Caris LeVert knows expectations for him are high this season. The Nets have cleared up a lot of the logjam in the backcourt, trading Jeremy Lin and Isaiah Whitehead and dumping Nik Stauskas and two-way Milton Doyle.
There are still a lot of young and similarly talented players on the Brooklyn roster, with D’Angelo Russell, Spencer Dinwiddie, Allen Crabbe, Joe Harris and newbies Shabazz Napier and Dzanan Musa all looking for minutes.
“We’ve still got a young core, but we added some great pieces.