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Steve Lichtenstein
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Former CBS & WFAN contributor. Now posting free sports content on Substack at: https://stevelichtenstein.substack.com
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As the #OlympicsHockey games get faster in the knockout rounds, #USAHockey shouldn't keep its speeding bullet in its proverbial holster. Link: #NJDevils
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Team USA Will Rue Burying Hughes
As expected, Team USA rolled through its pool, winning all three contests by a cumulative 16-5 score.
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February 16, 2026 at 4:03 AM
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In this country’s waning spirit of bipartisan cooperation, I offer some areas where all sides in the #Nets fandom tanking debate can come together in their rooting interests. Link:
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Common Ground For Nets Stretch Run
When the Nets walked off the Barclays Center court on Wednesday night with a “What just happened?” look on their collective faces following a 115-110 choke job to a makeshift Indiana squad, a certain ...
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February 12, 2026 at 2:44 PM
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Even the word “tanking” makes what's transpiring around the #NBA sound like a toddler purposely knocking over a tower of blocks. No harm, no foul. Let’s start by calling it what it is. These teams are fixing games. Link: #Nets
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Silver Needs To Be Confronted On What Tanking Has Become: Game Fixing
For no good reason, I caught the end of Monday night’s Jazz/Heat contest.
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February 11, 2026 at 12:49 AM
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A #TeamUSA Olympic hockey preview in new post at:
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Will Team USA Finally Travel Well This Olympics?
The United States has not medaled in a men’s Olympic hockey tournament outside of North America since 1972, its only one in the last 70 years.
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February 10, 2026 at 2:59 PM
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30 #NBA teams, at least 9 of which are tanking, the #Nets among them. I think my TV was trying to tell me, "No mas." The league ought to listen. Link:
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Nets Among Many Tankers Beginning Long Slog To Finish Line
While I was watching the Nets get the snot beat out of them by the Magic on Thursday night, my television emitted a loud bang and went blank.
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February 8, 2026 at 3:50 AM
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My initial read on the #Nets trade deadline: It’s hard to claim they got any better, currently or in the future, from these moves. Link:
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Nets’ Deadline Moves Emit A Whimper
The popular take from NBA pundits from last offseason through Thursday’s Trade Deadline was that “all roads go through Brooklyn”, meaning that the Nets had the most salary cap space and the flexibilit...
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February 6, 2026 at 5:06 AM
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I wouldn’t bet on it.
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I hope the #NJDevils return from the Olympics break to a new G.M. and new head coach.
February 6, 2026 at 3:40 AM
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My 1,000th post for #substack since August 2021 is on the #NJDevils: If Fitzgerald figures he might soon be on his way out for the franchise’s nearly annual underachievement, he was going to go out with his “hard-to-play-against” guns a blazing. Link:
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Drowning Devils Make A Move In Same Direction
The Signal Sent If Hughes Doesn’t Skip Olympics
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February 4, 2026 at 11:18 PM
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With 4 days left until the #NBAtradeDeadline, some thoughts on what could happen with the Nets' polarizing Thomas. Link:
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Nets And Thomas Destined For Breakup, One Way Or Another
When the Nets pulled away and closed out host Utah in Friday night’s fourth quarter for a 109-99 victory, their final 18 points were scored by rookie first-round picks Egor Demin, Nolan Traore, and Da...
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February 2, 2026 at 5:45 AM
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The number of times where #NJDevils HC Keefe has stood in front of the media after a loss and claimed his club was “right there” has to be in double digits. Reality check: They're not that close at all. Link:
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Devils Aren’t Really As Close As Keefe Claims
In Sheldon Keefe’s delusional mind, the Devils would be atop the Eastern Conference instead of residing in 15th place this season if not for a break here or there.
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February 1, 2026 at 5:40 AM
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New post on a puzzling #Nets defensive strategy. Link:
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Nets’ Double Teams Unlocking Triple Threats
With a little under four minutes remaining in the third quarter of Thursday night’s 107-103 Nets loss in Denver, Brooklyn’s borderline backup guard Tyrese Martin left his man to double team the Nugget...
