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RE: Yeah, just like the Cleveland Cavs really won by not signing “King” James.

This article is looking at next season and the long term. The Nets are all but out of the playoffs for this season. So are the Cavs. That does not mean the team won’t be competitive again.

I remember what happened to the San Antonio Spurs in the mid 1990’s when David Robinson and Sean Elliott were both hurt and they had no alternative. They were bottom dwellers in their division and their coach (Bob Hill) was unceremoniosuly dismissed, to be replaced by Greg Popovitch.

Well, guess what? Their being bottom dwellers gave them the first pick of the next season and they took TIM DUNCAN, who with David Robinson, led them to 2 NBA titles ( Duncan went on to win 2 more titles with Manu Ginobilli and Tony Parker after Robinson retired ). That’s a total of 4 titles !!

And today, the Spurs still have the best win-loss record in the NBA.

Just saying... one season does not define a long term thinking businessman.

Yep. The Spurs tanked it on purpose to get David Robinson, who I'll never respect. Recall that Robinson, his teammates and the OPPOSING team colluded to let Robinson score 70 points in the final game of the year so he could win the scoring title over Shaq. Despicable.

I don't blame the Spurs for tanking it that year. That is the way the league is set up now and the Cavs have figured that out. Every team in the league who is considered to be out of the playoffs should be losing every game they can. It ain't right, but that is just the way the league is set up. ESPECIALLY the Nets and the Knicks.

Unlike the Nyets, the Spurs did not have a participant in the “atricious GM summit” (Billy King)as their GM.

http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=simmons/060224

So far, all the Moscow Nets have done is tie up cap space by overpaying below average role players like Outlaw and Farmar, and make delusional attempts to sign stars like James and Anthony, who had no interest in playing for the Moscow/Newark Nets.

The latest rumors are that there is a “100% chance” that they are going to dump one of their few assets, Devin Harris, by tomorrow, and they will likely get next to nothing in return.

Michail Prokhorov has been determined to overtake the Knicks, and he has in one respect. The Nets have stolen the Knicks crown as the worst run franchise in the NBA (though Donnie Walsh actually abdicated it, with his shrewd, patient management).