Since the Nets moved to Brooklyn in 2012 — and for more than a decade before that — the Spurs have been the N.B.A.’s model of stability and success, the antithesis of the Nets.
The Nets on Sunday fired Coach Lionel Hollins and reassigned General Manager Billy King. Since Gregg Popovich took over the Spurs during the 1996-97 season, he has won five titles and is the N.B.A.’s longest-tenured active head coach.
The Nets have had 11 different coaches during that span, including five in less than four seasons in Brooklyn.
The latest man at the helm, Tony Brown, did not enter his first game on Monday with grandiose proclamations.