Draft Night Wonders and Blunders: A 21st century history

TEN THOUSAND WORDS.

That’s what it takes to tell the tale of the Nets 21st century draft history, from the New Jersey Nets selection of Kenyon Martin (Senior) in 2000 to this week when the Brooklyn version of the Nets will have a record franchise high five picks between Nos. 8 and 40, including four first rounders which is also the most of any team this time around.

It’s not just who they selected, but how things went down in various Draft Rooms in the days and hours before Adam Silver or before that David Stern took to the podium ... things like how the Nets broke a promise to take Kyle Lowry (in favor of Marcus Williams); how they desperately reworked the Draft Night deal that brought…