Ep.24: The Logo and The Rookie

The 2012-13 season would be the first one for the historic Nets on Brooklyn. However, and because of their bad last few seasons, it was really difficult for their management to find legendary players who wanted to play for them. That's why their team mostly has current players, like Brook Lopez, Kenyon Martin, Richard Jefferson and Lou Williams.

But their first key acquisition wasn't in the free agency, like most of the other teams. It came during the Draft. Terry Washington is a 7'1 athletic center, with an outstanding college career in UCLA. Everyone projected Terry to be selected in the Top 5, until he sustained a horrible injury: in a freak accident, his body completely landed on his wrong-positioned right leg, breaking it almost immediately. Teams were not willing to draft another Greg Oden, so Washington's value plummeted to the second round, being drafted by Detroit and later traded to Brooklyn. But when "Age Away" was announced, the lucky ones were the Nets: although being a rookie, Washington suddenly was again the center who dominated the NCAA.

Having Washington in their roster gave Brooklyn's project a high value in the future, and thus Jerry West and Bob Dandridge signed with them. Doc Rivers and Byron Scott were recluted by "The Logo" and also signed with the team.

Jerry West is the leader of the young Nets team

The Brotherhood wasn't expecting a tough match. The Nets had been in the back of the standings during the whole season. But the Nets caught them by surprise: Bob Dandridge was a nightmare for Andre Iguodala, as he scored 12 points on him only in the first quarter. Iverson had a slow start, so the first twelve minutes finished with Brooklyn up by 6.

In the second quarter, Philadelphia's bench responded well. Nick Young had his best shooting night since he was traded, scoring his first three field goals attemps. Dell Curry also contributed with his 3-point shooting, scoring two in a row in the closing minutes of the half. However, Dandridge and West managed to survive the storm and the Nets still had a 3-point lead.

But from the third quarter onwards, it was Allen Iverson's show. 25 points in 24 minutes, plus 5 assists, helped Philadelphia to recover the lead and to close a match that was closer than what it should've been.

Iverson scored 31 points, Mourning 17, Nick Young scored 13 off the bench, Holiday scored 12 and Iguodala 10. Thaddeus Young struggles with his new found starting spot continued today, as he only scored 8 points in 32 minutes. On the Nets side, Dandridge also scored 31 points. West scored 18, Lopez 11 and Lou Williams scored 10 points off the bench. Terry Washington had a very inconsistent night. He only played 18 minutes and scored 2 points. 

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