Hey, have you heard the Brooklyn Nets will have enough cap space in the summer of 2019 to take on two max contracts?
If you’ve been anywhere near the NBA news buzz the last couple of weeks, that’s been one of the dominant narratives, even as LeBron James headed to Hollywood and DeMarcus Cousins helped the Golden State Warriors break the NBA.
Narratives, however, are seldom as simple as they seem once you add in some of that pesky reality.
Let’s get this out of the way first — Nets general manager Sean Marks has done a wonderful job this offseason, primarily by finding another GM who would take Timofey Mozgov‘s contract and its $16.