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2011-2012 NBA Regular Season: DeMar DeRozan Dunks On Johan Petro

Via You Got Dunked On  |  14 days ago

Frenchy Is Moving To New Jersey

Johan Petro has gotten his wish and got paid. Denver Nuggets backup center Johan Petro, aka Frenchy, has signed a 3-year, $10 million deal with the New Jersey Nets, according to Adrian Wojnarowski of YahooSports. Petro was the Nuggets the previous two seasons and played in 36 games for the Nuggets and averaged 3.4 points and 3.1 rebounds, he also started 16 games. While he wasn&...
Via Nugg Love  |  July 10, 2010

Pistons 109, Nets 92

Greg Monroe had 18 points and 11 rebounds, and the Detroit Pistons routed the New Jersey Nets 109-92 Friday night for their fourth straight victory. It's the longest winning streak for the Pistons since a five-game run in December 2009. Detroit (8-20) spotted the Nets seven straight points to start the game, then answered with a 12-0 run. Jonas Jerebko scored 20 points for...
Via AP on Fox  |  3 days ago

New Jersey signs Petro

The New Jersey Nets announced Saturday they have reached an agreement in principle with free agent center Johan Petro, Yahoo Sports reports the deal is worth Read more...
Via Digital Sports Daily  |  July 10, 2010

Nets Will Give Pistons Second-Rounder If They Take Petro

Detroit has agreed to take on Johan Petro in the Carmelo Anthony-to-New Jersey trade, which makes the blockbuster deal a tad closer...
Via RealGM  |  January 10, 2011

Dissecting the Nuggets recent victory

Is there any doubt that the Northwest Division is the best division in the league? It has four teams that will most likely be in the playoffs, Denver (42-21), Utah (40-22), Oklahoma City (38-24) and Portland (37-28). For the first time this year, Johan Petro started at Center for the Denver Nuggets and actually played well, ‘Frenchy’ [...]
Via Nugg Love  |  March 08, 2010

Tony Parker Apologizes

Oh, JoHAHN, Tonay Parcare ees a jus a keeedings weeth you. Ees like I make a ze joke for laugh and to laugh. Ees not a serious.Sacre bleu, JoHAHN! I vreally do sink zat your widdle hairspray coach Scoot Brook lukes good. You know zat Tonay like-a the hairs spray. Tonay's wife LOVE-a ze hairs ...
Via Blowtorch  |  December 15, 2008

Petro, Nets Reach $10M Deal

New Jersey has signed Johan Petro to a three-year contract...
Via RealGM  |  July 10, 2010

Johan Petro, Nets Agree to 3 Years, $10M

Petro started 16 games for the depleted Nuggets last season. From Yahoo!: “Seven-footer Johan Petro has reached agreement with the New Jersey Nets on a three-year, $10 million contract, league sources told Yahoo! Sports. After two seasons with the Denver Nuggets, Petro, 24, will now play behind New Jersey’s burgeoning young center Brook Lopez.”
Via SLAM Online  |  July 10, 2010

Nets Continue to Stockpile

Nets signed C Johan Petro to a 3-year $10M deal. Petro will be a backup for Brook Lopez. He averaged 3.4 points, 3.6 rebounds in 12.1 minutes for the Nuggets last year. He has 5.1 points, and 4.6 rebounds in his young 5-year career. This move for the Nets holds little significance for this season as the Nets are [...]
Via isportsweb.com  |  July 10, 2010

Nets' Johan Petro said Nene would help a team that was 'soft' last season

Backup center only player to show up at Nets facility
Via NJ.com  |  December 01, 2011

Nuggets re-sign Johan Petro

The Denver Nuggets have re-signed C Johan Petro, Nuggets Vice President of Basketball Operations Mark Warkentien announced today. Per league policy, terms of the contract were not released. Petro, 23, has career averages of 5.4 ppg, and 4.3 rpg in 270 regular season games with the Nuggets and the Oklahoma City/Seattle franchise. He originally came to [...]
Via Inside Hoops  |  August 28, 2009

NETS C Petro to Visit Pediatric Patients at HUMC

NETS center Johan Petro will visit pediatric patients at The Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital at Hackensack University Medical Center at 30 Prospect Avenue in Hackensack, NJ, on Monday, May 16, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. Hackensack University...
Via nba.com/nets  |  May 13, 2011

Robert Swift: Renaissance Man or Tatoo Addiction?

