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If the New Jersey Nets are going to avoid finishing this season with the worst record in NBA history, they are clearly going to need something more than the talent on hand. You don't go 4-43 because you've got tons of good players, after all. To that end, the Nets decided to have a motivational speaker come in to address the troops. There was no talk about vans down by the river or anything resembling what Tony Robbins has been selling America. No, the Nets went directly for the ol' needle in the face approach. That's fitting, since they've been forcing their fans to contemplate doing the same thing for a couple of years now.
Joachim de Posada came to meet with the team before Sunday night's game with the Sixers, and the Nets sat there stunned when de Posada put a needle into his face to prove that success is simply a byproduct of putting mind over matter. He planned to jab himself with a few more needles, but members of the team stepped in to stop him. Whether it was because they were sickened by the display or confident that nothing could help the lost cause that is the Nets is unclear.
"The whole thing was about confidence," Chris Douglas-Roberts said. "He's really into hypnosis. He strongly believes in hypnotizing people and stuff like that. He was an interesting guy."
Interesting, perhaps, but the 83-79 loss that followed says that it wasn't particularly effective. Hypnosis is probably something the Nets should explore, though. You'd just need to make them think they were as good as the 1998-99 team that managed 16 victories, which should be in the wheelhouse of even a moderately talented practitioner.
While de Posada's act failed to inspire the Nets, he may have another chance to work his magic on a New York-area team. He's related to Yankees catcher Jorge Posada, although it may take a pretty serious downturn in the Bronx for them to give de Posada anything more than a pair of tickets for a midsummer game against the Royals.
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