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| + | == NBA Sunday- Nets Haven’t Spent Enough- == | ||
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| + | <html>HOOPSWORLD catches up with Cleveland Cavaliers point guard Jarrett Jack at the NBA Summer League in Las Vegas. | ||
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| + | Brooklyn Nets Haven t Spent Enough Yet? | ||
| + | Before the start of a new NBA season, every team would like their fan base to believe that they are about to witness something historic. In the case of the Brooklyn Nets, this year is absolutely guaranteed to be historic. If nothing else,[http://www.planet-archeage.de/aa-kompendium/index.php?title=Benutzer:Rubyanne#Watch_Now-_Mike_Tyson_Boxing_Promoter Watch Now- Mike Tyson Boxing Promoter], the Nets will field the most expensive team in NBA history, and it won t even be remotely close. As things stand today, the Nets will look forward to a luxury tax bill in the neighborhood of $80 million, and that s on top of the $102.2 million they will pay out to their players. | ||
| + | That s an awful lot of money to spend on a team that might only be the fourth-best team in the Eastern Conference. | ||
| + | The top dog in the East is, of course, the defending champion Miami HEAT, followed closely by the conference finalist Indiana Pacers. With Danny Granger healthy and back in the lineup, Indiana will be even better,[http://www.nikenflonlinestore.com/nfl-jerseys-c-598 Cheap nfl jerseys USA], perhaps even ready to challenge Miami for a spot in the Finals. They are certainly better than the Nets. Right behind Indiana is expected to be the Chicago Bulls since they will have Derrick Rose healthy and are ready to make up for lost time. Rose was the league MVP before injuries set him back for two seasons and if he returns to form or is even better, the Bulls will absolutely be better than the Nets. There s even a possibility that the cross-town New York Knicks could make it hard for the Nets to grab home court advantage in the first round of the playoffs. | ||
| + | What? You re crazy, Bill. The Nets are easily a top-four team in the East with all those great players added to the roster. | ||
| + | Yes, I can already hear you scrolling down to type some version of the above message in the comments section. It s OK. Go ahead and post that comment and then come back for my explanation. The rest of us will wait. | ||
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| + | Last season the Nets, with Joe Johnson, Deron Williams and Brook Lopez as the anchors, finished with 49 wins and were in a virtual tie with the third-seeded Pacers, who played one less game thanks to a cancellation due to the Boston Marathon bombing. It s reasonable to expect them to win at least the same number of games with Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Jason Terry and Andrei Kirilenko now in the mix, isn t it? Certainly. The issue isn t whether or not the Nets will be better, it s whether or not they will improve as much as their peers at the top of the East will. Older, slower vets won t help Brooklyn compete with the ever-improving Pacers and Bulls, and the HEAT should once again be in a class by themselves. | ||
| + | Most of all, however, we have to consider the clutch factor, or the number of games Brooklyn is likely to win when the final outcome is decided by the slimmest of margins. | ||
| + | Joe Johnson would seem to be Brooklyn s closer if we consider his $21.5 million price tag. Anyone making that kind of money certainly should be a closer,[http://www.cnyanhui.com/plus/view.php?aid=207792 Manny Pacquiao’s Ankle Injury is Music to Brandon], but historically Johnson has never reliably filled that role. Under his guidance the Atlanta Hawks were never better than a second-round team, and even with his impressive supporting cast in Brooklyn he was victim of a first-round exit at the hands of a battered and bruised Bulls team last postseason. Last season, in games decided in the final five minutes, Johnson wasn t even in the top 25 clutch players in the NBA. He ranked 31st,[http://www.nikenflonlinestore.com/ New Nike NFL Jerseys Cheap], behind players like Lance Stephenson, Patrick Beverley and Marco Belinelli. If the Nets are going to improve, it won t be on the back of Johnson. | ||
| + | Deron Williams might be expected to be next in line, as he is widely regarded as one of the top point guards in the NBA. Some would even argue that he is the best, though that argument doesn t hold up well after last year s colossal collapse. Despite being one of the most sought-after free agents in last summer s class, Williams, too, struggled to deliver when his team needed him most. He ranked 56th overall in clutch delivery, right behind Chris Andersen and Cory Joseph. | ||
| + | Brook Lopez was actually Brooklyn s top clutch performer last season, but despite his 12th-best ranking the Nets still lost 67 percent of their games that were decided in the final five minutes. | ||
| + | So who steps up to help the Nets ascend to the heights of the Eastern Conference? Paul Pierce is the knee-jerk response, but that s based on his exploits during the Boston Celtics NBA Finals runs. Pierce has not been that player over the last two seasons, and ranked 44th last season, two places behind Kevin Garnett. Garnett is hardly that player, and the word out of Brooklyn is that he won t play nearly as big a role for the Nets as the team looks to save him for the playoffs. | ||
| + | Three minutes left, Nets down five who wins the game for them? | ||
| + | Contenders have an answer to that question, and four other Eastern Conference teams have at least one sure-fire answer. For Miami it s LeBron James and Dwyane Wade; for Indiana it s Paul George and Danny Granger; for Chicago it s Derrick Rose and a nice combination of Luol Deng and Joakim Noah. The Knicks even have a better answer, with Carmelo Anthony ranking as the seventh-best clutch player in the NBA. | ||
| + | That s $102.2 million in payroll, some $80 million in tax and still no one to reliably deliver when the Nets need a basket in crunch time? | ||
| + | It seems they haven t spent enough money just yet.</html> | ||
