Neither the Nets nor their reclamation project, Anthony Bennett, want to say it, but this may be the former No. 1 overall pick’s last best chance.
“It’s a long road, a lot of ups and downs,” said Bennett, viewed as one of the biggest-ever draft busts.
He’s on a one-year veteran-minimum deal, with a team option for a second year that he clearly will have to earn the old-fashioned way.
It’s the perfect marriage of convenience — a rebuilding team bereft of building blocks getting a no-risk lottery ticket and a 23-year-old forward who can forget about words like pressure and potential and just worry about being professional.