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
New Jersey Nets seasons
< 2006–07 2008–09 >

The 2007–08 New Jersey Nets season was the 41st season, 32nd in the NBA basketball in East Rutherford, New Jersey.

Key dates prior to the start of the season:

Contents:

Offseason

Draft picks

New Jersey's selection from the 2007 NBA Draft in New York, New York.

Round Pick Player Position Nationality School/Club Team
1 17 Sean Williams Forward  United States Boston College

Roster

Players Coaches
Pos. # Name Height Weight DOB (Y–M–D) From
G 13 Ager, Maurice 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 202 lb (92 kg) Michigan State
PG 10 Armstrong, Darrell 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 180 lb (82 kg) Fayetteville State
PF 2 Boone, Josh 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 245 lb (111 kg) Connecticut
SG 15 Carter, Vince (C) 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) North Carolina
C 14 Diop, DeSagana 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 280 lb (127 kg) Oak Hill Academy (VA)*
PG 34 Harris, Devin 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Wisconsin
G/F 44 Hassell, Trenton 6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 233 lb (106 kg) Austin Peay*
SF 24 Jefferson, Richard 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) Arizona
C 12 Krstić, Nenad 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Serbia
SF 7 Nachbar, Boštjan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 221 lb (100 kg) Slovenia
F/C 6 Swift, Stromile 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 220 lb (100 kg) LSU
SF 22 Van Horn, Keith 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Utah
PG 1 Williams, Marcus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 205 lb (93 kg) Connecticut
PF 51 Williams, Sean 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Boston College
Head coach
Assistant coach(es)
Legend
  • (C) Team captain
  • (DP) Unsigned draft pick
  • (FA) Free agent
  • (S) Suspended
  • Injured
  • * High school

Roster • Transactions
Last transaction: 2008-02-04

Regular season

Standings

Atlantic Division W L PCT Home Road Div GB
Boston Celtics1 66 16 .805 35–6 31–10 14–2 —
Toronto Raptors6 41 41 .500 25–16 16–25 10–6 25
Philadelphia 76ers7 40 42 .488 22–19 18–23 7–9 26
New Jersey Nets 34 48 .415 21–20 13–28 4–12 32
New York Knicks 23 59 .280 15–26 8–33 5–11 43

Game log

Game log

November

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

December

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record
# Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record

January

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record

February

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record

March

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record

April

Record: ; Home: ; Road:

# Date Visitor Score Home OT Leading scorer Attendance Record

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)

Awards and records

Records

Milestones

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

Free agents

Player Former team
Player New team

See also

Formerly the New Jersey Americans and New York Nets • Founded in 1967 • Based in Newark, New Jersey
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