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2009–10 New Jersey Nets season

NBA professional basketball team season

NBA professional basketball team season

FieldValue
teamNew Jersey Nets
end_year2010
wins12
losses70
divisionAtlantic
division_place5th
conf_place15th
coachLawrence Frank
Tom Barrise
Kiki Vandeweghe
arenaIzod Center
televisionYES Network, WWOR
radioWFAN
playoffsDid not qualify
bbr_teamNJN

Tom Barrise Kiki Vandeweghe 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 , the Nets became the first team in NBA history to start the season 0–18. The Nets got their first win of the season at home against the Charlotte Bobcats on . With a loss to the Houston Rockets on , 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 , the Nets became the third team in NBA history to lose 40 of its first 43 games, tying the worst three-win record in NBA history. On February 6, the Nets lost to the Detroit Pistons, falling to 4–46 and tying the record for the 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. 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.
  • December 4 – New Jersey Nets defeated the Charlotte Bobcats to break 18-game losing streak.
  • April 12 – New Jersey Nets play final home game at Meadowlands Arena.

Draft picks

Main article: 2009 NBA draft

New Jersey Nets}};"RoundNew Jersey Nets}};"PickNew Jersey Nets}};"PlayerNew Jersey Nets}};"PositionNew Jersey Nets}};"NationalityNew Jersey Nets}};"College
111Terrence WilliamsSmall forwardUnited StatesLouisville