Seattle Supersonics 7'1 center Robert Swift was the 12th pick out of Bakersfield High School in the 2004 NBA draft. However, Swift is probably best known for being the first of Seattle's three-year center odyssey (04'-06') that produced the aforementioned Swift, Johan Petro in 05', and lastly, Mouhamed Sene in 06' (Taken mysteriously over Duke shooting phenomenon J.J. Redick). ...
Via Basket Interference?  |  October 22, 2007

Nuggets re-sign C Petro

The Denver Nuggets re-signed center Johan Petro on Thursday.
Via Basketball ] MiamiHerald.com  |  August 27, 2009

2009-2010 NBA Regular Season: Kevin Durant Dunks On Johan Petro

Durant with the facial on Johan Petro, via NBA.
Via You Got Dunked On  |  April 08, 2010

NETS C Johan Petro to Speak with Students at American History HS

NETS center Johan Petro will speak with students during an assembly at American History High School at 74 Montgomery Street in Newark on Monday, June 13 at 2 p.m. Petro will congratulate the students for winning the NETS All-Star Balloting School ...
Via nba.com/nets  |  June 10, 2011

Johan Petro Leaves Denver, Gets Three-Year Deal With Nets

by Chris TomassonFiled under: Nets, Nuggets, FIBA, NBA Free AgentsDenver's search for big men got even more urgent Saturday. Center Johan Petro, who was serviceable in starting 16 Nuggets games late last season in place of Kenyon Martin, signed a three-year, $10 million deal Saturday with New Jersey. "He's very happy. He's very happy,'' said Petro's...
Via FanHouse  |  July 10, 2010

Former Denver Nugget Johan Petro won't push Nets to acquire Carmelo

Backup center wouldn't want to change Nets' current roster
Via NJ.com  |  October 29, 2010

Brian Scalabrine

Scal left this game in the 2nd quarter with a ?cervical sprain.? To my eyes, it looked like he was knocked out briefly after getting hit on the neck by Johan Petro. Scal bounced right up, albeit with a glossy look on his face and knocked down two free throws. We hope this doesn?t have [...]
Via Red's Army  |  February 23, 2009

Nuggets bringing back little-used big man Petro

Reserve center Johan Petro has re-signed with the Denver Nuggets.
Via CBSSports  |  August 27, 2009

Nets agree to three-year contract with Petro

The New Jersey Nets have reached a contract agreement with center Johan Petro. Johan Petro - New Jersey Nets - United States - New Jersey - Carmelo Anthony
Via CBSSports  |  July 10, 2010

The Nets' New Public Address Announcer Has Long Dreadlocks And Owns His Own Cigar Lounge

The New Jersey Nets are moving to Brooklyn next year, according to sources. (They're playing out the string in Newark this year or something.) People, especially those who are fans of rapper Jay-Z and center Johan Petro, are excited about this move. But the Nets can't move to Brooklyn and still be the Nets because then people will laugh at them because the Nets are worthy...
Via Deadspin  |  December 20, 2011

Nets reach agreement with C Petro (AP)

The New Jersey Nets have reached a contract agreement with center Johan Petro. The Nets did not announce the terms of the deal Saturday, but an NBA official with knowledge of the agreement tells The Associated Press the contract is for $10 million over three years. The official requested anonymity because he was not authorized to speak for the team.
Via Yahoo! Sports  |  July 10, 2010

New Jersey Nets reach agreement with Johan Petro

The New Jersey Nets have reached an agreement in principle with free agent center Johan Petro, the team announced Saturday morning.
Via ESPN  |  July 10, 2010
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