NEW JERSEY NETS Advanced Stats: PACE #23 92.5 OFFENSE: #27 100.2 DEFENSE: #22 107.0 The New Jersey Nets doubled the number of wins that they had achieved in the previous season, but it seems only important to me to analyze the Nets season since the moment Deron Williams was traded to New Jersey. The Nets managed to be a decent defensive team during some stretches of the past season, but overall their... Read more

2009/10 Review: Even before the season got started, the New Jersey Nets were already appointed as the worst team in the league. The oddmakers had them listed to win just 27/28 games but how bad it would turn to be? Here is their monthly record last season: November 0-17 December 3-12 January 1-13 February 2-11 March 4-12 April 2-5 Yes, they really started the season by losing 18 consecutive games... Read more

Forget about those days where the Nets were perennial contenders in the Eastern Conference with Jason Kidd, Vince Carter and Richard Jefferson because these days are gone! President Rod Thorn and G.M. Kiki Vandeweghe are already thinking in the future and although the Nets are going to experience some fairly severe growing pains in this season, this was the right move for the franchise. Now without Vince Carter, the leader... Read more

Is it possible for a team to enter the 2008/2009 season already thinking more on the 2010 season than in this season? If that's possible, then the Nets are clearly doing that. The Nets were one of the biggest disappointments of the league last season, ending the season with a 34-48 record, when they were before the season one of the main candidates to win the Eastern conference, together with Detroit and Boston... Read more

Eastern Conference: 15. Miami Heat With a brutal record of 9-42, Miami has been also terrible against-the-spread with a record of 18-34. But this team can be even worse at home, where they have just covered the spread in 27% (7-19) of their home games. The weirdest part is that against teams from the East, Miami is 2-15 ATS at home and 0-7 ATS, where they had the home dog. The trade of Marion brings... Read more