In their first four years in Brooklyn, the Nets have gone from 49 wins, to 44, to 38, and finally to last season’s 21-61 dumpster fire.
You would think we’ve hit rock bottom, right?
Well, to paraphrase John Oliver on “Last Week Tonight,” lean back and look straight up. Look a little further. That’s rock bottom.
Welcome to the 2016-17 Brooklyn Nets.
Outside of center Brook Lopez and point guard Jeremy Lin, this iteration consists of players who have not yet proven they belong in a good NBA team’s rotation or last proved that they did many moons ago.