The dysfunctional Nets have out-Knicks’d the Knicks, writes williamfleitch
Not long for Brooklyn? Photo: Anadolu Agency/Anadolu Agency via Getty Images When the Barclays Center opened as the Brooklyn Nets’ new home in 2012, the team wasn’t shy about its ambition to take over New York. Then-owner Mikhail Prokhorov, a Russian industrial magnate, brought in superstars Deron Williams and Joe Johnson to invigorate the team. A banner of the owner and Jay-Z with the words “The Blueprint to Greatness” loomed provocatively over Madison Square Garden.
The original Brooklyn Nets sin was their utterly disastrous 2013 trade with the Celtics, which brought an elderly Paul Pierce and Kevin Garnett to Brooklyn for five players and first-round picks in 2014, 2016, and 2018. Those picks, and the financial flexibility they provided the Celtics, essentially built the Boston team that just reached the NBA Finals, and which seems destined for more success.
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