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“Our performance team is giving them a bunch of [instructions]. Zach Weatherford has experience with the Olympic team and Dan Meehan has experience at altitude,” said Atkinson, referring to the team’s director of player performance and head of strength and conditioning. “I can’t tell you our secrets because I don’t want the enemy to know, but I do think we have things in place that will help our guys.”
Rondae Hollis-Jefferson wasn’t so bound by the Nets code of silence.
“They told us to hydrate a lot, and just to get our red blood count up I guess, with the steam room. Just pretty much because of different altitude, and oxygen is different and all that; and we’re not, most people are not used to. Just getting us prepared for that physically and mentally, that’s something we’re a step ahead of,” said RHJ, comparing the Nets to the Thunder and Heat.
New York City mayor Bill DeBlasio poured salt on the wounds of the Brooklyn Nets on Tuesday. At a town hall meeting in Queens, DeBlasio took the time to point out how rough it is being a Nets fan.
DeBlasio said to the man: “I’m from Brooklyn too, but this Brooklyn Nets idea has not been working out as it was planned, so I admire you for sticking with them.”
