New Jersey Nets News

Feb 1, 2012; Newark, NJ, USA; New Jersey Nets forward Jordan Williams controls a rebound against the Detroit Pistons at the Prudential Center.

A couple teams have a slew of picks to work with. If they push the right buttons, they could get better in a hurry, much like the 2012-13 Golden State Warriors.

With the 2013 NBA draft just ten days away 28 NBA teams are preparing for the offseason's biggest night and the other two will join them soon once their quest for a championship is completed.

The Brooklyn Nets own the 22nd pick in the 2013 NBA draft, which is set to take place at the Barclays Center on June 27. The Nets' first-round pick will be their only pick, because they owe their 2013 second-rounder to the Minnesota Timberwolves from a 2011 draft-night trade for Croatian Bojan Bogdanovic.

This upcoming season could very well be when the rivalry between The New York Knicks and The Brooklyn Nets really breaks through.

Jason Kidd was dressed in sweats Monday as the Nets worked out and interviewed six draft prospects, including first round possibilities Tony Mitchell of North Texas State and C.J. Leslie of North Carolina State.

Singer Kanye West and reality television actress Kim Kardashian arrive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Costume Institute Benefit celebrating the opening of "PUNK: Chaos to Couture" in New York, in this file picture taken May 6, 2013.

With no transcendent stars in the 2013 NBA draft class, team needs will play a huge role in who goes where come draft day.

The Utah Jazz had a great frontcourt in 2012-13, but they need to upgrade at point guard, shooting guard and small forward before next season.

There have always been players in the league who are just better than everyone else currently playing.

League executives, including the Nets ' Milton Lee, were on hand at Basketball City in Lower Manhattan Saturday, looking at 200 prospects who had paid $300 each to show their wares.

Job security has long been an oxymoron for coaches in this league, but even by that what-have-you-done-for-me-lately standard, this offseason has been a particularly volatile one.

This is how I feel about the bench, they underperformed most of the season, gave some lift at times, but mostly felt like they could have been so much more.

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As we note in Off-Season Report, there is near unanimity among the skeptics that the Jason Kidd hire is at best a big risk but among players, the reverse is true: near unanimity that it can and likely will work.

Two days after Jason Kidd was introduced to the media on Thursday and a day after he made the rounds of local and national radio shows, the debate --and scrutiny-- over Kidd's qualifications continue and are likely to continue throughout the season and probably through the three years of his contract.

The report did not give a name for the newborn, but did say she came into the world at Cedars Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

Reality television star Kim Kardashian gave birth to a girl fathered by rapper Kanye West , celebrity magazines People and Us Weekly reported Saturday.

Jun 13, 2013; Brooklyn, NY, USA; Brooklyn Nets head coach Jason Kidd poses for photos with guard Deron Williams during a press conference at Barclays Center.

"I'm feeling good now! We're in the Finals, so who cares? No one is going to remember I missed 20 games during the regular season."