Josh Boone News

New Jersey Nets players Josh Boone and Sean Williams, along with Nets mascot Sly and National Grid representatives, will join with 75 students of P.S. 375 Jackie Robinson School and M.S. 352 Ebbets Field School to unveil a newly refurbished outdoor basketball court shared by both schools at 46 McKeever Place in Brooklyn today at 3:30 p.m. Presented ...

The Nets' Brook Lopez and the Celtics' Paul Pierce fight for a loose ball during the game Saturday.

Josh Boone is like the major league player who doesn't care where in the lineup he bats - he just wants to be in the lineup, period.

The Nets' Rafer Alston falls over the Celtics' Paul Pierce while chasing down a loose ball during the Nets' 86-76 loss Saturday.

Trenton Hassell fights his way around Kevin Garnett while guarding Ray Allen. This time, they were down to eight men, none established as someone you might consider a go-to guy, so the Nets stumbled upon an interesting formula: Play just like the opposition would, and turn in a Zelig-like performance that may not get you that elusive first W, but ...

Andre Iguodala and the Philadelphia 76ers did just enough to win. With the Sixers still stinging from a 31-point loss three nights earlier, that was just fine by them.

Emerging from the trainer's room, this was the stiffest Yi Jianlian had looked all season, sweat-suit clad and treading gingerly on his right side.

NJ Nets forward Josh Boone fights for the loose ball with Denver guard Aaron Afflalo and Chris Andersen during the first half Wednesday night.

The Nets' injury list continues to grow. Already without Devin Harris, Jarvis Hayes, Keyon Dooling and Tony Battie, the Nets lost Yi Jianlian in the second half after Gerald Wallace fell on his knee as he went after the ball.

Yi Jianlian suffered a leg injury and is helped off by teammates Sean Williams and Josh Boone.

The Nets are hoping the Bobcats will provide the necessary tonic after an underwhelming performance against the Wizards over the weekend.

Vince Carter's return to New Jersey was spoiled by a first-half injury on Friday night as the Orlando Magic ran out deserving 95-85 winners over the Nets.

Preview: The Timberwolves open their 21st season with a lot of question marks: Will Kevin Love return sooner than expected from a hand injury? Will Al Jefferson find his form and fitness soon? Will rookie Jonny Flynn fill the void at point guard and provide a little sizzle to the Wolves' attack? Is Kurt Rambis the answer at coach? Will some of ...

Terrence Williams laughs at the notion he was born too late. Two decades or so sooner and he could have been muscling on the blocks with Karl Malone or Charles Barkley or other legendary power forwards.

Damien Wilkins rebounded a missed jumper by rookie point guard Jonny Flynn and put it in just before the final buzzer to lift the Timberwolves to a thrilling 95-93 victory over the New Jersey Nets on Wednesday night at Target Center in the NBA regular-season opener for both teams.

At 21, Brook Lopez brings down the Nets' average age significantly. We asked our best pal, Patrick Rees of the Nets Media Mollycoddling Dept., to ring up Elias and do some math.

Lawrence Frank doesn't talk about his contract status often, but did when addressing his players the first day of training camp.

It sounds like Devin Harris is warming to the idea of Nellieball. You may recall that he didn't sound very keen on it last week, when he wondered who would play the four.

We are double-dipping today on the previews with reader Grey Home's look at the Atlantic Division and the Eastern Conference Playoffs as a whole.

Out of the 10 experts ESPN is using for their playoff predictions, all but one is predicting the Nets to be the worst team in the Atlantic.