Newness of it all

Thank goodness the season is about to begin!

Seems like it took forever to get here, ever since the pain of losing to the Heat in last year's playoffs.

But now, the Nets have retooled, with rookies Marcus Williams, Josh Boone, Hassan Adams and Mile Ilic, found a confident second year pro in Antoine Wright, unearthed a potential gem in Bostjan Nachbar, and signed Eddie House to go along with Cliff Robinson on the bench.

The Big Three are primed to be the Big Four.

And Kidd may yet see his minutes reduced, like should have happened about four years ago.

Everything is shiny new, from the large roster turnover and players we'll need to get used to seeing, to the fact that Lawrence Frank swears he's going to play his bench.

Can't wait to see how it plays out.

Short leash for a title, when your captain is going to be 34...