The improved Brooklyn Nets are playing better than they have at any point during head coach Kenny Atkinson’s tenure with 13 wins in their last 18 games to climb into a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference standings.
But there is one thing that hasn’t changed throughout Atkinson’s tenure — the search for a viable stretch 4 for his pace-and-space system remains a work in progress.
This season, Atkinson has started veteran Jared Dudley and Rondae Hollis-Jefferson at the 4 spot.
Neither of them is a natural power forward and Dudley spent significant time earlier in his career as a shooting guard, but finding a fit for that position might as well be an attempt to locate Bigfoot.