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Page One: 1976
- 1981
Page Two: 1981 - 1986
Page Four: 1991 - 1996
Page Five: 1996 - 2001
Page Six: 2001 - 2003
Page Seven: 2003 - 2004
Page Eight: 2005 - 2006
Nets tie Knicks for last place in Atlantic Division with 24 – 58 record. Injuries abound. Dawkins only plays 6 games, Birdsong only plays 7 before being lost for the season. Devoid of talent and personality, they just suck.
1987 - 1988 Injuries to Set Records By/Only Team with a Rotating Coach
Nets become NBA record setters for most games lost to injury by its players in a single season. Wohl, fired, replaced by Bob MacKinnon, who is then replaced by Willis Reed. Doesn’t matter – team finishes 19-63. Only the LA Clippers are worse.
1988 - 1989 The Joe Barry Carroll Experience
Reed brings in big dog Joe Barry Carroll, who gets injured in November and the team finishes 26 – 56. Thank goodness for expansion teams – Charlotte finishes last in the Atlantic.
1989 - 1990 Truly Sucking to New Lows/Another Year, Another Coach
Reed out, bumped upstairs. Bill Fitch hired as coach. Buck Williams traded for always injured (and drafted ahead of Michael Jordan) Sam Bowie, plus #12 pick of draft, Mookie Blaylock. Unbelievably, Nets finish with fewer wins than expansion teams Orlando and Minnesota. An absolute nightmare of a season – the gold standard of futility.
1990 - 1991 Be Careful What You Wish For
The Derrick Coleman era (error, er – ah) begins. Chosen #1 in the draft, Coleman earns Rookie of the Year, the high point in a glaringly large slide south to mediocre. Reggie Theus and Drazen Petrovic also acquired. Nets win 9 games more than the prior season, but they do finish ahead of the Heat in the Atlantic. Go DC
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