Spring is just around the corner and all but a few of the schedule markers from Opening Night to In-Season Tournament to trade deadline to All-Star Break have been passed.
For the Brooklyn Nets now, it’s all about getting to the finish line on April 14, the last day of the regular season, then seeing if they can make it to and through the play-in for the exclusive rights to play the Boston Celtics! who are quietly having one of the franchise’s most dominating seasons ever. The alternative, of source, is worse, an end to five straight years of post-season experience (three of which did end in first round sweeps in 2020, 2022 and 2023.