GT: Sacramento Kings (10-20) vs BKLYN Nets (11-18) - Weds, Dec 20, 7:30 PM EST

Paradise · Post #1 » by **Paradise** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 5:20 pm

VC Returns for the final time?

Carter, in his 20th season and his first with the Kings, played for the Nets from December 2004 through the 2008-09 season, and made the playoffs three times. His years as a Net produced some of the best numbers of his career: 23.6 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 44.7 percent shooting. He has played for six other teams.

“It’s shocking how long he’s played in this league. I watched him do a clinic one time in Florida. I was just blown away by his basketball IQ,” Nets coach Kenny Atkinson said Tuesday after practice at the team’s Brooklyn facility. “It was so impressive that I had to go after him and ask him more questions. … I learned a ton. He doesn’t remember it. I was just a young guy coming up and he was gracious.”

When Carter suited up for his first NBA game — Feb. 5, 1999 during a lockout season — current Nets rookie Jarrett Allen was just over nine months old, having been born April 21, 1998.

“Vince Carter, he’s like the granddad of the NBA,” Allen said. “He’s been through a lot of generations and he’s so knowledgeable, so athletic. You can go to him if you need advice. He’s seen everything.”

Just don’t call him gramps on Wednesday.

TheNetsFan · Post #2 » by **TheNetsFan** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 6:22 pm

This is a must win, because after this, the rest of 2017 is brutal.

MrDollarBills · Post #3 » by **MrDollarBills** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 6:24 pm

We need to win this game and stop the slide.

ZemGOAT · Post #4 » by **ZemGOAT** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 6:43 pm

Can someone confirm if Okafor is playing tonight

TheNetsFan · Post #5 » by **TheNetsFan** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 6:44 pm

We're not stopping the slide, but breaking it up with a win will look better than potentially 10 straight losses to close out the year.

Fri, Dec 22 vs Washington
Sat, Dec 23 @ Indiana
Tue, Dec 26 @ San Antonio
Wed, Dec 27 @ New Orleans
Fri, Dec 29 @ Miami
Sun, Dec 31 @ Boston

2 sets of back to backs, 5 straight road games, and a lot of good opposing bigs.

The schedule remains somewhat rough in January, but lightens up considerably after the trade deadline.

Paradise · Post #6 » by **Paradise** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 6:54 pm

TheNetsFan wrote:We're not stopping the slide, but breaking it up with a win will look better than potentially 10 straight losses to close out the year.

Fri, Dec 22 vs Washington
Sat, Dec 23 @ Indiana
Tue, Dec 26 @ San Antonio
Wed, Dec 27 @ New Orleans
Fri, Dec 29 @ Miami
Sun, Dec 31 @ Boston

2 sets of back to backs, 5 straight road games, and a lot of good opposing bigs.

The schedule remains somewhat rough in January, but lightens up considerably after the trade deadline.

We can take this one and Friday I think.

Post #7 » by **CalamityX12** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 7:03 pm

why do we want to win?

Ror1997 · Post #8 » by **Ror1997** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 7:13 pm

CalamityX12 wrote:why do we want to win?

Winning is good, mkay. Losing..well uh losing is bad, mkay. You should try to win. Mkay.

Ror1997 · Post #9 » by **Ror1997** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 7:15 pm

Paradise wrote:
TheNetsFan wrote:We're not stopping the slide, but breaking it up with a win will look better than potentially 10 straight losses to close out the year.

Fri, Dec 22 vs Washington
Sat, Dec 23 @ Indiana
Tue, Dec 26 @ San Antonio
Wed, Dec 27 @ New Orleans
Fri, Dec 29 @ Miami
Sun, Dec 31 @ Boston

2 sets of back to backs, 5 straight road games, and a lot of good opposing bigs.

The schedule remains somewhat rough in January, but lightens up considerably after the trade deadline.

We can take this one and Friday I think.

Got a feeling we can steal one in Indy.

