When the Nets raised their talent level, they raised the bar with it.
For the first time in years, the Nets actually come into a season with great expectations — albeit somewhat tempered by superstar Kevin Durant’s ruptured Achilles.
“I don’t make guarantees, but of course I [think we can win the title],” Spencer Dinwiddie said. “It has a chance to be a very, very special season.”
Brooklyn backed up its first playoff berth since 2015 by adding Durant, Kyrie Irving and DeAndre Jordan in a splashy summer. While the assumption is Durant will miss the entire season and some of the advanced analytics predict a losing record, the Nets are talking contention.