2007–08 New Jersey Nets season

2007–08 New Jersey Nets season
Head coach	Lawrence Frank
Arena	Izod Center
Results
Record	34–48 (.415)
Place	Division: 4th (Atlantic) Conference: 10th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	DNQ
Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	YES Network, WWOR
Radio	WFAN

The 2007–08 New Jersey Nets season was the 41st season, 32nd in the NBA basketball in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Midseason, All-Star point guard Jason Kidd was shipped to the Dallas Mavericks, the team where he began his career. He would later help the Mavericks win their first ever NBA championship in 2011. Kidd would later return to the Nets, in Brooklyn, as their head coach for the 2013–14 season.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

The 2007 NBA Draft took place in New York City, New York on June 28.
The free agency period began in July.

Draft picks

Main article: 2007 NBA Draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	17	Sean Williams	Forward	United States	Boston College

Roster

New Jersey Nets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos.	No.	Name	Height	Weight	DOB (YYYY–MM–DD)
1.5 !G	13	USA !	Ager, Maurice	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	202 lb (92 kg)	Michigan State
1.0 !PG	10	USA !	Armstrong, Darrell	7000185420000000000♠6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)	180 lb (82 kg)	Fayetteville State
4.5 !PF	2	USA !	Boone, Josh	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	245 lb (111 kg)	Connecticut
2.0 !SG	15	USA !	Carter, Vince (C)	7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	North Carolina
6.0 !C	14	Senegal !	Diop, DeSagana	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	280 lb (127 kg)	Oak Hill Academy (VA)
1.0 !PG	34	USA !	Harris, Devin	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	185 lb (84 kg)	Wisconsin
2.5 !G/F	44	USA !	Hassell, Trenton	7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m)	233 lb (106 kg)	Austin Peay
3.0 !SF	24	USA !	Jefferson, Richard	7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m)	230 lb (104 kg)	Arizona
6.0 !C	12	Serbia !	Krstić, Nenad	7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m)	260 lb (118 kg)	Serbia
3.0 !SF	7	Slovenia !	Nachbar, Boštjan	7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m)	221 lb (100 kg)	Slovenia
5.5 !F/C	6	USA !	Swift, Stromile	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	220 lb (100 kg)	LSU
1.0 !PG	1	USA !	Williams, Marcus	7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m)	205 lb (93 kg)	Connecticut
4.5 !PF	51	USA !	Williams, Sean	7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m)	235 lb (107 kg)	Boston College

Head coach

Lawrence Frank (Indiana)

Assistant coach(es)

Legend

(C) Team captain
(DP) Unsigned draft pick
(FA) Free agent
(S) Suspended
Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2008-02-04

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starter	Bench	Reserve
C	Nenad Krstić	Sean Williams	DeSagana Diop
PF	Josh Boone	Boštjan Nachbar	Stromile Swift
SF	Richard Jefferson
SG	Vince Carter	Trenton Hassell	Maurice Ager
PG	Devin Harris	Marcus Williams	Darrell Armstrong

Regular season

Standings

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Boston Celtics	66	16	.805	–	35–6	31–10	14–2
x-Toronto Raptors	41	41	.500	25	25–16	16–25	10–6
x-Philadelphia 76ers	40	42	.488	26	22–19	18–23	7–9
New Jersey Nets	34	48	.415	32	21–20	13–28	4–12
New York Knicks	23	59	.280	43	15–26	8–33	5–11

Game log

November

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record

December

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record

January

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record

February

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record

March

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record

April

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

#	Date	Visitor	Score	Home	OT	Leading scorer	Attendance	Record

Green background indicates win.
Red background indicates regulation loss.
White background indicates overtime/shootout loss.

Player stats

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Ager, Maurice !Maurice Ager*	26	3	6.3	.323	.158	.500	.5	.3	.00	.04	2.0
Armstrong, Darrell !Darrell Armstrong	50	2	11.0	.364	.333	.667	1.3	1.5	.56	.04	2.5
Boone, Josh !Josh Boone	70	53	25.3	.548	.000	.456	7.3	.8	.51	.87	8.2
Carter, Vince !Vince Carter	76	72	38.9	.456	.359	.816	6.0	5.1	1.22	.43	21.3
Diop, DeSagana !DeSagana Diop*	79	23	16.4	.522	.000	.543	5.0	.5	.33	1.11	2.9
Harris, Devin !Devin Harris*	64	61	31.6	.463	.335	.824	2.7	5.8	1.41	.16	14.8
Hassell, Trenton !Trenton Hassell*	63	6	12.3	.422	.222	.700	1.3	.7	.21	.05	2.0
Jefferson, Richard !Richard Jefferson	82	82	39.0	.466	.362	.798	4.2	3.1	.93	.26	22.6
Krstic, Nenad !Nenad Krstić	45	38	18.0	.410	.000	.754	4.4	.6	.20	.38	6.6
Nachbar, Bostjan !Boštjan Nachbar	75	1	22.1	.402	.359	.786	3.5	1.2	.59	.28	9.8
Swift, Stromile !Stromile Swift*	56	4	15.1	.509	.000	.670	3.6	.5	.27	.96	6.1
Williams, Marcus !Marcus Williams	53	7	16.1	.379	.380	.787	1.9	2.6	.47	.06	5.9
Williams, Sean !Sean Williams	73	29	17.5	.538	.000	.609	4.4	.4	.38	1.45	5.6

*Total for entire season including previous team(s)

Transactions

The Nets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007-08 season.

Trades

February 19, 2008

To New Jersey Nets

Devin Harris, DeSagana Diop, Trenton Hassell, Maurice Ager, Keith Van Horn, and 1st round picks in the 2009 NBA Draft and 2010 NBA Draft

To Dallas Mavericks

Jason Kidd, Malik Allen, and Antoine Wright

External links

Brooklyn Nets

Formerly the New Jersey Americans (1967–1968), New York Nets (1968–1977) and New Jersey Nets (1977–2012) Founded in 1967 Based in Brooklyn, New York

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Arenas	Teaneck Armory Long Island Arena Island Garden Nassau Veterans Memorial Coliseum Rutgers Athletic Center Izod Center Prudential Center Barclays Center

Personnel	Owners Mikhail Prokhorov (majority owner) Bruce Ratner (minority) President Irina Pavlova General Manager Vacant Head Coach Tony Brown (interim)

General managers	Zaslofsky Carnesecca Boe & Quinn DeBusschere Melchionni Theokas MacKinnon Weltman Reed Nash Thorn Stefanski Vandeweghe Thorn King

D-League affiliate	Long Island Nets (beginning in 2016-17)

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ABA Finals Appearances	1973 1974 1976

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2007–08 NBA season by team

Eastern

Atlantic	Boston New Jersey New York Philadelphia Toronto

Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Indiana Milwaukee

Southeast	Atlanta Charlotte Miami Orlando Washington

Western

Northwest	Denver Minnesota Portland Seattle Utah

Pacific	Golden State L.A. Clippers L.A. Lakers Phoenix Sacramento

Southwest	Dallas Houston Memphis New Orleans San Antonio

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