Yi Jianlian News

The Blazers take on the 0-14 New Jersey Nets tonight at the Rose Garden. To be fair, the Nets have been without their star PG Devin Harris for most of the season and Courtney Lee and Yi Jianlian have played a total of 10 games.

George Karl The team had more L's than Lollapalooza. The coach would drive toward the parking lot for practice, but just couldn't muster the strength to turn in.

Cartoon characters filled the Izod Center on Saturday afternoon, with painted-on smiles that not even two bad basketball teams could erase.

Nets point guard Devin Harris will return from injury Saturday against the Knicks, but perhaps in a limited capacity.

Already one NBA coach has entered the ranks of the unemployed and more are sure to follow.

Rookie star Brandon Jennings and his Milwaukee Bucks try and get back on the winning track Wednesday when they play host to the winless New Jersey Nets.

Perhaps Nets co-owner/rapper Jay-Z should start making tracks about New Jersey since his current hit 'Empire State of Mind' seemed to be the theme for the World Series champion New York Yankees.

Miami Heat center Jermaine O'Neal was held out of Saturday night's game against the New Jersey Nets due to a bruised left hip.

Rafer Alston will take the triple-double. He just wishes he could take it some other time.

The doctor made a diagnosis, saying it was treatable and should involve a full recovery, and yet all Chris Douglas-Roberts could think was that he didn't want to be that guy.

New Jersey Nets head coach Lawrence Frank is probably feeling the heat with his team off to a franchise-worst 0-8 start.

In a Nov. 10 story about the winless New Jersey Nets, The Associated Press erroneously reported that forward Yi Jianlian had surgery on a recently sprained right knee.

Devin Harris, right, is fouled by the Timberwolves' Al Jefferson during a game last month, before he re-strained a groin muscle.

Before Nets forward Yi Jianlian was injured Monday, he had showed improved strength so far this season, according to general manager Kiki Vandeweghe.

The New Jersey Nets have never opened a season with six straight losses and will try to avoid history tonight against the Philadelphia 76ers at the Wachovia Center.

Starting point guard Devin Harris and starting power forward Yi Jianlian are among the legion of injured Nets players who won't be playing this weekend.

The Nets were not exactly an offensive juggernaut as they arrived here Friday, averaging a mere 88.8 points per game, which is the fourth-lowest figure in the league.

A terrific Boston team aims to bounce back from its first loss of the season when they face a banged-up, winless New Jersey club at the IZOD Center.

So Yi Jianlian was superbly definitive in explaining he is out for "about four weeks, maybe five, maybe three" weeks with a sprained right knee as the Nets' early season situation continues moving from terrible to disastrous to catastrophic.

Andre Iguodala scored 16 points, including a late 3-pointer to give Philadelphia the lead, and the 76ers rallied past the short-handed New Jersey Nets 97-94 Friday night.