Brooklyn Nets Season Preview

In terms of the team that made the most acquisitions during this free agency period, the Nets were among the most active.  There first priority was the make sure that they were able to lockup Deron Williams because if they did they were going to be able to possibly attract a lot of free agent players they could add to there team.  Along with possible free agent pickups, the Nets went hard after Dwight Howard trying to acquire him from the Magic in a trade.  The Nets were unsuccessful however because they were not able to give the Magic the kinds of trade pieces they desired.  After failing to acquire Howard, they instead set there sights on the Atlanta Hawks Joe Johnson, which they were able to acquire in the off season.  Some of the other very important acquisitions that they made included:  Andray Blatche (Free agent), Josh Childress (Free agent), Jerry Stackhouse (Free agent) , CJ Watson (Free agent), and Gerald Wallace (Resigned).  Because of all the major moves that the Nets were able to move I would have to say that they put themselves right up there with the best teams in the Eastern Conference.  They have as much talent as any team in both the Western and Eastern Conference along with the fact that they also have a bunch of depth.  This should be a very exciting year for the Nets, along with the team having a lot of talent they also are moving to a new arena (the Barclays Center).

   Andray Blatche

   Joe Johnson

        Gerald Wallace

  Brook Lopez

               CJ Watson

  Jerry Stackhouse

   Deron Williams

My projection for the Brooklyn Nets this year is that they will be the 2nd or 3rd seed in the Eastern Conference.  One of the biggest concerns that I have about this team is whether they will be able to gel together early on with all the new faces they have.  It took Miami (Heat) a little bit of time in order to get together in the beginning of the season two years ago.  However when they figured out how to play together you see the result. (they won an NBA Championship)  I think the Nets will be just fine, it just may take them a couple of weeks to get used to playing with each other.  Next up on the NBA preview will be the Charlotte Bobcats.