We're continuing with our in-depth looks at other teams around the league leading up to the start of the regular season.

Discussion topics can include, but are not limited to: roster makeup, offseason acqusitions/losses, likely rotation, playoff chances, strengths/weaknesses, coaching, best players, bench strength, team needs, cap room/available exceptions, etc.

Next up: The New Jersey Nets.

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Active Roster
No. Player Pos Ht Wt DOB Exp College
30 Allen, Malik PF 6-10 255 6/27/78 6 Villanova
11 Armstrong, Darrell PG 6-1 180 6/22/68 13 Fayetteville State
2 Boone, Josh FC 6-10 245 11/21/84 1 Connecticut
15 Carter, Vince GF 6-6 220 1/26/77 9 North Carolina
14 Cleaves, Mateen PG 6-2 205 9/7/77 7 Michigan State
35 Collins, Jason FC 7-0 260 12/2/78 6 Stanford
10 Gill, Eddie PG 6-0 190 8/16/78 7 Weber State
6 Hite, Robert G 6-2 187 1/12/84 1 Miami (FL)
9 Ilic, Mile C 7-2 255 6/2/84 1 None
24 Jefferson, Richard SF 6-7 230 6/21/80 6 Arizona
33 Jones, Jumaine SF 6-8 230 2/10/79 8 Georgia
5 Kidd, Jason PG 6-4 210 3/23/73 13 California
12 Krstic, Nenad FC 7-0 260 7/25/83 3 None
20 Magloire, Jamaal C 6-11 265 5/21/78 7 Kentucky
7 Nachbar, Bostjan SF 6-9 221 7/3/80 5 None
22 Robinson, Bernard GF 6-6 210 12/26/80 3 Michigan
1 Williams, Marcus G 6-3 205 12/3/85 1 Connecticut
51 Williams, Sean C 6-10 235 9/13/86 R Boston College
21 Wright, Antoine GF 6-7 215 2/6/84 2 Texas A&M




Head Coach
Lawrence Frank

Regular Season: 157-129
Postseason: 18-20
Experience: 4 years

Top 3 Questions:
1. With Krstic healthy, does this team have a chance to contend for an Eastern Confernce crown?
2. Is New Jersey's bench negate having 3 all-stars in the starting line-up?
3. Is Lawrence Frank old enough to wear big boy underwear?



Discuss.

Unless Marcus Williams comes through in a big way, they're one Jason Kidd injury away from being nobodies. They have some guys with talent but it all comes down to chemistry and how well they all pull together. We all know what VC can do when he's motivated. Jefferson is solid. I've always been a fan of Krstic, and now they have Magloire back there too. If Sean Williams gets his head straight, he could be a steal for them. Jason Collins doesn't have a lot of talent but he's always been a hard worker.


Oh, and of course, their head coach is tweety and they have Mateen Cleeves!

This is always the team that many people pick to go deep in the playoffs and never do. More of the same this year IMO.

This team should have made a trade for Jermaine before the draft and took Morris Almond or something.

A team with Jermaine,Vince, and Kidd would have been pretty sick too. Now they're just gonna get a 2nd round exit every year with Kidd aging.

This team should have made a trade for Jermaine before the draft and took Morris Almond or something.

A team with Jermaine,Vince, and Kidd would have been pretty sick too. Now they're just gonna get a 2nd round exit every year with Kidd aging.
That's assuming they make the playoffs and get past round one, both unlikely.

Indy doesn't want RJ, they've got too many 3s that can't shoot as it is.

Didn't Rob Thorn step down or say he was going to step down? Who's running that ship?

Prolly just horseshit news, but thats prolly what we thought about Zeke's mess too.

fwiw...



A woman has accused NBA star Jason Kidd (http://www.realgm.com/src_playerfile/162/jason_kidd/) of harassing and groping her this month at a trendy Manhattan nightspot.

Kidd spokesman Scott Miranda said the accusation was "a complete fabrication and it is sad that someone would make something like this up."

He's a dumbass for leaving that hot ass wife of his *

* Joumana, I'm available.