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				Your View #14 - April 24, 2004 Down Low At The Garden New! Don't worry, Netsfans, it's almost over. Our friend NJAmericans67 tells us the comings and goings down low in the first three games in our latest "Your View". Oh, the places you will go...Read on... Enter The Dragon #4 - April 15, 2004 That's A Wrap New! Drifting back into our consciousness, SwampDragon2 is here to artfully wrap up this 2003 - 2004 NBA season. Ah, what a year it was, in all it's boring glory, says Dragon...Read on... Your View #13 - March 10, 2004 Matt And Matt's Excellent Adventure New! Matt King and Matt Aguilar, our West Coast Donny Marshall loving duo, gives us an up close glimpse of the Nets win over the Warriors on Friday night. Dude, where's my Donny Marshall jersey? Read on... Special - At The All Star Break Report - February 18, 2004 Test Of Strength New! What a long, strange carnival it's been, Netsfans. Since we last checked in, the team was sold to carnies and is supposed to move to Brooklyn, Byron Scott hit the dunk tank, and the team lost, then won. Joe reviews the last 30 games leading up to the All Star break, and wonders whether it's Big Top or Big Time from here on out. Read on... Your View #12 - January 29, 2004 One Final Tragedy For The NJ Nets Our next Your View, from NJNETSBOSS, is part walk down memory lane, part scathing diatribe on the move to Brooklyn. As we always say, it isn't easy to be a Netsfan...Read on... Your View #11 - January 25, 2004 NYC Should Not Get Nets Our latest Your View comes from Chris Suswal, born in NJ and current Brooklyn resident. Suswal spells out why Bruce Ratner's Rat-trap can't happen, and why there's still hope for Netsfans. Read on... Slogan Change - January 22, 2004 No Stranger to Frustration Joe Netsfan and I have conferred on the matter, and we wish to announce, with great solemnity, the reestablishment of "No Stranger to Frustration" as our site's official slogan. "In Rod We Trust" has been retired. Read on... Enter The Dragon #3 - January 8, 2004 The Numbers Don't Add Up Lost in the pile of unopened mail dating back to the middle of December (oh boy, what a Backlash that will make...) was this gem from our man SwampDragon2, about the state of the NBA. With scoring and shooting down the toilet this year, is the NBA getting 'dumbed down?" The Dragon looks at the numbers... Special - First Quarter Report - December 31, 2003 Double Down With the first quarter the Nets just had, GM Rod Thorn has to be thinking about joining Gamblers' Anonymous. Thorn placed some huge bets in the off-season to try to keep Jason Kidd in town, and the two time Eastern Conference Champs on the road to a third consecutive crown. The results were, shall we say, not much more than a push...Joe looks at the first quarter odds, and lays down some card tricks to come for the Nets. Try to remember way back to the first quarter... Your View #10 - November 30, 2003 Waiting For Nenad Our latest Your View contributor, International Correspondent (and Sports Editor for the Jerusalem Post) Frankie Sachs, reminds us that while the Nets have lost a pair of Georgetown centers, they aren't totally desperate for the future. First Round pick Nenad Krstic continues to develop, and Frankie gives us an update (and hope)... Enter The Dragon #2 - November 25, 2003 Mourning The Man Our man SwampDragon2 is back, and he's got a story to tell involving Alonzo Mourning and his conversion from a Hornets fan to a Netsfan. But always, a Mourning fan...Read on... Your View #9 - November 25, 2003 Where Do We Go From Here? The sudden retirement of Alonzo Mourning is just the latest in a long list of issues affecting the Nets so far this year. Our latest contributor to Your View, NJNETSBOSS, takes a look at those ills and has some pointed commentary to offer...Read on... 2003 - 2004 NBA Preview - November 3, 2003 Joe's Expert Panel Predicts The Future II We managed to do it again. We invited some of the well-known "experts" associated with the Nets and asked them to offer up their future cast of the NBA universe. Attending this year's party are four members of the Nets media universe, with our two new panelists, Tim Capstraw and Steve Politi, joining our two holdovers, Ian Eagle and Chris Carrino. From the "better late than never" school of website postings, it's our expert panel predictions, season number two. Read on... NBA Preview Special - October 28, 2003 Enter The Dragon Our newest columnist, SwampDragon2, begins his occasional coverage of the NBA with this opening day tip-off. He'll appear from time to time to give his thoughts on the NBA and all things that matter in David Stern's little universe. Sit back and enjoy...Read on... Eastern Conference - October 28, 2003 2003 - 2004 Atlantic Division Preview Realistically, it's New Jersey and then everyone else in the Atlantic Division now that Jason Kidd has re-signed. Can the third time be a charm for New Jersey, or are the Nets truly destined to be the Buffalo Bills of the NBA?Our look at the divisions conclude with this Atlantic Division Preview...Read on... Eastern Conference - October 27, 2003 2003 - 2004 Central Division Preview Larry Brown or Larry Bird? In the Central Division, it's