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London Getting Ready for Nets
The Nets still have two games "stateside" before they head to London for games vs. the Raptors at the end of next week but the British capital is getting ready. On Friday, the mayor, Boris Johnson, inaugurated the first ever "UK-NBA Basketball Week" at City Hall and talked about his hopes for the...
Ex-Nets Scatter To Find Work
Two weeks into the NBA season, the free agents from last season's disastrous 12-70 team are still having difficulty finding work. Josh Boone, fed up with tryouts and promises in the US, has joined the Zhejiang Whirlwinds of the Chinese Basketball Association, where he doesn't expect to stay for...
Nets Promote London Ticket Sales
Devin Harris and Brook Lopez have recorded a series of videos promoting ticket sales for the Nets' two "home" games vs. the Raptors in London next March 4 and 5. The videos are aimed at British fans and tell them how to obtain tickets online or at the O2 Arena box office. Each video is tagged with...
Yormark: "We Loved Yi But We're Going in a Different Direction"
In an interview with Sohu, the big China website, Brett Yormark talks about how he hopes Chinese firms will use the Nets as their global entre, in spite of the team's trade of Yi Jianlian in the off-season. The Nets sent Yi to the Wizards in late June in a salary dump that also cost the team $3...
For Nets, Going Global Not So Easy
The Nets keep talking about branding themselves as the World's Team. The NBA's first international owner wants it. The team's marketing maven is convinced it's going to happen. And certainly, they're pushing the product. A game against an Israeli team to open preseason, Open Practice in Russia,...
Next Stop Moscow
The Nets were at the end of a runway at Newark Saturday evening, two and a half hours after their buzzer-beating win over the 76ers...bound for Moscow, Beijing and Guangzhou. The team's unprecedented round the world road trip will have them practice in front of 3,000 in Moscow and play against Yao...
Deadlines and Commitments - XIII
Off they go into the wild blue (red?) yonder. The Nets' round-the-world tour, with stops in the former Communist capitals of Moscow and Beijing, as well as Guangzhou, begins on Saturday and really doesn't end until they return from Boston on October 20. That's six stops, three countries, three...
Yormark in Moscow: Nets Will Become Russia's Team
Brett Yormark, in Moscow to meet with Mikhail Prokhorov--and potential sponsors, told a leading Russian sports site that the Nets will soon put up a Russian language website and plans a "Russian Night" when Andrei Kirilenko and the Jazz visit New Jersey on January 19. Moreover, the team will follow...
Andre Brown, One of China's Top Scorers, Added to Camp Roster
The Nets have signed Andre Brown, a 6'10" power forward, to a training camp contract. Brown averaged 26.1 points and 8.2 rebounds for the Zhejiang Wanma Cyclones in China last season. The 29-year-old DePaul product tried out for Nets in 2004 but was cut before the season began. He's played over...
Deadlines and Commitments - XII
It's ticket time. Fans can obtain tickets for the Open Practice in Newark starting Monday. Also on Monday, access for tickets through the Nets' social media sites begins Monday at 9 a.m. On Thursday, individual game tickets go on sale at the Prudential Center box office or online via...
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