Brook Lopez News

George Karl The team had more L's than Lollapalooza. The coach would drive toward the parking lot for practice, but just couldn't muster the strength to turn in.

The Nets' Brook Lopez sprained his ankle during practice and is listed as "day-to-day." There's good news and bad news from Nets practice on Monday: One injured player returned to the court, while a healthy player hobbled into the trainer's room.

New Jersey Nets head coach Lawrence Frank is about to get a technical foul after Brook Lopez was called for a foul in the second half.

The New York Knicks decided it was against their best interest to sign Allen Iverson, figuring they didn't want to hinder their rebuilding effort by giving minutes to a player who wasn't considered a building block.

It's been two weeks since the Milwaukee Bucks needed to bounce back from a loss.

Knicks drop Nets to 0-13 New Jersey Nets' Chris Douglas-Roberts, right, and Devin Harris react after the New York Knicks won 98-91 in an NBA basketball game Saturday, Nov.

You know, if the Nets keep this up, they're going to lose homecourt advantage throughout the playoffs.

Brook Lopez took 27 shots against the Indiana Pacers Tuesday night, which isn't out of the ordinary when you consider that three other starters shot 36, 33, and 42 percent while a fourth was still trying to get his legs back from the swine flu.

When you lose 9 in a row - no matter when it happens - you are bound to experience a wide array of losses.A It's just the way things go when you are struggling.

Rod Thorn says the Nets 'have no choice but to try to control the tempo of the game.' MILWAUKEE - True to the Thorn Doctrine, there will not be panic, there will not be obfuscation, there will not be castigation.

Danny Granger scored 22 points, Roy Hibbert tied a career high with 19 and the Indiana Pacers dropped the New Jersey Nets to 0-11 with a 91-83 victory Tuesday night.

For those few minutes, it was effective. That's not to say we'll be seeing much more of it.

For 15 minutes on Saturday night in Miami , Sean Williams epitomized the Nets . The little-used forward came off the bench to replace a teammate who was hurting, turned in a surprisingly strong performance but still came out on the losing end.

Dwyane Wade's 3-pointer with 0.1 seconds left gave the host Miami Heat an 81-80 victory over the undermanned and winless New Jersey Nets on Saturday night.

Say this much for them: They're getting closer. With every loss, with every heartbreaking episode, with every lesson in dejection, the Nets inch closer to that elusive first victory, and this time they came within one-tenth of a second.

BY DAVE D'ALESSANDRO STAR-LEDGER STAFF ORLANDO - Chris Douglas-Roberts probably had no business being on the court last night, and the fact that he did not collapse from exhaustion should be considered a minor victory.

Rafer Alston will take the triple-double. He just wishes he could take it some other time.

Vince Carter has a new nickname for Brook Lopez. "The Four Man," the former Nets meal ticket called him Friday night.

The Nets center Brook Lopez looks for an official after he didn't get a foul call at the end of the game.

Josh Boone, fouling the Celtics' Kendrick Perkins during a game Saturday, says the hardest part about taking on one role after another is 'dealing with a roller coaster.' In the last 12 months, Josh Boone has experienced everything as an NBA player, and much of it involved the kind of transitioning that he'd like to avoid.