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Van Gundy: Frank Did 'Remarkable Job'

The New Jersey Nets fired coach Lawrence Frank on Sunday morning, with the team in the midst of one of the worst starts to a season in NBA history. Orlando Magic coach Stan Van Gundy, his team at the top of the Eastern Conference through Monday's action, told the New York Daily News that Frank's firing was undeserved....

At This Rate They'll Be New Jersey Nots

PHILADELPHIA -- They just made a stop in Philadelphia, so why not be the first to throw it out. Can the New Jersey Nets make a run at the 1972-73 76ers' all-time futility mark of 9-73? The Nets are the NBA's only winless team at 0-6 after Friday night's 97-94 loss to the 76ers and every day another player seems to get...

Tip-Off Timer: Vandeweghe's 51 Not Enough as Denver Drops Epic Game

Tip-Off Timer counts down the days until the first game of the 2009-10 season. On Sunday, there are 51 days remaining.On Dec. 13, 1983, the San Diego Chicken showed up at Denver's McNichols Arena, a gimmick needed to try to get some fans to out for what looked to be a mundane Tuesday game between the Nuggets and Detroit...

Clips Could Not Be Underbid for Camby

ClipsNation seems to be ecstatic (shock!) over the Marcus Camby coup. One of the fans there pulls out this quote from Camby's agent Rick Kaplan, as recorded by the Rocky Mountain News.[T]he Nets, without room under the salary cap, were not able to bid low enough to get him in a salary-cap dump."Kiki really wanted Marcus,"...

Is Isiah's Scepter Being Taken Away?

The New York Daily News' Frank Isola reported this morning that the Knicks are preparing to remove Isiah Thomas from his executive role to make space for new Net GM Kiki Vandeweghe. Perhaps owing the sheer numbers of times Isiah's demise has been hotly mouthed, there appears to be some skepticism (in the form of yawns)...