The Brooklyn Nets are heading into an era where they not considered to be a champion contender, but do have some young players and draft assets to be excited about when it comes to the future of the organization. It is a far cry from where the team used to be, but there were some events that occurred that changed the trajectory of the franchise.
In a recent article by Tim Bontemps of ESPN, he said that one of the biggest what-ifs in the NBA over the past five seasons was Kevin Durant getting hurt for the Nets in the 2021-22 and 2022-23 seasons. In both years, Brooklyn was expected to be one of the teams that made it deep into the playoffs with the chance of winning a title.
It seems that plenty of drama and unfortunate events got in the way of the Nets’ pursuit of winning and the list of those events becomes too many to count after some time. With that being said, let’s explore the past two seasons and ponder what the Nets could have been: