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Our three losses against the Cavs have been by 8, 10, and 11 points. The Knicks got destroyed by Cleveland last night. Hint hint.

I believe he's saying the players are more concerned with getting their wallets filled than playing for a winning team. Battie and Simmons could have agreed to a buyout agreement and started negotiating with Boston, who had interest in both of them.

Bobby Simmons and Tony Battie are still on the roster.

I'm pretty excited about having Chan Ho Park added to the roster. If you look at Boston last offseason, they weren't able to sign Tex, but they followed up with a number of smaller salary signings, particularly with their 'pen. Guys like Ramon Ramirez and Takashi Saito kept them rolling for a period of time. That's basically what the Yankees have done this offseason, with Thames, Winn, Park, and Mike Rivera. The signing most likely means that the fifth starter spot is going to either Chamberlain or Hughes. I was leaning towards having Gaudin in there, but you never know if a player will have one of those seasons to forget and you need to turn to someone else, so it's good that we have a lot of talented arms. There's so much to anticipate.

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Jayson Williams Marcus Williams Sean Williams Shawne Williams Terrence Williams It's ironic how four out of those five former/current Nets got into trouble one time or another.

This game was a bit different from recent ones, because the Nets weren't just hideous in the final minutes of the fourth, but they allowed a 17-0 run by Memphis to start in the third quarter. We had 20 turnovers and ended up blowing an 18-point lead. Brook Lopez had 17 in the first quarter. He finished with 26 on 11-14 shooting, which isn't a huge surprise since the Grizzlies would obviously put pressure on him for the rest of the game. That's where the rest of the team had to step in but didn't. You smile first at Harris' 17 points and 13 assists, but then you realize that he almost had a triple-double with his 8 turnovers. This was a greater version of our usual collapses.

Our defense was terribly confused on defense throughout, which is why everyone in Toronto's starting 5 scored in double figures. The Raptors had no problems cutting to the basket or creating open looks. They shot 60%.

Jazz outscored Golden State 31-10 in the second quarter. Utah's defense was effective after the first 12 minutes. Great games for both Boozer and Kirilenko.

10 points on 5-13 shooting along with 9 rebounds for Warrick in his Bulls debut. Chicago had 16 offensive boards to Minnesota's 7.

Yi knows he's a totally different player when he bothers driving to the basket. He doesn't even attempt to do that now, he just takes ridiculous shots and expects them to be close. Rare ugly shooting performance by Hayes. Great performance by our backcourt. Harris and Lee combined for 36 points on 13-22 shooting. Harris had just one turnover along with 11 assists. Lopez's post-up moves are the most entertaining part of every Nets game this season.

Humphries' decision wasn't terrible, it's somewhat understandable that those two blocks came out of nowhere. He should have still gone for the dunk, though. Harris' missed floater was just ugly. I find that he finally has the same quickness back from last year, but now he's not the same at finishing. Lee missed two wide open 3's in the corner that would have extended on a six-point lead. But it's nothing knew for us to go on a FG drought in a 5-minute period. Big disappointment.

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Reid, in case you haven't found anything under $45, Newegg has a bunch of games at low prices today, and I think they only have BFBC2 for $45 today.

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I guess someone's going to try and set a new record every February. Devin Harris set one last All-Star break.

I hope Terrence Williams will be in next year's contest. Here's an idea. Just to give the contest a boost next year, maybe the NBA can have a theme of players repeating dunks from past dunk contests, wearing the jerseys of the players whose dunks they use. It's more than likely an upgrade from this year's competition.

Early on, Brook was strong off the glass and on defense. He wasn't as impressive later. I was disappointed that he got very few touches throughout, though. He and Harris didn't get the ball much last All-Star Weekend either.

I guess the judges had no choice but to give DeRozan a 50 on his second dunk. I was originally hoping for Nate to lose, but looking back, I would've just been in favor of simply an entertaining dunk contest. We didn't even get that. Next year, I really don't care who wins. I don't care who competes, even if it means Nate AGAIN, which it probably will be. I just want the contest to be more enjoyable than the other competitions, just like it used to be.