3/14/13: Brooklyn has played well as of late, winning four of five with the only loss coming at Philadelphia. Brooklyn also faces a very manageable schedule in the coming weeks, with dates against Atlanta, Detroit, Dallas and Phoenix. The Los Angeles Clippers are sprinkled in that five-game stand, but with very winnable games elsewhere the Nets shouldn't have a problem maintaining their current seeding in the Eastern Conference. Deron Williams is finally beginning to resurface, putting together games both scoring and assisting recently, while Reggie Evans continues to remain a terror on the glass. With Carmelo Anthony of the Knicks out of action for the foreseeable future, look for Brooklyn to make up some ground and potentially surpass New York for the three-seed.

In Thursday night's NBA Draft, the Brooklyn Nets selected Ilkan Karaman, a power forward from Turkey with the 57th overall pick in the draft. The Nets did not have a first round pick in this year's draft as they had dealt their first round pick in a trade to acquire Gerald Wallace earlier in the season. There have also been an abundance of rumors swirling this week in regards to the Nets possibly bringing back veteran point guard Jason Kidd. Kidd and Deron Williams had been playing golf together this week and having fun with the media by tweeting about it, allowing the rumors of either Kidd coming to Brooklyn or Williams going to Dallas.

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