Nobody was surprised to see the Nets limp into the playoffs and get swept. The shock was seeing their former stars’ postseason implosions.
MIAMI — The Nets lost any chance of winning the NBA title this season the moment they traded Kevin Durant and Kyrie Irving.The shock was seeing their former stars’ postseason implosions.
“At the same time, to be able to move Kevin to a place where he’ll have success and they will enter into their championship window; and for us to bring back these two players in that particular trade and the draft assets, that gives us a clear pathway now to continue to rebuild, and not set the reset button. … This has given us a clear pathway on how to continue this.”
But once Mat Ishbia — who counts Nets owner Joe Tsai as a mentor — accelerated his purchase of the team to push the Durant deal through, Marks was able to pry Bridges away.
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