Shooting Burritos?! R.I.P. 2009-10 Nets

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Many of you might be wondering why I didn't post a recap of the Nets losing 91-83 to the Indiana Pacers last night. After all, 0-11 is a horrendous record and their worst start in franchise history. Well, there are a few reasons:

After watching the game live and in-person, my head exploded. Yes, the seats were $10, which was an extremely kind gesture by the Nets organization, but Tuesday night was depressing. Sure, the Izod Center has never been sold out on a consistent basis, yet it would always be rockin'.

Last night, the arena looked half empty. It was lifeless—much like the play on the court.

I don't live in Los Angeles, so I don't watch the Clippers on a regular basis, but what I saw last night was not worth going into detail about who scored how much.

Bottom line, last night was just horrendous basketball.

The Nets' only bright spots, outside of injured All-Star Devin Harris, are Chris Douglas-Roberts, who scored a career-high 27 points and Brook Lopez, who added 26 points and 16 rebounds. I know quite a few of the players are/have been injured for New Jersey. Still, that is no excuse.

The Nets had a chance to cut the lead or tie and got so close, only to miss key rebounds and commit fouls (I'm talking to you, Sean Williams).

Outside of the three aforementioned players, Courtney Lee, and perhaps rookie Terrence Williams, none of these Nets will be there next year. Not Bobby Simmons. Not Trenton Hassell (yes, he's still in the league). Not Yi Jianlian...especially not Yi Jianlian.

You can argue with me that the Nets are a rebuilding team and all. Go ahead.

I already know New Jersey has potential, but potential doesn't equal wins. 2010 seems so far away right now.

Sigh...it's going to be a long, long season.

Oh, by the way, the Nets weren't shooting t-shirts into the crowd last night...as WFAN 's Steve Somers said, they were "shooting burritos..."

Burritos?!

You know your team is bad when that becomes the topic of discussion on local sports talk radio. 'Nuff said.

Fred "The F-Bomb" Richani is a columnist for The Sports Courier , 411Mania.com , and everythingyntk.com . Richani founded The Sports Courier in 2009. His work has been featured on CBS Sportsline , Pro Wrestling Torch , GOOGLE News , and USAToday.com . He has also interviewed Platinum-selling bands Blue October and OneRepublic . Richani currently resides in Freehold, N.J., just an hour from New York City and Philadelphia.

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