Don’t get Nets coach Kenny Atkinson wrong. It’s not that he’s unhappy with Brooklyn being the second-most improved team in the Eastern Conference, he’s just taking it with a grain of salt.
And saying the Nets have to do better next season. Far better.
“An eight-game improvement, I think that was the second biggest in the East. I think Philly made a bigger improvement, we made the second-biggest improvement,” Atkinson said, adding with a rueful laugh. “I do think we did start from the bottom, so we have to temper that a little, and understand we still have a long way to go.