We still have plenty of weeks to go before the NBA season officially kicks off but there’s been a steady build up of the Knicks and Nets rivalry. During the offseason the Nets added Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Jason Terry and Andrei Kirilenko making their roster one of the deepest in the league. The Knicks tried to counter the pickups by adding Metta World Peace and Andrea Bargnani to their already stacked squad. Of course the Nets offseason moves were better and it led some to believe the Nets would be better this year. Well Knicks’ guard JR Smith isn’t taking that lightly. Read more after the jump.
Pierce recently said that the Nets will take over as New York’s team, but Smith isn’t so sure that’ll be the case as he reportedly described Pierce as “a bitter person just getting out of Boston.
“(Pierce) doesn’t really know what New York is all about,” Smith told Begley. “Just know that his words have consequences and he’s going to have to pay for them.”
The Knicks and Nets will have quite a few interesting games against each other as they battle for top of the Atlantic Division and positioning in the Eastern Conference.
