Brooklyn Nets vs. Washington Wizards preview: Preseason home opener

It’s quite a whiplash to go from the intensity of the WNBA Finals to the quiet hum of the NBA preseason. That’s what Brooklyn fans will have to do tonight as the New York Liberty head to Minnesota to play the Lynx in Games 3 and 4 of the Finals. Barclays most senior tenant, the Brooklyn Nets, are in Brooklyn Monday to make their home preseason debut as we draw closer and closer to Opening Night in a few weeks. They began the preseason in San Diego with a loss to the Los Angeles Clippers.

The opponent tonight is working to figure things out as well. The Washington Wizards are in rebuild mode and are looking for young talent that will help them get back to respectability in the near future.…