Nets interim head coach P.J. Carlesimo wanted to try and give 27 year old rookie Mirza Teletovic some extra floor time to hopefully showcase his shooting prowess. And so he chose the game vs the Pistons on Wednesday night to do this. (A game won by the Nets 93-90).
Coach proceeded to put Teletovic in the game around midway through the fourth quarter. Shortly thereafter, the Bosnian attemped a three-pointer that wasn’t even in the same zip code as the basket. Two more shots would follow, one worse than than the last. In all the 6′ 9″ 255 lb. forward missed on all three attempts in a span of just 40 seconds!
Carlesimo promptly replaced him with Greald Wallace after his third and final attempt and miss. “That has to be an NBA record!” the play by play man was heard blurting out after the last shot went ‘wide right’.
Teletovic takes about half his shots from beyond the arc and so far this season has a 35.6% shooting average from downtown. He does have one good game under his belt this season from back in January when he scored 10 points, had 4 rebounds, 3 assists, 1 steal and a block.
If he hopes to see more playing time the rest of the way and play more than his 8.1 MPG, Teletovic had better get himself an NBA approved GPS…
FANTASY FURNACE 
Of all the places to be shooting air balls it to be at the Palace in Auburn Hills . The last memorable event to happen there , was Artest aka Metta World Peace going up into the stands to help an attendee with his seating arrangement or as I like to put it , rearranging the furniture to give the venue more ambiance . I believe in some circles it’s called Feng Shui or in the inner city areas areas of Miami and the world over a ” good ol’ fashion “beat-down aka @ss kicking ” .
MWP”s game has been on decline for several years , much like his intelligence .
Tophatal ………………………………..
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When I read the headline, I automatically thought this article was about Kris Humphries. It’s amazing, but Mirza delivered more air balls in 40 seconds than Michael Jordan did in his entire career. I can imagine P.J. pulled him over after that last one and said “This is why you can’t have nice things!”.
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What made this so sad is that coach had just decided to give the rookie some extra time to showcase his “talent” but where I disagree with P.J. is that he picked a contest that was way too close and a it too late in the game to bring the kid in. Clearly the pressure got to him, hence the reason for benches…
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To add….(since I can’t help myself). This is the ugliest trilogy since Peter Jackson decided to indulge us with his bad Hobbit.
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The Nets are proving that incompetence does have room in the NBA as they represent that along with the Wizards , Bobcats and Kings !
GM Billy King and owner Mikhail Prokhorov can spend all the money they want , as it still cannot hide how bad that team just happens to be .
Tophatal …………….
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We don’t put the Nets in the same category as the Kings and the Bobacts Alan. And if they are successfull in their quest for Josh Smith, I know I wouldn’t want to play them in my teams first round…
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You might as well do that because that team is not particularly good on defense and it is going to come back to bite them in the rear end .
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There are only a handful of teams that play good ‘D’ in the NBA.
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Hence the reason Stern and the paeans and blowhard analysts ” have been selling us crap ” over the past few years that the NBA is an exciting brand . It’s not exciting when you see teams play ineffectively and the coaching borders on being so inept that you are wondering what the hell it is you’re actually watching .
The All Star Game , what do you believe to be actually exciting about that event in particular ? The games themselves are not competitive and there’s no real incentive for the players , other than the incentives with regard to their contracts . LeBron we know is the best player in the game , yet he has no wish to perform in the Slam Dunk Contest . When have you have ever heard of Jordan at his peak , refusing to be part of that competition ?
Far too many of today’s stars have become conceited and downright selfish , as their only concerns ……. just happens to be about money !
The NBA has now become a league of ” feast and famine” but as of late it is a famine !
Tophatal …………….
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