As the Brooklyn Nets’ season winds down to an ignominious conclusion, post-mortems are already well underway. Fans who insisted that any coach must be better than Jacque Vaughn now wonder whether Kevin Ollie might be an exception. Some blame Sean Marks’ roster construction ... though the same roster was playing .500 ball through the first 30 games.
One of the Nets most glaring problems has been a dearth of two-way players, players who can score and defend. Nearly everyone who has played significant minutes has been a liability either offensively or defensively. As a result, the team has constantly had to juggle lineups, creating defensive problems in their effort to fix offensive problems and vice versa.