Atlantic Yards Report

• Would Prokhorov buy the Nets even if they don't move (to Brooklyn)? ESPN columnist says yes

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  I suggested two weeks ago that, though a longshot, prospective owner Mikhail Prokhorov might want the Nets even if the Brooklyn move falls through.Mark Stein on ESPN.com discovers a similar sentiment:While it is widely assumed (as noted in Box 1) that the Nets have to end up in Brooklyn to [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 7:15am EST
  by Norman Oder

• Nets: come meet injured players (it was their idea!)

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  The Nets' marketing efforts, which include advertising on practice jerseys and a reversible jersey promotion, have gotten a bit more desperate, which is not surprising, given that they're the National Basketball Association's only winless team and playing in an inaccessible, lame-duck arena.From Julian Garcia in the New York Daily News's' [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:58am EST
  by Norman Oder

• Brooklyn Paper offers a to-do list for Bloomberg, omits Atlantic Yards

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  A Brooklyn Paper editorial about Mayor Mike Bloomberg's challenges headlined Mike — fix this already, lists several issues for Brooklyn, which Democratic challenger Bill Thompson won.It cites the Gowanus Canal and then Coney Island, "Bloomberg’s other main Brooklyn re-development plan," which is something of a fudge. While Atlantic Yards may [...]
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  Posted: November 07, 2009, 6:07am EST
  by Norman Oder