Yes, the Nets have already Kevin Durant, MVP of the Olympics, to an extension that will keep the best player in the world through 2026. And yes, they had the Co-MVP in the Summer League, a 27th pick who looks like a (if not the) steal of the Draft. Not to mention getting Patty Mills’s signature on the taxpayers’ MLE, an addition more than one pundit has called the best fit among off-season signings.
But the Nets have also reconstructed their coaching staff, adding two assistant coaches in David Vanterpool and Brian Keefe, a player development assistant coach in Kyle Korver and a coaching consultant in Steve Clifford.