Brian Lewis lays out some history Monday ... how NBA teams have fared after a preseason trip to Asia.
Over the past four years, the teams that made the China trek played to just a 41-39 record through their first 10 games before going 338-238 the rest of the way — or a 42-win pace compared to a 48-win clip.
And those teams didn’t have to cope with a week of international incidents, one after another, on their trips. The Nets being the Nets seemingly did everything they could to make sure the players coped well, starting with some prep work prior to leaving New York more than a week ago.