JAKE APPLEMAN
BROOKLYN BOUNCE
SOUND BYTES:
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SB Nation Drive and Kick podcast
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QUOTES:
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"You ain’t gonna forget about this game. Heck naw. Naw. Not at all. If you’re a true basketball player, you won’t forget about this. This hurt. This hurt. Definitely.” – Reggie Evans, after the Nets lost a triple overtime Game 4 to the Bulls in the first round of the 2013 NBA playoffs
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"Winning games. Keeping you guys excited. Give you something positive to write about. These are good conversations. That's what I hope to achieve." - Kris Humphries, on goals for the Nets' first season in Brooklyn
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“He just kind of grabbed my shorts and I helped him up, you know, whatever, make sure he didn’t fall. And then he just kept grabbing my shorts. And I asked him what he was doing and he didn’t respond and I looked at him like, ‘What are you doing?' And I tried to smack his hand away. It wasn’t nothin’. He just jacked my shorts up. I didn’t what he was doing. … This whole thing, it’s like a movie. People get caught up in the shenanigans and the bullshit.” – Kevin Garnett, describing his 2013 Christmas Day kerfuffle with Gerald Wallace
PRAISE
"An excellent book on the Nets first season in Brooklyn." (Adrian Wojnarowski, Yahoo! Sports)
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"Appleman’s account is a breezy, cautionary tale for modern sports fans in an era in which money trumps all, and owners who know nothing about the NBA meddle destructively." (Booklist)
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"Appleman doesn't promote an agenda or force a narrative, instead he paints a portrait; one that provides a little color to a team coated in black and white. ... Whether you're 'in the know,' a diehard fan, or even a casual NBA fan, there's a taste for everyone in this book." (Tom Lorenzo, NetsDaily)
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“Brooklyn Bounce is full of insights on the small dramas…. I’m a lifelong Lakers nut and found myself interested in the Nets for the first time in my life.” (CBS Local, "Man Cave")
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