The Brooklyn Nets may not have been able to land Dwight Howard (at least not yet), but they’re still confident that they’re better than the Knicks. At a recent pep rally of sorts, Joe Johnson declared his squad the best in The Big Apple, and Billy King described his newly-formed backcourt tandem as the finest in the league.
Meaningless braggadocio? Yeah, but sports are about competition, and since we can’t play ’til November we may as well yap about it in July, right? Wrong, says Tyson Chandler. Via Newsday.com…
WASHINGTON — Tyson Chandler is aware of the Nets’ chatter of late, the stuff about Joe Johnson saying they were already the best team in town and the Nets expressing how they feel own the NBA’s top backcourt.
The Knicks center believes it’s time for their crosstown foes to pipe down.
“Ive heard a little bit, but I think its foolish,” Chandler said before today’s Team USA’s practice at George Washington University. “The Nets are just coming together. I thin
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