Official NBA 2012-2013 Season Thread

[ill steelo]

He has a point, with Joe & Deron's struggles. Especially Deron who is supposed to be a superstar.

However, Avery also wasn't getting the most out of the roster by playing D Will off the ball so much & playing the slowest pace in the league. Phoenix still ran with Shaq & Kurt Thomas. So even with Lopez, these guys shouldn't be playing this slow.

 

[bhzmafia14]

Its always the coaches fault

When will the players be held accountable for their crappy play?

 

[picasso swerve]

JJ is highly overrated.

Lopez plays like a girl.

 

[pmatic]

More than anything, the Nets' defense just isn't good enough.

 

[harlemtothebronx]

Its always the coaches fault

When will the players be held accountable for their crappy play?

Those bloated contracts aren't going anywhere. Can't really make any moves with the players.

 

[da r entertainment]

Net

Nets are in win now mode. Really not a lot of time to be waiting for things to click with Avery apparently.

Honestly I don't see them winning much with the team they have now. Maybe I'm wrong *shrugs*

Neither do I, but they're locked in with this roster. Can't change the player, what's the next best thing?

You have to believe they're offering Phil everything under the sun right now. I don't blame them.

They can offer Phil the world, but they still won't help that roster. Sloppy Joe hasn't been good since his days w/ the Suns and we will probably never see that again. Brook is soft. DWill likes to toss coaches under the bus when the tough gets going. The potential is there, but will it manifest itself is the question and honestly I doubt it.

 

[Animal Thug]

How many times has a coach won COTY, only to be fired 2-3 years later?

That award needs to be scrapped if coaches are being fired, and players are not be held accountable.

 

[Deleted member 38182]

JJ is highly overrated.

Lopez plays like a girl. Pau Gasol

fixed

 

[pmatic]

Joe Johnson is vastly overpaid, but he gets way too much slander.

 

[da r entertainment]

JJ is highly overrated.
Lopez plays like a girl. Pau Gasol

fixed

Pau has more game than Lopez. May not be the prettiest, but Gasol can definitely get the job done on any given night.

 

[da r entertainment]

Joe Johnson is vastly overpaid, but he gets way too much slander.

It's not warranted slander for Sloppy Joe?

 

[harlemtothebronx]

Net

Nets are in win now mode. Really not a lot of time to be waiting for things to click with Avery apparently.

Honestly I don't see them winning much with the team they have now. Maybe I'm wrong *shrugs*

Neither do I, but they're locked in with this roster. Can't change the player, what's the next best thing?

You have to believe they're offering Phil everything under the sun right now. I don't blame them.

They can offer Phil the world, but they still won't help that roster. Sloppy Joe hasn't been good since his days w/ the Suns and we will probably never see that again. Brook is soft. DWill likes to toss coaches under the bus when the tough gets going. The potential is there, but will it manifest itself is the question and honestly I doubt it.

Agreed 100%.

 

[pmatic]

Joe Johnson is vastly overpaid, but he gets way too much slander.

It's not warranted slander for Sloppy Joe?

Putting everything in perspective, he is/was a very good player. A talented all around player with some flaws that got offered a massive contract, that no one was going to turn down.

 

[Animal Thug]

Just when I was about to hop on the BK Nets bandwaggon....

 

[da r entertainment]

Joe Johnson is vastly overpaid, but he gets way too much slander.

It's not warranted slander for Sloppy Joe?

Putting everything in perspective, he is/was a very good player. A talented all around player with some flaws that got offered a massive contract, that no one was going to turn down.

So his good outweighs his bad is what you're saying right?

 

[thapointguy]

Would love to see Jay-Z coach the Nets. *sarcasm*

 

[da r entertainment]

Best tweet:

RT @jemelehill: At some point, people will realize Deron Williams isn't a superstar. Big game, low intangibles.

 

[maxelite]

Joe Johnson is a good player.

Joe Johnson is not a max deal level player (ie overpaid)

We go through this every year

 

[duba169]

If joe Johnson was getting paid what JR smith is... Then yes he would be a great player.

It's all relative.

It ain't even the money because Prok has huge pockets. The issue is the cap space.

If this was baseball nets would be fine

 

[pmatic]

Joe Johnson is vastly overpaid, but he gets way too much slander.

It's not warranted slander for Sloppy Joe?

Putting everything in perspective, he is/was a very good player. A talented all around player with some flaws that got offered a massive contract, that no one was going to turn down.

So his good outweighs his bad is what you're saying right?

For this Nets team, I think so. They were going to be in salary cap hell no matter happened this summer for the following 2-3-4 years. They got a productive swingman, although he looks to have lost a step in comparison to previous years.

 

[Animal Thug]

Best tweet:
RT @jemelehill: At some point, people will realize Deron Williams isn't a superstar. Big game, low intangibles.

Glad people are beginning to realize this. Deron is an incredible player, but to an extent. He doesn't neccessarily make his team better, and it doesn't help that the other starting 4 can't spread the floor for him to play at a high level. That's why there are nights he has only 5 or 6 assists...

..but the easiest way to say "hey let's make a change" is by firing Avery. Which was not the right decision.

 

[vezon]

- Jamar Hudson ‏@jamarhudson Avery Johnson has Ether on repeat as he cleans out his office.

 

[jhawk826]

Best tweet:
RT @jemelehill: At some point, people will realize Deron Williams isn't a superstar. Big game, low intangibles.

Glad people are beginning to realize this. Deron is an incredible player, but to an extent. He doesn't neccessarily make his team better, and it doesn't help that the other starting 4 can't spread the floor for him to play at a high level. That's why there are nights he has only 5 or 6 assists...

..but the easiest way to say "hey let's make a change" is by firing Avery. Which was not the right decision.

He's not a superstar because he doesn't make his team better? The target is definitely on his back after this. Let's not forget that Avery Johnson was in the last year of his deal. He had already lost the team prior to the comments made by Deron and he ran an offense that was to no one's benefit.

 

[harlemtothebronx]

Just out of curiousity I checked salaries and Joe Johnson will be making $25 million in 15-16.

Man.

 

[Deleted member 38182]

Best tweet:

RT @jemelehill: At some point, people will realize Deron Williams isn't a superstar. Big game, low intangibles.

Jemele Hill is the worst