The Nets hired Kenny Atkinson as their new head coach.

I'll never forget the "Fu*k Atkinson" chants at the midnight madness game. Dude air-balled a technical free throw.

And I do realize that most of you might not have been born when that happened.

I was there. Still hate that guy (irrationally, I realize).

Didn't know who he was. Wikipedia told me he was a tick. Ruck Fichmond. I do not like him.

(04-18-2016 06:16 AM)Sir Duke Wrote:  I was there. Still hate that guy (irrationally, I realize).

Nothing irrational about hating Richmond & anything affiliated. You just have great instincts. Trust them.

you beat me to this.

I was at Midnight madness. that game may have been the peak of JMU hoops. ESPN, Midnight game, sold out and we blew their doors off.

yes, I hated Atkinson. He was that player that everyone despised, unless he was on your team. He was gritty, competitive and a hot head. He was the Bobby Hurley of the CAA.

those Richmond v. JMU games were probably some of the best games in JMU history.

Always seemed like Atkinson was looking down at the floor while bringing the ball up court, like he was worried he'd dribble the ball off his feet or something. He was a very tough competitor though.

Well, considering the cupboard is totally barren for the Nets AND they have to give their next two first rounders to Boston, I imagine he won't win much...so at least we can be exited to see him get fired mid 2018.

And Atkinson's teammate at UR, Curtis Blair - another very good player in his day - is an NBA ref. Maybe we'll get to see Blair tee up Atkinson during a game...some good old tick-on-tick crime.

So I will add this as number 3 reason to hate Brooklyn behind:
1) Hipster transplants from out of state that subsidize their rent with Mommy and Daddy's help but somehow think they are tough. They cause working class native New Yorkers to be displaced when the rent escalates.
2) Traffic on the Belt Parkway and the BQE.

Do you have more reasons? Because that's all I can really think of. The rest of Brooklyn is actually pretty fun.

I was also there for the midnight game, that beautiful 77-43 wonderousness....and yes, I now officially hate the Brooklyn Nets. Not that I ever pay attention to the NBA, but screw 'em

There was an article on ESPN about how the NJ Nets were almost the NJ Swamp Dragons. This has nothing to do with the new court, but it's all I know about the Nets.

EX Brooklyn Nets coach Jason Kidd also got Lou fired at Cal. Never liked Kidd since ....

http://nocoastbias.com/jason-kidd-tumultuous-history/

http://community.seattletimes.nwsource.c...ug=1684798

(04-18-2016 05:51 PM)AssyrianDuke Wrote:  There was an article on ESPN about how the NJ Nets were almost the NJ Swamp Dragons. This has nothing to do with the new court, but it's all I know about the Nets.

I like names that have some connection to the area (it is swampy, but "Swamp Dragons?!").

If we ever get a team in VB (after we build the arena) I want us to be the Surf. Can you hear the chant? "Let's go Surf! Let's go Surf!"

Had to bump this thread after doing my once-every-other-month check of the NBA standings...

Brooklyn is currently 9-46, by far the worst team in the NBA. 7.5 games behind the next worst team. It's beautiful, man

(02-15-2017 08:29 PM)s2dsayer Wrote:  Had to bump this thread after doing my once-every-other-month check of the NBA standings...

Brooklyn is currently 9-46, by far the worst team in the NBA. 7.5 games behind the next worst team. It's beautiful, man

Even better - the Celtics own their 1st Round pick. So the Nets are likely to finish in dead last and get absolutely nothing out of it! Bwahahaha!

(02-16-2017 12:41 AM)NH/JMU Saxkow Wrote:  

(02-15-2017 08:29 PM)s2dsayer Wrote:  Had to bump this thread after doing my once-every-other-month check of the NBA standings...

Brooklyn is currently 9-46, by far the worst team in the NBA. 7.5 games behind the next worst team. It's beautiful, man

Even better - the Celtics own their 1st Round pick. So the Nets are likely to finish in dead last and get absolutely nothing out of it! Bwahahaha!

Even more betterer than that... they own Brooklyn's next two! Boston has the option to switch this year (which obv they will since they can potentially have the top pick) AND they own Brooklyn's 2018 first rounder too. That may be the worst trade in NBA history, and not just in a "look back on what could have been/hindsight is 20-20" kind of way.

Don't forget the gem from the aftermath of the trade:

“Today, the basketball gods smiled on the Nets," said Nets Principal Owner Mikhail Prokhorov. "With the arrival of Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce, we have achieved a great balance on our roster between veteran stars and young talents. This team will be dazzling to watch, and tough to compete against."

Clearly he meant tough to compete against because they would be so bad that teams would have to stop playing to actually compete with them, which is tough to do.

So, the Nets finished with the worst record in the NBA, and Boston indeed got their #1 overall pick. Baaaaaahahahahaha

(05-16-2017 08:41 PM)s2dsayer Wrote:  

So, the Nets finished with the worst record in the NBA, and Boston indeed got their #1 overall pick. Baaaaaahahahahaha