likely going to be one legend or the other leading either the Pistons or the Pacers to glory. Unlike the Western Conference, where the strong eat the weak, it's almost anyone's game in the East, where aside from New Jersey and Detroit, everyone else is guilty until proven innocent....Read on... Western Conference - October 25, 2003 2003 - 2004 Pacific Division Preview In our second divisional preview, is the NBA Title going through the Lakers or Kings? Seems like all the so-called experts think so. Will it be the the four future NBA Hall of Famers of the Lakers , or the definitive version of team from the Kings? The league's toughest division gets the look over from Joe...Read on... Western Conference - October 24, 2003 2003 - 2004 Midwest Division Preview Home of the reigning NBA Champs, but this season the Spurs might not even be the second best team in the division after the upgrades pulled off by Dallas and Minnesota. Duncan, Dirk and KG all have new running mates, and Joe gathers all the info and surveys the situation in the first ofour JNF Divisional Previews. Don't miss all the action...Read on... Your View #8 - October 23, 2003 2003 - 2004 Nets Preview Matt King is back, in the first of our many previews to come over the next several weeks, and he gives his view of the 2003 - 2004 Net Roster...Read On... Your View #7 - October 19, 2003 Bridgeport Bombers JNF reader Douglas Sheff traveled to Bridgeport, Connecticut to witness the Nets' fourth win of the preseason against Toronto. In our latest Your View, Doug was kind enough to file this report for us...Read On... Suggestion Box - September 30, 2003 The Name Game Updated!! A new season brings a new crop (ok, probably only two) of players, and a new bunch of player nicknames. Last season's "Write the Nets Nicknames" contest was so successful that we're going to do it again. Think of any great nicknames over the summer break? Got any ideas for "Zo" and "Zoran"? Email them to Joe, and we'll post them on the newly created page... Suggestion Box - September, 24, 2003 Nets For Sale? Let's Buy 'Em! Brooklyn, Long Island, Newark or East Rutherford? The Nets are for sale - should Netsfans everywhere unite and buy the team? Your thoughts on the matter...Read on... Your View #6 - August 29, 2003 That's The New Jersey Nets They're called the New Jesery Nets for a reason. Hands off, says Mark Ciocco in our latest installment of Your View. He wonders why the Nets would move to New York, when NY already has a team (that sucks, by the way). Is all this sale talk the beginning of the end of Netsfans Nirvana? Read on... Your View #5 - August 27, 2003 Seeing The Future Through Rod's Spectacles Chris Oshiro is next to take the wheel of JNF's Your View (actually plucked from a misfield email sent weeks ago - sorry Chris), and he wonders if Rod Thorn has Kevin Garnett up his sleeve when it comes to Kenyon Martin's contract situation. Who would you choose? Kenyon or KG? Read on... Suggestion Box - August 26, 2003 Rod Is God? Final Tally! It was simple, yet extraordinarily effective: In Rod We Trust. A motto for a web site? No, so much more than just an ordinary motto. A credo for Netsfans to live by. We're thinking, though, that a new season deserves a new slogan. "Do you have it in you, Netsfans?" we asked. Did you ever. Inside, every single submission by one and all - so if you felt like your idea was killer, but was ignored by that ingrate Joe - well, it's all right here. Special thanks go to Champagne for his incredible 32 submissions - it's nice to know you're still alive out there. Let's consider the contest over as of tomorrow. Now, for the hard part. Take your time and read over all of the various slogans compiled inside. If any of these slogans work for you, let us know. Your View #4 - August 14, 2003 The NBA (Nothing's Been Assured) This Off-Season What's happening in this NBA off-season? Our latest Your View contributor, SwampDragon2, takes you around the league and reviews the summer moves made by NBA contenders and pretenders....Read on... Your View #3 - August 8, 2003 No More Excuses For Nets Anthony Macri Jr is our next guest columnist in Your View. His belief: with the addition of Alonzo Mourning to play alongside Jason, KMart, RJ and Kerry, the Nets will have run out of excusive after two straight second place finishes. That's on paper, of course....Read on... Your View #2 - August 7, 2003 Wells World View In our second installment of Your View, Ian Wells discusses the importance of the issues remaining with the Nets, notably the lack of contract extensions for Byron Scott and Kenyon Martin, plus Ian's world view of the Kidd and Mourning signings, and more...Read on... Your View #1 - August 4, 2003 The Deal On Byron Writers wanted! In our never-ending quest to do less work (or alternately, to bring other voices besides ours to Netsfans everywhere), we'd like to open up the floor to anyone who wants to submit their thoughts (in a version longer than a Backlash - rambling doesn't count). First up, we have Adam Porter taking us to task for jumping off the Byron Bandwagon the second the media (and NetsNut) told us to...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 © 2003, 2004 Shawn Belschwender and Michael Kozlowski