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Draft Night Wonders and Blunders: A quarter century worth of Net Draft Nights

From the last time the Nets had the overall No. 1 to last year’s three picks, our annual historical perspective on the Nets draft history. And 25 years is enough. That’s it!

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It’s a legacy thing. Every year, two days before the Draft, we rummage around looking for snippets to update our long, in-depth back at the Nets draft history, all the way till 2000, the last time the Nets, still in New Jersey, had the overall No. 1 pick.

It’s not just who they selected, but how things went down in various Draft Rooms in the days and hours before Adam Silver or before that David Stern took to the podium .