ESPN's Chad Ford liked two of the Nets picks - especially Douglas-Roberts - questioned the other Yahoosports Dan Wetzel wasn't as thrilled. Sporting News Mike DeCourcey was down on Douglas-Roberts... (Nets Blast)
Okay, here's your scorer. The Nets grabbed Chris Douglas-Roberts with the 40th pick overall. Douglas-Roberts, a 6-7, 200-pound swingman, was a first team All-America at Memphis last season.... (Nets Blast)
Jason Kidd is gone. So is Richard Jefferson. Here's what the the 2008-09 Nets look like (so far) PG: Devin Harris (backup: Marcus Williams) SG: Vince Carter (backups: Chris Douglas-Roberts, Maurice Ager) C: Brook Lopez (backups: Josh Boone, Sean Williams)... (Nets Blast)
GREENBURGH, NY. -- First Donnie Walsh hired a coach who played professionally in Italy and speaks the language fluently, and then with his first draft pick he looked over to Italy and selected 6-8 forward Danilo Gallinari. Walsh said... (Nets Blast)
Richard Jefferson's arrival in New Jersey marked a watershed moment in the history of the Nets franchise. Seven years later, his departure is likely to prompt another. The Nets shipped out the one remaining cog from their glory years... (Nets Blast)
He is a twin from Stanford, but that will be the only thing he has in common with other Nets centers of recent vintage. And his name sounds like Brooklyn, but that's just a coincidence, even though he's likely... (Nets Blast)
When the Sacramento Kings went on the clock with the 12th overall pick in last night's NBA Draft, Rider University men's basketball coach Tommy Dempsey whispered to his table that this was legitimately the first place his star player... (Nets Blast)
The Nets took Ryan Anderson of California with the 21st overall pick in the NBA draft. Anderson, a 6-11 forward, led the Pac-10 in scoring at 21.1 points per game. He added 9.9 rebounds. But don't think he's just a... (Nets Blast)
He is a twin from Stanford, but that will be the only thing he has in common with other Nets centers of recent vintage. And his name sounds like Brooklyn, but that's just a coincidence, even though he's likely... (Nets Blast)
GREENBURGH, NY. -- First Donnie Walsh hired a coach who played professionally in Italy and speaks the language fluently, and then with his first draft pick he looked over to Italy and selected 6-foot-8 forward Danilo Gallinari. Walsh said... (Nets Blast)
David Waldstein's first-round analysis:... (Nets Blast)
Rider forward Jason Thompson was selected by the Sacramento Kings with the 12th overall pick. Thompson, a 6-11 forward/center, is the first player from Rider to be drafted. He is a native of Mount Laurel and played at Lenape... (Nets Blast)
The Nets got bigger. Better? We'll have to see, but they definitely got better - selecting 7-0 Stanford center Brook Lopez hours after trading Richard Jefferson for 6-11 power forward Yi Jianlian. The Jefferson for Jianlian deal was all about... (Nets Blast)
The Knicks did what was expected: Drafted Danilo Galinari, a 19-year-old small forward who played last year in Italy. The pick was booed by most Knicks fans at the draft, held at the theatre in Madison Square Garden. Of course,... (Nets Blast)
We've been trying to piece together the Danilo Gallinari conundrum today, after we saw those conflicting reports -- from Chad and number of others - about whether the Italian kid has a guarantee. Here's one (very) prominent agent's take... (Nets Blast)
They've nailed down the next two workout groups. Shakes out like this: Sunday, June 15th Omri Casspi SF 6-8 220 Israel Gavin Grant SF 6-8 208 North Carolina State Sasha Kaun PF 6-11 246 Kansas Darian Townes PF 6-10... (Nets Blast)
Reuters"We have a real good feeling about New York and New Jersey, that's all we have now." That's basically Danilo Gallinari's game plan, it would seem. The Italian kid worked out for the Nets today - just shooting, no one-on-one,... (Nets Blast)
Lots of cancellations today, but don't read anything into it -- we sincerely doubt Jason Thompson got a promise from a top-nine team and decided to stay home. Actually, the Nets say there were flight delays all over the place,... (Nets Blast)