On first and second --maybe even the third-- reading of the schedule, things look bad. Those first 10 games, with all those contenders? Ugh! The 11 road games in the first 16 games? Double ugh!! And the 18 of the final 26 games away from Brooklyn? OMG.
But there are some positives...
--Back-to-backs. The Nets have 15 back-to-backs, down five from last year (but still none home-and-home). Only two teams have fewer and both have 14. Moreover, as NBC Sports points out, Nets opponents in those games are on a back-to-back 21 times, giving them a +6 advantage.