The NBA road is a long one, with plane trips from one hotel to another. Win or lose, it's grueling. So teams like the Nets are among those who devote time to finding ways for players --and coaches-- to use the downtime to bond, to unravel, to have fun, to think.
For the Nets, Matt Riccardi, the senior manager of basketball operations, is the guy who sets the agenda, trying to come up with just the right movie, just the right experience, mostly for the whole team, sometimes for small groups. The big draw are advance screenings for big new movies.