Chris McCollough was supposed to be Melo2.0 out of Syracuse, Yi was supposed to be the second coming of Yao, and I don’t care but I was super excited when we drafted the Brooklyn born Isiah Whitehead from Seton Hall. But I’m curious what random Nets live rent free in everyone else’s head. I’m old enough to remember when Jayson Williams was supposed to be the franchise and old enough to forget Jay Will tried out for his hometown NJ Nets. I know I will see the name Marshon Brooks but who else earned your fandom ?
by NewJerseySwampDragon
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Tornike Shengalia the Springfield Armor legend
THAT dunk had me so hype for Markel Brown 😭
Rondae Hollis Jefferson was on a ton of promotional material. Rodion Kurucs was supposed to be something as well
McCullough was not supposed to be Melo 2.0. Just a switchy stretch 4/5. Everything we want Claxton to be basically
I was excited about Terrence Williams. I thought once he got his shot down, he’d be a star. Your personality can determine how good you become, and unfortunately, it seems that his rough upbringing was something that he could not overcome (which is understandable)
DDJ i remember i had no idea why he was in the NBA when we first signed him, after his two years but i cant believe no one picked him up until now. His shooting splits are dogshit but everything else about him I thought was NBA level.
Bembry i was PISSED that we waived, I loved his half a season with us. Him and Nwaba felt like a cheat code bc teams left them wide open but they KEPT hitting shots lol.
Mirza Teletovic after he torched the Mavs for 34 points
Nachbar
Lmao I remember that dude. I thought Sean Williams back in the NJ days had some insane potential and granted, he had some monster games. He was so athletic but couldn’t defend.
Terrence Williams looked like mini Lebron physically but fizzled out with no jumpshot.
Antoine Wright never did anything but was supposed to be a ray allen type.
Kurucs. And I still think he is an NBA level role player. I also liked David Nwaba when he was here.
Kurucs. There was something there, but it was lost right after he beat his girl
Dzanan musa, I really wanted to believe he was gonna be luka like
I got a MarShon Brooks jersey, I was soooo hype for him
I thought Isaiah Whitehead was going to be what Cam Thomas is now
Yogi Ferrell and Iasiah Whitehead are my go tos
Yinka Dare
Sean Williams
TOKO SHENGELIA
Dude put up monster numbers in the g league and had some memorable plays in the nba too
I really thought marcus williams was gunna be the 2nd coming of jkidd. Perfect distributing pg after the legend
Air Latvia ✈️
People here were really upset and angry at the Nets FO because Yogi Ferrel had some moments for the mavs
The Josh Boone and Marcus Williams connection could have been our next era. I actually always liked Josh Boone despite his complete lack of confidence, Dude was a solid big man in the times where he didn’t need to be skilled.
Nenad Krstic
Shawn Bradley…
I really thought Jahlil Okafor was gonna be our center for a decade
Mikki Moore
I was quite hyped when we drafted Derrick Favors
Chris Douglas Roberts. Him and Terrence Williams were supposed to be the chosen ones lol.
I thought Hassan Adams would be a guy.
Sean Kilpatrick after putting 37 on the clippers
Dzanan Musa
Gerald Green
Mr. Kardashian Kris Humphries
Andray Blatche, whenever he iso’d or in triple threat, it was must see- tv, good or bad. Solid backup big though.
Sean Kilpatrick for some reason is one of my first NBA memories.
Isiah Whitehead.
Dude was trash.
My personal over hype player was Reggie Perry, every time that dude played garbage minutes I felt he was gonna turn into what Obi is today. Really sad when we dropped him
Marshon brooks
CMC is definitely one. I was thoroughly deceived by Dzanan Musa’s G League stats
Man this is going to show my age.
Boki Nachbar was a hidden euro gem. 3 point specialist.
Marshon Kobe Brooks
Cyclone Isiah Whitehead was a thick ballerina with his spin cycles to the rim
Rodions was the next Kirilenko able to put up 5×5 stats.
Musa was who Luka was hyped out to be.
Mirza Teletovic blocked the King and was clutch with the 3.
Skilpatrick can get 40, easy.
I feel vindicated about how hype I was over Musa 😅
LeVert!!!
Bit recent but everyone was saying Iman shumpert was supposed to solve our defense problem in 2021
Reggie Evans when he hit a free throw line jumper