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Win - Loss Record -

Current Streak :Lost Three
Longest Winning Streak : 1, November 16 1996
Longest Losing Streak : 5, November 1-14 1996

Last Game : New Jersey 88, Toronto 97
Next Games : Away to Cleveland, Atlanta, home to Boston

Next Up: Cleveland

Upsets, did I say upsets? Well the Sonics found out the hard way when they lost to the Nets last Wednesday by nine points. The Nets won despite 21 turnovers. Come Friday though it was a different matter when the Bulls came to town and flogged the Nets by 21. Ouch. To top things off, the Nets dropped an easy win to Milwaukee and then LOST to Toronto. Good God this can't get worse can it?

The Nets played without Jayson Williams against the Bulls and Bucks, who was suffering from a thumb injury, instead Tony Massenburg got two starts and performed well with 10 and 16 borads respectively. Now it seems Bradley is out with a sore knee, but with Williams back, Massenburg now finds himself the teams starting centre.

Jayson Williams

He leads the NBA in rebounding, got his story published in Sports Illustrated and now he's the Nets Player of the Month. Thats right - the Nets big man JAYSON WILLIAMS has been voted by the fans as the best Net in November.

Some of his nightly performances have been nothing less than sensational. The one game that stands out was the overtime win against the Clippers where the Incredible Hulk scored 28 points and 24 rebounds to lead the Nets to an eleven point win. He has recorded three games of 18 boards, and suprisingly his lowest boards total so far has only been 11.

NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- John Williamson, a pure shooter who spent most of his ABA/NBA career with the New York and New Jersey Nets, died Saturday at Yale New Haven Hospital. He was 44.

John Mertz, the Nets' director of public relations, said Williamson had been on kidney dialysis for eight years. Tom Urtz, a hospital spokesman, did not have the cause of death, but confirmed Williamson died at 10:05 a.m. ET in the hospital's surgical intensive care unit.

"He had been in our care over the years on a number of occasions," Urtz said. "He had been treated over the years for chronic kidney problems. His health had not been robust for the last couple of years."

Retired Nets' trainer Fritz Massman said Williamson had been sick for about seven or eight years and was under dialysis for a severe kidney problem. "He was one hell of a player, a good player. He was tough. He never backed down from anything and he always wanted to take the big shot," Massman said. "He thrived on that."

A fan-favorite whose nickname was "Super John," Williamson was a starting guard on the Nets' ABA championship teams in 1973-74 and 1975-76. His No. 23 is one of four retired by the Nets, with whom he spent most of his nine-year career.

Julius Erving averaged 34.6 points in the ABA finals in 1976, a series that is famous for capturing the league at its flamboyant best, but Williamson is remembered for scoring 16 points in the fourth quarter to pull out the deciding game.

Williamson won two championships with the Nets, including that in his rookie season. He was traded to Indianapolis on Jan. 31, 1977 for a first round draft pick. Almost one year later, Williamson was reacquired by the Nets for Bob Karrington and two second-round draft picks.

That year, Williamson scored 40 points against Atlanta and 50 points against Indianapolis in consecutive games.

Williamson's best season in 1977-78, when he averaged nearly 24 points in 77 games with the Indiana Pacers and New Jersey. In five years in the NBA, Williamson averaged 20.1 points on 45 percent field-goal shooting. He wrapped up his career with the Washington Bullets in 1980-81.

Williamson held several Nets records, including his 34 field goal attempts against Philadelphia in the 1979 playoffs and his 40 attempts against Buffalo in the regular season in 1978. He also has a Nets record with 22 free throws made in a game against San Diego in 1978. Williamson has the second-most points in any playoff game in Nets history with his 38 against Philadelphia in 1979. Drazen Petrovic, who was killed in an automobile accident in 1993, has the record with 40 against Cleveland in 1992.

Williamson's son, Maurice, played collegiately at Louisiana State from 1989 to 1993.

The Wade Funeral Home in New Haven is in charge of arrangements. Owner Michael Wade said Williamson's family planned to finalize the plans on Monday.

Calipari

Hey, it's about time we signed up someone who can actually coach - no offence Butch, but you sucked. It seems John's good enough for the Nets to be giving him four or five million dollars a year. John should finally bring back some hope and optimism to the Meadowlands after he led UMass to the NCAA Final Four.

During a recent press conference Calipari was quoted in saying " I hope to create a love affair between the organization and the fans of New Jersey " . With the current state of affairs in the Garden State, he'd better start winning and winning soon. Over the past few months since his signing, Calipari has set the wheels in motion, not only landing prized shooting guard Kerry Kittles, but Robert Pack and David Benoit also. Here's hoping Coach C can bring home a winning attitude and ballclub in the years to come.