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Most interesting man… in Brooklyn? [Watch Video:]
Catching up with David Diamante, the winner of the Nets’ open-to-the-public PA announcer auditions: Diamante’s Brooklyn Cigar Lounge Follow @DavidDiamante on Twitter WOULD YOU PARTY WITH THIS GUY AFTER A NETS GAME IN BROOKLYN? KNOW ANOTHER CANDIDATE FOR “MOST INTERESTING MAN IN BROOKLYN?” COMMENT BELOW: Watch Nets PA Announcer Auditions video…
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Brooklyn ready? Nets need more energy
by BrooklynFans.com executive producer Pete Tenney (follow @PeteTenney on Twitter) Brooklyn’s been waiting for a major league, top-level pro team since 1957. If the Nets are still sleepwalking through home games when they get to Barclays Center, they’ll quickly deserve the reincarnated nickname “Dem Bums.” This final season in Newark has been an unfulfilling swan [...]
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Nets rookie talks buckets, injury bug, learning from D-Will
**editor’s note: One day after this video interview, Brooks broke the pinky toe on his right foot … tough one after bouncing back from an achilles ache. MarShon Brooks is with the Nets to score. The feeling is mutual — Billy King and Avery Johnson scored big in their draft day swap for the Providence [...]
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Nets adding wins, subtracting from waistlines [watch video!]
It’s “NBA Fit Live Healthy” week … and the Nets are leading the league-wide charge: Saturday they taught hoops and healthy lifestyles to the Boys & Girls Clubs of New Jersey and Brooklyn. Nets players Marshon Brooks, Johan Petro, Sundiata Gaines, and Larry Owens took a rare day away from Avery Johnson to host the [...]
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Brooklyn billboards: Nets Still “All In” on D-Will? …You bet!
Nets basketball is hard to watch, in their final season before moving to Brooklyn … so you may not be spending much time checking out Deron Williams. But you’re about to see a lot of him. Billboards. Taxi tops. Kiosks. “Believe The Hype,” says Brooklyn, and now the Nets say it too. Does Deron Williams? [...]
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[Twitter response] Can D-Will survive Nets growing pains?
by BrooklynFans.com executive producer with identity-crisis facial hair Pete Tenney (@PeteTenney) We respond to our Twitter followers and take part in their interesting conversations as often as possible. And sometimes, a concise, clean tweet can lead to a big sloppy response by us: This answer’s very simple short term. In terms of [...]
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On top of their game: Barclays Center has roof over heads
This thing is happening, and now winter setbacks are unlikely. “What if it snows, like last year?” arena skeptics asked. …Well there would be problems. Big problems, if the roof were still open. But the “topping off” celebration Thursday is also a promise the Barclays Center will open on time. For Jay-Z, for the Nets, [...]
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