Nets have plenty to be defensive about
Enter Campaign as Overwhelming Favorite to be NBA’s Worst Team
“We’re No. 30!” isn’t the rallying cry Brooklyn hoops fanatics have been waiting for since the Nets overhauled their roster, re-jiggered their front office and changed their head coach for the sixth time since relocating to the corners of Atlantic and Flatbush avenues back in 2012.
But that’s exactly what they are stuck with as Wednesday night’s season opener against the Boston Celtics at TD Garden approaches.
The Nets will kick off their fifth season here as an overwhelming favorite to finish 2016-17 with the NBA’s worst record, something they haven’t achieved since the disastrous 2009-10 campaign in New Jersey, when they went an embarrassing 12-70.
Brooklyn, coming off an ugly 21-win campaign after three straight playoff appearances, has 10 new players on the roster, many of whom have yet to prove they can be difference makers at this level.