Steve Lichtenstein
@netsjetsdevilsfan.bsky.social
Former CBS & WFAN contributor. Now posting free sports content on Substack at: https://stevelichtenstein.substack.com
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I Quit The Jets
The Jets have made me hate football.
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December 28, 2025 at 9:14 PM
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In another stunning win, the #Nets show off best plan for Thomas. Link:
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Will Thomas Embrace Different Role On Improved Nets?
As Cam Thomas made his way on Saturday to his visiting locker room stall inside Minnesota’s Target Center before the Nets faced the Western Conference contending Timberwolves, he found a package on hi...
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December 28, 2025 at 6:32 AM
In another stunning win, the #Nets show off best plan for Thomas. Link:
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There's only one way to fix the
@nba.com 's tanking problem, and it's not included in the reported proposals. Link: open.substack.com/pub/stevelic...
@nba.com 's tanking problem, and it's not included in the reported proposals. Link: open.substack.com/pub/stevelic...
Report On NBA’s Anti-Tanking Measures Misses Underlying Problem
So, the Nets are beating pretty good teams now?
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December 24, 2025 at 2:28 PM
There's only one way to fix the
@nba.com 's tanking problem, and it's not included in the reported proposals. Link: open.substack.com/pub/stevelic...
@nba.com 's tanking problem, and it's not included in the reported proposals. Link: open.substack.com/pub/stevelic...
What the #NJDevils need for Christmas is a break to rekindle the juices & memory of how they got off to their torrid start. Link:
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The Devils Need A Break
The Devils gut-busting 2-1 loss at the Islanders on Tuesday night was a fitting way to head into the league’s mini-Christmas break.
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December 24, 2025 at 6:16 AM
What the #NJDevils need for Christmas is a break to rekindle the juices & memory of how they got off to their torrid start. Link:
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Necessity is the mother of invention, & Fernandez's experiment with this 4th quarter lineup has so far paid dividends for #Nets. Link:
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Inside The Nets’ Recent Fourth Quarter Wrinkle
Fourth quarters of NBA contests often transform in the sense that the pace tends to slow while defenses bear down, resulting in more isolation possessions targeting weaker defenders.
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December 22, 2025 at 4:43 PM
Necessity is the mother of invention, & Fernandez's experiment with this 4th quarter lineup has so far paid dividends for #Nets. Link:
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The #Jets will have a new QB next season. That's only half the equation. Link: open.substack.com/pub/stevelic...
The Other Half Of The Jets’ Neverending Search For A Franchise QB
It’s understandable why The Athletic’s Dianna Russini reported that Jets Head Coach Aaron Glenn’s job “is safe” despite a 3-12 record in his first year on the job following Sunday’s desultory 29-6 def...
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December 22, 2025 at 4:06 AM
The #Jets will have a new QB next season. That's only half the equation. Link: open.substack.com/pub/stevelic...
What will the #Nets do with Porter? It's not clear-cut. New post explains why. Link:
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Examining The Nets’ Porter Options
December 15 marked the unofficial opening of NBA trade season.
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December 19, 2025 at 2:25 PM
What will the #Nets do with Porter? It's not clear-cut. New post explains why. Link:
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Part II of who should and should not be back on the #Jets in 2026, focusing this week on the awful defense. Link:
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Jets’ Defense Crying Out For An Extreme Makeover In 2026
The last three years seems like an eternity but that’s how long ago the Jets boasted the NFL’s fourth-best defense in both yards and points allowed per game.
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December 18, 2025 at 6:45 PM
Part II of who should and should not be back on the #Jets in 2026, focusing this week on the awful defense. Link:
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New post on the #NJDevils goaltending situation and their good luck charm this season. Link:
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Devils’ Deference To Markstrom Must End
Brown Delivering For Devils
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December 18, 2025 at 2:45 PM
New post on the #NJDevils goaltending situation and their good luck charm this season. Link:
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With the #Nets on another extended break between games, it's a good time to finalize their Holiday wish lists. Link:
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Nets' Holiday Spirit Could Dampen With Tougher Upcoming Slate
Thanks to Commissioner Adam Silver’s contrived NBA Cup, the Nets are on an extended break between games for a second consecutive week.
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December 16, 2025 at 2:59 PM
With the #Nets on another extended break between games, it's a good time to finalize their Holiday wish lists. Link:
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It was one thing for the #Jets to lose all those one-and-two-score games earlier in the season. Getting blown out in consecutive weeks, however, compels real and immediate change. Link:
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Embarrassing Jets Defense Compels Immediate Change
Steve Wilks was fired from his last five NFL coaching gigs after one season.
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December 15, 2025 at 12:48 AM
It was one thing for the #Jets to lose all those one-and-two-score games earlier in the season. Getting blown out in consecutive weeks, however, compels real and immediate change. Link:
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With all the comings & goings, and the one not coming, the #NJDevils disregarded the chaos around them to filet the Ducks. Link:
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Devils Disregard Chaos To Find Their Game (For A Day)
It’s been a whirlwind week amid a chaotic 30 days in Devils Land.
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December 13, 2025 at 10:41 PM
With all the comings & goings, and the one not coming, the #NJDevils disregarded the chaos around them to filet the Ducks. Link:
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The #Jets, who have been playing for next season since before Halloween, have 4 games remaining to evaluate who they want back. New post on where things stand, Part I--Link:
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Jets’ Offense Could Look Familiar Next Season, Except At Most Important Position
Four more games and this waste of a Jets season in a long slog of them will be tossed aside with all other records of irrelevance.
