ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks have requested waivers on guard Jordan Farmar, one of five players acquired from the Brooklyn Nets in the deal for All-Star Joe Johnson.
Jul 162012
Jul 162012
ATLANTA (AP) — The Atlanta Hawks have requested waivers on guard Jordan Farmar, one of five players acquired from the Brooklyn Nets in the deal for All-Star Joe Johnson.
Jul 022012
As the Dwight Howard saga continues to unfold, it seems as if Howard has his sights on only one team.
That team is the new-look Brooklyn Nets and Howard is demanding a trade, according to ESPN. Obviously, the Nets would love to add him, but it may not be realistic.
Howard is owed $19.5 million next season and the Nets simply don’t have the contracts to match Orlando. According to hoopshype.com, Brooklyn only has $17.7 million on the books right now.
The Nets however do have two players, in Gerald Wallace and Jordan Farmar, who have player-options that could impact the potential trade.
Brooklyn could get this deal done, although it puts them in an interesting predicament.
One way to proceed would be to attempt to acquire Howard via a three or four-team trade. The Nets have been in trade discussions with other teams, yet those could potentially end the Howard deal.
Brooklyn is already reportedly attempting to pursue Joe Johnson, who is owed $19.7 million next year.
Basically, if the Nets do acquire Johnson, they can forget about also picking up Howard because they will be left without any tradable assets.
Furthermore, they wouldn’t have enough cap room to pick up Howard. They should stay away from Johnson, as his contract alone should make him undesirable.
The Nets would be wise to make a push for Howard with a trade centered around Brook Lopez, Kris Humphries, Gerald Wallace, cash considerations and future draft picks.
That is logically the only way they will be able to absorb Howard’s contract while maintaining a decent nucleus. With Howard on the roster, Deron Williams will be enticed to remain in Brooklyn and they can fill the roster with inexpensive role players, similar to the Miami Heat’s meteoric rise.
Howard could have avoided this entire process had he opted out of his contract this season. In any case, Howard is demanding a trade to the Nets again, and Brooklyn should finally make this deal happen.
If they can parlay the Magic into splitting ways with Howard, the Nets could be forming a playoff contender. The Nets can make this trade happen, but it is ultimately up to Orlando’s decision makers if they want to trade their lone All-Star for a ragtag group of players.
The Nets will certainly make their push for him, and with Howard and Williams both in Brooklyn jerseys, the future could be bright for this reborn franchise.
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Jun 292012
Player option calculus is typically exceedingly simple: If a player’s option is worth more than a basic estimation of their market value, the player in question will almost always take their option and the guaranteed money that comes along with it. If a player’s basic market value exceeds the value of the option, the player has to make a slightly more difficult decision in weighing the good of their team, the desire to remain with said team, and the likelihood that a free agent suitor can both provide a good fit and good coin.
Jordan Farmar did himself the favor of evading the latter scenario with two years of good-not-great play for the New Jersey Nets, and yet according to Howard Beck of The New York Times, Farmar is still likely to decline a $4.3 million player option for next season:
Even [after drafting Tyshawn] Taylor, the Nets will have just six players on the roster for next season. That total will soon drop to five. Jordan Farmar intends to opt out of his contract by Saturday night, according to a close associate.
I’m not quite sure I understand. Farmar is a decent—albeit limited—reserve guard, capable of both initiating basic offenses or sliding over as a spot-up shooter. That’s all well and good, but even in an iffy free-agent class, he likely isn’t worth $4.3 million this season and isn’t likely to warrant a lengthy deal.
I suppose the bird in the hand must be worth a mid-level exception deal in the open market bush…or something to that effect. You know logic is failing when even colloquial sayings are unraveling.
Regardless, this is quite a break for the Nets, who can now use an extra $4 million+ in their spending spree this offseason. Even if Deron Williams does opt to sign with Brooklyn, the Nets will undoubtedly need some of that extra cap space to surround him with more useful players than they’ve had recently, and to flesh out a roster that’s been stripped bare in order to accommodate a potential free-agent bonanza.
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Mar 262012
New Jersey Nets backup point guard Jordan Farmar is going to be sidelined for a third time with a groin injury. Farmar missed four games last month after injuring his groin and four more between March 16-21 after aggravating the injury. The Nets said Monday, before their game with Utah, that Farmar has again aggravated it, and his status won’t be discussed again until April 5.
Mar 152012
Wither the New Jersey/Brooklyn Nets?
In the midst of Dwight Howard‘s constant hemming and hawing about staying in Orlando, the team he’s been linked to more than any other, the Nets, hangs in limbo as well.
