2006–07 New Jersey Nets season

The 2006–07 New Jersey Nets season was the team's 40th in the NBA. They began the season hoping to improve upon their 49–33 output from the previous season. However, they came eight wins shy of tying it, finishing 41–41. In the playoffs, the Nets upset Vince Carter's former team, the Toronto Raptors in the first round but could not defeat the eventual Eastern Conference champion, the LeBron James-led Cleveland Cavaliers in the next round. The Nets remain the last team with a 0.500 record to win a playoff series. The Nets had the thirteenth best team defensive rating in the NBA.

2006–07 New Jersey Nets season
Head coach	Lawrence Frank
General manager	Ed Stefanski
President	Bobby Marks (vice)
Owner(s)	Bruce Ratner
Arena	Continental Airlines Arena
Results
Record	41–41 (.500)
Place	Division: 2nd (Atlantic) Conference: 6th (Eastern)
Playoff finish	Conference Semifinals (lost to Cavaliers 2–4)
Stats at Basketball-Reference.com
Local media
Television	YES Network WWOR
Radio	WFAN

This season marked the Nets' final playoff appearance in New Jersey, and the Nets would not return to the playoffs until 2013, when they relocated to Brooklyn, New York. Following the season, Clifford Robinson retired.

Draft picks

Main article: 2006 NBA draft

Round	Pick	Player	Position	Nationality	College
1	22	Marcus Williams	PG	United States	Connecticut
1	23	Josh Boone	PF/C	United States	Connecticut
2	54	Hassan Adams	SG	United States	Arizona

Roster

2006–07 New Jersey Nets roster

Players

Coaches

Pos. No. Name Height Weight DOB From G 8 Adams, Hassan 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1984-06-20 Arizona F 2 Boone, Josh 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 237 lb (108 kg) 1984-11-21 Connecticut G 15 Carter, Vince 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 220 lb (100 kg) 1977-01-26 North Carolina F 35 Collins, Jason 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 255 lb (116 kg) 1978-12-02 Stanford G 50 House, Eddie 6 ft 1 in (1.85 m) 190 lb (86 kg) 1978-05-14 Arizona State C 9 Ilić, Mile 7 ft 1 in (2.16 m) 229 lb (104 kg) 1984-06-02 Serbia F 24 Jefferson, Richard 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 230 lb (104 kg) 1980-06-21 Arizona G 5 Kidd, Jason 6 ft 4 in (1.93 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1973-03-23 California C 12 Krstić, Nenad 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 260 lb (118 kg) 1983-07-25 Serbia C 33 Moore, Mikki 7 ft 0 in (2.13 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1975-11-04 Nebraska F 7 Nachbar, Boštjan 6 ft 9 in (2.06 m) 221 lb (100 kg) 1980-07-03 Slovenia F 22 Robinson, Bernard 6 ft 6 in (1.98 m) 210 lb (95 kg) 1980-12-26 Michigan C 30 Robinson, Clifford 6 ft 10 in (2.08 m) 225 lb (102 kg) 1966-12-16 Connecticut G 1 Williams, Marcus 6 ft 3 in (1.91 m) 209 lb (95 kg) 1985-12-03 Connecticut G 21 Wright, Antoine 6 ft 7 in (2.01 m) 215 lb (98 kg) 1984-02-06 Texas A&M

Head coach Lawrence Frank Assistant coach(es) Tom Barrise Bill Cartwright Ryan Krueger Pat Sullivan Legend (DP) Unsigned draft pick (FA) Free agent (S) Suspended Injured Roster

Regular season

Atlantic Division	W	L	PCT	GB	Home	Road	Div
y-Toronto Raptors	47	35	.573	-	30–11	17–24	11–5
x-New Jersey Nets	41	41	.500	6	24–17	17–24	10–6
Philadelphia 76ers	35	47	.427	12	21–20	14–27	9–7
New York Knicks	33	49	.402	14	19–22	14–27	3–13
Boston Celtics	24	58	.293	23	12–29	12–29	7–9

