When the Long Island Nets step on the court in Washington, D.C. Wednesday night, they will have one of the G League’s best records at 8-3, currently fourth best in the East and only two games behind the conference-leading Cleveland Charge.
And they’re doing it with a rookie head coach, one who before this season had never been the top guy before ... anywhere. Ronnie Burrell, who grew up in Montclair, N.J., was hired as head coach back in September, his previous experience being limited to being a G League assistant with Long Island and the College Park Skyhawks, the Hawks affiliate and as a player development coordinator with the Chicago Bulls.