Post#11 » by Trader_Joe » Fri Mar 22, 2013 3:12 pm
From that thread.....
Kupchak9
Cousins takes one less shot and Brook makes 1 more shot. Big Deal. Cousins is a bigger impact in the game.
MozTheMan
They are an 8/9 seed. Top teams will be Heat, knicks, Celts and Pacers
i am just thinking of the rebounding issues they will have with Lopez. They need him back or they are in trouble (we are #3 in rebound differential right now)
An Unbiased Fan
ad Max-contract Lopez adds zero wins, and JJ adds maybe 5.
You guys are lotto bound.
Brooklyn will be a marginal offensive team, with horrible defense. They''re a 30-37 win team at best
You can fool yourself into thinking the Nets are better than they are, but the reality is that they won't make the playoffs. I'm not comparing Brooklyn to last year's team, I'm looking at your crap roster as of today.
as of now, but it's a bit early to say. The Net's horrific defense will drop them towards the bottom of the EC though. The reality is that Deron is not the type of player who can lead aroster to the playoffs by himself(Kobe, Lebron, Wade). And I don't think the additions make up enough ground in the areas they needed to fill.
GetItDone
Honestly, I have the Nets at 6th, but I can definitely see them missing the playoffs or just getting the 8th seed. Deron simply isn't the guy good enough to carry a team and adding simply a declining Joe Johnson and even getting a Brook Lopez back, is simply not enough. There front court D still sucks. Philly improved, Washington did, Milwaukee with Ellis the whole year, I think it's definitely possible they miss the playoffs.
burgundy
i think the Nets will barely make the playoffs, because i think the way to beat the Nets is to out rebound them, so bad teams like the Pistons or Wizards could easily beat the Nets with the rebounding of Monroe and Nene (even a Rose-less Bulls team).
Heat
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Raptors, Nets, Pistons..... i think the Rap and Pistons could be better than the Nets depending on how Valanciunas and Lowry turn out and if Monroe can improve more.
doozyj
They are actually going to be good compared to before, probably a solid .500 team, good enough for the 8 seed, 1st round exit, but still great for the fans and the franchise.
SoCAL24
I think the Nets will be a bottom 5 defense in the league, but as long as they can be a top 5 offense they will easily make the playoffs. I think their frontcourt AND backcourt will get murdered on defense, but they should put up plenty of points.
andyo
I think they can sport a contender if they manage to move Lopez and prospects/picks for a better peice down the road. I simply don't think Lopez is that good, his defense and rebounding leaves much to be desired. Possibly going to irritate a lot of Net fans but I feel Lopez is extremely overrated and that contract he just signed will be terrible in a few years (if not immediately).
eLo
nets are bigets joke this off season, King is terrible gm, first was wallec who is now totally at the end of his career, then picking up the worst contract in the whole nba, now max for center who cant even rebound, absolute comedy
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