Welp. The superstar era is over in Brooklyn. The Nets have officially lost all of Kevin Durant, Kyrie Irving and James Harden in the span of a calendar year.
The Nets just traded both Durant and Irving in the same week to the Suns and the Mavericks respectively. Now, they’re left back at square one. They have to start over without a single All-Star on the roster.
This time, though, they’ve got a bit of a head start thanks to the haul they got back in return for their Big 3.
A team is never going to get back an even return when trading away superstars — that’s just not how the NBA works. But considering their circumstances, the Nets made out pretty well.
Let’s go over the pieces.
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