Bobby Simmons News

July 6, 2009 a ' Bobby Simmons of the New Jersey Nets & Chicago Fashion Mogul Lavelle "V-Dot" Sykes teamed up one year ago to create an environment for trendsetters and sneaker freaks alike.

Tennessee-Martin - 58th overall With no immediate needs, and no first-rounders, the Celtics decided to go with the player who had the first recorded quadruple-double in NCAA history.

The New Jersey Nets have exercised the team option on Jarvis Hayes for the 2009-2010 season.

Once Vince Carter was traded away from the Nets, the pick became a no-brainer. The Nets needed a wing player, preferably a do-it-all, versatile wing player.

"One year after shipping out Richard Jefferson for Yi Jianlian and Bobby Simmons , a controversial deal that has not exactly yielded dividends," writes the Newark Star-Ledger's Dave D'Alessandro, "the Nets are now parting with the player who helped saved the franchise from oblivion during the cold winter of '04-05."A After dealing Jefferson and ...

Chicago native and New Jersey Nets forward Bobby Simmons has a boxing dream, but he won't be turning pro in the ring anytime soon.

The New Jersey Nets are in talks to send Vince Carter to his home town of Orlando and the Eastern Conference champion Magic, a person with knowledge of the talks tells The Associated Press.

New Jersey Nets president Rod Thorn has a hunch the NBA draft is going to provide a gift for his team for the second year in a row.

For the second consecutive year, Richard Jefferson finds himself moving during the week of the NBA Draft.

On Earl Clark 's left biceps, there's a tattoo of a basketball player wearing a jersey with the words " New Jersey " emblazoned across the chest.

The Nets have a large Chinese following because of Yi Jianlian. After his one incomplete season, there are plenty of Nets fans who wouldn't mind seeing the Yi Jianlian shipped out of New Jersey the way Richard Jefferson was nearly one year ago.

Former Syracuse guard Jonny Flynn could be a target for the Nets in the NBA Draft later this month.

The NBA's regular season ended Wednesday night. Now wheeled migration can begin.

What assets do the Nets have going into the off-season? Here's a short list -about $9 million in luxury tax space.

Anybody can score. If you look at the top five offenses in the NBA, four of them are going on vacation Wednesday -- the Suns, Warriors, Knicks, Pacers -- and nobody's going to salute them for putting up more points than the rest of the league.

Vince Carter had 27 points and nine assists, and the New Jersey Nets ended Orlando's bid for the No.

The player most likely to win the NBA's 2008-09 Most Improved Award will not lobby, cajole or promote his candidacy.

The four veterans the Nets brought in last summer to mind the company store were a mixed bag of talents, with only one thing in common: They have all earned the coach's gratitude for their professionalism and leadership.

The Boston Celtics will try to extend their winning streak to five straight games tonight when they resume a five-game homestand versus the New Jersey Nets at TD Banknorth Garden.

Now that the 76ers already have secured a playoff berth, it probably is a good thing that they will go into the postseason without the possibility of facing the New Jersey Nets.