Mentioning the name Billy King around a Brooklyn Nets fan is one of the most offensive things you can do. He earned the legacy of being the person responsible for putting the Nets in their current situation. That situation is being the worst team in the league for the second consecutive year without their own first round draft pick until 2019.
King was hired as the New Jersey Nets general manager in 2010, replacing former Nets general manager Rod Thorn. He was brought in by the new majority owner, Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov, to bring a championship team to the franchise within five years.