Roster

  • Kiki Vandeweghe
  • John Loyer
  • Doug Overton
  • Roy Rogers

Pre-season

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Regular season

Standings

Game log

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 1 | October 28 | @Minnesota | | Brook Lopez (27) | Brook Lopez (15) | Devin Harris (8) | Target Center 18,358 | 0–1 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 2 | October 30 | Orlando | | Courtney Lee (18) | Josh Boone (8) | Devin Harris (7) | Izod Center 17,525 | 0–2 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 3 | October 31 | @Washington | | Chris Douglas-Roberts (25) | Yi Jianlian (7) | Rafer Alston (8) | Verizon Center 20,173 | 0–3 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 4 | November 2 | @Charlotte | | Chris Douglas-Roberts (20) | Bobby Simmons (7) | Rafer Alston (5) | Time Warner Cable Arena 9,380 | 0–4 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 5 | November 4 | Denver | | Chris Douglas-Roberts (19) | Brook Lopez (8) | Rafer Alston (4) | Izod Center 15,319 | 0–5 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 6 | November 6 | @Philadelphia | | Brook Lopez (22) | Trenton Hassell (12) | Terrence Williams (9) | Wachovia Center 10,054 | 0–6 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 7 | November 7 | Boston | | Brook Lopez (23) | Josh Boone (12) | Rafer Alston (7) | Izod Center 16,119 | 0–7 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 8 | November 11 | Philadelphia | | Brook Lopez (23) | Brook Lopez (14) | Rafer Alston (5) | Izod Center 10,714 | 0–8 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 9 | November 13 | @Orlando | | Rafer Alston (17) | Terrence Williams (12) | Rafer Alston (10) | Amway Arena 17,461 | 0–9 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 10 | November 14 | @Miami | | Hassell & Lopez (17) | Brook Lopez (9) | Rafer Alston (3) | American Airlines Arena 17,124 | 0–10 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 11 | November 17 | Indiana | | Chris Douglas-Roberts (27) | Brook Lopez (16) | Rafer Alston (4) | Izod Center 11,332 | 0–11 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 12 | November 18 | @Milwaukee | | Chris Douglas-Roberts (31) | Douglas-Roberts & Williams (10) | Bobby Simmons (4) | Bradley Center 13,479 | 0–12 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 13 | November 21 | New York | | Chris Douglas-Roberts (24) | Brook Lopez (12) | Devin Harris (7) | Izod Center 14,050 | 0–13 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 14 | November 24 | @Denver | | Alston & Harris (19) | Josh Boone (12) | Devin Harris (6) | Pepsi Center 16,307 | 0–14 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 15 | November 25 | @Portland | | Brook Lopez (32) | Brook Lopez (14) | Rafer Alston (6) | Rose Garden Arena 20,322 | 0–15 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 16 | November 27 | @Sacramento | | Devin Harris (25) | Brook Lopez (11) | Alston & Devin Harris (3) | ARCO Arena 12,725 | 0–16 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 17 | November 29 | @LA Lakers | | Brook Lopez (26) | Brook Lopez (12) | Devin Harris (6) | Staples Center 18,997 | 0–17 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 18 | December 2 | Dallas | | Chris Douglas-Roberts (24) | Lee & Lopez (6) | Terrence Williams (6) | Izod Center 11,689 | 0–18 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 19 | December 4 | Charlotte | | Brook Lopez (31) | Brook Lopez (14) | Devin Harris (8) | Izod Center 12,131 | 1–18 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 20 | December 6 | @New York | | Chris Douglas-Roberts (26) | Josh Boone (7) | Devin Harris (6) | Madison Square Garden 19,602 | 1–19 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 21 | December 8 | @Chicago | | Brook Lopez (25) | Boone & Lopez (10) | Devin Harris (6) | United Center 17,872 | 2–19 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 22 | December 9 | Golden State | | Brook Lopez (21) | Brook Lopez (10) | Courtney Lee (3) | Izod Center 10,005 | 2-20 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 23 | December 11 | @Indiana | | Brook Lopez (25) | Brook Lopez (14) | Alston & Harris (3) | Conseco Fieldhouse 12,175 | 2-21 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 24 | December 13 | @Atlanta | | Devin Harris (23) | Brook Lopez (12) | Devin Harris (9) | Philips Arena 14,015 | 2-22 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 25 | December 15 | @Cleveland | | Lopez & Harris (22) | Brook Lopez (15) | Alston & Harris (3) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 2-23 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 26 | December 16 | Utah | | Brook Lopez (23) | Josh Boone (11) | Devin Harris (6) | Izod Center 11,476 | 2-24 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 27 | December 18 | @Toronto | | Chris Douglas-Roberts (16) | Brook Lopez (8) | Three players (4) | Air Canada Centre 15,901 | 2-25 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 28 | December 19 | LA Lakers | | Devin Harris (21) | Brook Lopez (11) | Brook Lopez (4) | Izod Center 17,190 | 2-26 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 29 | December 23 | Minnesota | | Devin Harris (23) | Brook Lopez (10) | Devin Harris (8) | Izod Center 10,204 | 2-27 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 30 | December 26 | Houston | | Devin Harris (19) | Brook Lopez (11) | Keyon Dooling & Harris (6) | Izod Center 13,374 | 2-28 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 31 | December 28 | Oklahoma City | | Yi Jianlian (29) | Jianlian & Lopez (7) | Devin Harris (11) | Izod Center 15,335 | 2-29 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 32 | December 30 | New York | | Yi Jianlian (22) | Brook Lopez (14) | Devin Harris (8) | Izod Center 17,575 | 3-29 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 33 | January 2 | Cleveland | | Devin Harris (22) | Yi Jianlian (8) | Devin Harris (6) | Izod Center 17,569 | 3-30 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 34 | January 5 | Milwaukee | | Yi Jianlian (22) | Brook Lopez (7) | Devin Harris (7) | Izod Center 11,101 | 3-31 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 35 | January 6 | @Atlanta | | Yi Jianlian (19) | Yi Jianlian (11) | Devin Harris (8) | Philips Arena 11,219 | 3-32 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 36 | January 8 | @New Orleans | | Courtney Lee (28) | Yi Jianlian (10) | Courtney Lee (6) | New Orleans Arena 15,555 | 3-33 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 37 | January 10 | @San Antonio | | Brook Lopez (28) | Brook Lopez (11) | Dooling & Lee (5) | AT&T Center 18,047 | 3-34 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 38 | January 13 | Boston | | Yi Jianlian (19) | Brook Lopez (10) | Devin Harris (6) | Izod Center 14,112 | 3-35 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 39 | January 15 | Indiana | | Brook Lopez (27) | Yi Jianlian (10) | Devin Harris (9) | Izod Center 13,656 | 3-36 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 40 | January 18 | @LA Clippers | | Brook Lopez (23) | Brook Lopez (8) | Devin Harris (8) | Staples Center 14,533 | 3-37 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 41 | January 20 | @Phoenix | | Brook Lopez (26) | Brook Lopez (13) | Devin Harris (7) | US Airways Center 15,963 | 3-38 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 42 | January 22 | @Golden State | | Brook Lopez (21) | Yi Jianlian (11) | Terrence Williams (4) | Oracle Arena 17,308 | 3-39 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 43 | January 23 | @Utah | | Yi Jianlian (16) | Terrence Williams (6) | Four players (3) | EnergySolutions Arena 19,911 | 3-40 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 44 | January 27 | LA Clippers | | Kris Humphries (25) | Brook Lopez, Terrence Williams (9) | Keyon Dooling, Terrence Williams (8) | Izod Center 9,220 | 4-40 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 45 | January 29 | Washington | | Courtney Lee (19) | Chris Douglas-Roberts (9) | Keyon Dooling (6) | Izod Center 11,384 | 4-41 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 46 | January 31 | Philadelphia | | Jarvis Hayes, Brook Lopez (18) | Yi Jianlian (12) | Keyon Dooling (7) | Izod Center 11,576 | 4–42

|- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 47 | February 2 | Detroit | | Brook Lopez (27) | Kris Humphries (12) | Devin Harris (14) | Izod Center 9,417 | 4-43 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 48 | February 3 | @Toronto | | Devin Harris, Yi Jianlian (15) | Kris Humphries (11) | Devin Harris (8) | Air Canada Centre 15,222 | 4-44 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 49 | February 5 | @Boston | | Brook Lopez (19) | Kris Humphries (8) | Devin Harris (8) | TD Garden 18,624 | 4-45 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 50 | February 6 | @Detroit | | Devin Harris (21) | Kris Humphries (9) | Devin Harris (7) | The Palace of Auburn Hills 20,176 | 4-46 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 51 | February 9 | @Cleveland | | Courtney Lee (24) | Brook Lopez (14) | Keyon Dooling (7) | Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 | 4-47 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 52 | February 10 | Milwaukee | | Devin Harris (27) | Yi Jianlian (14) | Devin Harris (9) | Izod Center 12,873 | 4-48 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 53 | February 16 | @Charlotte | | Courtney Lee (21) | Kris Humphries, Josh Boone (8) | Devin Harris (9) | Time Warner Cable Arena 13,712 | 5-48 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 54 | February 17 | Miami | | Brook Lopez (26) | Kris Humphries (12) | Devin Harris (6) | Izod Center 12,251 | 5-49 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 55 | February 19 | Toronto | | Brook Lopez (22) | Brook Lopez (8) | Devin Harris (11) | Izod Center 11,994 | 5-50 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 56 | February 21 | Memphis | | Brook Lopez (26) | Brook Lopez, Josh Boone (9) | Devin Harris (13) | Izod Center 12,076 | 5-51 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 57 | February 23 | Portland | | Devin Harris, Courtney Lee (28) | Brook Lopez (10) | Devin Harris (5) | Izod Center 11,138 | 5-52 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 58 | February 27 | @Boston | | Brook Lopez (25) | Kris Humphries, Yi Jianlian (10) | Devin Harris (5) | TD Garden 18,624 | 6-52 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 59 | February 28 | Washington | | Yi Jianlian (20) | Yi Jianlian (19) | Devin Harris (14) | Izod Center 11,844 | 6-53 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 60 | March 3 | Cleveland | | Terrence Williams, Brook Lopez (21) | Brook Lopez (14) | Terrence Williams (7) | Izod Center 17,502 | 6-54 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 61 | March 5 | Magic | | Brook Lopez (18) | Brook Lopez (8) | Devin Harris (10) | Izod Center 15,320 | 6-55 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 62 | March 6 | @New York | | Devin Harris (31) | Brook Lopez, Terrence Williams (11) | Terrence Williams (7) | Madison Square Garden 19,763 | 7-55 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 63 | March 8 | @Memphis | | Courtney Lee (30) | Josh Boone (9) | Terrence Williams, Brook Lopez (6) | FedExForum | 7-56 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 64 | March 10 | @Dallas | | Devin Harris (21) | Terrence Williams (13) | Devin Harris (7) | American Airlines Center | 7-57 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 65 | March 12 | @Oklahoma City | | Devin Harris (19) | Brook Lopez, Josh Boone (8) | Devin Harris (8) | Ford Center | 7-58 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 66 | March 13 | @Houston | | Courtney Lee (24) | Brook Lopez (10) | Devin Harris (7) | Toyota Center | 7-59 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 67 | March 16 | Atlanta | | Brook Lopez (21) | Josh Boone (20) | Keyon Dooling (6) | Izod Center | 7-60 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 68 | March 17 | @Philadelphia | | Chris Douglas-Roberts (23) | Josh Boone (8) | Terrence Williams, Keyon Dooling (3) | Wachovia Center | 7-61 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 69 | March 20 | Toronto | | Devin Harris (22) | Brook Lopez (13) | Devin Harris (7) | Izod Center | 7-62 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 70 | March 22 | Miami | | Brook Lopez (26) | Kris Humphries (9) | Terrence Williams (7) | Izod Center | 7-63 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 71 | March 24 | Sacramento | | Brook Lopez (26) | Brook Lopez (13) | Devin Harris (9) | Izod Center | 8-63 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 72 | March 26 | Detroit | | Brook Lopez (37) | Brook Lopez (10) | Devin Harris (12) | Izod Center | 9-63 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 73 | March 27 | @Chicago | | Terrence Williams (16) | Kris Humphries, Yi Jianlian (8) | Devin Harris (9) | United Center | 9-64 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 74 | March 29 | San Antonio | | Brook Lopez (22) | Brook Lopez (12) | Devin Harris (9) | Izod Center | 10–64 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 75 | March 31 | Phoenix | | Terrence Williams (21) | Brook Lopez (8) | Terrence Williams, Devin Harris (9) | Izod Center | 10–65 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 76 | April 3 | New Orleans | | Chris Douglas-Roberts (17) | Kris Humphries (12) | Terrence Williams (14) | Izod Center | 11–65 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 77 | April 4 | @Washington | | Devin Harris, Brook Lopez (22) | Yi Jianlian, Kris Humphries (7) | Brook Lopez, Terrence Williams (4) | Verizon Center | 11–66 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 78 | April 7 | @Milwaukee | | Devin Harris (25) | Yi Jianlian (8) | Brook Lopez (7) | Bradley Center | 11–67 |- bgcolor="#bbffbb" | 79 | April 9 | Chicago | | Terrence Williams (27) | Brook Lopez (14) | Terrence Williams (10) | Izod Center | 12–67 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 80 | April 10 | @Indiana | | Brook Lopez (20) | Terrence Williams (8) | Terrence Williams (7) | Conseco Fieldhouse | 12–68 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 81 | April 12 | Charlotte | | Devin Harris (22) | Terrence Williams (13) | Terrence Williams (6) | Izod Center | 12–69 |- bgcolor="#ffcccc" | 82 | April 14 | @Miami | | Yi Jianlian (23) | Yi Jianlian (15) | Devin Harris, Terrence Williams (3) | AmericanAirlines Arena | 12–70

