Nets are caught in the Draft
Questions Loom for Brooklyn as Barclays Hosts NBA Selection Show
It was one year ago that the Nets stole the show at the first-ever NBA Draft hosted by the Barclays Center in Downtown Brooklyn.
General Manager Billy King used the team’s first-round pick, 22nd overall, to select fellow Duke alum Mason Plumlee.
The high-flying 7-footer went on to earn NBA All-Rookie honors after serving as a key reserve in the absence of injured All-Star center Brook Lopez as well as filling in quite ably for Kevin Garnett and Andrei Kirilenko, both of whom were limited by back injuries, throughout the campaign.