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Nets vs Knicks Predictions
For the fourth time this season, the New York Basketball derby takes place, as the New York Knicks host the Brooklyn Nets, hoping to beat their city rivals for a third consecutive time.
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Oklahoma City Thunder – So Bad Kevin Durant Gets Ejected
Sometimes great numbers don’t mean a thing. Both Russell Westbrook and Kevin Durant had great nights for the Oklahoma City Thunder. What you don’t play defense, it doesn’t really matter.
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Brooklyn Nets – Head Coaches to Replace Avery Johnson
The question whether Deron Williams with his disappointing play or with his venomous interviews is responsible for Avery Johnson getting fired before the end of December isn’t relevant. The man who comes to replace Johnson as the head coach of the Brooklyn Nets is the important thing in this whole drama.
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Referee Courtney Kirkland Tries to Block a Kris Humphries Free Throw
We’ve seen some weird things between players and NBA referees before, but someone trying to block a free throw? That’s new. Courtney Kirkland, who has been among the league’s officials since 2000, did everything he could to stop Kris Humphries from taking a free throw, just so a substitution would be made.
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New York Knicks – Carmelo Anthony Thriving in City Rivalry
Playoff games in the month of December. That is what a really good NBA rivalry is about, and now that the Nets are a competitive team again, playing in Brooklyn nonetheless, every game between them and the New York Knicks is a chance for some animosity, some great basketball and for Carmelo Anthony to show what kind of a season he’s having.
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Brooklyn Nets – Tougher, Better Than the Boston Celtics
So the Brooklyn Nets lost two players in the brawl that began with a hard foul by Kris Humphries on Kevin Garnett. Rajon Rondo lost his head and got ejected, which destroyed any chance the proud but simply not-so-good Boston Celtics had of beating a better team.
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Brooklyn Nets – Deron Williams Shines Through Injury
Some nights on a long NBA season mean more than others. The Brooklyn Nets shouldn’t be only about owning the city; this is about turning the franchise into a perennial playoff contender and even more, like it was a decade ago. Deron Williams, injured or not, is the center of all that hope and ambition.
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Blake Griffin Humiliating Deron Williams
Thanks to the Brooklyn Nets beating the Los Angeles Clippers 86-76, Deron Williams could look back at being blocked by Blake Griffin in quite a humiliating fashion and take it with a smile. In the NBA, a league filled with big egos, sometimes you’ll find a player who still prefers to remember the win and not what he did himself.
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Brooklyn Nets – Deron Williams Finally Proud of his Team
The Deron Williams – A.J. Price shoving match wasn’t the proudest moment in the Brooklyn Nets beating the Washington Wizards and getting their first (preseason) home win in their new arena, but at least is gave an indication of what their all-star point guard feels about the team.
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NBA Season Preview: All-Atlantic Division Team
Quickly surveying the Atlantic division, we can see it’s deep in the point guard position (Rajon Rondo, Deron Williams, Kyle Lowry, Jose Calderon) and with pretty good big men (Kevin Garnett, Amare Stoudemire, Tyson Chandler, Brook Lopez, Andrew Bynum).