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December 11, 2025 at 1:05 PM
The #Jets, who have been playing for next season since before Halloween, have 4 games remaining to evaluate who they want back. New post on where things stand, Part I--Link:
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In the aftermath of the #NJDevils breaking a 5-game skid, new post on the Quinn Hughes pipe dream, a better panic move, or, as they showed in beating OTT, getting normal contributions from the guys they're already paying rather generously. Link:
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Barring An Unlikely Move, Devils’ Solutions Lie Within
Quinn Hughes isn’t hopping on a plane anytime soon to save this Devils season.
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December 10, 2025 at 5:24 AM
In the aftermath of the #NJDevils breaking a 5-game skid, new post on the Quinn Hughes pipe dream, a better panic move, or, as they showed in beating OTT, getting normal contributions from the guys they're already paying rather generously. Link:
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New post on another ugly day for a #Jets defense that can't seem to pick 'em. Link:
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Jets Pick Drought A Symptom Of A Larger Disease
After a disastrous start that saw them get down to visiting Miami, 21-0, in Sunday’s first quarter, the Jets generated some momentum with Isaiah Williams’ 78-yard punt return touchdown, his second of ...
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December 8, 2025 at 12:12 AM
New post on another ugly day for a #Jets defense that can't seem to pick 'em. Link:
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The #Nets announced that Thomas will be reevaluated after 2 weeks of on court rehabbing. And then what? Link:
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The Nets And The Looming Thomas Decision
The Nets sent out a release prior to Saturday’s 119-101 victory over visiting New Orleans regarding the status of guard Cam Thomas, who has been sidelined since incurring a left hamstring strain on No...
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December 7, 2025 at 6:00 AM
The #Nets announced that Thomas will be reevaluated after 2 weeks of on court rehabbing. And then what? Link:
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New post on Fernandez & Porter Jr., and why it's more important that the #Nets finally have a HC who can unlock players' potentials even if it marginally disrupts a tank. Link:
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Porter Ascension Another Example Of Fernandez’s Positive Coaching Impact On Nets
Nets Head Coach Jordi Fernandez, a literal student of his craft, has taken up the mantra du jour of striving to get his team, individually and collectively, to “get 1% better each day.”
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December 5, 2025 at 6:12 AM
New post on Fernandez & Porter Jr., and why it's more important that the #Nets finally have a HC who can unlock players' potentials even if it marginally disrupts a tank. Link:
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It seems like every year #Jets Media attempts to spin a late-season "turnaround" into something larger with sleight-of-hand misdirection. Long-suffering fans know better. Link:
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An Annual Reminder To Jets Fans: Don’t Be Blinded By Late-Season Wins
After a season-wrecking 0-7 start, the Jets have posted three victories in their last five games, including two of four since trading away their two best defensive players and with their most gifted p...
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December 4, 2025 at 9:26 PM
It seems like every year #Jets Media attempts to spin a late-season "turnaround" into something larger with sleight-of-hand misdirection. Long-suffering fans know better. Link:
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The #NJDevils should have enough internally to stay afloat during Hughes' absence. That is, if the ship is being steered in the right direction. Link:
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Devils Starting To Drown In Hughes-Less Muck
After successfully treading water for seven games following the puncture of their lifeboat, the Devils are entering danger territory.
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December 4, 2025 at 7:20 AM
The #NJDevils should have enough internally to stay afloat during Hughes' absence. That is, if the ship is being steered in the right direction. Link:
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First post now that I'm back from a break abroad: The #Nets' development plan for Wolf is coming into focus. Link:
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Howling Nets Fans Get Fed Wolf In First Home Win
With about two minutes remaining in Monday night’s low-hyped affair against perennially-tanking Charlotte, Brooklyn rookie big man Danny Wolf caught a pass well above the three-point line.
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December 2, 2025 at 6:43 AM
First post now that I'm back from a break abroad: The #Nets' development plan for Wolf is coming into focus. Link:
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It’s just the readjustment from the tournament format. The schedule isn’t perfectly balanced anymore. The Nets also visit Dallas on 1/13. The home game is on 2/25.
Oh, that’s funny actually…like, was it possible we wouldn’t play Dallas 2x this year?
November 29, 2025 at 8:02 PM
It’s just the readjustment from the tournament format. The schedule isn’t perfectly balanced anymore. The Nets also visit Dallas on 1/13. The home game is on 2/25.
At Dallas and home versus Milwaukee.
@lucaskaplan.bsky.social @busyxb.bsky.social @netsjetsdevilsfan.bsky.social who did the Nets draw for their not-winning-the-NBA-Cup situation?
November 29, 2025 at 6:00 PM
At Dallas and home versus Milwaukee.
My 14th annual Thanksgiving list offers reminders of the positives in a (mostly) depressing sports year in the NY metropolitan area. Wishing a happy holiday season to all readers, especially my fellow #Nets, #Jets, & #NJDevils fans. Link:
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Giving Thanks For The Few Moments That Lifted Our Spirits In Another Down New York Sports Year
G’day from Down Under, where American Thanksgiving Day may or may not have already happened for all I can figure.
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November 26, 2025 at 7:27 PM
My 14th annual Thanksgiving list offers reminders of the positives in a (mostly) depressing sports year in the NY metropolitan area. Wishing a happy holiday season to all readers, especially my fellow #Nets, #Jets, & #NJDevils fans. Link:
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New post on the #Jets never ending QB carousel. Link: open.substack.com/pub/stevelic...
Jets QB Carousel Can’t End Soon Enough
The Jets’ decision to circle back to Tyrod Taylor as the starting quarterback for Sunday’s meeting in Baltimore comes under the banner of “Who cares?”
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November 19, 2025 at 4:46 PM
New post on the #Jets never ending QB carousel. Link: open.substack.com/pub/stevelic...