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Rudy Gay Confirmed His Interest In Nets | Wed 10 Mar

Rudy Gay wasn’t just playing the political game when he told reporters last month he would consider the Nets in free agency this summer. Gay, who will be a restricted free agent July 1, also has told friends New Jersey is a place he wouldn’t mind going.

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New Nets Owner To Take Over Next Month | Sat 6 Mar

Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov is expected to take formal control of the Nets next month, an NBA official said Friday. NBA Deputy Commissioner and COO Adam Silver said yesterday the approval is expected “probably sometime in early-to- mid-April.”

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Coach K Says Nets Never Reached Out | Fri 5 Mar

Mike Krzyzewski said he laughed off the possibility of coaching the Nets because no one ever approached him about it. “That’s why I made light of it,” he said on the “Dan Patrick Show.” “But before making light of it, I said no one had reached out.”

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Rocky Rookie Season For Terrence Williams | Fri 5 Mar

Coming off his career-high, 21-point scoring output in Wednesday’s loss, rookie Terrence Williams was asked Thursday how he would sum up his first professional season so far. “Rocky,’’ was the term he chose. “I really didn’t know what to expect,” he said.

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Nets To Announce Their Relocation Friday | Thu 4 Mar

LeBron James will never play another game at Izod Center and soon the Nets won’t, either. The team announced that it will hold a news conference Friday at the Prudential Center to announce their relocation to Newark beginning next season.

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Douglas-Roberts Won’t Recruit James | Wed 3 Mar

Chris Douglas-Roberts said LeBron James is like a cousin to him. Douglas-Roberts, who is represented by the same agent as James, Leon Rose, said he has an idea where the reigning MVP is going and he probably won’t try to recruit him to New Jersey.

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Courtney Lee Ends His Shooting Slump | Thu 25 Feb

Courtney Lee scored a career-high 28 points in Tuesday’s 102-93 loss to Portland, the clearest sign that he has broken out of his shooting slump, and interim coach Kiki Vandeweghe said Courntey Lee’s revival has been more hard work than work of art.

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Brook Lopez Baffled Over Lack Of Touches | Tue 23 Feb

Brook Lopez won’t demand the basketball. But the second-year center is frustrated that the Nets go away from things that work for them. “I just think when a player’s playing well, when a player’s hot, we need to get that guy the ball,” Lopez said Monday.

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Rudy Gay Open To New Jersey Nets Offer | Mon 22 Feb

The Nets’ record doesn’t matter to Rudy Gay. He will listen if and when they call this summer. “The record doesn’t mean much when you’re dealing with a team,” Rudy Gay said Sunday. “You’re thinking about yourself and how you can contribute.”

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Yi Janlian Says Struggles Coming To End | Sun 21 Feb

Either way, Yi Jianlian has struggled badly lately. Suffice to say, his shooting has been downright Net-like. But not for long. Yi promises. “Not going to happen again,” said Yi, who also vows to play when the Nets face Memphis at the Meadowlands tonight.

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Kiki Vandeweghe Not Ruling Buyouts Out | Sat 20 Feb

With the trade deadline gone, the current roster is the one the Nets will go forward with, the only exception being if the team buys players out of their contracts. Kiki Vandeweghe said he doesn’t expect any buyouts imminently, but he wouldn’t rule it out.

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The Nets To Play In Newark The Next Year | Thu 18 Feb

The New Jersey Nets will play their last game at the IZOD Center April 12. The Nets, Devils and the NJSEA approved a deal in which the Nets will pay a $2 million penalty to move to Newark and “The Rock” for two years, til Barclays Center is complete.

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Kiki Vandeweghe Expects No Trade Activity | Thu 18 Feb

“I like our team,’’ Kiki Vandeweghe said, with a straight face. “If you look at the last year-and-a-half, we’ve done a lot. We went from a team that was basically capped out – a luxury tax-payer – to a team that right now has the most cap room…”

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Vandeweghe: Nets Aren’t Likely To Trade | Tue 16 Feb

The Nets are the team with the most room for improvement, with plenty of tradeable assets. But there is a good chance that when the trade deadline passes on Thursday, the Nets will have the same team they had when they reconvened Monday.

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Rod Thorn Will Not Fire Kiki Vandeweghe | Mon 15 Feb

Despite some speculation, Nets president Rod Thorn will not fire GM/interim coach Kiki Vandeweghe over what departed assistant Del Harris publicly insisted was a failed plan to get him promoted to head coach and Vandeweghe back to his GM duties.

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Jerry Colangelo Is Open To An NBA Return | Mon 15 Feb

Jerry Colangelo revealed that he would consider running an NBA team again, including the Nets, but only if he is given full control of the organization. “I would have to have full autonomy,” Colangelo told the Daily News. “Life is all about opportunities.”

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Nets Don’t Know What They Are Doing? | Sun 14 Feb

What does Chris Bosh think about a Colangelo-Krzyzewski partnership for the New Jersey Nets? “You never know, but Coach K, he’s been at Duke for a very long time, so … I don’t see it,” Chris Bosh said. “They don’t really know what they’re doing.”

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Mike Krzyzewski Refutes The Nets Rumors | Sat 13 Feb

TMike Krzyzewski said New Jersey had not contacted him, then cracked a couple of one-liners at the expense of Mikhail Prokhorov, the Russian billionaire and the Nets’ prospective buyer. “The guy’s Russian, right?” he said. “You think he’d hire a Polish guy?”

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Mikhail Prokhorov Likely To Keep Thorn | Sat 13 Feb

Despite the rumors, numerous league sources say all indications are Rod Thorn will see the plan through. Prokhorov, expected to be approved by the NBA Board of Governors next month, received glowing recommendations about Thorn around the league.