The Nets’ watchword for this off-season, we’re told, is “incremental.” A “long timeline,” no dramatic changes. The team spent most of the off-season dumping veterans (Joe Harris, Patty Mills, Seth Curry) and adding young players on one-year minimum-salary deals (Dennis Smith, Jr., Lonnie Walker IV, Darius Bazley, Trendon Watford). The strategy is to stay under the luxury tax threshold this season and next, then have flexibility to improve starting in 2025.
How many of the players currently on the roster will make it to that promised land? And what will they be contributing when we get there?