The Barclays crew isn't getting Nets.com anytime soon. (USATSI)
The New York Times finally found her. The person who has been trolling the Nets for years with their ownership of Nets.com and the subsequent redirect of the site to websites for the Mets, the Mavericks, and other hilarious troll efforts, is a 69-year-old woman in Sante Fe and her son, the Times reports.
Her name is Jane Hill, and she bought the website as part of a bundle from a deal with an Internet subscriber service for $20,000. She's demanding $5 million for it. Which is pretty reasonable. I mean, she's seen the Nets' roster.
So she and her son have been trolling the team forever. The Nets say they're not going to cave to their demands, saying "Our fans know our website is BrooklynNets.com" according to the Times. Which is definitely not true. I even go to Nets.com still by accident.
You wonder why owner Mikhail Prokhorov doesn't just set up a dummy company to purchase her Internet provider service outright. Deal would probably be for less.
It's weird that the Nets will spend (and lose) so much money but refuse to cave on this. You figure a $2 million offer would probably secure it. Then again, the Hills are likely in no big hurry. They can squat on that site forever. (I have a former colleague who still has the domain name to rumored expansion teams that never came to fruition.)
That's the thing with domain squatting. It's a long-term game.
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Rajon Rondo to return from minor hand surgery, will play Wednesday vs. Thunder
When he has been on the court, Rajon Rondo has been good this young season — he’s averaging 11.2 assists per game, which would lead the league if he had played in enough games to qualify for the race.
But he’s missed some time, having surgery on his hand to remove a screw.
As expected, he has recovered and will play Wednesday night against the Thunder, as reported by A. Sherrod Blakely at CSNNE.com.
If you want to watch his return and you live in Boston and are a Comcast subscriber, you can stream tonight’s game on any device, just follow this link. For more details on what is involved, here is more information.
Rondo timed his return well, this is a winnable game for Boston against a Thunder team that is down with Kevin Durant and Russell Westbrook out. Reggie Jackson will be opposite Rondo as the Thunder’s starting point guard.
Of course, the return of Rondo will fire up the Rondo trade rumors again. He is set to become an unrestricted free agent this summer and that has amped up the trade rumors, even though it is not likely he gets moved. So long as Rondo doesn’t tell Celtics GM Danny Ainge he will not re-sign in Boston and forces his hand, Ainge has waited to be blown away by an offer for years and none have come. They are not likely to now — if you want Rondo, why give up an asset when you can try to sign him as a free agent this summer? (And you could lose him anyway as a free agent after that trade.) Plus, the Celtics may bring him back. But the likelihood of something happening never stopped the rumor mill.
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