I get it, I really do. Kurt Streeter’s job is not to watch tape of the Brooklyn Nets, nor any NBA team. His Muckrack profile will tell you that he’s written two NBA-related articles in the past four months, a September piece on Robert Sarver, and one questioning if the Nets really should have fired Steve Nash when they did, as opposed to ridding themselves of Kyrie Irving. Which, sure. It wasn’t an uncommon sentiment at the time and Streeter is a writer focused on the cultural phenomenon of sports, rather than its X’s and O’s.
Yet on Monday, the New York Times published Streeter’s new article on the Brooklyn Nets, titled, and subtitled: “So Much Talent, So Little Charm: The Nets are again one of the Eastern Conference’s best teams, with Kyrie Irving and Kevin Durant leading All-Star voting.