The Digital Journal of Coach Lawrence Frank
Entry #6: January 2008
Only three losses this month. That's a good thing to have, and to be honest the only team that's even competing with us right now is Dallas. They've only had 9 losses and have one more win than we do, but when we see them in the finals, they're going to have four losses. Guaranteed.
Dwight has played well this season, very well to be honest. He's produced a double-double a game and he was 1 assist shy of a triple-double against the Sonics, and 2 blocks shy of a triple-double against the Nuggets. Vince yet again produced another game winning jump shot, this time against the Magic. Dwight blocked a shot from our former Power Forward, Sean Williams and passed to Kidd, whom threw a long pass to Vince.. who actually pulled up and shot a three to put us up by two. To be honest when I saw him pulling up I nearly shed a tear at the mere sight of him potentially missing, and even after we won with that shot I took him in to the locker room to tell him that it was a stupid choice pulling up with so much time left on the clock. He apologized but it was fantastic to win.
All-Star weekend is approaching and I have a feeling either Vince or Dwight.. maybe even Richard might be invited to have a go in the competition, and I'm sure we'll have someone in our team in the Eastern All-Stars.. maybe Dwight, Vince or Kidd? Even Rasheed? Our team is full of talent, I personally believe that our entire starting five could ice a position on the team.
We suffered a humiliating loss against the Grizzlies, Rudy Gay had an amazing night. I'm not going to lie, we pursued him prior to pursuing Trevor Ariza, but the Grizzlies wouldn't budge. Tough game.
Until next time.
New Jersey Nets Coach, Lawrence Frank
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Richard Jefferson with the game-clincher against the Bobcats | Vince Carter with his second game winner of the season 83-81
Monthly Leaders (New Jersey)
PPG: Vince Carter - 20.7
RPG: Dwight Howard - 11.9
APG: Jason Kidd - 8.7
SPG: Jason Kidd - 1.86
BPG: Rasheed Wallace - 1.65
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Monthly Leaders (Around The League)
PPG: Dirk Nowitzki - 32.6
RPG: Yao Ming - 13.2
APG: Jamal Tinsley 11.7
SPG: Bruce Bowen - 2.29
BPG: Kendrick Perkins - 2.57
Race To The MVP
Players Of The Month
East: Jermaine O'Neal
West: Steve Nash
Rookies Of The Month
East: Sean Williams
West: Greg Oden
Current Playoff Standings
Trades
(Team trading player in brackets)
November
Rasheed Wallace (Detroit) for Jamaal Magloire, Jason Collins & Bernard Robinson (New Jersey)
Trevor Ariza (Orlando) for Antoine Wright & Mile Ilic (New Jersey)
December
Trenton Hassell (Minnesota) for DeShawn Stevenson (Washington)
Thabo Sefolosha (Chicago) for Draft Pick (Warriors)
Dwight Howard (Orlando) for Sean Williams, Bostjan Nachbar & Josh Boone (New Jersey)
Mardy Collins (Knicks) for Draft Pick (Bobcats)
Hakim Warrick (Memphis) for Luther Head (Houston)
January
Andrea Bargnani (Toronto) for Stromile Swift (Memphis)
Pau Gasol (Memphis) for Rashard Lewis (Orlando)
Chauncey Billups (Detroit) for Darius Miles (Portland)
Kurt Thomas (Phoenix) for Hedo Turkoglu (Orlando)
Ryan Gomes (Minnesota) for Draft Pick (Atlanta)
Thaddeus Young (Philadelphia) for Draft Pick (Orlando)
Mikhael Gelebale (Seattle) for Draft Pick (Grizzlies)
