NBA Free Agency: Where Nets stand, where they go from here

Photo by Evan Yu/NBAE via Getty ImagesSo 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. But this time, the Nets will also be saddled with what happened Thursday, their credibility as a…