Metta World Peace On Nets: 'I Don't Even Know Who's On Their Team'
"Honestly, I don't even know who's on their team," the forward told reporters on Wednesday. "I'm not going to lie. I'm just happy to be a Knick. That's it."
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"Honestly, I don't even know who's on their team," the forward told reporters on Wednesday. "I'm not going to lie. I'm just happy to be a Knick. That's it."
Deron Williams has a sprained right ankle and a bone bruise, but the Brooklyn Nets say their point guard will be ready for the start of training camp.
No big deal, you say? When an injured ankle belongs to Nets star point guard Deron Williams, you'll have to excuse me for reacting with language slightly stronger than "Uh-oh."
A federal appeals court dealt another blow to New Jersey's efforts to legalize sports gambling Tuesday, upholding a ruling that the state's betting law conflicts with federal law and shouldn't be implemented.
Nets said Monday the ceremony will take place Oct. 17 before their preseason game against the Miami Heat.
King was slowed by a serious knee injury in 1990. But he averaged 22.5 points in his 15-year career with five teams that ended in 1993. Now, he's a Hall of Famer.
Sources have told the New York Post that rapper Jay-Z has decided to sell his minority ownership in the Brooklyn Nets to Kidd, who was hired as the team's head coach on June 12.
The Nets will arrive in Durham on Sept. 30 and will train from Oct. 1-5 at the Blue Devils' practice facility.
Business Insider's survey revealed that New York has the best sports fans. The Empire State got 193 of 1,442 votes, good enough for 13 percent. But participants of the survey also voted that New York has the worst sports fans.
Knicks guard Raymond Felton responded to Paul Pierce's claim that the Nets will own New York.
A news conference morphed into a pep rally Friday, as sports luminaries including Jason Kidd and John Calipari joined elected officials and business leaders at the Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum.
The Knicks will continue to rule New York City as they always have in terms of public support and media coverage. As a long-suffering Nets fan, I've come to grips with that reality.
The basketball battle for New York will run deep into the season this time around. The NBA schedule was announced on Tuesday night, and the Nets and Knicks play twice in April, including the second-to-last day of the regular season.
He says that after 11 seasons in the NBA, "it's time to take a shot to win a title." Kirilenko says he has no regrets about leaving money on the table.
It would have been a Christmas miracle if the Knicks and Nets faced each other on December 25. But a meeting between the two rivals won't be happening while presents are being unwrapped.
