The Nets and Isaiah Whitehead were made for each other. Until they weren’t and not that they’re not, an appreciation of the Coney Island/Lincoln High player who brought it all.
It started on Draft Night. The Nets had the 55th pick which is where a lot of mock draft placed the 6’5” combo guard who’d played a year at Seton Hall. The Nets front office had a much higher opinion. He was listed at 18th on the internal mock, according to one insider. So they moved on him, sending $3 million in cash and the rights to Marcus Paige to Utah so they could move up to 42.