Neither of the newly-added stars participated in the first workout Saturday. Durant will likely miss the entire season with a ruptured Achilles tendon, while Irving was sidelined by a facial fracture he suffered in an informal scrimmage this week.
“Precautionary, totally. More us just saying, we don’t want you to get another whack,” Atkinson explained.
There’s more Nets news to pass along:
- Spencer Dinwiddie will proceed with a digital investment plan in his new contract even though the league considers it a violation of the collective bargaining agreement, Lewis adds in the same story. “You’ve got to think about it: If I spent just short of a year building it, you really think I didn’t read the CBA? You really think I didn’t have lawyers read the CBA? That would be outrageously stupid,” Dinwiddie said. “… So we constructed it in a way that doesn’t violate the CBA. … It’s very simple. Once the Nets pay me, that’s the end of it. If I wanted to shoot the money into deep space, technically, I could.”
- Dzanan Musa was one of the top players for the Long Island Nets last season, but he tells Chris Milholen of NetsDaily that he hopes his G League days are finished. Even though he remains the youngest player on Brooklyn’s roster, Musa believes he’s ready for the NBA. “The Long Island experience was just great for me to learn American basketball,” Musa said. “I think that was great for me but I hope I am no more there. I think I am ready for the opportunity in Brooklyn and I am hoping I will take advantage of it.”
- After spending time with the Pistons and Knicks, Henry Ellenson, who signed a two-way contract with Brooklyn in July, believes he’s finally with a team that will develop his skills, Milholen writes in a separate story.
That’s a pretty epic reply from Dinwiddie.
Also, pretty sure Iverson launched some of his cash into slave.
^Space!
Darn autocorrect
Ha.
Dins is going to have to say how what he’s doing is not transfering contract money to a 3rd party or else investors might think he just won’t and not invest!
When the Nets underperform this season the media in NY won’t be very forgiving. Kyrie will be a lightning rod for their abuse.
It did sound like quite the shindig in Brooklyn/NYC. I might worry about overconfidence except that there’s enough bad things going on to keep everyone level.
Of course your lawyers are going to say go ahead – it means more business for them while you fight it. If they say no, don’t do it, you won’t need them and they can’t invoice you anymore.
If Dibwiddie wants to fire out comments like that, he better be sure it doesn’t blow up in his face.