Joe Netsfan.com - 2001/2002 Specials



				June 24, 2002 Is It Getting Drafty In Here? Part II In Part II, Joe analyzes the Nets' draft position, their potential moves, and admits he just has no idea what Rod Thorn and crew will do. Plus! Joe can't fathom who the pick for the Nets is at number 24, but he can update his Top Ten Picks...Read on... June 17, 2002 Is It Getting Drafty In Here? Part I New! In the first of two parts, Joe takes a look at the top players in the upcoming NBA draft, and attempts to craft a mock draft for the Top Ten teams...Read on... June 14, 2002 A Requiem for the Nets He's back! During a languid evening at Mohegan Sun, Terry Gratuity learns what Sheryl Crow already knows: it's not having what you want, it's wanting what you've got...Read on... June 10, 2002 Memo From The Front Lines Thanks to joenetsfan.com reader/contributor Vincent Vincenzo, who graciously invited Joe to attend, Joe is able to give you a first-person account of all the action in the arena during Game 3 of the NBA Finals. Joe walks "the sucker's walk," narrowly avoids getting annihilated by the giant Styrofoam free-throw brick, and gets a "thumbs up" from a stealthy celebrity...Read on... June 5, 2002 A Message from Terry Gratuity Friend-of-the-site Terry Gratuity with some Latin words of wisdom for the New Jersey Nets...Read on... June 5, 2002 Joe and Champagne's Listomania Joe numbers the reasons why the Nets will win the finals ("Ten Reasons Why the Nets Will Win the 2002 NBA Finals"), Champagne counts the ways he loves this New Jersey team ("Ten Things I Love About the 2001 - 2002 Nets"). May 15, 2002 Joss' Journey Joe Netsfan reader Joss Williams tests his relationship with his girlfriend Anahita by travelling to Charlotte for the Nets' Conference Semi-Final Game Four against the Hornets. Thrills are in store for the neophyte Nets fan Joss, including a meeting with Joe Netsfan himself, his girlfriend's brilliant defense of Keith Van Horn's season (which is perhaps the best we've ever published) and a small but vociferous contingent of Nets fans he encounters in The Hive. Here is his account... April 18, 2002 The Eagle Has Landed Joe has a new email pal, the Nets television play-by-play man Ian "Bird" Eagle. Mr. Eagle kindly submitted to some questions from Joe, and we've got his answers. Learn which of his called games was his favorite, what he likes to do in his off-hours, how far he thinks the Nets will advance in the playoffs, his Finals prediction, and what candy bar he would never, under any circumstances, ingest...Read on... Stat Attack - April 3, 2002 The Easiest Remaining Schedules Which Eastern Conference teams in playoff contention have the easiest remaining schedules? To somehow quantify this abstraction, we subtracted the winning percentage of each team from the average winning percentage of their remaining opponents...Read on... Third Quarter Report - March 14, 2002 Downhill Racers Having raced to the Eastern lead after a brilliant first half run, the Nets experience the agonies of some major defeats. Joe judges the heats and skiers of a disappointing 11 - 10 third quarter that ended with a slide...Read on... All-Punk Weekend - February 9 - 10, 2002 Joe Netsfan's Second Annual All-Punk Weekend Joe Netsfan's alternative to the NBA's annual spiffy sock-hop, All-Star weekend, returns. Ladies and gentlemen, we give you the All-Punk weekend, two days and four separate rosters of fun, fun, fun. • We kick off the festivities with our All-World game, pitting the best international talent of the East vs. the best international talent of the West. • All-Youth vs. Experience. Baby-faced killers vs. creaky, cage vets. • All-Strange 'dos (weird Eastern coifs vs. their weird Western counterparts). • All-Punk game, revamped for '01-'02. Enjoy! First Half Report - January 30, 2002 Enemy at the Gate They say war is hell, and it usually is. But the Nets' New Model army of Kidd, Jefferson, MacCulloch, Collins, and the returning Kittles, healthy Van Horn and aggressive Martin, has made this season's trip through hell a toboggan ride...Read on... First Quarter Report - December 20, 2001 Fresh From Your Grocer's Freezer Right out of the box, this season has been a bargain. Joe scans in the first quarter of the best beginning to a Nets season in ages. Who's the biggest deal? How long until the freshness date expires? Read on... December 17, 2001 NetsNut Dishes & Scores Joe Netsfan's insane, ultimate Netsfan gives us his unedited take on the first quarter of the season, plus some dirt on the Nets management. Somewhere there's a shortage of ellipses in the world. Warning - no one gets out alive! Take it away, NetsNut...Read on... A Fan's View - December 7 & 8, 2001 Post-Production Work? The Nets' post-play dissatisfies new contributor Chris Oshiro. He'd love to jazz up the Nets at the four spot with a major, major trade. Plus! David Pavia responds...Read on... In-Depth Analysis- October 28, 2001 New Sensations, or Same Ol' Story? The Nets begin another season - will it be pain inducing or pain free? Joe and Champagne's in-depth analysis...Read on... First Looks - October 27, 2001 Scott's Last Stand? Joe takes a look at the pressure on Byron Scott as he rebuilds the team in his second season as coach...Read on... Preseason Game Review - October 26, 2001 Sweet Treats Is there anything sweeter, friends, than a Net victory over the Knicks?...Read on... Preseason Game Review - October 21, 2001 First Looks Joe takes his first look at the 2001 - 2002 Nets, and Michael Jordan, in the Nets-Wizards preseason game...Read on... 2001 - 2002 NBA Preview - October 16 - 19, 2001 Division Previews and Projected Conference Standings Joe and Champagne's division by division preview of the new season. Atlantic Division Central Division Midwest Division Pacific Division Projected Conference Standings October 15, 2001 Memphis Blues Joe travels to Memphis for Consolidated Home Decorating, and what he encounters there depresses him, and yet makes him think of home...Read on... September 19, 2001 Lost in America Everyone's been telling stories about where they were and what they were doing and how they were affected by the terrorist attacks on America on September 11, 2001. Here's Joe's story of his return to New Jersey across 1500 miles of America in a rented minivan... Jim's On the Scene - August 26, 2001 Summer League Insights In the middle of July, Jim "NetsLova" Poorten attended the Shaws Pro Summer League at U-Mass Boston. Jim tells us how the new guys fared, and brings some encouraging words about Kittles...Read on... Jim's Questionaire - August 11, 2001 Flash Poorten Jim's is our newest die-hard Netsfan friend. He runs a site called The New Jersey Nets Photo Zone that documents his encounters with real, live Nets. Jim graciously answered ten questions from Joe about his experiences...Read on... Archive \| Backlash \| Bio \| Calendar \| Champagne's Blog \| Diatribe \| Game x Game \| History \| Home \| Joe Netsfan's Blog \| Media \| Opponents \| Players \| Playoffs \| Search \| Specials © 2001, 2002 Shawn Belschwender and Michael Kozlowski