#	Eastern Conference
	Team	W	L	PCT	GB
1	c-Detroit Pistons	53	29	.646	–
2	x-Cleveland Cavaliers	50	32	.610	3
3	y-Toronto Raptors	47	35	.573	6
4	y-Miami Heat	44	38	.537	9
5	x-Chicago Bulls	49	33	.598	4
6	x-New Jersey Nets	41	41	.500	12
7	x-Washington Wizards	41	41	.500	12
8	x-Orlando Magic	40	42	.488	13
9	Philadelphia 76ers	35	47	.427	18
10	Indiana Pacers	35	47	.427	18
11	New York Knicks	33	49	.402	20
12	Charlotte Bobcats	33	49	.402	20
13	Atlanta Hawks	30	52	.366	23
14	Milwaukee Bucks	28	54	.341	25
15	Boston Celtics	24	58	.293	29

Record vs. opponents

2006-07 NBA Records
Team	ATL	BOS	CHA	CHI	CLE	DAL	DEN	DET	GSW	HOU	IND	LAC	LAL	MEM	MIA	MIL	MIN	NJN	NOK	NYK	ORL	PHI	PHO	POR	SAC	SAS	SEA	TOR	UTA	WAS
Atlanta	–	3–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–0	0–2	2–0	0–4	1–2	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–2	3–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–3
Boston	1–3	–	2–2	0–3	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	1–1	2–2	0–2	3–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–3
Charlotte	3–1	2–2	–	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	2–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	2–2	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–1	2–2
Chicago	4–0	3–0	2–1	–	2–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	0–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	4–0	0–2	1–3	2–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–2	0–2	3–1
Cleveland	3–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	–	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	4–0	2–0	2–1	1–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	0–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	3–1	1–1	2–1
Dallas	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	–	3–1	1–1	0–3	3–1	2–0	2–1	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	3–0	4–0	3–1	4–0	2–0	1–2	1–1
Denver	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	–	0–2	3–1	1–2	2–0	2–1	3–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–2	1–2	3–1	1–1	1–3	1–1
Detroit	2–1	4–0	2–2	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–0	–	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	2–1	3–1	1–1	4–0	1–1	2–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	2–1	0–2	2–2
Golden State	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–3	2–0	–	2–1	1–1	2–2	0–4	3–1	0–2	0–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–1	3–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1
Houston	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	1–3	2–1	1–1	1–2	–	1–1	3–1	2–2	4–0	2–0	2–0	2–2	2–0	1–3	2–0	2–0	2–0	1–3	2–2	3–0	2–2	3–0	1–1	1–3	2–0
Indiana	3–1	3–1	2–1	1–3	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	1–1	1–1	–	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	4–0	0–2	0–4	1–1	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	0–2	0–3
L.A. Clippers	0–2	2–0	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–2	1–2	0–2	2–2	1–3	1–1	–	2–2	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–2	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–3	1–1
L.A. Lakers	2–0	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–2	1–3	1–3	0–2	4–0	2–2	1–1	2–2	–	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–1	2–0	1–2	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–3	1–2	3–1	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–1	1–1
Memphis	0–2	1–1	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–3	0–4	0–2	0–3	2–2	–	0–2	0–2	2–1	0–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–3	1–1
Miami	4–0	2–1	2–2	1–3	3–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–0	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–0	–	2–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	1–3	0–4	1–3	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	2–0	3–1
Milwaukee	2–1	2–2	2–2	0–4	0–4	0–2	0–2	1–3	2–0	0–2	0–4	0–2	2–0	2–0	1–2	–	2–0	1–2	0–2	1–3	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	1–1	1–3	0–2	1–3
Minnesota	0–2	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–2	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–3	1–2	0–2	0–2	–	1–1	1–3	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–3	2–2	2–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–3	1–1
New Jersey	2–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	4–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	2–1	1–1	–	1–1	4–0	2–2	2–2	0–2	0–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	4–0
New Orleans/Oklahoma City	2–0	2–0	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	2–2	2–1	3–1	1–1	2–0	3–1	1–1	–	2–0	1–1	0–2	0–3	1–2	3–1	0–4	2–2	0–2	1–2	1–1
New York	2–1	1–3	2–2	1–3	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	0–2	1–2	1–1	2–0	2–0	3–1	3–1	0–2	0–4	0–2	–	2–1	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	2–2
Orlando	1–3	3–1	2–2	2–1	2–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–1	0–2	2–2	1–1	0–2	1–1	4–0	3–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–2	–	2–1	0–2	2–0	1–1	1–1	2–0	0–4	2–0	2–2
Philadelphia	3–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–3	0–2	0–2	2–2	0–2	1–1	1–1	3–1	1–2	0–2	2–2	2–0	3–1	1–2	–	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	0–3
Phoenix	1–1	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–2	2–1	1–1	3–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	4–0	2–0	2–0	3–1	2–0	3–0	2–0	2–0	1–1	–	4–0	3–1	1–2	2–1	2–0	1–3	1–1
Portland	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–3	1–3	1–1	1–2	2–2	0–2	1–3	2–1	2–2	0–2	1–1	2–2	2–0	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	0–4	–	2–2	0–4	2–2	1–1	2–2	2–0
Sacramento	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	0–4	2–2	1–1	1–3	0–3	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	2–2	1–1	1–3	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	2–2	–	0–4	2–1	1–1	2–1	0–2
San Antonio	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–3	2–1	2–0	3–1	2–2	1–1	4–0	1–2	3–1	1–1	0–2	2–1	2–0	4–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	2–1	4–0	4–0	–	4–0	2–0	2–2	2–0
Seattle	2–0	1–1	2–0	0–2	1–1	0–4	1–3	0–2	1–3	0–3	2–0	2–2	1–3	2–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	1–1	0–2	0–2	1–2	2–2	1–2	0–4	–	1–1	2–2	0–2
Toronto	2–2	3–1	3–0	2–2	1–3	0–2	1–1	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–1	2–0	1–1	1–1	1–2	3–1	2–0	2–2	2–0	3–1	4–0	3–1	0–2	1–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	–	0–2	3–1
Utah	2–0	2–0	1–1	2–0	1–1	2–1	3–1	2–0	2–2	3–1	2–0	3–1	1–2	3–1	0–2	2–0	3–1	0–2	2–1	1–1	0–2	1–1	3–1	2–2	1–2	2–2	2–2	2–0	–	1–1
Washington	3–1	3–0	2–2	1–3	1–2	1–1	1–1	2–2	1–1	0–2	3–0	1–1	1–1	1–1	1–3	3–1	1–1	0–4	1–1	2–2	2–2	3–0	1–1	0–2	2–0	0–2	2–0	1–3	1–1	—

