As Martin Luther King Day dawned, the Nets were six games out of the playoffs with 40 to go, 11 games to go. It would seem that the post-season would be out of the picture, particularly since they aren’t on any sort of winning streak. They’re 4-6 in their last 10.
But don’t tell that to the Nets. They still quietly harbor hopes of turning it around, noting that arguably their best player, D’Angelo Russell, is days away from coming back and their two young bigs, Jahlil Okakor (22) and Jarrett Allen (19) are just starting to show what they can do.