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January 30, 2026 at 10:55 AM
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Tom "Too Late" Fitzgerald moves out anvil on ice (not to mention on salary cap sheet); when will he address the one behind the #NJDevils' bench? Link:
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Devils Need To Hear A New Voice Behind Bench
It took Devils General Manager Tom Fitzgerald the proverbial forever and a day to get rid of the team’s anvil on the ice and, probably more importantly, on its salary cap sheet.
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January 28, 2026 at 4:24 PM
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New post on #Nets rookie Demin's good day and Fernandez's lousy week. Link:
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Demin’s Stellar Shooting For Lowly Nets Earning League-Wide Respect
Fernandez’s Costly Tactics
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January 28, 2026 at 7:31 AM
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The #Jets are doing almost everything an organization does after firing a HC…without firing their HC. Link:
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The Jets Could Have Just Fired Glenn
Having just finished the two-part HBO documentary on Mel Brooks, I found one of his famous catchphrases applicable to the proceedings within the Jets’ coaching staff: “It’s good to be the King.”
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January 27, 2026 at 10:41 PM
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New post on my takeaways from the #NJDevils' 4-game road trip. Link:
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Devils’ Notes From Western Canada Trip
The Devils missed an opportunity to fly home (assuming they can get here through the storm) from their four-game road trip on a high note when they dropped a 4-2 decision at slumping Seattle on Sunday...
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January 26, 2026 at 2:24 AM
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It's so easy to rag on the #Jets, even when their decisions weren't controversial at the time. Link:
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Darnold Deserves No Ill Will From Jets Fans
As someone who has grown fed up with the utter ineptitude of the Jets, I am approaching Sunday’s NFL Conference Championship Games with the utmost apathy.
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January 23, 2026 at 6:43 PM
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New post on the #Nets ugly bloodbath at MSG. Link:
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Nets Fernandez Could Be Facing Futility Battle
In the 2004 film “Miracle” about the 1980 U.S.
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January 22, 2026 at 5:49 AM
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The #NJDevils' 4 wins in 5 games gives them time to pause before pursuing a trade strategy, one way or another. Link:
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Clarity Needed Before Devils Proceed On Trade Fronts
The oddity of this NHL season is that, with a little more than two weeks to go before the league-wide Olympic break, only a few teams are out of it, especially in the Eastern Conference.
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January 21, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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The #Nets have hit the season's midway point, a perfect time to post evaluations, with a defining stat for each player. Link:
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The Nets’ Midterm Grades Are In
Grade inflation is a foreign concept for those who grew up in my generation, so that’s why I typically aspire to evaluate things as they are, with little regard for extenuating circumstances.
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January 20, 2026 at 3:29 AM
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New post making the All-Star case for MPJ--Link: #Nets
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The All-Star Case For Nets MPJ
Despite putting up All-Star worthy numbers over the season’s first half, Nets forward Michael Porter Jr.
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January 17, 2026 at 6:52 AM
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To loosely borrow from the "Princess Bride", the #NJDevils keep using the word "accountability. It does not mean what they think it means. Link:
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Devils Preach Accountability Without Practicing It
“This is on me.”
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January 15, 2026 at 1:43 PM
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Great work from Steve as ever here. I think Powell has a potential Day’Ron arc. Summer League will mean a LOT for him this summer (TBF I said the same re Dariq Whitehead last year, and he didn’t play at all).
January 14, 2026 at 2:18 PM
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Powell has shown flashes of potential as a 20-year old #Nets rookie--in spite of analytics getting in his way. Link:
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Drake Powell Versus Nets' Math Department
I’m not sure if the Nets know what they have in Drake Powell, their 20-year old rookie with whom they selected at No.
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January 14, 2026 at 1:41 PM
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New post on a #Nets rookie's development with how to harness his superpower. Link:
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Nets Rookie Learning To Harness Superpower
When talking to the media about evaluations of his players, Nets Head Coach Jordi Fernandez often refers to their “superpower.” With rookie guard Nolan Traore, that’s his speed with the ball in his ha...
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January 13, 2026 at 1:39 PM
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Great, the #NJDevils' dirty laundry bandied about in public. Just when you think the organization has hit rock bottom, they dig another hole for themselves. Link:
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Devils Make Hamilton The (SCAPE) GOAT
Sports business can get ugly, and New Jersey’s situation with highly-paid defenseman Dougie Hamilton turned outright gruesome following Saturday’s practice.
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January 10, 2026 at 11:20 PM