Shout
it Out Loud
Got a short, sharp gripe about the NBA, the Nets,
or any other basketball related topic that's been eating up your insides?
Then express yourself: email your Heckle to Joe
(joe@joenetsfan.com) or Champagne
(champagne @joenetsfan.com) and we'll post it in the green bile-colored box
on our homepage. Here is where we'll archive our favorites.
Vegetable Van Horn
Man oh man! Keith Van Horn is the Brussel Sprout of the NBA. You know it's good for you, but for some reason, you just can't stomach it. I'll be surprised if KVH doesn't end up with the Paper Clips somewhere down the road. In more food-related similarities, between Kurt, Tim and Isiah, the Knicks got more Thomases than a box of english muffins. The trade, I'm still trying to figure it out in my head.
- Cap'n Jay
Heckle #11 - January 15, 2004
Not The Bronx, But Brooklyn
How about a Brooklyn (not Bronx) Cheer for Bruce Ratner for putting together a deal that would displace 1000 families?
And how about a big Jersey BOOO for Edward Stier and the Nets owners, who are more interested in doubling their money rather than the success of the team?
Keep The Nets In New Jersey!
-Joe
Heckle #10 - January 6, 2004
Reunited And It Feels So Bad
Congratulations Isiah Thomas. By trading for Stephon Marbury you are now almost finished with your recreation of the 1999-2000 Nets roster. I'm glad to see how extensive your research has been seeing how well Marbury and Keith Van Horn played together in the past. In addition, Michael Doleac is pretty much the same player as Evan Eschmeyer. Kendall Gill was overrated as a shooting guard as is Allan Houston today. Now all you have to do is talk Johnny Newman and Sherman Douglas out of retirement as well as coax Gheorghe Muresan out of acting and give Jayson Williams a 'Get Out of Jail Free' card and your replication of a 31-51 team will be completed. Netsfans, let's applaud the yeoman's work of a fine basketball executive like Isiah Thomas.
-SwampDragon2
Heckle #9 - December 22, 2003
Not Good At Rejection
Did you see at the end of the Bucks Nets game when Kenyon got the ball down low against Joe Smith and he got rejected? If only he freakin' pump faked, dammit KMart, pump fake, we could have won if he just pump faked. Jesus KMart, its called a pump fake.
- Ian Wells
Heckle #8 - December 20, 2003
Hot And Cheesy
Tonight Rodney Rogers tried a three pointer on the right wing just in front of the Nets bench area. This ball not only missed the whole rim, it smacked the far side of the glass like a ricochet. This might have happened because Rodney was late to the layup line before the game tonight... the last one out for both teams. Maybe it was one of the buy-one-get-one nights at Dominos Pizza?? Rodney had to finish the last six slices...
- NJAmericans67
Heckle #7 - December 5, 2003
The Scott Watch
I think it's about time to post the official Byron Scott watch on the site. If a pool gets started, I'll take January 5th. He's obviously lost the players at this point, and his inability to draw up a play has been exposed with the exit of Eddie Jordan. So who's to replace him? Doc Rivers? MJ? Does Jeff Van Gundy have another brother somewhere?
-Fenfool
Heckle #6 - October 23, 2003
Walker For LaFrenz?
Guess Danny Ainge really didn't like Antoine. Who does? That takes some steam out of the Nets/Celts burgeoning rivalry. LaFrenz...he just doesn't strike me as a villain. Good luck, Mavs!
- Champagne
Heckle #5 - October 14, 2003
Won't Find It On Ebay
Ha, Dikembe is gone, one less center for the Nets. Now all we need is to have Rod Thorn trade away our new starting center and current swingman and get another one that will last for a year. (Sorry to say I like Van Horn, and TMAC). Hey, I should go find out how much my Dikembe Mutombo autographed ball is worth...MAYBE IT'S WORTH $15 MILLION! Not $30 million though 'cause he just touched and autographed the ball. Not like the Nets bench where he sat for the whole season - THAT'S worth $30 mil.
-Binky
Heckle #3 & 4 - October 13, 2003
Weird Science
With regard to Mutumbo's true age - forget existing documentation. Carbon-14 dating is our only hope.
-Mark Ciocco
Hey, You, Get Off Of My Rod
Some Nets Fans are so far up Rod Thorn's ass that they are now praising him for having the "courage" to tell Dikembe to take a $30,000,000 hike. Lets call a spade a spade - bring Mutumbo aboard was a MONUMENTAL MISTAKE! Will everyone please get off his Rod!!!
-Joss Williams
Heckle #2 - October 3, 2003
Is Everything OK With Brandon?
Ah, the calendar turns to October and thoughts of the opening of another Nets camp. Let me get this straight: Jason Kidd may or may not want Byron Scott gone. Kenyon Martin is uphappy he didn't get maxed out. Dikembe Mutombo isn't giving back any money and won't be happy if he doesn't play. Even Jason Collins made a little bit of noise about his minutes potentially being cut. After two mainly trouble free years of paradise, looks like keeping everyone happy this season is going to be tricky. With all this going on, I ask this:
Is the Nets organization doing everything it can to see that Brandon Armstrong is happy?
-Joe
Heckle #1 - September 10, 2003
Xanax Might Be Better
So I see that the Nets may very well yet wind up playing in the refurbished arena at the new Xanadu entertainment complex to be build in the Meadowlands. From the sound of the proposal, perhaps it should be named Xanax instead.
- Joe
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