Playoffs

2007 playoff game log
First Round: 4–2 (home: 3–0; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 April 21 @ Toronto W 96–91 Richard Jefferson (28) Jason Kidd (10) Jason Kidd (15) Air Canada Centre 20,330 1–0 2 April 24 @ Toronto L 83–89 Vince Carter (19) Kidd, Carter (11) Jason Kidd (7) Air Canada Centre 20,239 1–1 3 April 27 Toronto W 102–89 Vince Carter (37) Jason Kidd (16) Jason Kidd (19) Continental Airlines Arena 17,147 2–1 4 April 29 Toronto W 102–81 Vince Carter (27) Jason Kidd (8) Jason Kidd (13) Continental Airlines Arena 20,032 3–1 5 May 1 @ Toronto L 96–98 Vince Carter (30) Mikki Moore (10) Jason Kidd (10) Air Canada Centre 20,511 3–2 6 May 4 Toronto W 98–97 Richard Jefferson (24) Kidd, Moore (8) Jason Kidd (15) Continental Airlines Arena 17,242 4–2
Conference Semifinals: 2–4 (home: 1–2; road: 1–2) Game Date Team Score High points High rebounds High assists Location Attendance Series 1 May 6 @ Cleveland L 77–81 Vince Carter (21) Vince Carter (13) Jason Kidd (9) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 0–1 2 May 8 @ Cleveland L 92–102 Vince Carter (26) Jason Kidd (10) Jason Kidd (8) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 0–2 3 May 12 Cleveland W 96–85 three players tied (23) Jason Kidd (13) Jason Kidd (14) Continental Airlines Arena 20,032 1–2 4 May 14 Cleveland L 85–87 Carter, Moore (25) Jason Kidd (17) Vince Carter (9) Continental Airlines Arena 20,032 1–3 5 May 16 @ Cleveland W 83–72 Jason Kidd (20) Jason Kidd (9) Vince Carter (10) Quicken Loans Arena 20,562 2–3 6 May 18 Cleveland L 72–88 Jason Kidd (19) Jason Kidd (12) Jason Kidd (8) Continental Airlines Arena 20,032 2–4
2007 schedule

