Wednesday, November 25th, 2009 at 10:00 am  |  11 responses

K-Mart Blames Bruce Ratner for Nets’ Mess

Before helping to send his former team spiraling to 0-14, Martin placed the blame for how things are in New Jersey squarely on the shoulders of one man: ”You wish it would have worked out different but things happen for whatever reason and you just have to move on,’ said Martin. ‘It seems like when I left, it was just downhill from there, and we had something good.’ So who’s to blame for that mess and the one the Nets currently find themselves in? Martin’s answer was not surprising. ‘When you let people who have never played the game of basketball make decisions, that’s what you get,’ he said. ‘Bruce Ratner came in and made decisions and it affected everything from that point on. The blame for that has to go somewhere. It can’t always be on the players.’ Ratner obviously was trying to save some cash when he sent Martin packing and it ultimately led to the end of the greatest era in team history. In the following years, Jason Kidd and Richard Jefferson were traded. After that, the player who was brought in to replace Martin – Vince Carter – was dealt away too.”

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  • edmalhas Posted: Nov.25 at 10:11 am
    First! And I agree with Kmart. Loved those Nets teams.

  • Gerard Himself Posted: Nov.25 at 10:13 am
    Kenyon is right.

  • YKnot Posted: Nov.25 at 10:28 am
    Mr. Trina is right!

  • niQ Posted: Nov.25 at 10:29 am
    On the same note, Kenyon was irrelevant after he left the Nets…

  • Hoodsnake Posted: Nov.25 at 10:56 am
    Maybe that russian billionaire guy can buy them a win?

  • you already know. Posted: Nov.25 at 11:15 am
    i agree with K-Mart!

  • floe Posted: Nov.25 at 11:25 am
    Kenyon is wrong. Letting him walk was the best decision Ratner ever made.

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  • TADOne Posted: Nov.25 at 5:10 pm
    Don’t forget Rod Thorn.

  • Dave Posted: Nov.26 at 3:08 am
    Woah woah woah. Greatest era in team history? Julius would be uncurling his afro at that one.

  • nastierthanu Posted: Nov.26 at 6:51 am
    Kenyon is not wrond and tad is correct but let’s not forget lo frank. He was handed the wheel to a porsche and wasn’t grown enough to drive it. After going to the finals twice in a row he never had a better winning % than his abbreviated season. Never made it past the conference semi’s and they haven’t made it to the dance in the past 2 seasons. As a young coach in this league he got his experience but he effed up. Letting go of kenyon not such a good idea. He and kidd and rj were nasty, but fo real they couldn’t afford to lose lucious harris. All down hill after that

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