The New York Rangers traded their own 2nd round draft pick (50th overall) to the Toronto Maple Leafs as part of the Nik Antropov deal. The Blueshirts received a compensatory second round draft pick due to the death of Alexei Cherepanov. Since Cherepanov was the 17th selection in the first round, the Rangers receive the [...]

Before the season began, the New Jersey Nets had a minuscule chance to make the playoffs, especially when you consider the fact that their roster was filled with rookies, developing youngsters, unproven veterans and one superstar in Vince Carter that seemed like he was ready to start his decline.
However, the Nets managed to [...]

Despite the fact that many NBA insiders feel that the New Jersey Nets had a better season than they should have expected, staying at .500 for a good half of the season, the team itself feels they still have a ton of work to do before becoming the team they’d like to be.
Battling injuries [...]

Even though the cast is a bit different this season for the New Jersey Nets, things are beginning to look awfully familiar.
On the outside of the playoff picture looking in, the Nets understand they are running out of time and have to step up their game. Otherwise the only way they’ll make the playoffs [...]

When Ryan Anderson was drafted by the Nets this summer, some of the pundits and critics in the league expected him to develop faster than Brook Lopez, the center the team drafted to solve their problems up the middle. While that hasn’t exactly happened, with Lopez catching most of the spotlight from the press [...]

The shooting was so bad last night that I felt like Sam Cassell was back with the team. I remember one night on the news when I was a young kid journeyman center Joe Klein was complaining about how busy he was under the boards due to Cassell’s “chucking.”
Scary kind of flashback to say [...]

The New York Red Bulls team that lines up for Saturday’s game against the L.A. Galaxy should be vastly different from the one that lost to Kansas City last week. In the last fortnight, the team has signed no fewer than four (4) players, each of whom could end up starting Saturday–but probably won’t due [...]