So where do we stand and where do we go from here?
This IS a Net rebuild no matter how it’s spun. The concept that you can win while rebuilding is every GM’s dream. It is also a fallacy. You have to make a choice. If the Nets get a decent return on Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving, then you might get a playoff team, but if you don’t — and history says they may not — they are at the beginning of a long process.
Yes, the GM has done it before and yes, in some ways, the situation now is a MUCH better situation than it was in 2016 when Sean Marks walked in the door.