Less then 100 miles separate the Nets and 76ers, but though they are close geographically, they couldn’t be further apart philosophically.
Trust the process versus build the culture. Tank or develop. Whereas the Sixers turned tanking into an art form — one that has not only worked for them, but also has been so widely emulated it forced the NBA to tweak the lottery — the Nets are showing the league their way can work, too.
“For the most part players didn’t really respect the fact of tanking for so many years and the way they did it.