The Nets will reach the quarter pole of the long NBA regular season this week, the traditional time GMs and owner use to evaluate what they’ve got and what they need to meet their goals.
Then, in two weeks, the NBA trade season unofficially opens. Starting December 15, players who signed in the off-season can be traded. That adds about 150 players — about a third of the league — to the trade pool. Doing complicated, multi-player, multi-team deals prior to that would be difficult.
So, here ya go...
—December 8 - James Harden returns to Houston for the first time with a full house of fans in the stands.