Anyway, why must we always play the Spurs during the Holiday week. Every **** year we go to SA and get a nice 30pt blowout for Christmas.

313 Professor · Post #10 » by **313 Professor** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 7:15 pm

TheNetsFan wrote:This is a must win, because after this, the rest of 2017 is brutal.

Yeah I say must win just for the collective spirit of the team. Especially heading into this tough stretch. Knicks w/o Porzingis was enough.

Don't want to see the guys go through another L tonight. Walking off the floor all sad.

treiz · Post #11 » by **treiz** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 7:29 pm

Damn, those VC clips man....

Am I the only one who wants 15 retired?

MrDollarBills · Post #12 » by **MrDollarBills** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 7:31 pm

TheNetsFan wrote:We're not stopping the slide, but breaking it up with a win will look better than potentially 10 straight losses to close out the year.

Fri, Dec 22 vs Washington
Sat, Dec 23 @ Indiana
Tue, Dec 26 @ San Antonio
Wed, Dec 27 @ New Orleans
Fri, Dec 29 @ Miami
Sun, Dec 31 @ Boston

2 sets of back to backs, 5 straight road games, and a lot of good opposing bigs.

The schedule remains somewhat rough in January, but lightens up considerably after the trade deadline.

jesus....

well, lets hope for the best. If we can somehow steal 2 wins out of that stretch we'll be lucky.

MrDollarBills · Post #13 » by **MrDollarBills** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 7:33 pm

treiz wrote:Damn, those VC clips man....

Am I the only one who wants 15 retired?

I've been calling for this for the last few years. His number should be retired. He's a big reason why the Nets still have fans under the age of 30.

Ask Kyrie Irving who his favorite basketball team was as a kid.

MGrand15 · Post #14 » by **MGrand15** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 7:37 pm

Washington is gonna kill us Friday as revenge for what we did to them last game. Let's hope the team clicks soon. Those back to backs should be fun.

treiz · Post #15 » by **treiz** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 7:44 pm

MrDollarBills wrote:
treiz wrote:Damn, those VC clips man....

Am I the only one who wants 15 retired?

I've been calling for this for the last few years. His number should be retired. He's a big reason why the Nets still have fans under the age of 30.

Ask Kyrie Irving who his favorite basketball team was as a kid.

100% agree, I'm guessing some of the new guys in here are fans because of his time here. It helps that he's probably the best 2 guard in the franchises history.

kamaze · Post #16 » by **kamaze** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 7:59 pm

MrDollarBills wrote:
treiz wrote:Damn, those VC clips man....

Am I the only one who wants 15 retired?

I've been calling for this for the last few years. His number should be retired. He's a big reason why the Nets still have fans under the age of 30.

Ask Kyrie Irving who his favorite basketball team was as a kid.

Prokhorov doesn't care about anything that happened in Jersey he would erase the memories if he could.

treiz · Post #17 » by **treiz** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 8:08 pm

kamaze wrote:
Prokhorov doesn't care about anything that happened in Jersey he would erase the memories if he could.

Kidd's jersey got retired so I don't think it's completely out of the realm of possibility. If he wants to erase memories he should erase the King era.

kamaze · Post #18 » by **kamaze** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 8:10 pm

If he retires VC number he has to retire Brook's as well he's the highest scorer in franchise history.

treiz · Post #19 » by **treiz** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 8:42 pm

^Not fully against it considering Lopez' loyalty, professionalism and longevity. But VC was a much better and more impactful player than Lopez could ever dream of, don't think you can compare the two, VC deserves it way more than Lopez.

Ror1997 · Post #20 » by **Ror1997** » Wed Dec 20, 2017 9:13 pm

treiz wrote:Damn, those VC clips man....

Am I the only one who wants 15 retired?

Nobody wore it until Donald **** Sloan wore it. It should be retired to prevent such a disgrace from ever happening again (tho I'm cool with IW wearing it)