Mr. Bloomberg has argued that giving the governors more power would improperly inject politics into the site.

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The moves, in addition to newly signed deals with forwards Gerald Wallace, Brook Lopez and Kris Humphries were supposed to immediately inject the Nets with enough fire power to escape the shadow of the New York Knicks and become the talk of the towns.

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