Do you remember the optimism surrounding the season in the summer? You miss it, don’t you? When any prediction that didn’t involve a fourth-seed finish and 45-50 wins for the Brooklyn Nets were deemed blasphemous or hell… downright unethical!
Now here we are, faced with the unfortunate, cruel reality of the situation in the dark days of winter. You see that panic button over there on the top shelf? Yeah, right beside the Deron Williams bobblehead, do you mind passing it over here? Ah yes, hello old friend. I didn’t expect to see you so soon.