For casual followers of the NBA, Monday afternoon’s matchup between the Brooklyn Nets and Sacramento Kings — with both teams sporting winning records — must seem like something straight out of Black Mirror.
With narratives being as slow to die as they are, it would be understandable if someone who doesn’t follow the league closely looked at a Kings-Nets matchup with disdain.
But these are not the same old Kings. Nor are they they same old Nets.
In fairness, it’s the first time in almost a decade that the Nets and Kings come into a game with winning records and the last time it happened, on Oct.