Despite every pundit and a number of league executives telling every fan that there was NO WAY the Brooklyn Nets would “roster” their five rookies, they did. On the other end of the spectrum, Sean Marks & co. did what every pundit and a number of league executives expected and traded Cam Johnson, not for two firsts, the reported asking price for his services at the deadline but one ... and Michael Porter Jr., one of the top young power forwards in the NBA.
So, the off-season has not been predictable but there are people in the prediction biz — yes, those ubiquitous pundits — who are paid to do just that and indeed they have with the Nets-Blazers trade.