Player statistics

Legend

GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game
FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
RPG	Rebounds per game	APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game
BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game

Regular season

New Jersey Nets statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Hassan Adams	61	8	8.1	.556	.000	.667	1.3	.2	.3	.1	2.9
Josh Boone	61	0	11.0	.579	.	.544	2.9	.2	.2	.3	4.2
Vince Carter	82	82	38.1	.454	.357	.802	6.0	4.8	1.0	.4	25.2
Jason Collins	80	78	23.1	.364	.000	.465	4.0	.6	.5	.5	2.1
Eddie House	56	1	16.9	.428	.429	.917	1.6	1.2	.5	.1	8.4
Mile Ilic	5	0	1.2	.000	.	.	.2	.0	.0	.0	.0
Richard Jefferson	55	53	35.6	.456	.359	.733	4.4	2.7	.6	.1	16.3
Jason Kidd	80	80	36.7	.406	.343	.778	8.2	9.2	1.6	.3	13.0
Nenad Krstic	26	26	32.6	.526	.000	.711	6.8	1.8	.4	.9	16.4
Mikki Moore	79	55	26.4	.609	.000	.681	5.1	.9	.6	.8	9.8
Bernard Robinson	10	0	3.7	.375	.	.800	.6	.2	.4	.1	1.0
Clifford Robinson	50	11	19.1	.372	.379	.444	2.4	1.0	.2	.5	4.1
Marcus Williams	79	2	16.6	.395	.282	.847	2.1	3.3	.4	.0	6.8
Antoine Wright	63	23	18.0	.438	.322	.603	2.8	.9	.5	.2	4.5

Playoffs

New Jersey Nets statistics

Player	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	PPG
Hassan Adams	6	0	1.5	.500	.	.	.2	.0	.0	.0	.3
Josh Boone	12	0	9.8	.500	.	.500	1.6	.3	.1	.3	3.0
Vince Carter	12	12	40.6	.396	.389	.693	6.8	5.3	.9	.6	22.3
Jason Collins	12	12	27.4	.571	.	.364	3.3	.2	.6	.3	2.3
Eddie House	4	0	4.5	.250	.167	.	.5	.3	.3	.0	1.3
Richard Jefferson	12	12	40.8	.482	.325	.924	5.6	2.3	.8	.4	19.7
Jason Kidd	12	12	40.3	.432	.420	.520	10.9	10.9	1.8	.4	14.6
Mikki Moore	12	12	33.3	.560	.	.793	5.6	1.2	.8	.6	11.3
Bostjan Nachbar	12	0	23.4	.421	.375	.955	2.9	1.5	.6	.1	9.9
Bernard Robinson	1	0	6.0	.000	.	.	1.0	2.0	1.0	.0	.0
Clifford Robinson	4	0	5.0	.167	.500	.	.0	.0	.3	.0	.8
Marcus Williams	12	0	6.5	.333	.077	.800	.8	1.1	.1	.0	2.4
Antoine Wright	12	0	13.6	.472	.500	.900	1.9	.1	.4	.3	3.8

Transactions

Trades

July 27, 2005

To New Jersey Nets Mikki Moore To Seattle SuperSonics 2009 second-round pick

January 3, 2007

To New Jersey Nets Bernard Robinson To Charlotte Bobcats Jeff McInnis

Free agents

Additions
Player	Date signed	Former team
Eddie House	August 17	Phoenix Suns
Awvee Storey	October 2	Washington Wizards

Subtractions
Player	Date waived	New Team
Zoran Planinić	August 11	TAU Cerámica (Spain)
Awvee Storey	October 26	Dakota Wizards (D-League)

Further reading

• Mazzeo, Mike (April 23, 2021). "The Oral History of the Best Game Mike D'Antoni Ever Saw". The Ringer. Retrieved October 3, 2023.