Season Predictions 2016
Current seeding: 14th
Projected seeding: 14th
Well, the Nets. The fourth worst record in the league, and not a draft pick in June to show for it (*insert Danny Ainge’s evil laugh here*). The team has tried to rid any memory of the past's disasters, clearing the books of dead money by buying out Deron Williams (DAL, PG), Joe Johnson (MIA, SG/SF), PF/C Andrea Bargnani, while also firing GM Billy King. The team locked up the frontcourt duo of PF/SF Thaddeus Young and C Brook Lopez to extensions last offseason, and both are probably the only guys that I can say have performed admirably this season on Brooklyn, unless you count PG Jarrett Jack, who has been out since New Year's with a season-ending injury. There is hope that the team can be re-build around Young and Lopez in free agency, but it will be very difficult to do so with the lack of draft picks being a turn-off for free agents. Either way, this season has long been a lost cause.
Current seeding: 14th
Projected seeding: 14th
Well, the Nets. The fourth worst record in the league, and not a draft pick in June to show for it (*insert Danny Ainge’s evil laugh here*). The team has tried to rid any memory of the past's disasters, clearing the books of dead money by buying out Deron Williams (DAL, PG), Joe Johnson (MIA, SG/SF), PF/C Andrea Bargnani, while also firing GM Billy King. The team locked up the frontcourt duo of PF/SF Thaddeus Young and C Brook Lopez to extensions last offseason, and both are probably the only guys that I can say have performed admirably this season on Brooklyn, unless you count PG Jarrett Jack, who has been out since New Year's with a season-ending injury. There is hope that the team can be re-build around Young and Lopez in free agency, but it will be very difficult to do so with the lack of draft picks being a turn-off for free agents. Either way, this season has long been a lost cause.