The Brooklyn Nets finished with the worst record in the NBA last season (in spite of beating the Detroit Pistons in two of their three match-ups). There’s no short-term fix to turn their fortunes around, so what did they do this offseason? They gobbled up three expensive contracts via trade and acquired a possible franchise centerpiece in D’Angelo Russell at the same time.
On June 20, the Nets acquired D’Angelo Russell and Timofey Mozgov from the Los Angeles Lakers in exchange for Brook Lopez and the No.