2009–10 New Jersey Nets season

The 2009–10 New Jersey Nets season was the 43rd season of the franchise, 34th in the National Basketball Association (NBA). This was the team's final season at the Izod Center. With a loss to the Dallas Mavericks on 000000002009-12-02-0000December 2, 2009, the Nets became the first team in NBA history to start the season 0–18.^[1] The Nets got their first win of the season at home against the Charlotte Bobcats on 000000002009-12-04-0000December 4, 2009.^[2] With a loss to the Houston Rockets on 000000002009-12-26-0000December 26, 2009, the Nets became the sixth team in NBA history to lose 28 of its first 30 games, tying the worst 30-game record in NBA history. With a loss to the Utah Jazz on 000000002010-01-23-0000January 23, 2010, the Nets became the third team in NBA history to lose 40 of its first 43 games, tying the worst 3-win record in NBA history. On February 6, the Nets lost to the Detroit Pistons, falling to 4–46 and tying the record for worst 50 game record in the history of the three major sports (NBA, MLB, NHL) that play seasons that long.

Key dates

• June 25 – The 2009 NBA draft took place in New York City.
• July 8 – The free agency period started.
• November 29 – Lawrence Frank was relieved of his duties as head coach after the team began the season with 16 consecutive losses, one shy of the NBA record. This streak was ongoing at the time of his dismissal. Tom Barrise, who previously served as assistant coach under Frank, became his replacement as interim head coach for the Nets' game that night against the Los Angeles Lakers, which the Nets lost 106–87 for their record-tying 17th consecutive loss.^[3] After a two-game stint by Barrise, general manager Kiki Vandeweghe was named the head coach for the remainder of the season, and Del Harris was given a position as assistant coach.^[4]
• December 4 – New Jersey Nets defeated the Charlotte Bobcats to break 18-game losing streak.

Summary

NBA Draft 2009

Draft picks

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	11	Terrence Williams	Small forward	United States	Louisville

Roster

New Jersey Nets roster
Players	Coaches
Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB (YYYY-MM-DD) From 5.5 !F/C 7 USA ! Battie, Tony 7000210820000000000♠6 ft 11 in (2.11 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Texas Tech 5.5 !F/C 2 USA ! Boone, Josh 7000208279999999999♠6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 240 lb (109 kg) Connecticut 1.5 !G 55 USA ! Dooling, Keyon 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 195 lb (88 kg) Missouri 2.5 !G/F 17 USA ! Douglas-Roberts, Chris 7000200659999999999♠6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Memphis 1.5 !G 34 USA ! Harris, Devin 7000190500000000000♠6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 185 lb (84 kg) Wisconsin 4.0 !F 44 USA ! Hassell, Trenton 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 233 lb (106 kg) Austin Peay 4.0 !F 22 USA ! Hayes, Jarvis 7000203200000000000♠6 ft 8 in (2.03 m) 228 lb (103 kg) Georgia 4.0 !F 43 USA ! Humphries, Kris 7000205740000000000♠6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 235 lb (107 kg) Minnesota 2.5 !G/F 6 USA ! Lee, Courtney 7000195580000000000♠6 ft 5 in (1.96 m) 200 lb (91 kg) Western Kentucky 6.0 !C 11 USA ! Lopez, Brook 7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 260 lb (118 kg) Stanford 1.5 !G 1 USA ! Quinn, Chris 7000187960000000000♠6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) 175 lb (79 kg) Notre Dame 4.0 !F 21 USA ! Simmons, Bobby (IN) 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 230 lb (104 kg) DePaul 2.5 !G/F 8 USA ! Williams, Terrence 7000198120000000000♠6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) Louisville 5.5 !F/C 9 China ! Yi Jianlian 7000213360000000000♠7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 238 lb (108 kg) People's Republic of China	Head coach Kiki Vandeweghe (UCLA) Assistant coach(es) John Loyer (Akron) Doug Overton (La Salle) Roy Rogers (Alabama) Legend (C) Team captain (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured

Depth Chart

Pos.	Starting 5	Bench 1	Reserve	Inactive
C	Brook Lopez	Josh Boone		Tony Battie
PF	Yi Jianlian	Kris Humphries
SF	Jarvis Hayes	Terrence Williams	Trenton Hassell	Bobby Simmons
SG	Courtney Lee	Chris Douglas-Roberts
PG	Devin Harris	Keyon Dooling	Chris Quinn

Pre-season

Regular season

Standings

Game log

Player statistics

Regular season

Awards, records and milestones

Awards

All-Star

NONE

Records

NBA

• Worst winless start of season in NBA history (0—18)^[1]
• Worst 30-game start in NBA history (2—28)
  • The 1970–71 Cleveland Cavaliers, 1992–93 Dallas Mavericks, 1993–94 Dallas Mavericks, 1997–98 Denver Nuggets, and 2004–05 New Orleans Hornets also started 2—28.
• Worst 3-win start in NBA history (3—40)
  • The 1993–94 Dallas Mavericks and 1997–98 Denver Nuggets also started 3—40.
• Worst 50-game start in sports history (4—46)
  • The 1972–73 Philadelphia 76ers and 1992–93 Dallas Mavericks also started 4—46.

Franchise

• Most points allowed in any one quarter (49; second quarter) – December 2, 2009 vs. Dallas Mavericks^[1]

Milestones

• Terrence Williams recorded his first career triple-double in a win over the Chicago Bulls^[5]

Injuries and surgeries

Devin Harris missed 10 games at the beginning of November due to a groin strain before returning on November 21 against the New York Knicks.^[6]

In addition, at one point the entire starting lineup, with the exception of center Brook Lopez, was injured. For a considerable portion of the season the Nets were forced to play extremely short-handed, and multiple times were able to dress only the league-minimum seven players. This was a major contributor to the poor start the Nets had for the season, in addition to well-respected Head Coach Lawrence Frank being fired and replaced by Nets GM/rookie head coach Kiki Vandeweghe.

Transactions

References

External links

• 2009–10 New Jersey Nets season at ESPN
• 2009–10 New Jersey Nets season at Basketball Reference