After the Nets revamped their roster to form a superteam, rooting against the Nets became easy for most fans around the league. If the roster wasn’t loaded enough already, the Brooklyn Nets cemented their status as villains of the NBA with mid-season acquisitions of Blake Griffin and James Harden in their pursuit for a championship this season. Following the team’s elimination at the hands of Milwaukee Bucks in the second round, the loss can be used as a reality check moving forward rather than just falling short of expectations.
The Nets are left to perfect an offense that looked almost unstoppable during the regular season. This is not the worst position to be in. Brooklyn must pursue another rim protector because they were unable to match up with bigger teams every time. Their only bet was to outscore them, but you don’t want to have just one solution to that problem.
Brooklyn must also prioritize resigning Bruce Brown and Spencer Dinwiddie. Brown showed that he can go out there and do whatever is needed to get a win. Playing center at 6-foot-3 was just one of things he did to show that. He also defended and made it tough for any scorer on the perimeter. As for Dinwiddie, he was almost an All-Star in the 2019-20 campaign. No more needs to be said about him.
Landry Shamet along with Brown must work on their long-range shooting more than anything else in the off-season. Shamet is only 24-years-old and he can defend and knock down those threes at a solid rate (39%), but still has room for improvement. Brown, who rarely shot threes this season (0.9), would only provide more spacing if he works on that shot more. Spacing will be the biggest key to success next season.
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