2007–08 New Jersey Nets season

2007–08 New Jersey Nets season
Head coach Lawrence Frank
Arena Izod Center
Results
Record 34–48 (.415)
Place Division: 4th (Atlantic)
Conference: 10th (Eastern)
Playoff finish DNQ

Stats @ Basketball-Reference.com

Local media
Television YES Network, WWOR
Radio WFAN

The 2007–08 New Jersey Nets season was the 41st season, 32nd in the NBA basketball in East Rutherford, New Jersey. Midseason, All-Star point guard Jason Kidd was shipped to the Dallas Mavericks, the team where he began his career. He would later help the Mavericks win their first ever NBA championship in 2011. Kidd would later return to the Nets, in Brooklyn, as their head coach for the 2013–14 season.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

Draft picks

Main article: 2007 NBA draft
Round Pick Player Position Nationality College
1 17 Sean Williams Forward  United States Boston College

Roster

New Jersey Nets roster
Players Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY–MM–DD) From
G 13 United States Ager, Maurice 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Michigan State
PG 10 United States Armstrong, Darrell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fayetteville State
PF 2 United States Boone, Josh 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Connecticut
SG 15 United States Carter, Vince (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) North Carolina
C 14 Senegal Diop, DeSagana 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 280 lb (127 kg) Oak Hill Academy (VA)
PG 34 United States Harris, Devin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Wisconsin
G/F 44 United States Hassell, Trenton 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 233 lb (106 kg) Austin Peay
SF 24 United States Jefferson, Richard 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Arizona
C 12 Serbia Krstić, Nenad 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Serbia
SF 7 Slovenia Nachbar, Boštjan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Slovenia
F/C 6 United States Swift, Stromile 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) LSU
PG 1 United States Williams, Marcus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Connecticut
PF 51 United States Williams, Sean 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Boston C
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2008-02-04

Depth Chart

Pos. Starter Bench Reserve
C Nenad Krstić Josh Boone DeSagana Diop
PF Jason Collins Boštjan Nachbar Stromile Swift
SF Richard Jefferson Sean Williams
SG Vince Carter Trenton Hassell Maurice Ager
PG Devin Harris Marcus Williams Darrell Armstrong

Regular season

Standings

Atlantic Division W L PCT GB Home Road Div
y-Boston Celtics 66 16 .805 – 35–6 31–10 14–2
x-Toronto Raptors 41 41 .500 25 25–16 16–25 10–6
x-Philadelphia 76ers 40 42 .488 26 22–19 18–23 7–9
New Jersey Nets 34 48 .415 32 21–20 13–28 4–12
New York Knicks 23 59 .280 43 15–26 8–33 5–11

Game log

Game log

November

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# Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record

December

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January

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February

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March

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April

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Player stats

Legend
  GP Games played   GS  Games started  MPG  Minutes per game
 FG%  Field-goal percentage  3P%  3-point field-goal percentage  FT%  Free-throw percentage
 RPG  Rebounds per game  APG  Assists per game  SPG  Steals per game
 BPG  Blocks per game  PPG  Points per game

Regular season

Player GP GS MPG FG% 3P% FT% RPG APG SPG BPG PPG
Maurice Ager* 26 3 6.3 .323 .158 .500 .5 .3 .00 .04 2.0
Darrell Armstrong 50 2 11.0 .364 .333 .667 1.3 1.5 .56 .04 2.5
Josh Boone 70 53 25.3 .548 .000 .456 7.3 .8 .51 .87 8.2
Vince Carter 76 72 38.9 .456 .359 .816 6.0 5.1 1.22 .43 21.3
DeSagana Diop* 79 23 16.4 .522 .000 .543 5.0 .5 .33 1.11 2.9
Devin Harris* 64 61 31.6 .463 .335 .824 2.7 5.8 1.41 .16 14.8
Trenton Hassell* 63 6 12.3 .422 .222 .700 1.3 .7 .21 .05 2.0
Richard Jefferson 82 82 39.0 .466 .362 .798 4.2 3.1 .93 .26 22.6
Nenad Krstić 45 38 18.0 .410 .000 .754 4.4 .6 .20 .38 6.6
Boštjan Nachbar 75 1 22.1 .402 .359 .786 3.5 1.2 .59 .28 9.8
Stromile Swift* 56 4 15.1 .509 .000 .670 3.6 .5 .27 .96 6.1
Marcus Williams 53 7 16.1 .379 .380 .787 1.9 2.6 .47 .06 5.9
Sean Williams 73 29 17.5 .538 .000 .609 4.4 .4 .38 1.45 5.6

*Total for entire season including previous team(s)

Transactions

The Nets have been involved in the following transactions during the 2007–08 season.

Trades

February 19, 2008 To New Jersey Nets
Devin Harris, DeSagana Diop, Trenton Hassell, Maurice Ager, Keith Van Horn, and 1st round picks in the 2009 NBA draft and 2010 NBA draft		 To Dallas Mavericks
Jason Kidd, Malik Allen, and Antoine Wright

See also

External links

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