particular order.
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I predict a falloff this year out of the Pistons. Not that they won't make the playoffs, but I don't think they'll scare anybody at the top of the conference. The chemistry there is just getting a little stale, and a couple of key players are getting some mileage on them.

I'm also not convinced the Sixers are a lock for the playoffs. I've never been as high on Brand as many, although I certainly would have welcomed the Nets getting him prior to the Kidd and RJ trades. If you want to consider some REAL intangibles, I think what he pulled with the Clippers is going to bring some bad karma to the Sixers, who, IMO, don't have enough shooting and offensive talent anyway to be an absolute playoff lock.

Wizards are also vulnerable. Obviously committing such a huge amount of money to an ailing Arenas is a concern. But they've stayed with the same core year after year and never have much (if any) improvement to show for it. I think the diminishing returns are dangerously close, if they didn't already start last year.

Celtics, Cavs (obviously only if James stays healthy), Pistons, and Magic are, IMO, the only playoff certainties in the east. The other four spots will be culled from Toronto, Philly, Atlanta, Miami, NJ, Milwaukee, Washington, and Chicago in that rough order of probability. I expect a very, very tight race for the last two spots involving at least 4 teams.
 
cLokwerk said:
David Thorpe says Jermaine O'Neal is killin it in Toronto. I would fear that team.
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David Thorpe says a lot of things. He is paid to says things, not to be correct.

If I had a nickle for every time he exaggerated how good one of his clients was doing in the off season, I could take a very nice vacation.
 
I think Vince is delusional if he thinks they're making the playoffs. As putrid as the East is probably going to be, I don't see the Nets making the playoffs. At this point, I don't see them as any better than 9th or 10 in the East. I see Atlanta, Philly, Boston, Orlando, Cleveland, Detroit, Toronto, and Washington all being better than them still. I also think Indiana could be better then them, and depending on what happens with Ben Gordon, the Bulls could too. For that matter, if the 'Cats stay healthy, they could as well.

Despite all this rambling here though, in the long run, the East is so pitiful and wide open that anyone can make it. So I'd say the Nets have as good a chance at making the playoffs as any other team outside of Boston, Detroit, Orlando and Cleveland.
 
If anything, it's good for Vince, as a leader, to step up and say these things. And even if he didn't say it the media, I'm sure they all talk about it privately.

In all their heads I really believe that THEY believe they can make the playoffs. They come off as being humble to the media, but you can just hear the confidence in everything these guys say. When you veteran leaders like Dooling and Najera, you believe in them more.
 
As much as I really dont care if the NEts makes the playoffs, VC has to play like he plays every last month of every regular season.
 
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Moo2K4 said:
I think Vince is delusional if he thinks they're making the playoffs. As putrid as the East is probably going to be, I don't see the Nets making the playoffs. At this point, I don't see them as any better than 9th or 10 in the East. I see Atlanta, Philly, Boston, Orlando, Cleveland, Detroit, Toronto, and Washington all being better than them still. I also think Indiana could be better then them, and depending on what happens with Ben Gordon, the Bulls could too. For that matter, if the 'Cats stay healthy, they could as well.

Despite all this rambling here though, in the long run, the East is so pitiful and wide open that anyone can make it. So I'd say the Nets have as good a chance at making the playoffs as any other team outside of Boston, Detroit, Orlando and Cleveland.
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I think you meant to say "the East sucks...blah, blah, blah...my opinion...blah, blah, blah".
 
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