NBA Tidbits: New Jersey Nets, Lawrence Frank, Nate Robinson …..

December 1, 2009 | Posted by benjie

The New Jersey Nets matched NBA worst starts with the 1989 Miami Heat and the 1999 LA Clippers with a 0-17 record. The Nets played their first game with out Lawrence Frank who was fired by the team a few hours earlier after starting the season at 0-16. The team may break into the worst record in NBA history on December 2 when they play at home against Dallas Mavericks.

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Coach Lawrence Frank of the New Jersey Nets was fired from the team as head coach after the Nets suffered its 16^th straight defeat. Frank is the Nets all-time winningest coach at 225 games won. Assistant Tom Barisse has been named to temporarily handle the coaching duties for the Nets.

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New York Knicks guard Nate Robinson is considering to defend his slam dunk title if and only if, LeBron James joins the competition in the next year’s All-Star Weekend. Robinson thought of relinquishing his crown until the idea that James joins the contest next year. LeBron James has not joined yet the slam dunk competition in his NBA career.

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Allen Iverson and top officials of the Philadelphia 76ers met to discuss the possibility of Iverson returning to the team. Iverson was drafted 1^st overall by Philadelphia in the 1996 NBA Rookie Draft and played at least ten seasons with the Sixers until he was traded to Denver Nuggets in December 2006. Both parties remain noncommittal but the talks are reportedly going on in a positive note.

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Amare Stoudemaire of the Phoenix Suns and Tyson Chandler of the Charlotte Bobcats were both fined by the NBA for $7,500 eaech for posting in their Twitter accounts during games. Beginning this season, the NBA has made a ruling about the usage of the social media which prohibits the players for updating their accounts during games.