PHILADELPHIA – Much has been made about the Nets’ player development, after the success of reclamation projects Spencer Dinwiddie and Joe Harris. But Rondae Hollis-Jefferson has quietly gone from a questionable tweener without a position to arguably the most influential player on their admittedly rebuilding roster.
Granted, that says something about the Nets’ roster, just 25-52 coming into Tuesday’s game at the red-hot 76ers. But unlike Philadelphia — which tanked its way to a horde of high lottery picks — the Nets have to build from the ground up, for better or worse. Is Hollis-Jefferson, the longest-tenured Net, part of that foundation long term?