ICYMI, the Nets rebuild is over.
In ranking all 30 teams’ young prospects, Sam Vecenie puts the Nets at No. 30 and last. That’s not a surprise. The Nets see themselves as championship contenders with the best players on either side of 30.
In years past, these rankings would mean a lot more as the Nets tried to develop a whole cadre of young players, using their draft picks and solid scouting to find diamonds-in-the-rough. That’s not to say the Nets don’t have any prospects, just that The Athletic writer thinks they’re not as good as other teams.