New Jersey Nets News

As the NBA ushered in its official free-agent signing period Wednesday, the usually feverish pace of trades, signings and huge contracts slowed to a crawl.

LEXINGTON, Ky. - There was no custom-tailored suit for Jodie Meeks, no handshake on the dais with David Stern.

During one of the first plays of the 2009 Orlando Pro Summer League, 76ers point guard Jrue Holiday passed to forward Marreese Speights and cut toward the hoop.

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Ryan Anderson, the oft-overlooked piece in the Vince Carter trade between Orlando and New Jersey, will make his Magic debut tonight in the Orlando Summer League.

With a single trade, Brook Lopez lost his best friend and his role model Thursday.

With former Fresno State guard Rafer Alston landing with the New Jersey Nets after last week's trade, the Nets now have two links to Fresno area basketball.

Hedo Turkoglu has reached an agreement in principle to join the Portland Trail Blazers, according to sources.

Rafer Alston, who was dealt to New Jersey from Orlando in a five-player trade, grew up watching the Nets in the early 1980s.

PORTLAND, Ore. - Hedo Turkoglu will visit with the Portland Trail Blazers on Thursday.

Originally published July 1, 2009 at 4:43 p.m., updated July 1, 2009 at 5:52 p.m. EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. a ' Dressed in a polo shirt and jeans, Rafer Alston didn't mind that the receptionist at the New Jersey Nets' training facility didn't recognize him as one of the team's newest players.

Take that, Cleveland. The Orlando Magic just upstaged your deal for Shaq by trading for Vince Carter.

The most important thing that happened at the NBA Draft on Thursday night had nothing to do with Blake Griffin , Hasheem Thabeet or even Ricky Rubio .

The NBA rumor mill is so out of control that this message came across Twitter on Tuesday: Breaking News! Amar'e Stoudemire to the Lakers!! He might take less money to win a championship.

After playing such a prominent role in the Orlando Magic's run to the NBA Finals in just his rookie season, Courtney Lee figured that he would be an important cog with the Magic for many years to come.

MILWAUKEE -- The Milwaukee Bucks have made qualifying offers to restricted free agents Ramon Sessions and Ersan Ilyasova, but will not make an offer to Charlie Villanueva.

Growing up in Salt Lake City, most of us had to make the decision of whether to follow the only pro team in the state or skip sports altogether.

Hours after flashy first-round pick Ricky Rubio skipped an introductory news conference with the Minnesota Timberwolves, the franchise's new frontman issued an open letter to fans and critics who are worried the team goofed by drafting two point guards.

The New Jersey Nets have exercised the option on the contract of forward Jarvis Hayes for the 2009-10 season.

Fourteen trades in the NBA coincided with the league's draft last week. The deals included everything from the glitzy transfer of big names - the trades of Shaquille O'Neal to Cleveland and Vince Carter to Orlando - to the more mundane shuffling of future second-round picks or wads of cash for current second-round picks who might or might not ever ...