Nets Share ‘One Mind for One Goal’
Brooklyn determined to hang championship banner at Barclays
Brook Lopez, the biggest and longest-tenured Net, put it best when asked about his team’s attitude just before embarking on a week-long visit to Duke University for the official opening of training camp.
“One mind for one goal,” the 7-foot All-Star center intimated during Nets media day at the Barclays Center earlier this week. “We all have very high expectations.”
Armed with the biggest payroll in the sport, a re-loaded roster that includes three NBA champions, a first-year coach who was arguably the greatest player in franchise history and a cache of returnees eager to erase the bitter taste of last season’s playoff disappointment, the 2013-14 Nets are on the clock to deliver Brooklyn’s first major pro sports title since the Dodgers edged the Yankees in the 1955 World Series.