The rebuilding Nets have spent years — none more painful than this one — accruing assets. What would it take for the front office to cash them in this summer?
After a year that saw them pull out wins when their fans rooted for them to tank, the Nets lost when a victory would’ve actually helped them in the draft.
In front of team owner Joe Tsai, the Nets finished with the league’s sixth-worst record (26-56) — and thus the sixth-best odds in the lottery that will be the foundation of their rebuild.
The college basketball season ended on Monday. Next month the Nets rebuild starts in earnest, with the lottery — and clarity on just where they’ll be drafting. The Nets have five picks in June’s NBA draft — four first-rounders and their own natural second — and after the Big Dance, mock drafts have been readjusted...
Ziaire Williams is finally starting to come into his own as a player on the court because he’s beginning to figure out exactly what works for him off it.