New Jersey Nets News

Gregg Polinsky is a careful man when he talks to the media, particularly at this time of year.

November 17, 2012; Los Angeles, CA, USA; Chicago Bulls small forward Luol Deng shoots a basket against the Los Angeles Clippers during the first half at Staples Center.

It turns out Kris Humphries isn't just in the record book for his basketball skills.

Now the story of a wealthy sports organization, and the one man forced to keep it all together longer by stretching out the NBA playoffs into a nearly two-month affair.

As painful as the Dallas Mavericks' 2012-13 season was, it actually feels necessary that the Mavs' worst season since 2000 lingers just a bit more.

Unlike the media vote for 2013 Most Valuable Player, which left him one first-place vote shy of becoming the NBA 's first unanimous MVP, the Miami Heat forward was listed first-team on each of the 119 media ballots when the league released its All-NBA teams Thursday.

Tony Snell is a tantalizing prospect due to his incredible athletic ability and solid outside shooting.

Pierre Jackson is one of the smallest players in the 2013, but after Nate Robinson destroyed the Nets in the playoffs, they and others may not be so opposed to taking a 5'10" athlete with good range.

The future of Kevin Garnett and Paul Pierce with the Boston Celtics might be up in the air, but the team has reportedly made it clear in no uncertain terms that head coach Doc Rivers will return for the 2013-14 season.

P.J. Carlesimo thinks the Brooklyn Nets' goal of winning a championship within the next two years is "maybe not totally realistic," though he believes they are a contender in the Eastern Conference.

P.J. Carlesimo thinks the Brooklyn Nets' goal of winning a championship within the next two years is ''maybe not totally realistic,'' though he believes they are a contender in the Eastern Conference.

Every year, players who seemingly deserve to be recognized fall short of making the cut for any of the three All-NBA teams or aren't given enough credit.

Close but no cigar. Brook Lopez finished just out of the running for the All-NBA team in results issued Thursday.

The Brooklyn Nets will be playing in the Orlando Pro Summer League in, yes, Orlando, Florida.

Mikhail Prokhorov has said he wants the Nets to win a championship by 2015. He's also said he wants his original $223 million investment in the team and Barclays Center to be worth a billion dollars that same year.

The Nets will have competition for Lionel Hollins once the Western Conference Finals conclude ... and with the Grizzlies down 2-0, that may be next week Gery Woelfel of the Racine Time Journal and Mark Heisler, who writes for Lakers Nation after a Hall of Fame career with the L.A. Times, report that Hollins is a hot commodity.

The PNY Center was the scene for the latest NBA workout. Many prospects attending are fighting to be picked late in the second round.

With Josh Smith's contract coming off of the books, the Atlanta Hawks will have plenty of cap space to pursue free agents this offseason and take the next step in becoming an elite franchise in the NBA .

Celtics player arrested , Boston Celtics guard/forward Terrence Williams was arrested by police in Kent, Wash., for allegedly making threats with a gun during an incident stemming from a Sunday afternoon child visitation.

With the Nets picking No. 22 in the 2013 NBA Draft, and with everyone -- and I mean everyone -- being a NBA Draft expert and great talent evaluator, we figured it might be helpful to put together some posts as we close in on the Draft with all the pertinent information about players who are believed to be sitting there when the Nets draft at No.