Nene was one of the biggest names in available in the NBA free agent market. On Tuesday, the Denver Nuggets re-signed their starting center for $67 million over five years. A number of other teams were interested in him including the Houston Rockets and New Jersey Nets.

Last season, the 29-year-old averaged 14.

Besiktas sure knows how to make a splash. During the NBA lockout, the Turkish basketball team landed Deron Williams the only NBA superstar who went overseas. With the NBA lockout now over, Williams is headed back to America to play for the New Jersey Nets.

But Besiktas isn't done. Before Williams left, Besiktas retired his No.

With Dwight Howard to become a free agent after this season, get ready for a ton of Dwight Howard rumors over the next few months. The one that is making waves right now is a rumor that has Dwight Howard getting traded to the New Jersey Nets.

The Nets are reportedly going to offer the Orlando Magic Brook Lopez plus draft picks in a swap for Dwight Howard.

With the NBA season set to begin on Christmas Day, let's take a further look at the basketball landscape. We already looked at the NBA power rankings to see the best teams in basketball. Now, let's look at the worst. Here are the top 10 worst teams in the NBA headed into the 2011-12 season.

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By J Hutcherson - WASHINGTON, DC (Sep 27, 2011) US Soccer Players -- The New Jersey Nets announced on Monday that they would become the Brooklyn Nets next season, a move that should've surprised nobody following the fortunes of North Jersey pro basketball. Malcolm Gladwell has the standard account of the motivations behind basketball in New York's newly gentrified borough over at Grantland.

While the 2011-12 NBA season may be wiped away by the lockout, fans in Brooklyn have reason to look forward to the 2012-13 campaign. Why? That's the season the New Jersey Nets become the Brooklyn Nets. The Brooklyn Nets will play at the Barclays Center a sports arena in Brooklyn that cost in excess of $1 billion to construct.

Lawrence Frank is the new head coach of the Detroit Pistons. Frank will get a chance to turn around a franchise that was a near dynasty not too long ago. However, in the last few years, Detroit has fallen on rough times.

Enter Lawrence Frank.

Frank is the former head coach of the New Jersey Nets.

With NBA players locked out, many have decided not to waste any time and have hopped the pond to sign in Europe. Personally, I think it's a good idea. These players can make money while also putting pressure on NBA owners to come to the table and make a deal to end the NBA lockout.

Here are the NBA players who have signed in Europe:

Deron Williams
The All-Star point guard for the New Jersey Nets was the first big name to go overseas.

With the NBA lockout looking more and more serious, rumors of Kobe Bryant playing in Turkey continue to swirl. In fact, those talks are getting louder. Recently, Ergin Ataman, the head coach of Besiktas, confirmed his club is trying to ink Kobe Bryant to a deal.

Said Ataman: "It is a fact that Kobe Bryant's managers have contacted us.

Here's another FanPost, this time from "C'mon You Revs" as he weighs in on NESN's willful ignorance toward the New England Revolution. As always, I love it when you guys express yourselves in this community, so leave comments and don't be afraid to post your own FanPosts and FanShots!

NESN stands for the New England Sports Network.

The Houston Rockets and Rick Adelman have decided to part ways. Sources say Adelman and the Rockets management weren't on the same page. Although the Rockets have missed the playoffs the last two years, they are still a team that will draw plenty of interest from coaches due to their nucleus of young talent.

Deron Williams will undergo wrist surgery, according to a press release by the New Jersey Nets. The star point guard is undergoing the surgery to remove scar tissue and bone fragments in his wrist. He is expected to be ready to go by the beginning of next season. The Nets traded for Deron Williams a few days before the 2011 NBA Trade Deadline in a shocking deal with the Utah Jazz.

One of Jay-Z's 99 problems could be with the NBA. Tim Frank, a spokesman for the NBA, has confirmed that Jay-Z is under investigation for visiting players of the Kentucky basketball team in the locker room after the team beat North Carolina. Why is this an issue? Jay-Z is a minority owner of the New Jersey Nets and owners aren't allowed to have contact with college basketball players during the season.

The NBA invaded London on Thursday night. Bob made some friends.

Inner-species stuff.

Continuing Bob Day, in honor of our newest hero, we have professional photographs of Luiz, and companion, from O2 Arena. The Mighty One was in the house as well. Chelsea players, as you well know, certainly have a thing for American sport.

Drogba and Cech are waiting to see the NBA match-up between the New Jersey Nets and the Toronto Raptors at London's O2 Arena.Interview with both of them on the subject here.. and a pretty old video showing Drogba attempting some basketball moves..

The MeloDrama is finally over. According to the Denver Post, Carmelo Anthony has officially been traded to the New York Knicks. Carmelo Anthony has to be ecstatic because he wanted to go to the Knicks all along. The Knicks have to be happy because they landed their man. The big losers? The New Jersey Nets.

Thankfully, the NBA trade deadline is this coming Thursday. At that point, we can finally be done with the drama surrounding Carmelo Anthony. It seems like the Carmelo Anthony trade rumors change every hour. Carmelo is going to the Lakers! Carmelo is going to the Knicks! Carmelo is going to the Nets!

Where will Carmelo Anthony get traded? What are the odds Carmelo Anthony ends up traded to Team X? Who will the Denver Nuggets get in return for trading Carmelo Anthony? Thankfully, the Melo Drama is set to end in about a week when the NBA trade deadline arrives. Until then, the Melo Drama promises to be hot and heavy.

The New Jersey Nets have stopped trying to trade for Carmelo Anthony. On Monday, the Nets proved they don't need Carmelo Anthony to win games, as New Jersey topped the Denver Nuggets by a final score of 115-99. Carmelo Anthony led the Nuggets with 37 points but it wasn't against a motivated Nets squad.

For months, the New Jersey Nets have tried and tried and tried to trade for Carmelo Anthony. After hitting multiple dead ends, the Nets have decided to cancel trade talks and move on. In other words, Carmelo Anthony will not be traded to the Nets. The announcement was made by Mikhail Prokhorov, the Russian billionaire owner of the Nets.