Gerald Wallace was the nail in the Dwight-to-Brooklyn coffin, and that's just ugly |
Nets re-sign Gerald Wallace to a 4-year/$40 million contract.
So when the hell is someone going to realize that re-signing GERALD WALLACE was the death sentence to a Dwight Howard deal? The Nets are out of their mind for putting all this money on a guy like Gerald Wallace, ESPECIALLY when they have Dwight Howard down in Orlando looking to burn the whole city down if he doesn't get his way and go to Brooklyn.
Don't get me wrong, I think Gerald Wallace is a solid player in the NBA. Heck, the contract isn't even that bad. But for it to be the final nail in the Dwight Howard-to-Brooklyn coffin is just absurd. The guy isn't going to change your franchise, and when teamed up with only Deron Williams and Joe Johnson it won't be enough for the Nets to truly contend. Wallace does everything well, but nothing exceptionally. He is now 29 years old is no longer that shutdown perimeter that he once was, which is especially important in the Atlantic Division that contains Paul Pierce and Carmelo Anthony. Anthony shredded Wallace last year in a game, and I don't see his ultimate worth at this point as compared to Howard's worth.
Even more important for the Nets is their marketability. Yes, they do have Jay-Z as a part of their ownership group(a miniscule part at that) and yes, I do think they're going to take a lot of Brooklyn people aboard their fanbase(though that's more about NYC's insane borough repping nature) but Dwight Howard and Deron Williams were supposed to be their big guys, not Joe Johnson and Dwight Howard. Prokhorov, if you want to take over the city, it's not going to happen with Gerald Wallace as apart of whatever you call your "big three."
Simply put, as a Knicks fan I don't fear this Nets team taking over the city, but I would have, had Dwight Howard be coming to Brooklyn instead.
Grade: C
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