Nets answer Jordi Fernandez’s call, show fight in loss to Knicks
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Nets answer Jordi Fernandez’s call, show fight in loss to Knicks

ByNews Polite

Jordi Fernandez couldn’t complain about the Nets’ fight Friday night. In fact, he loved it. Consider his message received. Two nights after the Nets’ new coach tore into his players for their effort in an ugly loss to the reigning champion Celtics, they responded with a gritty performance. Cam Thomas,…

Nets off to surprising .500 start due to stingy fourth-quarter defense
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Nets off to surprising .500 start due to stingy fourth-quarter defense

ByNews Polite

NBA players are too talented for defenses to take away everything. Winning and losing depends on taking away the right things, and taking them away well enough. That’s what the Nets have done when it mattered to surpass expectations coming into Sunday’s matinee against visiting Detroit. The rebuilding Nets, like…

Nets don’t extend Cam Thomas’ rookie contract ahead of deadline
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Nets don’t extend Cam Thomas’ rookie contract ahead of deadline

ByNews Polite

The Nets declined to extend the rookie contracts of three eligible players by Monday’s 6 p.m. deadline, most notably returning leading scorer Cam Thomas.  Injured center Day’Ron Sharpe and offseason pickup Ziaire Williams also were eligible but did not receive extensions, according to Post beat writer Brian Lewis.  Cam Thomas…