In their slow climb from the NBA cellar, the Nets added offensive punch last summer and hope they addressed their rebounding woes this offseason.
It will be for naught, however, if they can’t shore up a leaky defense.
“We’ve kind of stayed at the same level defense-wise over the past two seasons. I’d really like to take a jump and improve that area,” said coach Kenny Atkinson, whose Nets open camp on Tuesday. “We were 30th in the league in creating turnovers. That’s an area where upping our activity, that’s a big area for us this year of improvement.