When the Nets entered Draft Night last July, they had four picks, a first at No. 27 and three seconds at 44, 49 and 59. Then, just before the Draft they added another first, the 29th, as part of a trade with the Clippers that sent Landry Shamet to Phoenix and brought Jevon Carter to Brooklyn.
Five picks! The draftniks and pundits thought the Nets would never use all five. A team with championship ambitions using five picks?!? Unheard of! If New York sports betting was legal that night, you would have gotten pretty good odds against it.