Ever since Brooklyn dealt long-time Net center, Brook Lopez, away to Los Angeles in exchange for D’Angelo Russell and Timofey Mozgov, the Nets have been missing a legitimate big-man presence.
Brooklyn isn’t used to having a frontcourt problem. Players like Lopez, Kevin Garnett, Derrick Favors and Reggie Evans have held things down in the past, and they expected Mozgov to fill the hole Lopez left.
But Mozgov has not even come close to fulfilling the expectations of head coach Kenny Atkinson or the fans. The Russian big man, who held a starting center job for Brooklyn in the beginning of the season, is currently on the bench.