Brook Lopez has high expectations for Nets this season

Brook Lopez sat down with Jorge Sierra of Hoops Hype in a one on one interview. One of the surprising things he said was that he thinks the Nets can go deep in the playoffs this year despite dealing away Vince Carter.

"Without Vince Carter, what’s a realistic goal for the Nets this season?"

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BL: "Our goal is to be a very good playoff team. We have really good young talent, but also a little bit of experience. So it's a good combination and I think we can go somewhere."

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Right now, I just do not see the Nets having enough outside shooting and depth to compete in the Eastern Conference. However, they have proven us wrong in the past, and Lawrence Frank tends to muster a lot out of teams that are suppose to not perform as well. They are definitely in a great situation with a stud young PG in Devin Harris, and I think Lopez is a budding big man star. Rafer Alston and Courtney Lee gained a lot of valuable playoff experience from last year with the Magic, and bring some scoring punch to the lineup. I believe this team is a year or two away from making some noise in the east, but they will have a shot to make the playoffs as a 7th or 8th seed if they play around .500 basketball. The question is, will they get enough scoring to be able to play around .500 ball. (AP Photo)