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Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:37 am EDT

Nets adding Marciulionis and Sabonis?

By Mark Miller

The New Jersey Nets are about to change. While some folks are saying that new owner Mikhail Prokhorov isn't going to mess with the roster, another source told Yahoo! Sports' Adrian Wojnarowski that the team will try to add Russian and Lithuanian basketball legends Sarunas Marciulionis and Arvydas Sabonis to the team.

Wojnarowski also reports that with the team that he helped fund in Russia, CSKA, Prokhorov reportedly tried to hire Toronto Raptors assistant GM and Italian native Maurizio Gherardini but couldn't get it done. Perhaps he'll try again.

Meanwhile, the Russian Parliament is unhappy with Prokhorov, according to the Associated Press. His bid to buy the Nets is apparently being seen as unpatriotic' by a member of Russia's upper parliament chamber's sports committee. Folks there are burned up that the billionaire didn't put all his money into Russian sports.

Folks in Brooklyn, where the Nets are battling lots of local opposition to a new arena, no doubt feel the same way.

Source: Yahoo! SportsNew WindowAssociated PressNew Window

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  1. dagoldeneagle
    1. Posted by dagoldeneagle Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:02 am EDT

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    last time i checked, both of these guys are 45.
  2. Clevelandbred
    2. Posted by Clevelandbred Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:08 am EDT

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    Sabis?
  3. jk
    3. Posted by jk Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:37 am EDT

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    I don't think he would them as players, more like team advisors or assistant coaches at least for now :)
  4. DC
    4. Posted by DC Fri Sep 25, 2009 8:45 am EDT

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    Sabonis!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
  5. Deepak N
    5. Posted by Deepak N Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:13 am EDT

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    I remember playing as Sabonis on the good ole PS1.
  6. ME
    6. Posted by ME Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:32 am EDT

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    Sarunas was the ish....he drove with recless abandon like ginobli
  7. ME
    7. Posted by ME Fri Sep 25, 2009 11:32 am EDT

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    c(k)l
  8. amazed
    8. Posted by amazed Fri Sep 25, 2009 2:31 pm EDT

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    Wow... can you see subtitles during televised games in the future?
  9. jeezee10
    9. Posted by jeezee10 Fri Sep 25, 2009 3:01 pm EDT

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    The Russians are coming! The Russians are coming!
  10. me
    10. Posted by me Fri Sep 25, 2009 6:48 pm EDT

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    HAHA! sabonis is too old
  11. jpatrickwalsh3
    11. Posted by jpatrickwalsh3 Fri Sep 25, 2009 7:57 pm EDT

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    I think they should have a bronze statue of patrick swayze yelling WOLVERINES like he did in Red Dawn in front of the stadium
  12. BabyAngel839
    12. Posted by BabyAngel839 Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:28 pm EDT

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    Who are this GUYS?
  13. The Devil
    13. Posted by The Devil Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:31 pm EDT

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    Why in God's name hasn't Yahoo fired you yet, Mr. Miller? Your rumors are some of the dumbest and most poorly written items on the enirety of the website.
  14. Chris M (2009 NBA CHAMPION LAKERS!)
    14. Posted by Chris M (2009 NBA CHAMPION LAKERS!) Sat Sep 26, 2009 1:51 am EDT

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    13. Posted by The Devil Fri Sep 25, 2009 9:31 pm EDT Report Abuse
    Why in God's name hasn't Yahoo fired you yet, Mr. Miller? Your rumors are some of the dumbest and most poorly written items on the enirety of the website.
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    Cosign! This is quite possibly the stupidest rumor ever!
  15. Zach
    15. Posted by Zach Sat Sep 26, 2009 2:37 am EDT

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    Saw some old tape of Sabonis, and if he played in the NBA in the 80's and early 90's, a lot of people may have their top five centers of all time rewritten. no way he's over Kareem and Wilt, but he'd be close. Everyone forgets he bested both Patrick Ewing and David Robinson in the olympics when they respectively played. He could shoot, pass, rebound, a true monster. Granted he had a huge size advantage. He was in the European leauges to the same degree Shaq was with the Lakers, and that there was no one to stop him, slow him maybe, but that's it. it's a shame that most of the American fans only saw the older version of him with the Blazzers, he truely was one of the best in the world when he was in his prime.
  16. darkgt
    16. Posted by darkgt Sat Sep 26, 2009 3:19 am EDT

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    haha hell yeah #5 he was lock down d in nba jam every time i got the blazers and put him in at half time as the comp it was a win for me. does anybody else think he looks like ray liota as well?
  17. leslie d
    17. Posted by leslie d Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:09 am EDT

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    haha! sabonis the 34 year old rookie!
  18. glenn
    18. Posted by glenn Sat Sep 26, 2009 6:12 am EDT

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    there are TONS of russians in brooklyn already. this one's got some ca$h though
  19. John H
    19. Posted by John H Sat Sep 26, 2009 12:31 pm EDT

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    Even if he is old, Sabonis is still better than most centers.
  20. Chewy Dun
    20. Posted by Chewy Dun Sat Sep 26, 2009 3:09 pm EDT

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    Why are some people so stupid ? You really think Sabonis will be there to play? damn ediots! He will be to Yi and the lopez twin what kareem is to bynum or what ewing is to dwight. he will be there as a couch and a mentor.
  21. briancrespo1111
    21. Posted by briancrespo1111 Sat Sep 26, 2009 7:35 pm EDT

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    He's not your vydas, he's not my vydas, he's arvydas!!!!
  22. Paching
    22. Posted by Paching Sat Sep 26, 2009 10:55 pm EDT

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    Wow two rust buckets! What a way to make a name for yourself. "Russian concusion".What does this guy think?Then again this is Mark Millers bull$hit rumor
  23. CuriousNotGeorge
    23. Posted by CuriousNotGeorge Sun Sep 27, 2009 5:24 am EDT

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    still Land of Opportunity
  24. Geo S
    24. Posted by Geo S Sun Sep 27, 2009 2:20 pm EDT

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    I call B.S.
  25. Cotton Piquer
    25. Posted by Cotton Piquer Sun Sep 27, 2009 3:10 pm EDT

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    Sabonis had two torn ACL's and two ruptured achilles tendons before he ever played in the NBA.
    Auerbach & Hubie Brown said he was better than David Robinson, Kareem or Walton in their primes.
    I saw him make The Admiral look like a SG trying to play against Yao. Sabonis was a SKYWALKER ( term used to describe jumpers back in the day), and had Superior Skills too.

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