Player statistics

Regular season

|- | | 15 || 0 || 8.9 || .350 || .250 || .700 || 1.5 || .2 || .3 || .1 || 2.4 |- | | 63 || 28 || 16.6 || style=";"|.525 || .000 || .328 || 5.0 || .5 || .5 || .8 || 4.0 |- | | 53 || 8 || 18.3 || .398 || style=";"|.376 || .770 || 1.0 || 2.5 || .6 || .0 || 6.9 |- | | 67 || 38 || 25.8 || .445 || .259 || .847 || 3.0 || 1.4 || .8 || .3 || 9.8 |- | **** | 64 || 61 || 34.7 || .403 || .276 || .798 || 3.2 || style=";"|6.6 || 1.2 || .3 || 16.9 |- | | 52 || 31 || 21.3 || .411 || .000 || .754 || 2.9 || 1.0 || .3 || .2 || 4.5 |- | **** | 45 || 9 || 23.0 || .421 || .335 || .778 || 2.4 || .9 || .6 || .2 || 7.8 |- | | 44 || 0 || 20.6 || .433 || .000 || .699 || 6.4 || .6 || .7 || .8 || 8.1 |- | **** | 71 || 66 || 33.5 || .436 || .338 || .869 || 3.5 || 1.7 || style=";"|1.3 || .3 || 12.5 |-

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| | 25 || 0 || 8.9 || .357 || .313 || style=";"|1.000 || .6 || 1.2 || .4 || .0 || 2.2 |- | | 23 || 2 || 17.2 || .359 || .317 || .900 || 2.7 || .7 || .6 || .1 || 5.3 |- | | 78 || 9 || 22.6 || .401 || .310 || .715 || 4.5 || 2.9 || .6 || .1 || 8.4 |- | **** | 52 || 51|| 31.8 || .403 || .366 || .798 || 7.2 || .9 || .7 || 1.0 || 12.0 |}

Awards, records and milestones

Records

NBA

  • Worst winless start of season in NBA history (0–18)
    • The 2015–16 Philadelphia 76ers also started 0–18
  • Worst 30-game start in NBA history at that time (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. Record broken by the 2015–16 Philadelphia 76ers with a 1–29 record.
  • 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)

Franchise

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

Milestones

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

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.

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.

Transactions

**Players Added** ----**Players Lost** ----

References

References

  1. (2009-12-05). "New Jersey finally gets first victory". [[Boston Herald]].
  2. Witz, Billy. (2009-11-30). "Losing Streak Tests the Nets". [[The New York Times]].
  3. Stein, Marc. (2009-12-01). "GM Vandeweghe to coach winless Nets". [[ESPN]].
  4. Considine, Bob. (2 December 2009). "Nets fall to Mavericks, set NBA record with 0-18 start". NBA.com.
  5. "Terrence Williams' Triple-Double Helps Nets Play Spoiler With 127-116 Win in Double Overtime". nesn.com.
  6. Garcia, Julian. (2009-11-22). "New Jersey Nets' Devin Harris can't do everything in return to lineup". [[Daily News (New York).
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