Oh Brooklyn

For the first time since he bought the team me and Mikial Prokhorov have a problem. (Mikial if you’re reading this, this problem doesn’t have to result in violence). As we all know, Paul Pierce signed with the Wizards last night for five million dollars a year. It has been reported the Nets didn’t even offer Pierce a contract. Pierce was Brooklyn’s second best player last year and now he’s gone. The Nets gave up three first round picks last year for Pierce and KG (Billy King!!!!) The Nets got one year out of Pierce and will get two years out of KG who can barely play twenty minutes a game. Now I am happy when teams admit mistakes and move on from them; there aren’t many of those teams. But was this the right time to move on? If Pierce resigns with the Nets who is the favorite in the East? It would be a wide open race and the Nets would be in the middle of it. The real reason why Paul Pierce is no longer a Net is because the Nets lost 144 million dollars in basketball related activities and have decided to cut back on spending. They want to get under the repeater tax cap and spend big again in the future. I also find it a bit fishy that ownership decided to pass on Pierce to play two overseas players more (Karasev and Bodanovic). Could there be favoritism for overseas players in ownership? Which isn’t a horrible thing most of the Spurs are international players.

            Many reports say the Nets believe they can compete with the core of Deron Williams, Joe Johnson, and Brook Lopez. So they are counting on Deron Williams whose coming off ankle surgery on BOTH ankles and Brook Lopez coming off his second major foot surgery. That sounds dependable! The Nets still have a playoff roster but will be fighting for seeds 6-8.

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