The 2013-14 Nets are NOT the 2012-13 Lakers. NOT AT ALL.

[It's A VC3!!!]

I've heard some posters, primarily Laker fans suggest that what the Nets are doing is going to fail like it did for the Lakers. First, let's clear some major disparities between the two.

1) Dwight Howard, the second best player didn't start playing until half way into the year. He missed training camp and was essentially thrown into the fire. All of our players are coming in healthy

2) Steve Nash was injured on and off during the entire year.

3) Mike Dantoni benched Pau for various reasons rather then to work with what he has.

4) We don't have ANY cry babies similar to Dwight's level. Pierce and KG WANT to be here which is why KG broke his no-trade clause to join a division rival.

5) The Nets do not have any cocky egotistical players such as Kobe. Not even on the same galaxy in that regard.

So, with all these differences, how can we even be compared to the Lakers? The Lakers were doomed from the beginning. Nash was non-existant due to Kobe never passing, Dwight was injured and Pau lost all confidence.

[Kiddlovesnets]

Tbh I aint buying any comments about the Nets until the FA signings are all completed. Lets face it, the Celtics did not build a champion team just with their two trades that brought them Allen and KG. Nor did the Lakers destroy their team with the trade that got them Dwight. Reality is, the Celtics somehow managed to build a roster with top 5 bench in the league even with big three, while the Lakers bench are clearly NBDL caliber. People easily forget the impact of quality FA signings.

[Bibby4Three]

5 ball hogs and 1 basketball. enough said.

[Johnny Jones]

5 ball hogs and 1 basketball. enough said.

This.

[DaSeba5]

Everyone said the Heat fans are scared when LA formed their "super team." I haven't seen anyone say that for the Nets yet.

[niko]

The Lakers main problem was that they were old and slow. The other stuff was ancilliary, the base problem was that they relied too much on old players who couldn't keep up with other teams. The Nets have some similar issues, you need to see how they address them.

[Kiddlovesnets]

5 ball hogs and 1 basketball. enough said.

Wonder how Miami made it work?

[SpecialQue]

I've heard some posters, primarily Laker fans suggest that what the Nets are doing is going to fail like it did for the Lakers. First, let's clear some major disparities between the two.

1) Dwight Howard, the second best player didn't start playing until half way into the year. He missed training camp and was essentially thrown into the fire. All of our players are coming in healthy

2) Steve Nash was injured on and off during the entire year.

3) Mike Dantoni benched Pau for various reasons rather then to work with what he has.

4) We don't have ANY cry babies similar to Dwight's level. Pierce and KG WANT to be here which is why KG broke his no-trade clause to join a division rival.

5) The Nets do not have any cocky egotistical players such as Kobe. Not even on the same galaxy in that regard.

So, with all these differences, how can we even be compared to the Lakers? The Lakers were doomed from the beginning. Nash was non-existant due to Kobe never passing, Dwight was injured and Pau lost all confidence.

Wow.

[DaSeba5]

5 ball hogs and 1 basketball. enough said.

I don't see that being a problem if Pierce doesn't hog the ball. They can work as spot up shooters for D-Will.

[Kiddlovesnets]

Wow.

You know its true though, sucks for Nash.

[It's A VC3!!!]

The Lakers main problem was that they were old and slow. The other stuff was ancilliary, the base problem was that they relied too much on old players who couldn't keep up with other teams. The Nets have some similar issues, you need to see how they address them.

we have 2 players old and slow. paul and kg. lakers had 2 also but the difference is that kobe and nash were expected to carry the majority of the weight. kg and paul under no circumstances will they carry as much weight as they did in boston or in any years of their careers. kg will just defend, rebound and run a p&r. if kg wanted to boost his stats, he would have stayed with boston or asked to go to a lottery team. he wants to win. yes, we have two very old players and 2 of our starters under 30 and joe is 32 but he will be 38 and give you 15 ppg because all he does is shoot. the lakers had about 10 other problems other then age. coaching, attitude, benching, confidence and a few others. we don't and hopefully won't.

[tpols]

5 ball hogs and 1 basketball. enough said.

No more avery Johnson who has no idea how to run an offense.. Only defense. And no more pj who pretty much just placated the superstars.

Kidd is all about ball movement and knows offense..

KG is not a ball hog. He's actually a great passer

Brook Lopez isn't even close to a ball hog.. Primarily a finisher and mid/close range shooter.

Pierce can be a ball stopper but in his old age and with deron handling he won't have tons of opportunity.

JJ is going to be spot up shooting like he did in Phoenix.. Iso Joe will be nipped in the bud with all the offensive talent they have.

And deron will handle the ball the most even though he is good at running around screens and freeing himself off the ball

[SpecialQue]

You know its true though, sucks for Nash.

I keep forgetting that people here ignore what actually happened and just stick with their own biases and bullshit.

In case you forgot...Kobe started OVER-passing. He racked more more assists than Nash because he was doing his alpha-dog "I'm better than you" crap.

[It's A VC3!!!]

I keep forgetting that people here ignore what actually happened and just stick with their own biases and bullshit.

In case you forgot...Kobe started OVER-passing. He racked more more assists than Nash because he was doing his alpha-dog "I'm better than you" crap.

that was slightly after all-star break where he went into magic mode. what about the first half of the season?

[tpols]

The Lakers main problem was that they were old and slow. The other stuff was ancilliary, the base problem was that they relied too much on old players who couldn't keep up with other teams. The Nets have some similar issues, you need to see how they address them.

And they had a terrible defensive coach + a whiny center who was fifty fifty on the effort he would give you night in and night out.
Nets just added KG who will always give max effort on D and anchor/communicate much better