Just a couple of weeks ago, the Brooklyn Nets were on life support.
Sitting at 5-14 and still stinging from an embarrassing 30-point defeat at the hands of the similarly diseased New York Knicks, things were looking grim. Coaches were screaming at one another, marquee players were spending more time on the training table than the hardwood and none of the team's bold offseason moves were paying dividends.
But there have been signs of life lately. Brief flickers of vitality, still faint, are beginning to animate the Nets.
They've won four out of their past five games and have posted a net rating of plus-3.7 points per 100 possessions in the month of December, per NBA.com. Even better, some of the walking wounded have begun to get healthy.
As a result, Brooklyn sits just a single game out of the eighth playoff spot in the beleaguered Eastern Conference. You read that right: one solitary game away from postseason position.
What's happening with the Nets is about more than their incomprehensible proximity to a playoff spot. Viewed broadly, the Nets' current near-respectable status matters more because it ...
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Article written by Grant Hughes
Slowly but Surely, Brooklyn Nets Proving It’s Not Time to Discount Them Yet
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