2006–07 New Jersey Nets season

NBA professional basketball team season August 2023 March 2026 New Jersey Nets 2007 41 41 Atlantic 2 6 Lawrence Frank Ed Stefanski Bobby Marks (vice) Bruce Ratner Continental Airlines Arena Conference semifinals(lost to Cavaliers 2–4) NJN YES Network, WWOR WFAN The 2006–07 New Jersey Nets season was the team's 40th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 49–33 output from the previous season. However, they came eight wins shy of tying it, finishing 41–41.2006–07 New Jersey Nets In the playoffs, the Nets upset Vince Carter's former team, the Toronto Raptors in the first round but could not defeat the eventual Eastern Conference champion, the LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers in the next round. The Nets remain the last team with a 0.500 record to win a playoff series. The Nets had the thirteenth best team defensive rating in the NBA.https://www.nba.com/stats/teams/defense/?sort=DEF_RATING&dir=-1&Season=2006-07&SeasonType=Regular%20Season Teams Defense NBA.com April 17, 2021 This season marked the Nets' final playoff appearance in New Jersey, and the Nets would not return to the playoffs until 2013, when they relocated to Brooklyn, New York. Following the season, Clifford Robinson retired. Draft picks 2006 NBA draft RoundPickPlayerPositionNationalityCollege 1 22 Marcus Williams PG Connecticut 1 23 Josh Boone PF/C Connecticut 2 54 Hassan Adams SG Arizona Roster New Jersey Nets 2006–07 8 Hassan Adams G 6 4 220 1984-06-20 Arizona 2 Josh Boone basketball F 6 10 237 1984-11-21 Connecticut 15 Vince Carter G 6 6 220 1977-01-26 North Carolina 35 Jason Collins F 7 0 255 1978-12-02 Stanford 50 Eddie House G 6 1 190 1978-05-14 Arizona State 9 Mile Ilić C 7 1 229 1984-06-02 Serbia 24 Richard Jefferson F 6 7 230 1980-06-21 Arizona 5 Jason Kidd G 6 4 210 1973-03-23 California 12 Nenad Krstić C 7 0 260 1983-07-25 Serbia 33 Mikki Moore C 7 0 225 1975-11-04 Nebraska 7 Boštjan Nachbar F 6 9 221 1980-07-03 Slovenia 22 Bernard Robinson basketball F 6 6 210 1980-12-26 Michigan 30 Clifford Robinson basketball, born 1966 C 6 10 225 1966-12-16 Connecticut 1 Marcus Williams basketball, born 1985 G 6 3 209 1985-12-03 Connecticut 21 Antoine Wright basketball G 6 7 215 1984-02-06 Texas A&M Lawrence Frank Tom Barrise Bill Cartwright Ryan Krueger Pat Sullivan https://www.basketball-reference.com/teams/NJN/2007.html Regular season NJN NJN Playoffs New Jersey Nets 2007 yes New Jersey Nets First Round yes yes no 3 0 1 2 |- | 1 | April 21 | @ Toronto | W 96–91 | Richard Jefferson (28) | Jason Kidd (10) | Jason Kidd (15) | Air Canada Centre20,330 | 1–0 |- | 2 | April 24 | @ Toronto | L 83–89 | Vince Carter (19) | Kidd, Carter (11) | Jason Kidd (7) | Air Canada Centre20,239 | 1–1 |- | 3 | April 27 | Toronto | W 102–89 | Vince Carter (37) | Jason Kidd (16) | Jason Kidd (19) | Continental Airlines Arena17,147 | 2–1 |- | 4 | April 29 | Toronto | W 102–81 | Vince Carter (27) | Jason Kidd (8) | Jason Kidd (13) | Continental Airlines Arena20,032 | 3–1 |- | 5 | May 1 | @ Toronto | L 96–98 | Vince Carter (30) | Mikki Moore (10) | Jason Kidd (10) | Air Canada Centre20,511 | 3–2 |- | 6 | May 4 | Toronto | W 98–97 | Richard Jefferson (24) | Kidd, Moore (8) | Jason Kidd (15) | Continental Airlines Arena17,242 | 4–2 |- New Jersey Nets Conference Semifinals yes no 1 2 1 2 |- | 1 | May 6 | @ Cleveland | L 77–81 | Vince Carter (21) | Vince Carter (13) | Jason Kidd (9) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 0–1 |- | 2 | May 8 | @ Cleveland | L 92–102 | Vince Carter (26) | Jason Kidd (10) | Jason Kidd (8) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 0–2 |- | 3 | May 12 | Cleveland | W 96–85 | three players tied (23) | Jason Kidd (13) | Jason Kidd (14) | Continental Airlines Arena20,032 | 1–2 |- | 4 | May 14 | Cleveland | L 85–87 | Carter, Moore (25) | Jason Kidd (17) | Vince Carter (9) | Continental Airlines Arena20,032 | 1–3 |- | 5 | May 16 | @ Cleveland | W 83–72 | Jason Kidd (20) | Jason Kidd (9) | Vince Carter (10) | Quicken Loans Arena20,562 | 2–3 |- | 6 | May 18 | Cleveland | L 72–88 | Jason Kidd (19) | Jason Kidd (12) | Jason Kidd (8) | Continental Airlines Arena20,032 | 2–4 |- NJN 2007 yes Player statistics Regular season New Jersey Nets |- | Adams, Hassan Hassan Adams | 61 || 8 || 8.1 || .556 || .000 || .667 || 1.3 || .2 || .3 || .1 || 2.9 |- | Boone, Josh Josh Boone | 61 || 0 || 11.0 || .579 || . || .544 || 2.9 || .2 || .2 || .3 || 4.2 |- | Carter, Vince Vince Carter | style="New Jersey Nets;"| 82 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| 82 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| 38.1 || .454 || .357 || .802 || 6.0 || 4.8 || 1.0 || .4 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| 25.2 |- | Collins, Jason Jason Collins | 80 || 78 || 23.1 || .364 || .000 || .465 || 4.0 || .6 || .5 || .5 || 2.1 |- | House, Eddie Eddie House | 56 || 1 || 16.9 || .428 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| .429 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| .917 || 1.6 || 1.2 || .5 || .1 || 8.4 |- | Ilic, Mile Mile Ilic | 5 || 0 || 1.2 || .000 || . || . || .2 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .0 |- | Jefferson, Richard Richard Jefferson | 55 || 53 || 35.6 || .456 || .359 || .733 || 4.4 || 2.7 || .6 || .1 || 16.3 |- | Kidd, Jason Jason Kidd | 80 || 80 || 36.7 || .406 || .343 || .778 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| 8.2 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| 9.2 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| 1.6 || .3 || 13.0 |- | Krstic, Nenad Nenad Krstic | 26 || 26 || 32.6 || .526 || .000 || .711 || 6.8 || 1.8 || .4 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| .9 || 16.4 |- | Moore, Mikki Mikki Moore | 79 || 55 || 26.4 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| .609 || .000 || .681 || 5.1 || .9 || .6 || .8 || 9.8 |- | Robinson, Bernard Bernard Robinson | 10 || 0 || 3.7 || .375 || . || .800 || .6 || .2 || .4 || .1 || 1.0 |- | Robinson, Clifford Clifford Robinson | 50 || 11 || 19.1 || .372 || .379 || .444 || 2.4 || 1.0 || .2 || .5 || 4.1 |- | Williams, Marcus Marcus Williams | 79 || 2 || 16.6 || .395 || .282 || .847 || 2.1 || 3.3 || .4 || .0 || 6.8 |- | Wright, Antoine Antoine Wright | 63 || 23 || 18.0 || .438 || .322 || .603 || 2.8 || .9 || .5 || .2 || 4.5 |} Playoffs New Jersey Nets |- | Adams, Hassan Hassan Adams | 6 || 0 || 1.5 || .500 || . || . || .2 || .0 || .0 || .0 || .3 |- | Boone, Josh Josh Boone | style="New Jersey Nets;"| 12 || 0 || 9.8 || .500 || . || .500 || 1.6 || .3 || .1 || .3 || 3.0 |- | Carter, Vince Vince Carter | style="New Jersey Nets;"| 12 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| 12 || 40.6 || .396 || .389 || .693 || 6.8 || 5.3 || .9 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| .6 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| 22.3 |- | Collins, Jason Jason Collins | style="New Jersey Nets;"| 12 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| 12 || 27.4 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| .571 || . || .364 || 3.3 || .2 || .6 || .3 || 2.3 |- | House, Eddie Eddie House | 4 || 0 || 4.5 || .250 || .167 || . || .5 || .3 || .3 || .0 || 1.3 |- | Jefferson, Richard Richard Jefferson | style="New Jersey Nets;"| 12 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| 12 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| 40.8 || .482 || .325 || .924 || 5.6 || 2.3 || .8 || .4 || 19.7 |- | Kidd, Jason Jason Kidd | style="New Jersey Nets;"| 12 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| 12 || 40.3 || .432 || .420 || .520 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| 10.9 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| 10.9 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| 1.8 || .4 || 14.6 |- | Moore, Mikki Mikki Moore | style="New Jersey Nets;"| 12 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| 12 || 33.3 || .560 || . || .793 || 5.6 || 1.2 || .8 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| .6 || 11.3 |- | Nachbar, Bostjan Bostjan Nachbar | style="New Jersey Nets;"| 12 || 0 || 23.4 || .421 || .375 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| .955 || 2.9 || 1.5 || .6 || .1 || 9.9 |- | Robinson, Bernard Bernard Robinson | 1 || 0 || 6.0 || .000 || . || . || 1.0 || 2.0 || 1.0 || .0 || .0 |- | Robinson, Clifford Clifford Robinson | 4 || 0 || 5.0 || .167 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| .500 || . || .0 || .0 || .3 || .0 || .8 |- | Williams, Marcus Marcus Williams | style="New Jersey Nets;"| 12 || 0 || 6.5 || .333 || .077 || .800 || .8 || 1.1 || .1 || .0 || 2.4 |- | Wright, Antoine Antoine Wright | style="New Jersey Nets;"| 12 || 0 || 13.6 || .472 || style="New Jersey Nets;"| .500 || .900 || 1.9 || .1 || .4 || .3 || 3.8 |} Transactions Trades July 27, 2005 To New Jersey NetsMikki MooreTo Seattle SuperSonics2009 second-round pick January 3, 2007 To New Jersey NetsBernard RobinsonTo Charlotte BobcatsJeff McInnis Free agents AdditionsPlayerDate signedFormer teamEddie HouseAugust 17Phoenix SunsAwvee StoreyOctober 2Washington Wizards SubtractionsPlayerDate waivedNew TeamZoran PlaninićAugust 11TAU Cerámica (Spain)Awvee StoreyOctober 26Dakota Wizards (D-League) References Further reading Mazzeo Mike 2021-04-23 The Oral History of the Best Game Mike D’Antoni Ever Saw https://www.theringer.com/nba/2021/4/23/22384319/suns-nets-steve-nash-jason-kidd-mike-dantoni-2006 2023-10-03 The Ringer en New Jersey Nets season Category:New Jersey Nets seasons New Jersey Nets New Jersey Nets Category:21st century in East Rutherford, New Jersey Category:Meadowlands Sports Complex