The Nets plan has been to lure Howard to Brooklyn, either through a trade this year or as a free agent signing in the offseason, to pair with Deron Williams as they move into their new downtown digs.
But if Howard really is staying put in Orlando at least through next season, what does that do to the Nets’ plan? Williams has no such option in his contract. After this year ends, he’s gone unless they re-sign him.
It’s hard to imagine Williams moving to Brooklyn with the Nets without Howard. There’s not a lot on the Nets roster beyond Williams after Brook Lopez, who can’t stay healthy. And even though New Jersey will have money to spend if they don’t get Howard, the free agent pool for this offseason dries up quite a bit after Howard and Williams.
The bottom line is that the Nets should be spending their time today leading up to the 3 p.m. deadline trying to get as much as they can for Williams or risk moving to Brooklyn with nothing to show for their trade from last season.
Williams has been completely non-committal regarding his future with the Nets and reports have him signing with his hometown Dallas Mavericks in the offseason, presuming Howard doesn’t wind up in Brooklyn.
The Nets have now replaced the Magic as the ones getting screwed the worst in this whole melodrama. Without Howard, there’s no Williams—which is why they must deal Williams today.
While there is some school of thought that the Nets will still keep Williams even if they don’t get Howard and subsequently try to make deals to augment the roster around their current point guard, that still doesn’t guarantee them anything.
Get as much as you can for Williams now or risk making your big move with Jordan Farmar and Kris Humphries as your marquee names. That’s the dilemma facing the Nets if they decide to roll the dice on Williams.
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Mar 132012
Throughout this entire season, speculation of where Dwight Howard will end up has involved the New Jersey Nets.
Before the season, Howard made it known that the New Jersey Nets were atop his list of preferred teams to play for. In order for that to happen the Orlando Magic could trade him to the Nets, or he could sign with them in the offseason.
According to HOOPSWORLD .com, the Nets are refusing to include rookie MarShon Brooks or multiple first round draft picks in trade scenarios involving Howard. Apparently the best offer from the Nets involved the ending contract of Memhet Okur and Jordan Farmar and a conditional draft pick.
This deal is absolutely not enough to acquire the best center in the NBA.
So what does this low offer mean? Possibly that the Nets are confident that they do not need to acquire Howard in a trade at the deadline in order to have him on the team when they move to Brooklyn.
The Nets might feel that there is no need to gut their team if Howard is going to sign with them anyway. New Jersey is not very far out of the eighth spot of the playoffs. You have to think they could make the playoffs if they acquire Howard in a trade at the deadline.
However, the Nets are more interested in the 2012-13 season when they make the move to Brooklyn. They will wait until this offseason if they can acquire Howard then and look to the next season as the start of “a new era.”
There are always going to be rumors about things in sports and many times they are just that.
If Howard truly wants to go to the Nets he should just sign with them in the offseason so that they can keep the talent on their team. He also could tell the Magic that the only team he will go to and sign long-term with is the Nets. The Magic would then have to decide whether to hold on to Howard and make a run at the Championship, or take any deal they can, just to get something in return.
The Magic have reportedly said they will try to make Howard want to stay in Orlando by bringing in players. However if they are unable to, they will listen to offers. If Howard really wants to go to the Nets, the Magic may have to negotiate a trade with the Nets and get the best possible deal from them. If not, they could lose Howard after the season and get nothing in return.
If this is truly the offer that the Nets have on the table, they must be confident that they can acquire “D-12″ in the coming offseason.
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Mar 082012
The Los Angeles Clippers couldn’t pull out a road win against the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night, Jordan Farmar late-game three-pointer took care of that, but that doesn’t mean we weren’t treated to the usual batch of above-rim goodness … Continue reading →
Mar 082012
The Los Angeles Clippers couldn’t pull out a road win against the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night, Jordan Farmar late-game three-pointer took care of that , but that doesn’t mean we weren’t treated to the usual batch of above-rim goodness from Los Angeles’ duo of leapers in center DeAndre Jordan, and All-Star big forward Blake Griffin.
First, scope out Jordan’s block on Nets rookie MarShon Brooks, in a denial that had our man Dan Devine (in a frightened email) fearing for Brooks’ life:
Secondly, though it may not be the most impressive dunk of Blake Griffin’s career, the combination of the gorgeous spin, wrap-around, and throwdown over Nets big man Kris Humphries might rank as perhaps the most compelling dunk of Griffin’s season and a half in the NBA:
Mar 072012
The Nets finally got their signature moment of a roller coaster season. Wednesday night had all the requisite twists and turns: Chippiness. Entertainment. Dunks. Clutch plays. And, finally, a game-winning 3-pointer by Jordan Farmar.